Victoria Ortiz papers, 1942-1999 and n.d.

ArchivalResource

Ortiz, Victoria, 1942-. Victoria Ortiz papers, 1942-1999 and n.d.

Victoria Ortiz papers, 1942-1999 and n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54112903

Collection (03-204)(3900 items, 5.2 lin. ft.; dated 1942-1990 and n.d.) focuses on Ortiz's political and intellectual interests, primarily contained in a Subject Files Series, which has been divided into seven subseries. There are newspaper and magazine articles, organizational materials, photographs, pamphlets, speeches, and reports related to Cuba, Mexico, and Latin America. Topics include international women's liberation; especially the status of women in Latin American nations. Viki's general files reflect her involvement in International Year of the Woman activities and her interest in population control, as well as topics such as reproductive rights, family structure, and economic justice. Viki's great interest in adoption and parenting grew out of her own experiences as a single adoptive parent of a Mexican-born child. The subseries on adoption and parenting includes newsletters and publications of organizations for single parents; research for a book on single adoptive parenting; and miscellaneous clippings, notes, and other materials on issues such as adoptive parenting, international adoption, and gay/lesbian parenting. The final subseries contains Viki's extensive notes and other materials related to literature. This subseries is organized into coursework, general literature, and Latin American literature. The addition (03-066)(7340 items, 13.8 lin. ft.; dated 1950-1999 and n.d.) is minimally processed. Consists primarily of professional and subject files documenting Ortiz's law career, writings, and feminist and social activism. Her work on the literature and women's issues of Latin America are particularly represented. Also contains books with notes, inscriptions, or items laid-in; correspondence with Bobbye Ortiz and other friends and relatives; and ephemera. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

11240 items (19 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library