Records of the Women's State-Wide Legislative Network of Massachusetts, 1982-2003 (inclusive).

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Records of the Women's State-Wide Legislative Network of Massachusetts, 1982-2003 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/674776651

Collection includes minutes; annual reports; financial records; grants and fundraising proposals; campaign files on specific legislative issues; publications; photographs; audiovisual material; and clippings. Additional material received on floppy disks and data cartridges will be reformatted at some future date for inclusion in the relevant series.

22.94 linear ft. (55 file boxes, 1 folio folder, 14 photograph folders, 1 folio photograph folder, 6 videotapes, 2 audiotapes)

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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