PHINEAS INDRITZ PAPERS

HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW


Prepared by: Molly B. Alexander and Seth M. Kronemer
Preparation date: May 2006

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Table of Contents

Titlepage

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Partial list of Civil Rights cases in which Phineas Indritz was involved:

Partial list of Legislation in which Phineas Indritz was involved:

Series Description

Series X
Series C
Series O
Series L
Series A
Series B
Series F
Series S
Series W
Series E
Series U

Container List

Series X
Series C
Series O
Series L
Series A
Series B
Series F
Series S
Series W
Series E

Descriptive Summary

Title: Phineas Indritz Papers
Date: 1932-1997
Repository: Howard University Law Library, Archives and Special Collections Department
Extent: 350 cubic ft.
Language of Material: English.

Biographical Note

Phineas Indritz (1916-1997), known to his friends as “Finney”, was an attorney in the employ of both the Department of the Interior (1938-1943, 1945-1957) and the House of Representatives (1957-1978), who additionally had a small private practice from 1944 until 1996. He also worked on many civil rights cases on behalf of the various organizations with whom he was affiliated as a member and in different official capacities. He was born in Moline, IL on August 3, 1916 and graduated from the University of Chicago with an AB in 1936 and a JD in 1938.

He was a competitive gymnast and while in college qualified for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, but chose not go. He later turned to juggling for exercise and was well known for juggling on the Capitol lawns during his breaks from work and for entertaining the neighborhood children at home with his juggling prowess.

In 1938 he moved to Washington, DC and became an Assistant Solicitor for the Interior Department. In September of 1940 he married his high school sweetheart Ruth Gould (1916-1974) and they subsequently had three children. From 1943 until 1945 he was an enlisted man and then an officer in the Army Air Corps, spending half of that time as a Legal Officer for the Contract Termination Division based in Michigan. He returned to work at the Interior Department and was Assistant Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Mines and then became the Department Counsel responsible for appearing before the Board of Contract Appeals.

In 1957 he left the Interior Department and became Chief Counsel of the US House of Representatives Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Public Works and Resources, and while working for the Committee he was at various times Chief Counsel for the subcommittees on Executive and Legislative Reorganization, Assigned Power and Lands, Government Information, Government Activities, and Conservation and Natural Resources, finally leaving the Committee in 1975. From 1975 until 1978 he was a consultant for the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Thereafter he remained on Capitol Hill with a desk and telephone specially reserved for him until 1994.

At the same time that Mr. Indritz was working for the federal government he was also heavily involved in civil rights litigation through the many organizations in which he was actively involved. He wrote or helped write many amicus curie briefs for the American Veteran’s Committee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Civil Liberties Union, and the National Organization for Women among others. He also taught administrative and environmental law at the International School of Law in Arlington, Virginia from 1976 until 1978 and taught continuing legal education courses on environmental law for the Practicing Law Institute and other organizations.

Phineas Indritz died on October 15, 1997, at the age of eighty-one.

Scope and Content Note

Phineas Indritz played an significant role in civil role in civil rights litigation and legislation. He was involved in several civil rights cases, including: Shelley v. Kraemer (334 U.S. 1), Thompson v. DC (346 U.S. 100), Sweatt v. Painter (338 U.S. 865), and Hurd v. Hodge (334 U.S. 24). The last of these Indritz argued successfully before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Please see the partial list below of civil rights cases in which Indritz was involved.) For almost every civil rights case in which he was involved, Mr. Indritz kept extensive files. The papers include multiple drafts of briefs and motions, correspondence, page proofs, and final briefs. In some cases he was the attorney of record; and in other cases he crafted the strategy, often in combination with others, and wrote amicus briefs. In the Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483, 349 U.S. 294) case, for example, he attended the oral argument and wrote such detailed notes as to almost amount to a hand-written transcript. He also corresponded with other civil rights attorneys on general litigation strategies.

Many of the files relate to civil rights in District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland (mostly 1950-1980). Some files relate to segregation at swimming pools, and other recreational facilities run by the U.S. government in the District of Columbia. There are also records of Indritz’s work to end discrimination in places of public accommodation, such theaters and bowling alleys. Indritz organized “test teams,” often consisting of African-Americans and Caucasians together, who would try to get service in various venues. There are files on fair housing ordinances, public accommodation ordinances, testimony before D.C. Council and the Maryland legislature, and numerous speeches.

A significant part of the collection relates to Indritz’s efforts to desegregate the District of Columbia Bar Association, which did not vote to remove the word "white" as a qualification for membership until 1958. These records show the detailed organization that went on behind the scenes to insure that the vote would be at an in-person meeting (rather than a mailed ballot), a open (rather than secret) vote, and that government lawyers would be called to ask for their attendance.

Indritz was also involved with the anti-gender-discrimination movement. In 1966, after an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling allowing gender-specific want ads, Indritz wrote a speech attacking the ruling, which was delivered in Congress by Congresswoman Martha Griffiths. He took reprints of the speech to a lunch meeting of the National Commission on the Status of Women, a presidential commission, and described what he perceived to be a serious problem to its members, which included Betty Friedan and Muriel Fox. Later that day, Friedan and Fox founded the National Organization for Women (NOW). Indritz was one of the only men on NOW’s founding Board of Directors.

A large portion of the collection relates to anti-gender-discrimination litigation including briefs in the Pittsburgh Press case (467 F. 2d 95) and Reed v. Reed (404 US 71). In later years Indritz was active in working on bills in Congress to ban gender discrimination in insurance so that men and women would pay the same insurance rates (H.R. 100, H.R. 200, S. 372), and there are many files dealing with the issue, although none of the bills were ever enacted. Another issue in which he was actively involved was the drafting of legislation to require gender-neutral language in federal, state and local statutes.

Mr. Indritz’s civil rights work was largely done on a voluntary basis. His professional employment from November 1938 until 1957 was with the Interior Department Solicitor's office. From 1957 until 1978 he worked for Congress, mostly on energy and environmental issues, and much of the collection relates to his government work.

Phineas Indritz had many broad interests, which are reflected in the collection. A few examples of the diverse materials to be found in the collection include: information on the constitutionality of strip searches, a speech Indritz wrote for Congressman, John E. Moss, about nuclear power, a portion of one of President Eisenhower's state of the union addresses concerning the status of civil rights (written by Indritz, in his own handwriting), another speech he wrote for President Johnson, and a series of correspondence with Ruth Bader Ginsberg (now an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) concerning litigating sex discrimination issues and efforts to eliminate racial designations in the Morrill Act.

Additionally the collection includes a wealth of secondary resources. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Indritz collected hundreds of pamphlets on desegregation, race relations, gender discrimination, nuclear power, and other social and environmental issues. These range from brochures on how to raise your child not to be prejudiced, to how to de-segregate a housing authority, to “The Negro Officer in Uniform,” to materials about the status of African-Americans in various cities. These materials were produced by agencies of federal, state, and local governments, by church groups, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Jewish Congress, the National Organization of Women, and by many others.

The Indritz Papers (1932-1997 inclusive, 1945-1990 bulk) measure some 145 cubic feet, has been arranged in the following series: Personal materials, General Correspondence, Organizations, Legislation, State and Federal Agency materials, Case Files, Subject Files, Speeches, Writings, and Ephemera. Materials in this collection vary greatly in size and format. Therefore many series in this collection are housed in two parallel sets of boxes, one set containing legal-sized folders, and the other set containing letter-sized folders.

Partial list of Civil Rights cases in which Phineas Indritz was involved:

Shelly v. Kraemer 1948 (334 U.S. 1)

Hurd v. Hodge 1948 (334 U.S. 34)

Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission 1948 (334 U.S. 410)

Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po 1949 (336 U.S. 368)

Sweatt v. Painter 1950 (338 U.S. 865)

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents 1950 (339 U.S. 637)

Henderson v. United States 1950 (339 US 816)

Miller v. Board of Education 1952 (101 F.Supp. 988)

Thompson v. DC 1953 (346 U.S. 100)

Barrows v. Jackson 1953 (346 U.S. 249)

Brown v. Board of Education 1954, 1955 (347 U.S. 483, 349 U.S. 294)

Bolling v. Sharpe 1954 (347 U.S. 497)

Central Amusement Co. v. D.C. 1956 (121 A.2d. 865)

James v. Almond 1959 (170 F.Supp. 331)

James v. Duckworth 1959 (170 F.Supp. 342)

Commonwealth v. Daniel 1968 (430 Pa. 642)

Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. 1968 (392 U.S.409)

Scull v. Montgomery Citizens League 1968 (249 Md. 271)

Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp. 1971 (440 U.S. 542)

Reed v. Reed 1971 (404 U.S. 71)

Weeks v. Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co. 1972 (467 F.2d. 95)

Pittsburgh Press v. Pittsburgh Comm. on Human Relations 1973 (413 U.S. 376)

Craig v. Boren 1976 (429. U.S. 190)

Walters v. National Ass'n of Radiation Survivors 1985 (473 U.S. 305)

Partial list of Legislation in which Phineas Indritz was involved:

Federal:

Bus Regulatory Act Of 1982 (97 HR 4384)

Eliminate Gender Discrimination In The Gender Rule Of Construction of The US Code (97 HR 4889)

Eliminate Race And Sex Discrimination In Insurance (100 HR 2557)

Elimination Of Segregation In The Agricultural Colleges Act Of 1890 (98 HR 1689)

Pregnancy Sex Discrimination Act (P.L. 95-555)

Unisex Insurance Act (97 HR 100, 98 HR 100, 99 HR 200, 97 S 2204, 98 S 372)

Maryland:

Eliminate Gender Discrimination In The Gender Rule Of Construction of The Maryland Code (185 MD Laws 1979)

Eliminate sex discrimination in insurance and annuities (1981 HB 1558, 1982 HB 115)

Revise statute governing Name change in Divorce Decrees (746 MD Laws 1981)

Montgomery County:

Ordinance establishing the “Commission on Human Relations”

Ordinances prohibiting racial discrimination in Housing and Public Accommodations

District of Columbia:

Anti-sex Discriminatory language act (1-87. 1976)

Elimination of Sex Discrimination in Gender Rule of Construction (1-36, 1982)

Elimination if Sex Discrimination in Insurance (4-13, 1984)

Order Prohibition racial Discrimination in DC Government Agencies (Commmissioners Order 11/1/1953)

Series Description

Series X

Personal Files

This series contains personal materials, such as Phineas Indritz’s resumes, military enlistment paperwork, law school study materials, etc. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. (0.67 cubic feet)

Series C

General Correspondence

This series contains correspondence that does not fit into the other series. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author unless the author is Phineas Indritz in which case it has been alphabetized by the name of the recipient. Some well-known correspondents are Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pauli Murray, Betty Freidan, Martha Griffiths, et al. (1.33 cubic feet)

Series O

Organizations

Phineas Indritz was heavily involved with a number of organizations as a member and in various official capacities. The organization with the most materials in the collection is the American Veteran’s Committee (AVC). He was the National Counsel for the AVC, and wrote many amicus curie briefs on behalf of the organization. This is one of the richest sources of civil rights materials in the collection. He was also active in the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and was on the board of directors, among other official positions, and wrote many briefs on the organization’s behalf. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) were other organizations with whom he worked on a number of civil rights cases. Additionally this series contains materials relating to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, and others. The collection also includes small amounts of materials from many other organizations with whom he had a limited degree of involvement. This series is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization, with the exception of the AVC materials, which is the bulk of the series. Within the sub-series for each organization that has substantial materials, the materials are arranged by record type, e.g. meeting minutes and agendas, memos, correspondence, administrative, publications, subject files, etc. (15.33 cubic feet)

Series L

Legislation

This series contains often extensive and detailed files on legislation, much of which Mr. Indritz drafted himself. The majority of the legislation in the series pertains to energy policy or civil rights. Legislation is arranged into three sub-series: Federal, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically by the title of the act (short titles are used when available). In the Federal sub-series there are two pieces of legislation, the “Equal Rights Amendment” and the “Unisex Insurance Act,” for which the amount of materials are so extensive that they have been placed in their own sub-sub-series. The Federal sub-series also contains a sub-sub-series containing “computer searches” of the US Code, searching for gender-specific language. The Maryland sub-series is divided into sub-sub-series of state, county, and municipal legislation. The District of Columbia sub-series, in addition to containing legislative materials from the District of Columbia Commissioners, and the District of Columbia City Council, also contains Federal legislative materials relating specifically to the District of Columbia. The Indritz Collection also contains a small amount of legislative materials from other state and Local jurisdictions, primarily relating to fair housing and public accommodations laws. These materials have been placed in the Subject File series. (23.5 cubic feet)

Series A

Federal and State Agency Materials

This series is comprised of administrative materials from the Federal government, Maryland State and local government (mostly Montgomery County), and the District of Columbia government. The Federal government materials are arranged by department or agency (e.g. Interior Dept., Justice Dept., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, etc.) and include a sub-sub-series of materials relating to the administration of Congress. Within the sub-series for each agency which contain a substantial amount of materials (e.g. Interior Dept., Presidential Administrative Materials, etc.) there are sub-sub-sub-series based on record type (e.g. executive orders, presidential messages) or by organizational subgroup (e.g. by specific congressional subcommittee or department or agency bureau). The State and local materials are similarly arranged, either by record type or by department or agency bureau. (19 cubic feet)

Series B

Case Files

This series contains Phineas Indritz’s case files, arranged alphabetically by the name of the case from when it was first filed. In addition to containing materials from various cases in which Mr. Indritz was counsel, this series contains a large amount of materials relating to amicus curie briefs he wrote for the various organizations. The majority of these briefs were filed on behalf of the AVC, but there are also many from the NAACP, NOW, and the ACLU. There are also materials from a handful of cases in which Indritz was not involved. Additionally, this series contains a folder of brief fragments and a small sub-series containing case materials arranged by subject (e.g., segregation, sit-ins, grazing rights, patients rights, pregnancy discrimination, qui tam cases, etc.), the fragments, and subject sub-series follow the main series. (20 cubic feet)

Series F

Subject Files

This series is comprised of materials that Phineas Indritz collected on a variety of topics that were either related to his work, or to the various social causes in which he took an interest. Some of the larger subject files are insurance, power and energy, race relations, and fair housing. A large portion of the materials in subject files had lost their original order and were arranged into subject files by the processing archivists. These files are arranged by size of subject file, from the largest to the smallest. (20 cubic feet)

Series S

Speeches

This series is comprised of speeches and testimony arranged alphabetically by speaker. There are many speeches that were delivered by Congresswoman Martha Griffiths, Congressmen John Moss and John Dingell. Many of the speeches in this series were ghost-written by Indritz for various speakers. Of special interest is the speech Phineas Indritz wrote for Martha Griffiths about the EEOC that helped motivate the founding of NOW. Also included is the a portion of one of President Eisenhower State of The Union addresses which Mr. Indritz wrote, regarding race relations, and a speech he wrote on environmental legislation for President Johnson. (4.33 cubic feet)

Series W

Writings

Mr. Indritz wrote a number of articles that were published in various law journals and other publications. This series is divided into three subseries. One subseries contains drafts of these articles and copies of the published version. The second subseries contains handwritten notes, most of which that Mr. Indritz took during his workday. The third subseries contains writings he wrote for other people, notably and article he wrote for John Moss and a section of a book by Senator Jacob Javits. The articles in the first subseries are primarily about race relations and various aspects of segregation, (e.g., “Racism in the Nations Capitol;” “Sex-based criteria eliminated from the DC code – A guide;” “The meaning of the school decisions: The breakthrough on the legal front of racial segregation;” “Racial ramparts in the nations capitol;” etc.). These articles are arranged in alphabetical order by title. (1.34 cubic feet)

Series E

Ephemera

This series contains pamphlets and event program on a wide variety of subjects, and from a wide variety of sources, which Indritz collected starting in the 1940’s. Most of pamphlets are about race relations, other civil rights issues, or political campaigns. This series is arranged chronologically. (0.67 cubic feet)

Series U

Unprocessed Materials

The collection contains approximately 26 cubic feet of materials, mostly newspaper clippings, which were not processed due to their deteriorated condition and need for preservation. These materials will be reproduced on archival acid free paper in the future, and integrated into the collection. Also there are 13 cubic feet of mostly legal books that were donated with the collection. These books will either be integrated into the collection but housed seperately from the rest of the collection, within the archives; or they will be integrated into the Law Library's general collection as non-circulating books with a catalog reference to the Phineas Indritz Papers. There is also 1 cubic foot of moldy materials that need preservation and then will be integrated into the collection

Container List

Series X

Personal Files

Box Folder Description
X1 1-9 Personal Files
X2 1-4 Personal Files

Series C

General Correspondence

Box Folder Description
C1 A-M General Correspondence
C2 N-Z General Correspondence

Series O

Organizations

Box Folder Description
O1 1 American Association for the Advancement of Science
O1 2-17 American Bar Association
O2 1 American Bar Association
O1 18 ACLU - correspondence
O1 19-20 ACLU - minutes/agendas
O1 21-22 ACLU - memos
O2 2-3 ACLU - memos
O1 23 ACLU - publications
O2 4 ACLU - publications
O1 24-36 ACLU - subject files
O2 5-6 ACLU - subject files
O1 37-40 ACLU - legislative
O2 7 ACLU - legislative
O2 8 ACLU - adminstraive materials
O1 41 ACLU - legal docket
O1 42-45 ACLU - administrative docket
O1 46 American Council on Race Relations
O1 47-49 American Eagle Foundation
O2 9 American Eagle Foundation
O1 50 American Federation of Government Employees
O1 51-54 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
O1 55-56 American Friends Service Committee
O2 10-11 American Friends Service Committee
O1 57 Americans for Democratic Action
O2 19 Americans for Democratic Action
O1 58 American Jewish Committee - correspondence
O1 59 American Jewish Committee - issue analysis
O1 60-61 American Jewish Committee - publications
O2 12 American Jewish Committee - press releases
O2 13 American Jewish Committee - memos
O3 1-8 American Jewish Committee - memos
O3 9 American Jewish Congress - correspondence
O3 10-11 American Jewish Congress - memos
O3 12-13 American Jewish Congress - administrative materials
O2 14 American Jewish Congress - adminstrative materials
O2 15-16 American Jewish Congress - publications
O3 14-15 American Jewish Congress - publications
O2 17-18 American Jewish Congress - subject files
O3 16-17 American Jewish Congress - subject files
O3 18 American Public Power Association
O3 19-26 Association of American Colleges
O2 20 Association of Claimants Attorneys
O3 27 Association of Claimants Attorneys
O3 28 Association of Plaintiffs Trial Attorneys of Metropolitan Washington, DC
O3 29 Association of Trial Lawyers of America
O3 30-31 Bar Association of DC - minutes/agendas
O2 21-23 Bar Association of DC - administative materials
O3 32-34 Bar Association of DC - administrative materials
O3 35 Bar Association of DC - publications
O7 1 Bar Association of DC - education
O3 36 Bar Association of DC - education
O3 37 Bar Association of DC - conferences
O3 38-39 Bar Association of DC - subject files
O3 40-43 B'nai B'rith
O3 44 Campaign for New Priorities
O3 45-47 Campaign to end discrimination against pregnant women
O7 2-4 Campaign to end discrimination against pregnant women
O7 5 Capital Area Committee for Equality
O3 48-49 Citizen's Committee for Human Relations of Montgomery County
O7 6 Citizen's Committee for Human Relations of Montgomery County
O3 50 Clearinghouse on Women's Issues
O7 7 Clearing House on Women's Issues
O3 51 Coalition of Concerned Charities
O3 52 Coalition of Conscience
O3 53 Committee for the Handicapped
O3 54 Committee on International Affairs
O3 55 Council of Churches of Greater Washington
O4 1 DC Bar Association - correspondence
O4 2 DC Bar Association - agendas/minutes
O4 3-16 DC Bar Association - administration
O7 10-12 DC Bar Association - administration
O4 17 DC Bar Association - continuing education
O7 15 DC Bar Association - continuing education
O4 18-19 DC Bar Association - conventions
O7 13 DC Bar Association - conventions
O4 20-21 DC Bar Association - publications
O4 22 DC Bar Association - press releases
O7 14 DC Bar Association - division info.
O4 23-35 DC Bar Association - subject files
O5 1-7 DC Bar Association - subject files
O7 16-32 DC Bar Association - subject files
O7 33 DC Bar Association - memos
O5 8 DC Coalition of Conscience
O5 9 DC Conference on Community Relations
O10 1 DC Home Rule
O7 8-9 Democratic National Committee
O5 10 Divorced Fathers Society
O5 11 Fair Employment Practice Commission
O10 2 Fair Employment Practice Commission
O5 12-16 Federal Bar Association
O10 3-6 Federal Bar Association
O5 17-18 Federally Employed Women
O10 7 Federally Employed Women
O5 19 Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of NY
O5 20 Feminist Majority Foundation
O5 21 First Amendment Congress
O5 22 Fund for an Open Society
O5 23 George Washington University
O5 24 Glenwood Recreation Club
O5 25-26 Greenbelt Cooperative Inc.
O5 27 Great Lakes Task Force
O5 28 Group Health Association
O10 8 Home Parks
O10 9 IUE-CIO
O5 29 Japanese American Citizens League
O5 30 Jewish Bicentenial Commission of Greater Washington
O5 31 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - correspondence
O10 10 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - correspondence
O5 34 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - memos
O10 11 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - memos
O5 35-38 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - minutes/agendas
O10 12-14 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - minutes/agends
O10 15 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - publications
O5 39 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - legislative
O5 40-47 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - administrative
O10 16-22 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - administrative
O5 48-49 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - subject files
O10 23-29 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington - subject files
O5 50 Jewish Labor Committee
O5 51 Jewsih Social Action Caucus
O5 52 Jewish War Veterans
O5 53 Leafy House
O5 54 League of Women Voters
O5 55-68 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
O5 69 Montgomery County Citizens' Committee for Human Human Relations
O5 70-71 Montgomery County Citizens' Committee for Democratic Practices
O10 30-31 Montgomery County Citizens' Committee for Democratic Practices
O6 1 Montgomery County PTA Intergroup Relations
O6 2-3 NAACP - correspondence
O10 32 NAACP - correspondence
O6 4 NAACP - memos
O6 5-9 NAACP - monthly reports
O6 36 NAACP - monthly report
O6 10-11 NAACP - dockets reports
O10 33-34 NAACP - administration
O6 12 NAACP - press releases
O6 13-14 NAACP - publications
O10 35 NAACP - legislative
O6 15-18 NAACP - subject files
O6 19 NAACP - ephemera
O6 20-25 National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials
O6 26 National Bar Association
O6 27 National Capital Clearing House for Neighborhood Democracy
O10 37-38 National Capital Clearing House for Neighborhood Democracy
O6 28-34 National Civil Liberties Clearing House
O10 39 National Civil Liberties Clearing House
O6 35-36 National Committee on Segregation in the Nations Capital
O6 37-40 National Community Relations Advisory Council
O10 40-41 National Community Relations Advisory Council
O10 42 National Council on Agriculture Life and Labor
O6 41 National Council of Churches
O6 42 National Council of Jewish Women
O6 43 National Council of the Churches of Christ
O6 44 National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council
O6 45 National Fraternal Council of Churches
O6 46 National Lawyer's Club
O6 47 NOW - correspondence
O11 1 NOW - correspondence
O11 18-19 NOW - minutes/agendas
O11 20-21 NOW - memos
O11 22 NOW - press releases
O11 23-26 NOW - publications
O6 48-55 NOW - administrative materials
O11 2-15 NOW - administrative materials
O6 56-57 NOW - conferences
O11 28-29 NOW - conferences
O11 16-17, 27 NOW - legislation
O6 58-72 NOW - subject files
O8 1-7 NOW - subject files
O11 30-33 NOW - subject files
O8 8 NOW - ephemera
O11 34 National Sharecroppers Fund
O8 9 National Women's Party
O8 10-11 Neighbor's Inc.
O11a 1 Ohio Attorney General
O8 12-16 Practicing Law Institute
O11a 2 Practicing Law Institute
O8 17 Social Lodge
O8 18 SOME, Inc.
O11a 3 SOME, Inc.
O9 1-7 Southern Regional Council
O9 8 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
O9 9 Union of Concerned Scientists
O9 10 United Auto Workers
O9 11 United Jewish Appeal
O11a 4-5 United Jewish Appeal
O9 12-13 United Nations
O11a 6-9 United Nations
O9 14 University of Chicago
O11a 10 University of Chicago
O9 15 Washington Board of Rabbi's
O9 16 Washington Chapter Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice
O11a 11 Washington Urban League
O9 17 Women's Campaign Fund
O9 18-27 Women's Equity Action League
O11a 12-18 Women's Equity Action League
O11a 19 Woodrow Wilson Center
O9 28 World Veterans Federation
O9 29-30 Women's Legal Defense Fund
O12 1 AVC - photo
O12 2-14 AVC - correspondence
O16 1-3 AVC - correspondence
O12 15-23 AVC - agendas/minutes
O16 4-11 AVC - agendas/minutes
O12 24-30 AVC - memos
O16 12 AVC - memos
O12 31-37 AVC - statements
O16 13-15 AVC - statements
O12 38-48 AVC - publications
O13 1-6 AVC - publications
O16 16-18 AVC - publications
O16 19 AVC - press releases
O13 7-11 AVC - conventions
O16 20-25 AVC - conventions
O17 1 AVC - conventions
O13 12-18 AVC - platforms, resolutions
O17 2-5 AVC - platforms, resolutions
O13 19-28 AVC - administrative materials
O17 6-9 AVC - administrative materials
O13 29-42 AVC - legislation
O14 1-19 AVC - legislation
O17 10-25 AVC - legislation
O18 1-5 AVC - legislation
O14 20-72 AVC - subject files
O15 1-9 AVC - subject files
O18 6-20 AVC - subject files

Series L

Legislation

Box Folder Description
Federal Legislation
L1 Unisex Insurance Act
L2 Unisex Insurance Act
L3 Unisex Insurance Act
L4 Unisex Insurance Act
L4a Equal Rights Ammendment
L5 A - Clean Air Ammendment Act
L6 Electric Consumer Protection Act of 1983 - Equal Pay Act
L7 Federal Anti-Lynching Act - Omnibus Crime Bill of 1968
L8 Omnibus Post Secondary Education Act - Welfare Reform Act of 1993
L9 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1977 - Civil Rights Act of 1957
L10 Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Electric Power Reliability Act
L11 Electric Power Reliability Act - Fair Housing Act of 1987
L12 Fair Insurance Coverages Act of 1986 - Keating Amendment Repeal Act
L13 Keating Amendment Repeal Act - Outer Continental Shelf Land Act of 1976
L14 Outer Continental Shelf Land Act of 1976 - Uniform Product Safety Act of 1987
L15 Uniform Product Safety Act of 1987 - WW II Memorial Authorization Act /Legislative Fragments /US Code gender specific language searches
L16 US Code gender specific language searches
Maryland State and Local Legislation
L17 Maryland State and Local legislation
L18 Maryland State and Local legislation
L19 Maryland State and Local legislation
DC Legislation
L20 Amend National Capitol Planning Commission Act - Fair Employment Ordinance
L21 Fair Employment Ordinance - Urban Renewal for DC
L22 Amendment of Estates Act of 1971 - Omnibus Crime-Rape Act of 1976
L23 DC Criminal Code Act of 1979 - Elimination of Sexual Discriminatory Language Act
L24 Elimination of Sexual Discriminatory Language Act - New Columbia Statehood Act of 1991
L25 New Columbia Statehood Act of 1991 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, 1985

Series A

Federal and State Agency Materials

Box Folder Description
Federal Agency Materials
A1 1 Agriculture Department
A15 1 Agriculture Department
A1 1a Administrative Court of the US
A1 1b American Revolution Bicentenial Celebration
A1 2-3 Bonneville Power Administration
A1 4-5 Civil Aeronautics Board
A1 6-14 Civil Service Commission
A1 15-20 Commerce Department
A15 1a-2 Commerce Department
A15 2a Central Intelligence Committee
A1 21-28 Commission on Civil Rights
A1 29-36 Congress - House Committee on Government Operations
A2 1-9 Congress - House Committee on Government Operations
A15 3-10 Congress - House Committee on Government Operations
A2 10-11 Congress - House Committee on Energy and Commerce
A15 11 Congress - House Committee on Energy and Commerce
A15 12-13 Congress - House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
A2 12-15 Congress - House Committee on Standards
A15 14 Congress - House Committee on Standards
A2 16 Congress - House Committee on House Administration
A2 17 Congress - House Committee on Public Works
A2 18 Congress - House Committee on Science and Technology
A2 19-21 Congress - House - general
A15 15-17 Congress - House - general
A2 22 Congress - Senate - general
A15 18 Congress - Senate - general
A2 22a Congressional Women's Clearinghouse
A15 18a Congressional Women's Clearinghouse
A2 23-32 Defense Department
A3 1-9 Defense Department
A15 19-28 Defense Department
A16 1-3 Defense Department
A3 10 Energy Department - Atomic Energy Commission
A3 11-13 Energy Department - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A16 5 Energy Department - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A3 14-20 Energy Department - general
A16 4 Energy Department - general
A3 21-39 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A4 1-18 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A16 7a-17 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A4 19-33 Environmental Protection Agency
A16 6-7 Environmental Protection Agency
A4 33a-33b Federal Aviation Administration
A16 18-19a Federal Courts - various
A4 34-36 Supreme Court
A4 37-38 Judicial Conference of the US
A4 39-43 Judicial Conference of DC
A4 44 Federal Emergency Management Agency
A4 45-50 Federal Energy Administration
A5 1 Federal Energy Administration
A5 2-4b Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
A5 5-29 Federal Power Commission
A6 1 Federal Power Commission
A16 20-21 Federal Power Commission
A6 1a Federal Power Office
A6 2 Federal Reserve
A6 3-5a General Services Administration
A6 6-11 General Accounting Office
A16 22 General Accounting Office
A6 12 Government Printing Office
A6 13-14 Government Trademark and Patent Office
A6 14-22 Health, Education and Welfare Department
A16 23 Health, Education and Welfare Department
A6 23 Health and Human Services Department
A6 24-25 Housing and Urban Development Department
A16 24 Housing and Urban Development Department
A7 1-11 Interior Department - correspondence
A7 12 Interior Department - memos
A7 13-15 Interior Department - press releases
A7 16 Interior Department - statements
A7 17-21 Interior Department - general
A7 22-23 Interior Department - Bureau of Reclamations
A7 24-25 Interior Department - National Park Service
A7 26 Interior Department - US Geological Survey
A7 27 Interior Department - Bureau of Mines
A8 1-7 Interior Department - Bureau of Mines
A8 8-10 Interior Department - publications
A16 26 Interior Department - publications
A8 11-27 Interior Department - legal/contracts
A9 1-26 Interior Department - legal/contracts
A10 1-4 Interior Department - legal/contracts
A17 1-25 Interior Department - legal/contracts
A10 5-22a Interior Department - subject files
A10 23 Intergovernmental Relations Office
A10 23a Interstate Commerce Commission
A18 1 Interstate Commerce Commission
A10 24-34 Justice Department
A18 2-5 Justice Department
A11 1-8 Labor Department - Women's Bureau
A11 9-17 Labor Department - Office of Contract Compliance
A11 18-21 Labor Department - Wage and Hour Division
A11 22-25 Labor Department - Solicitor's Office
A11 26-34 Labor Department - Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women
A11 35-37 Labor Department - General
A18 6-6a Labor Department - General
A12 1 Library of Congress
A12 2 National Air and Space Agency
A12 3 National Labor Relations Board
A12 3a Office of Government Ethics
A12 4 Office of Management and Budget
A12 4a-4d Office of Personnel Management
A18 7 Office of Personnel Management
A12 5 Office of Federal Contract Compliance
A12 6 Occupational Health and Safety Administration
A12 7-9 Presidential Materials - executive orders
A12 10-16a Presidential Materials - messages
A12 17 Presidential Materials - correspondence
A18 10-11 Presidential Materials - correspondence
A12 18-44 Presidential Materials - various commissions
A18 12-14 Presidential Materials - Commission on the Status of Women
A18 8-9 Presidential Materials - press releases
A12 45 Securities and Exchange Commission
A12 46 Social Security Administration
A12 47-47a State Department
A12 48-50 Tennessee Valley Authority
A18 15 Tennessee Valley Authority
A13 1-4 Transportation Department
A13 5 Treasury Department - general
A13 6-12 Treasury Department - Internal Revenue Service
A13 13-20 Veteran's Adminstration
Maryland State and Local Materials
A13 21-30 Maryland State administrative
A18 16 Maryland State adminstrative
A13 31-39 Montgomery County - general
A13 40-51 Montgomery County - Human Relations Commission
A18 17-31 Montgomery County - Human Relations Commission
A13 52-56 City of Rockville - Human Relations Commission
A18 32 New York State administrative
A18 33 Colorado State administrative
DC Materials
A14 1-23 DC Commissioners
A19 1-11 DC Commissioners
A14 24-30 DC City Council
A19 11a DC City Council
A14 31-34 DC Corporation Counsel
A19 12-15 DC Corporation Counsel
A14 35-42 DC Commission for Women
A14 43-44 DC Commission for Human Rights
A19 16-19 DC Commission for Human Rights
A14 45-51 DC Commission for Human Relations
A19 20 DC Commission for Human Relations
A14 52-56 Judiciary
A19 21-25 Judiciary
A14 57-60 DC Law Review Commission
A19 26 DC Law Review Commission

Series B

Case Files

Box Folder Description
B1 ACLU - Burystyne
B2 Camacho - EEOC
B3 Equitable Life - James
B4 James - Mattes
B5 Mattes - National Association of Radiation Survivors
B6 National Association of Radiation Survivors - Painter
B7 Patterson - Planned Parenthood
B8 Probe - Spirt
B9 Spirt - Women
B10 Women - Subject Files
B11 Aaron - Brown
B12 Briggs - Commonwealth
B13 Craig - District of Columbia
B14 District of Columbia - Frontiero
B15 Gilbert - Kennedy
B16 Kennedy - National Association of Radiation Survivors
B17 NAACP - Reed
B18 Reed - Tynes
B19 Tynes - Williams
B20 Williams - York, fragments, subject files

Series F

Subject Files

Box Folder Description
F1 1-42 Insurance
F2 1-22 Insurance
F3 1-43 Insurance
F2 23-32 Power and Energy
F3 44-52 Power and Energy
F4 1-22 Power and Energy
F5 1-25 Power and Energy
F6 1-8 Power and Energy
F5 9-29 Race Relations
F6 26-55 Race Relations
F7 1-16 Race Relations
F8 1-18 Race Relations
F9 1-2 Race Relations
F8 19-61 Fair Housing
F9 3-20 Fair Housing
F10 1-26 Fair Housing
F11 1-23 Fair Housing
F11 24-67 Fair Employment
F13 1-25 Fair Employment
F12 1-42 Gender Neutral Language
F13 26-33 Gender Neutral Language
F14 1-3 Gender Neutral Language
F12 43-53 DC Parks
F14 4-19 DC Parks
F15 1-2 DC Parks
F16 1-9 DC Parks
F15 3-17 Public Accomodation
F16 10-23 Public Accomodation
F15 18-26 Judge Robert H. Bork
F16 24-44 Judge Robert H. Bork
F15 27-35 Women's Issues
F16 45-64 Women's Issues
F16 65-69 International School of Law
F17 1-13 International School of Law
F18 1-5 International School of Law
F17 14-18 Environmental
F18 6-26 Environmental
F17 19 Smoking
F18 27-39 Smoking
F17 20-25 Military
F18 40-55 Military
F17 26 Racial Housing Ads
F18 56-65 Racial Housing Ads
F17 27-30 Abortion
F18 66-71 Abortion
F19 1-12 Strip Searches
F20 1-2 Strip Searches
F19 13-20 Religion
F20 3-8 Religion
F19 21-28 International Women's Year
F20 9 International Women's Year
F19 29-36 IRS Gender Neutral Language
F20 10-11 IRS Gender Neutral Language
F19 37-38 General Lewis B. Hershey
F20 12-14 General Lewis B. Hershey
F19 39-41 Name Change
F20 15 Name Change
F19 42-44 Speaker James C. Wright, Jr.
F19 45 Flag Burning
F20 16 Flag Burning
F19 46-48 Ruth Weyand
F19 49-53 Charles Hamilton Houston
F20 17 Charles Hamilton Houston
F19 54-55 Liquor in Candy
F20 18-19 Population Policy
F19A 1-11 Single File Subject Files
F20 20-26 Single File Subject Files

Series S

Speeches

Box Folder Description
S1 A - Griffiths
S2 Griffiths - Monagan
S3 Moss - "Speeches", Natural Gas
S4 "Speeches", Power - Speech fragments
S5 B