A Guide tot he Jean D. Hellmuth papers, 1976-1992 M 304
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 304
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Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
No restrictions on use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Box/folder, Jean D. Hellmuth Papers, M 304, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift to Special Collections & Archives from Jean D. Hellmuth in April 1995. A second deposit of materials was made in 1996.
Biographical/Historical Informaton
Jean D. Hellmuth was actively involved in the attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia as well as many other women's issues.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, various publications and other materials related to the attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia and other women's issues. The materials date from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of materials of the Virginia ERA Ratification Council.
Arrangement
Materials arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein. The collection has been arranged into two separate series. Series I is made up of material collected by Hellmuth, most of which is related to the effort to ratify the Equal Suffrage Amendment in Virginia. Series II is comprised of the correspondence, minutes and other materials of the Virginia ERA Ratification Council.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Equal rights amendments -- Sources -- Virginia
- Feminism -- Sources -- Virginia
- Hellmuth, Jean D. -- Archives
- Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council -- Archives
- Women political activists -- Archives -- Virginia
- Women's rights -- Sources -- Virginia
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Hellmuth, Jean D.
- Hellmuth, Jean D. -- Archives
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Calendar1980, 1983
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Critical Comments on A Lesser Life ,n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Ephemera
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Ephemera-Bumper Stickers
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Ephemera-Flyers and Pamphlets (1 of 3)
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Ephemera-Flyers and pamphlets (2 of 3)
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Ephemera-Flyers and Pamphlets (3 of 3)
- Mixed Materials box: 1
ERA January-February1985
- Mixed Materials box: 2
ERA Extension1978
- Mixed Materials box: 2
ERA Materials1987-1990
- Mixed Materials box: 2
ERA Response Letters (General Assembly)
- Mixed Materials box: 2
National Woman's Party
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Publications
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Status of Women in the U.S.1986
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Virginia Women's Meeting June1977
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Woman Activist Fund Advisory Committee1988
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Activities1981
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Ad Signers (prospective)
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Advertisements
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Agendas (current)
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Art Show,n.d., 1978
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Attorney General1976-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Brethren, The-Woodward and Armstrong
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Bulletin Board Materials (Muriel Smith's ERA office)1979
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Chronology
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Clippings1978-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Common Cause
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Convention for Women1981
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, Equal Rights Briefing
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence1971-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Ephemera, including ERA bumper sticker
- Mixed Materials box: 3
The Equal Rights Amendment Handbook
- Mixed Materials box: 3
ERA Debate, March1979
- Mixed Materials box: 3
ERA Publications
- Mixed Materials box: 3
ERA Vigils1980s
- Mixed Materials box: 3
ERA Vigils1990s
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Forms
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Issues
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Labor Employment
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Legislative History/Analysis,n.d., 1980s-1990s
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Lobbying Guides/Aides
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Membership file (?)
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Military
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Minutes1978-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Minutes, Correspondence, Notes1986
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Miscellaneous-Correspondence, Publications, Notes
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Miscellaneous-Correspondence, Notesn.d., 1970s-1980s
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Miscellaneous-minutes, notes, correspondence
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Miscellaneous Publications (mostly ERA related)
- Mixed Materials box: 6
National Women's Conference Committee (NWCC)
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Notebook
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Newspaper Clippings,n.d., 1970s-1990s
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Petitions for ERA
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Political Activity1976, 1978
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Political Campaigns1979
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Pro-ERA Conferences, Public Meetings1976-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Projects1976-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Project/Ideas
- Mixed Materials box: 6
VERARC Publications1974-1989
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Reference Materials
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Referendum Project1977, 1979
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Refusals to Donate1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Religious Support
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Richmond Human Rights Coalition
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Richmond Women's Caucus for Art1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Sexual Harassment/Assault,n.d., 1979-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Socialist Workers Party1977
- Mixed Materials box: 7
State Fair1981
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Statements and Comments1976-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Strategy1976, 1979-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Television
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Theater/Bash
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Update-Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues1985
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Vigil Book1979-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Virginia Council on Social Welfare
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Virginia ERA Legislator's Kit
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council (VERARC)
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Virginia General Assembly Voting Record1979
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Virginia Ratification Project
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Volunteers: NOW,n.d., 1981
- Mixed Materials box: 7
White House Briefing1977
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Woman Activist, The1984-1992
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Women in Government
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Women's Action Alliance
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Women of Virginia, Rights You Are Denied1983
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Photographs--ERA Vigil (5),n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Political Campaign Buttons
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Political Campaign Buttons-Vote Democratic (3)
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Political Campaign Buttons-I Believe in Henry Howell (2)
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Slides-State Fair (3)1981
- Mixed Materials Oversize: 25
The Equal Rights Amendment and YOU PostersPhysical Location: Map drawer 25
- Mixed Materials Oversize: 25
Credit for Women, Your Rights Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, PosterPhysical Location: Map Drawer 25