AHJ_ah09826 Inventory of the Vera Glaser papers1945-1995 Glaser (Vera) papers Processed by Matthew Francis University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2011

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 Finding aid encoded by Matthew Francis January 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Glaser, Vera Vera Glaser papers 1945-1995 09826 21 cubic ft. (21 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The collection contains research files, published articles and columns, and other professional files relating to the journalistic career of Vera Glaser. Biography or History of Vera Glaser

Vera Glaser was born in St. Louis in 1916. Glaser moved to Washington D.C. where she worked as a free lance journalist before joining the Washington Times Herald in 1944. Glaser continued to work as a Washington based reporter through the 1990s for a number of different news agencies, including the North America Newspaper Alliance, Knight-Ridder, Washingtonian Magazine, Scripts – WTOP News, and the Maturity News Service. In addition to her reporting, Glaser was active in the Republican Party during the 1950s and 1960s, including serving on the senate staffs of Sen. Charles Potter and Sen. Kenneth Keating. She also served on the President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities and as president of the Washington Press Club.

Scope and Content

The bulk of the Vera Glaser papers consist of research files and published articles and columns on American politics and women’s issues from the 1940s through the 1990s. In addition there are a number of professional files, including files related to her work for Sen. Charles Potter and Sen. Kenneth Keating, the Republican National Committee, presidential committees, and various women’s and journalistic organizations. Other items of note include an oral history, photographs, speeches, press credentials, publicity files, and invitations to political events.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Vera Glaser at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Vera Glaser from 1982-1996, and Jackie Esposito in 2010.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in January 2011.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Vera Glaser papers, Collection 9826, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~59~59.

 Access Terms Washington Press Club. President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities. National Press Club--United States. Whitehouse Fellows--United States. Republican National Committee (U.S.) Feminism--United States. Journalism--United States. Journalism. Women. Politics, Law, and Government. Washington Metropolitan Area. Women journalists. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List Series I. Professional and Personal Papers

1 1-2 Conferences & Conventions - Republican National Convention 1956, 1960 1 3-4 Conferences & Conventions - Republican Women's Conference 1960-1961 1 5 Conferences & Conventions - The State of the World's Women 1985 1 6 Conferences & Conventions - World Conference of the UN Decade for Women 1980 1 7-8 Invitations and Cards - Political circa 1970s-1980s 1 9 Letters of Recommendation and Brief Jobs 1945-1959 1 10 Oral History - Transcript and Audio Recording (Provided by Penn State University Archives) 1977 1 11 Organizations - American News Womens Club 1961-1981 1 12 Organizations - Congressional Quarterly News Features 1951-1954 1 13 Organizations - Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Association 1950-1951 1 14 Organizations - International Women's Media Foundation 1990 1 15 Organizations - Medical College of Pennsylvania National Board 1977-1988 1 16 Organizations - National Press Club 1981-1990 2 1-2 Organizations - President's Commission on White House Fellows 1969-1980 2 3 Organizations - President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities 1964-1970 2 4 Organizations - Public Relations Soceity of America & American Women in Radio and TV 1957-1964 2 5-9 Organizations - Republican National Committee 1959-1963 2 10 Organizations - Sigma Delta Chi 1983-1985 2 11 Organizations - Washington Press Club 1971-1972 3 1 Organizations - Washington Press Club 1963-1985 3 2 Photographs - Vera Glaser circa 1960s-1970s 3 3 Press Credentials circa 1950s-1980s 3 4-7 Publicity Files (Personal) 1963-1981 3 8 Senatorial Staff Work - Sen. Charles Potter 1956-1958 3 9 Senatorial Staff Work - Sen. Kenneth Keating 1962-1963 4 1 Speeches 1970-1971 Series II. Research Files

Sub-series 1. Women's Issues

4 2-9 Abortion 1975-1978 5 1-8 Abortion 1978-1981 6 1-7 Abortion 1980-1990 6 8 Education 1978-1990 6 9-11 Equal Rights Amendment 1972-1978 7 1-5 Equal Rights Amendment 1979-1989 7 6 Family Protection Bill 1980-1981 7 7 Health 1980-1990 7 8 History 1983-1986 7 9-10 International 1979-1990 7 11 International Women's Year 1977-1978 7 12-13 Military 1979-1990 7 14 No Fault Divorce 1973 8 1-9 Politics 1976-1988 9 1 Politics 1989-1990 9 2 Religion 1979-1989 9 3 Rural 1979-1980 9 4 Teenage Chastity Bill 1981 9 5 Wives, Family, Children 1978-1990 9 6-8 Women in the Work Force 1978-1990 9 9 Women's Equity Act 1981 9 10-12 Women (General) 1975-1976 10 1-7 Women (General) 1976-1980 11 1-7 Women (General) 1978-1990 Sub-series 2. General Political

11 8 Agnew, Spiro 1971-1974 11 9 Anderson, John 1980 12 1-2 Carter, Jimmy 1976-1980 12 3 Carter, Jimmy - Cabinet, Staff, and Carter People 1976-1980 12 4 Carter, Jimmy - Family 1976-1980 12 5-7 Carter, Rosalynn 1976-1980 12 8 Chappaquiddick 1969-1976 13 1-30 Congress 1988-1990 14 1 Democratic National Convention 1979-1980 14 2 Eisenhower, Julie Nixon 1968-1973 14 3 Ford, Betty - and Family 1973-1976 14 4 Ford, Gerald 1973-1976 14 5 Giddens, Kenneth - Voice of America 1977-1980 14 6 Heritage Causes and Recreational Services 1976-1979 14 7 Hunt, H. L. 1964-1978 14 8 ITT (Internation Telephone & Telegraph) 1972-1973 14 9 Johnson, Lyndon 1964-1974 14 10 Mondale, Walter and Joan 1972-1980 15 1-3 Nixon, Pat 1968-1974 15 4-5 Nixon, Richard 1967-1976 15 6 Nixon, Richard - Appointees 1968-1973 15 7 Nixon, Richard - Brothers, Donald and Edward 1968-1976 15 8 Nixon, Tricia 1967-1971 16 1 Presidential Debates 1980 16 2 Republicans 1964-1980 Series III. Published Articles and Columns

16 3-7 Knight Newspapers 1964-1973 17 1 Knight Newspapers 1973-1975 17 2-8 Knight-Ridder 1972-1981 18 1-6 Maturity News Service 1989-1995 18 7 New York Herald Tribune - Washington Post 1955-1956 18 8-11 North America Newspaper Alliance 1963-1965 19 1-5 North America Newspaper Alliance 1965-1969 19 6 Pat Nixon Series 1968-1969 19 7-8 Scripts - WTOP News 1973-1974 20 1 Scripts - WTOP News 1975-1977 20 2-9 Washington Offbeat 1969-1973 21 1-5 Washington Offbeat 1973-1977 21 6-7 The Washingtonian 1966-1969, 1981-1989 21 8 Women Series 1969 21 9 Miscellaneous - Free Lance Articles 1955-1978