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Joanne Temcov papers, 1969-2018
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Temcov, Joanne L. (Joanne Little)
- Title
- Joanne Temcov papers
- Dates
- 1969-2018 (inclusive)19692018
1969-1990 (bulk)19691990 - Quantity
- 2.75 cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6040 (Accession No. 6040-001)
- Summary
- Papers relating to Joanne Temcov's work as a labor organizer and women’s rights advocate
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Open to all users, but some materials in this collection exist in a format that is inaccessible to researchers. Production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Joanne Little Temcov (1926-) is a labor organizer and women’s rights advocate. She was born in Montesano, Washington and studied drama at the University of Washington. In the 1960s and 1970s she worked in various roles: Interviewer, Washington State Employment Security Department; Secretary and then President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 435; Executive Board member, Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE); and Industrial Relations Agent, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. In the 1970s and 1980s Temcov was an active member of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and the Women's Political Caucus. She also served as the secretary of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Materials are related to Temcov's labor union activities and women's rights advocacy work, including correspondence, reports, resolutions, meeting minutes, press releases, memos, agendas, convention proceedings, newsletters, speeches, essays, photographs, pamphlets, booklets, brochures, fliers, programs, biographical narratives, notes, and newspaper articles. Also included are materials relating to the early years of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW); the activities of the Seattle-King County and Snohomish County chapters of the National Organization for Women (NOW); and the national, Washington State, King County, and Snohomish County Women's Political Caucus.
Materials include conference programs, meeting minutes, memos, correspondence, fliers, brochures, essays, photographs, programs, song sheets, and newspaper clippings about the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA).
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series:
- SERIES 1: LABOR UNION ACTIVITIES FILES, 1969-1990, 2018
- SERIES 2: WOMEN’S RIGHTS SUBJECT FILES, 1970-1998
- SERIES 3: PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABOR HISTORY ASSOCIATION FILES, 1970-2015
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
SERIES 1: LABOR UNION ACTIVITIES FILES, 1969-1990, 2018, (bulk 1969-1990) Return to Top
Materials include correspondence, reports, resolutions, press releases, memos, agendas, convention proceedings, programs, biographical narratives, notes, and newspaper articles relating to Temcov’s labor union activities with Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Council 28, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 435, the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC), and the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). in WFSE, Temcov served on WFSE's Policy Committee and Executive Committee as well.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Joanne Temcov's biography |
2018 |
| 1/17 | AFL-CIO: resolutions, pamphlets, booklets about women
workers and other labor issues |
1970s |
| 1/19 | MANPOWER: list of reports about employment |
1971 |
| 1/32 | United Farm Workers of America: press
release |
approximately 1970-1980 |
| 1/33 | International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM): report about political engagement and newsletter |
1972 |
| 1/34 | United Workers Union: newsletter |
1974 |
| 1/35 | Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders
International Union: flier and brochures about union activities |
approximately 1970-1980 |
| 1/36 | Committee for National Health Insurance: press release
and brochure |
1975 |
| 1/40 | Coalition to Stop Inflation: correspondence |
1980s |
| 1/43 | Newspaper articles about labor issues |
1970s |
| 2/2 | Retirement reform: memos |
1971-1973 |
| 2/3 | Retirement reform: notes, brochures, and
handbook |
1969-1973 |
| 2/4 | Retirement reform: correspondence |
1971-1973 |
| 2/5 | Retirement reform: newsletters and newspaper
clippings |
1971-1973 |
| 2/6 | Retirement reform: WFSE legislative reports, WA Senate
Bill no. 500, and WA House Bill no. 435 |
1971-1973 |
| 2/7 | Retirement reform: reports, draft resolutions, agenda,
and statistics |
1971-1973 |
| 2/8 | WSLC: draft resolutions, pension gender equity
resolution, and list of affiliates |
1974 |
| 2/9 | WFSE Council 28: convention agenda, resolutions and
constitutional amendments, and amended resolutions |
1976 |
| 2/10 | WSLC: pamphlets, brochures, flier, Labor and Industries
Industrial Welfare Order on working conditions for women and minors |
1972 |
| 2/11 | WSLC: committee lists, agenda, newsletters, "labor
summer school" pamphlet, and fliers |
1980-1989 |
| 2/12 | WFSE Council 28: organizational charts, convention
agenda, convention resolutions and amendments, reports, newsletters, notes, and
a photograph |
1971 |
| 2/13 | WFSE Council 28: resolutions, amendments, memos, agenda,
certificate, and newsletters |
1972 |
| 2/14 | WFSE Council 28: resolutions, constitution and bylaws,
agenda, memos, minutes, and membership statistics |
1973 |
| 2/15 | WFSE Council 28: convention packet, resolutions, and
amendments |
1974 |
| 2/16 | AFSCME Local 435 and WFSE Council 28: memos,
correspondence, notes, and reports about employment security
grievances |
1975-1977 |
| 2/17 | Union convention name tags and pins and union membership
cards |
1970-1980 |
| 2/18 | WFSE and WSLC: narratives about Temcov's union work,
convention resolutions and amendments, agenda, brochures, and bound WSLC
proceedings |
1970-1980 |
| 2/19 | WFSE and WSLC: narratives about Temcov's union work,
convention resolutions and amendments, agenda, brochures, and bound WSLC
proceedings |
1970-1980 |
Subseries 1.A.: COALITION OF LABOR UNION WOMEN (CLUW) FILES 0.16 cubic feet (1 shared box)
Materials include memos, meeting minutes, correspondence,
resolutions, newsletters, brochures, programs, notes, and newspaper articles
relating to Temcov’s work with the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).
|
1974-2011 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | CLUW: background information, brochures, and
leaflets |
1974-1975 |
| ½ | CLUW: newsletters |
1990s, undated |
| 1/3 | CLUW: directory and mailing lists |
1974-1975 |
| 1/4 | CLUW: memos |
1974-1977 |
| 1/5 | CLUW: meeting minutes and programs |
1974-1977 |
| 1/6 | CLUW: correspondence |
1974-1989 |
| 1/7 | CLUW: project plans |
1988 |
| 1/8 | CLUW: founding conference programs, notes, and
resolutions |
1974 |
| 1/9 | CLUW: presentations |
1976 |
| 1/10 | CLUW: constitution |
1975 |
| 1/11 | CLUW: newspaper articles |
1974-2011 |
| 1/12 | CLUW: buttons and a sticker |
approximately 1970-1980 |
SERIES 2: WOMEN’S RIGHTS SUBJECT FILES, 1970-2008, (bulk 1970-1989) Return to Top
Materials are related to Temcov's women's rights advocacy work, including correspondence, reports, resolutions, meeting minutes, press releases, memos, newsletters, speeches, essays, presentation slides, pamphlets, booklets, brochures, fliers, programs, notes, and newspaper articles. Also included are materials relating to the activities of the Seattle-King County and Snohomish County chapters of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the national, Washington State, King County, and Snohomish County Women's Political Caucus.
Access note: Open to all users, but some materials in this series exist in a format that is inaccessible to researchers. Production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/13 | Comparable Worth Task Force, Washington State: research
and reports |
1986-1987 |
| 1/14 | Comparable Worth Task Force, Washington State: workshop
presentation and brochures |
1987 |
| 1/15 | Gender income inequality presentation slides, class
materials, and charts 1 DVD-R
Access restricted: production of use copy is required before
access will be granted
|
1970-1990 |
| 1/16 | U.S. Department of Labor and Industry: press releases,
pamphlets, and booklets about women workers |
1970s |
| 1/18 | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America (UAW): program and report about women workers |
1970 |
| ½0 | Know Inc.: press release about women workers |
1972 |
| ½1 | University of Washington YWCA: bibliography |
1970 |
| ½2 | Harding, Nina "The interconnections between the Black
struggle and the woman question" essay presented at Seattle Radical Women
annual conference |
1970 |
| ½3 | Progressive Women: press release about National
Organization for Women (NOW) |
1971 |
| ½4 | Women's Heritage Series Inc.: newsletters |
1972 |
| ½5 | National Organization for Women (NOW): press
release |
1970 |
| ½6 | Women's Liberation School: class schedule |
1971 |
| ½7 | Everywoman Bookstore: catalog |
1971 |
| ½8 | Cisler, Lucinda, "Women: A Bibliography"
booklet |
1970 |
| ½9 | American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME): report, memo, and questionnaires about women
workers |
1973-1974 |
| 1/30 | San Francisco Board of Supervisors: resolution about
equal rights for women in the workplace |
1971 |
| 1/31 | W.A.G.E.: newsletters |
1972-1975 |
| 1/37 | National Lawyers Guild: brochure about Yvonne Wanrow
Defense Committee |
1975 |
| 1/41 | The Leagues of Women Voters in King County, Washington:
brochures |
1977 |
| 1/42 | National Council of Women’s Organizations:
newsletter |
1998 |
| 3/9 | Women's rights: newspaper articles |
1970-1971 |
Subseries 2.A.: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW) FILES 0.46 cubic feet (1 box)
Materials include meeting minutes, resolutions, memos, reports,
speeches, essays, agendas, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, and newspaper
articles relating to the activities of the Seattle-King County and Snohomish
County chapters of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
|
1970-1989 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/1 | National Organization for Women (NOW) national
conference: resolutions, speeches, essays, agenda |
1970-1972 |
| 3/2 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Seattle-King
County chapter: newsletter and member list |
1970-1973 |
| 3/3 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Seattle-King
County chapter: meeting minutes and draft newsletters |
1970-1973 |
| 3/4 | Women's rights: NOW newsletters, memos, and
resolutions; newspaper articles; pamphlets; and brochures |
1970-1973 |
| 3/5 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Snohomish
chapter: newsletters and memos |
1971-1975 |
| 3/6 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Seattle-King
County chapter, Speakers Bureau: bulletins, member lists, resolutions,
speeches, notes, reports, and memos |
1970-1971 |
| 3/7 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Washington:
memos, press releases, resolutions, newsletters, and newspaper
articles |
approximately 1970-1985 |
| 3/8 | National Organization for Women (NOW):
newsletters |
1980-1989 |
| 3/10 | National Organization for Women (NOW), Snohomish
chapter: correspondence, memos, newsletters, and newspaper articles |
1972 |
Subseries 2.B.: WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS FILES 0.37 cubic feet (1 box)
Materials include meeting minutes, memos, reports, agendas,
correspondence, membership rosters, brochures, financial records, newsletters,
and newspaper articles relating to the activities of the national, Washington
State, King County, and Snohomish County Women's Political Caucus.
|
1971-2008 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1-2 | National, Washington State, and King County Women's
Political Caucus: reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, letters to the editor,
newspaper clippings, promotional materials, and pamphlets |
1971-1978 |
| 4/3 | King County and Washington State Women's Political
Caucus: correspondence, meeting minutes, agenda, caucus reports, membership
roster (Washington State), newsletters, newspaper clippings, contact sheet, and
fact sheets |
1977-1979 |
| 4/4 | National Women's Political Caucus board meeting hosted
by Washington State Women's Political Caucus: agenda, correspondence,
schedules, brochures, and financial records |
1979 |
| 4/5 | King County and Washington State Women's Political
Caucus: bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, agenda,
membership rosters (King County), budgets, policy documents, fliers, fact
sheets, convention planning documents, and notes |
1980-1985 |
| 4/6 | Snohomish County Women's Political Caucus: bylaws,
meeting minutes, correspondence, agenda, membership rosters, Temcov's account
of her experiences in the branch, brochures, and newspaper articles |
1983 |
| 4/7 | Snohomish County Women's Political Caucus: meeting
minutes, correspondence, and newspaper articles |
1983 |
| 4/8 | National Women's Political Caucus board meeting hosted
in Seattle, WA: correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, receipts, and hotel
information |
1988 |
| 4/9 | King County and Washington State Women's Political
Caucus: newsletters, bylaws amendments, bylaws (Washington State), agenda,
budget report, and fliers |
1990-2008 |
SERIES 3: PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABOR HISTORY ASSOCIATION FILES, 1970-2015, (bulk 1980-1995) Return to Top
Materials include conference programs, meeting minutes, memos, correspondence, fliers, brochures, essays, photographs, programs, song sheets, and newspaper clippings about the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA).
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/38 | Pacific Northwest Labor History Association:
brochure |
1981 |
| 1/39 | Southwest Labor Studies Conference: program |
1990 |
| 2/20 | Pacific Northwest Labor History Association:
constitution, bylaws, meeting minutes, memos, membership lists, and
correspondence |
1977-1995 |
| 2/21 | Pacific Northwest Labor History Association: conference
programs, meeting minutes, fliers, brochures, essays, photographs, song sheets,
and newspaper clippings |
1970-2015 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Labor leaders--Washington (State)--Archives
- Labor movement--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Labor unions--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Labor--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Temcov, Joanne L. (Joanne Little)--Archives
Corporate Names
- AFL-CIO. Washington State Labor Council--History--Sources
- AFSCME--History--Sources
- Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.). Puget Sound Chapter--History--Sources
- Pacific Northwest Labor History Association--History--Sources
- Washington Federation of State Employees--History--Sources
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (curator)
