Rochelle Lefkowitz papers, 1975-1985

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Series I: Bella Abzug


Sub-series 1.1: Political Campaigns



Box 1-3 Folder 1 Senate Campaign: clippings, appeals, statements, January-December 1976

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 1-3 Folder 2 Mayoral Campaign: statements, statements, policy and speech drafts, clippings, July-Sept 1977

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Sub-series 1.2: "Operation Nuclear Freeze" Town Meeting, 25 May 1982

(Coordinated by Women USA. Town Meetings on the Nuclear Freeze in over 10 locations)


Box 1-3 Folder 3 Town Meeting 1: unsorted, includes flyers, press releases, clips, notes on media.

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 1-3 Folder 4 Town Meeting 2: Media contacts and notes

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Sub-series I.3: CNN Spots and Media

(Over 500 90-second editorials/speeches Abzug delivered at CNN)


Box 1-3 Folder 5 CNN Spots, 1980

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 1-3 Folder 6 CNN Spots, 1981

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 1-3 Folder 7 CNN Spots, 1982

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 1-3 Folder 8 CNN Spots, 1983

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 1-3 Folder 9 Additional Rochelle writing for Bella: WQXR Editorial, 1981

(Three undated spots, marginal note suggests 5/17/??. 5/17/81 was a Monday but we already have a set of spots for that week)

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Sub-series I.4: Topical Files


Bella Abzug:



Box 2 Folder 1 "Congresswoman Bella S.Abzug, Major Legislative Accomplishments 1971-1976", 10 pages

(Plus a list by LFK of statements and how some were edited, notably Oct 28 Congressional Record where attacks on banks were deleted. Sept 1976:Congressional Record about 20 pages of tributes to departing House Members, mostly about Bella)

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Budget and Jobs:


Box 2 Folder 2 Federal reimbursement: March-Oct 1975, HR 9652,The Uniform Federal Welfare and Medical Assistance Reimbursement Act of 1975, and S2476,

(Introduced by Senator Javits, with many co-sponsors, to increase federal reimbursement uniformly to 75%.Bella organized a citizens' committee on this and she was able to talk about this all over the state. Includes a July 1975 proposal to the New School for a project to align the state's Congressional delegation on federal-state policies)

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 2 Folder 3 NYC Budget Crisis: August-December 1975: drafts and docs. Includes multiple drafts of an undated statement on an SEC report.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 2 Folder 4 Jobs: March-April 1976, HR50, the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1976: Congressional Record statements, proposals to amend

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Economic Development:


Box 2 Folder 5 Proposals & policies: economic development in NY and the nation, national energy policy, housing, NYS Party for 1976 Democratic Party platform.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 2 Folder 6 Economic development, 1976

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Education:


Box 2 Folder 7 Education, childcare, and libraries

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Environment:


Box 2 Folder 8 Environment & Energy: December 1975-August 1976: statements, press releases, clips, also Indian Point nuclear reactor in Westchester County, NY.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Foreign Policy:


Box 2 Folder 9 International: Israel, nuclear war, Angola, UN, Vietnam

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Health:


Box 2 Folder 10 Health & aging

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Housing:


Box 2 Folder 11 Housing and public works, NYC tunnel workers

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Individual Rights:


Box 2 Folder 12 Info & Rights: her subcommittee on Information and Individual Rights.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 2 Folder 13 1983 Additional Rochelle writing: 5-page draft on "Squeal rule" plus -page sidebar

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Larry Kramer:


Box 2 Folder 14 Larry Kramer materials: Aug 1975 LFK memo to Bella on my work to date as a volunteer and Congressional staffer "issues person" Other research & notes.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Transit:

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 2 Folder 15 Transit

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Women:


Box 2 Folder 16 Women & sexual orientation

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Sub-series I.5: Tapes and Printed


Box 2 Folder 17 Cassette tape "Bella at Automation House" (the institute founded by mediator Theodore Kheel), undated, labeled Side 2 and Side 4

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz


Box 2 Folder 18 VHS tape labeled 1977 Houston Women's Conf Doc (documentary?)

Donated by Rochelle Lefkowitz



Box 3 Folder 1 Newsletters: June 1975 and Oct 1976 Bella Abzug in Congress, other district reports, 20th CD community conferences.

Donated by Lawrence Felix


Box 3 Folder 2 Brochure "Democratic Women are Wonderful: A History of Women at Democratic National Conventions" by the National Women's Political Caucus,

(On page 34 acknowledgments, Bella is the first person to get special thanks, Bella is the first person listed (because of her last name))


Sub-series I.6: Clippings and Memorabilia


Box 3 Folder 3 Clippings: probably around 100 unsorted news articles, opinion pieces, etc.

Donated by Lawrence Kramer


Box 3 Folder 4 Memorabilia: Cartoons, poems from staff; write-in options.

Donated by Lawrence Kramer