Letha Dawson Scanzoni papers, 1963 -- 2019

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Series 1: Writings, 1963 -- 2006

This series is open for research.

4.5 linear feet; 4.5 linear feet; 10 boxes and 2 oversized boxes

This series contains Scanzoni's research, drafts, publications, and writing-related correspondence from 1963-2009. Materials cover a variety of writing formats, including newspaper articles, gospel tracts, bible study workbooks, sociology textbook entries, journal articles, and full-length manuscripts.

This series is arranged chronologically by publication.



Box 1 Folder 1 Moody Press Correspondence, 1963 -- 1964


Box 1 Folder 2 The Sunday-School Times, 1963 -- 1967


Box 1 Folder 3 The Sunday-School Times Correspondence, 1964 -- 1969


Box 1 Folder 4 Union Gospel Press: Bible Class, 1967 -- 1969


Box 1 Folder 5 Union Gospel Press: Bible Class, 1970 -- 1971


Box 1 Folder 6 Union Gospel Press: Bible Class, 1973 -- 1974


Box 1 Folder 7 Union Gospel Press Correspondence, 1968 -- 1972


Box 1 Folder 8 American Sunday-School Union Workbooks, 1969



Box 2 Folder 1 Scripture Press Correspondence, 1967 -- 1970


Box 2 Folder 2 Scripture Press Correspondence, 1970 -- 1971


Box 2 Folder 3 Sex Education Research, #1, circa 1965 -- 1970


Box 2 Folder 4 Sex Education Research, #2, circa 1965 -- 1971


Box 2 Folder 5 David C. Cook Foundation Senior High Lessons, 1973 -- 1974


Box 2 Folder 6 POWER/Line Papers, 1970



Box 3 Folder 1 Frederick Ungar Publiching Co. Correspondence, 1978 -- 1981


Box 3 Folder 2 Anita Bryant Research, circa 1978 -- 1980


Box 3 Folder 3 Anita Bryant Research: At Any Cost Manuscript, circa 1978 -- 1980


Box 3 Folder 4 Virginia Molenkott Research, #1, circa 1978 -- 1980


Box 3 Folder 5 Virginia Molenkott Research, #2, circa 1978 -- 1980


Box 3 Folder 6 Virginia Molenkott Research, #3, circa 1978 -- 1980


Box 3 Folder 7 Drafts and Manuscripts for American Women Writers (1981), 1980



Box 4 Folder 1 Manuscript 1st ed All We're Meant to Be. Chapters 1-6, 1973


Box 4 Folder 2 Manuscript 1st ed All We're Meant to Be. Chapters 7-11, 1973


Box 4 Folder 3 All We're Meant to Be- 1st Paperback and Study Guide, 1975


Box 4 Folder 4 Study Guide for 1st Paperback Edition, 1975


Box 4 Folder 5 All We're Meant to Be 2nd Edition - Correspondence, Draft, 1985


Box 4 Folder 6 All We're Meant to Be 2nd Edition - Draft, 1985


Box 4 Folder 7 All We're Meant to Be 2nd Edition - Draft, 1985



Box 5 Folder 1 Nancy Hardesty Writings, circa 1972


Box 5 Folder 2 Related Article Copies, 1974 -- 2011


Box 5 Folder 3 Christian Women's Liberation - Draft 1, circa 1968 -- 1973


Box 5 Folder 4 Manuscript for Evaluation - 1, circa 1968 -- 1973


Box 5 Folder 5 Manuscript for Evaluation - 2, circa 1968 -- 1973


Box 5 Folder 6 Manuscript for Evaluation - 3, circa 1968 -- 1973


Box 5 Folder 7 Reviews of Books by Letha Dawson Scanzoni, 1977


Box 5 Folder 8 All We're Meant to Be - Listings by Publishers and News, circa 1975



Box 6 All We're Meant to Be, 1986 edition Galley Proofs, 1986

Oversized galley proofs of 1986 edition of All We're Meant to Be published by Abington Press.



Box 7 Sexuality (1984) Research, circa 1981 -- 1984

An accordian folder containing research for Scanzoni's Sexuality (1984) published by Westminster Press. Research is separated by topic and chapter.



Box 8 Folder 1 Westminster Press Correspondence, 1982 -- 1984


Box 8 Folder 2 Westminster Press Financial Correspondence, 1984 -- 1995


Box 8 Folder 3 Sexuality Research and Chapter 1 Draft, circa 1981 -- 1984


Box 8 Folder 4 Sexuality Draft, circa 1981 -- 1984


Box 8 Folder 5 Sexuality Permissions and Publicity, 1983 -- 1984


Box 8 Folder 6 Sexuality Page Proofs, 1984



Box 9 Folder 1 Sex is a Parent Affair, History and Reviews, 1974 -- 1983


Box 9 Folder 2 Publisher Correspondence, 1970 -- 1973


Box 9 Folder 3 Bantam Books Correspondence, 1980 -- 1984


Box 9 Folder 4 Sex is a Parent Affair Draft, #1, circa 1973


Box 9 Folder 5 Sex is a Parent Affair Draft, #2, circa 1974



Box 17 Folder 1 Sex is a Parent Affair Workshop Transcript, 1973-11 -- 1973-12



Box 10 Folder 1 Criticism of What God Has Joined Together (2004), 2003 -- 2011


Box 10 Folder 2 Harper's Publishing Correspondence, 2004 -- 2005


Box 10 Folder 3 Myers and Scanzoni Articles on What God Has Joined Together, 2005 -- 2009


Box 10 Folder 4 What God Has Joined Together Events, 2005


Box 10 Folder 5 What God Has Joined Together Correspondence, 2004


Box 10 Folder 6 What God Has Joined Together Paperback Correspondence, 2006


Box 10 Folder 7 What God Has Joined Together Draft edited by James Brownson, 2004


Box 10 Folder 8 What God Has Joined Together Draft edited by Steven Hoogerwerf, 2004


Box 10 Folder 9 What God Has Joined Together Draft edited by Nancy Hardesty, 2004


Box 10 Folder 10 Dave Myers Correspondence, 2004 -- 2005


Box 10 Folder 11 What God Has Joined Together Media and Publicity, 2004 -- 2005


Box 10 Folder 12 What God Has Joined Together Positive Reviews, 2005 -- 2006



Box 11 Folder 1 What God Has Joined Together Edits by Eric Brandt, 2004


Box 11 Folder 2 Gay Marriage and Civil Union Research, 2004


Box 11 Folder 3 Friends Comments on What God Has Joined Together, 2003 -- 2005


Box 11 Folder 4 What God Has Joined Together, Chapter 7 Draft, 2004 -- 2007


"Contemporary Challenges for Religion and the Family from a Protestant Woman's Point of View", 1988

Series 2: Evangelical Women's Caucus (EWC/EEWC), 1974 -- 2017

This series is open for research.

2 linear feet; 2 linear feet; 4 boxes

This series contains materials related to Scanzoni's involvement in the activities of the Evangelical Women's Caucus (EWC), renamed the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus (EEWC), since its inception. The bulk of the series is material related to EWC/EEWC conference planning and attendance, including many materials for the years in which Scanzoni served as planning committee chair, 1980 and 1996. Personal correspondence with other EWC/EEWC members is contained in this collection.

This series is arranged chronologically by event date.



Box 12 Folder 1 Evangelicals for Socail Action Thanksgiving Workshop, 1974


Box 12 Folder 2 Evanglicals for Social Action, 1975 Conference, 1975


Box 12 Folder 3 EWC First National Conference, 1975


Box 12 Folder 4 1978 EWC Conference, Binder Contents, 1978


Box 12 Folder 5 1978 EWC Conference, General, 1978


Box 12 Folder 6 1978 EWC Conference, Scanzoni Workshops, 1978


Box 12 Folder 7 1980 Conference Speaker Invitations, 1979 -- 1980


Box 12 Folder 8 1980 Conference Invited Speaker Responses, 1979 -- 1980


Box 12 Folder 9 Theodora Gordon Hall Correspondence, 1979 -- 1980


Box 12 Folder 10 1980 Conference Publicity, 1979 -- 1980


Box 12 Folder 11 1980 Conference Finances and Admin, 1979 -- 1980


Box 12 Folder 12 1980 Conference Workshop Schedule Materials, 1980


Box 12 Folder 13 1980 Conference Activity Responses, 1980


Box 12 Folder 14 1980 Conference Workshop Descriptions, 1980



Box 13 Folder 1 1980 Conference Speaker Bio and Workshop Descriptinons, Correspondence, and Notes, 1980


Box 13 Folder 2 1980 Conference Attendee Folder Contents, 1980


Box 13 Folder 3 1980 Conference Correspondence, General, 1979 -- 1980


Box 13 Folder 4 1980 Conference Speaker Correspondence, 1979 -- 1980


Box 13 Folder 5 Victoria Booth Demarest Correspondence and Writing, 1979 -- 1980


Box 13 Folder 6 1980 Conference Thank You Notes, 1980


Box 13 Folder 7 Post-Conference Correspondence, 1980



Box 18 Thank You Scroll for Letha Scanzoni, 1980



Box 13 Folder 8 EWC Conferences General, 1981 -- 1984


Box 13 Folder 9 1988 EWCI Conference Attendee Materials, 1988


Box 13 Folder 10 EWC/EEWC Conferences General, 1990 -- 1992



Box 14 Folder 1 1996 EEWC Conference Attendee Materials, 1996


Box 14 Folder 2 1996 EEWC Conference Correspondence - Post-Conference, 1996


Box 14 Folder 3 1996 EEWC Confrence Correspondence - Vendors and Publicity, 1995 -- 1996


Box 14 Folder 4 1996 EEWC Conference Correspondence - Workshops and Speakers, 1995 -- 1996


Box 14 Folder 5 1996 EEWC Conference Correspondence - Registration, 1995 -- 1996


Box 14 Folder 6 1996 EEWC Conference Logo Floppy Disk and Correspondence, 1995


Box 14 Folder 7 2006 EEWC Conference Finances, 2006


Box 14 Folder 8 EEWC Conferences General, 2000 -- 2014


Box 14 Folder 9 National Evangelical Women's Caucus Bylaws, 1978


Box 14 Folder 10 EWC National Council, 1978 -- 1979


Box 14 Folder 11 EWC National/Executive Council, 1979 -- 1984


Box 14 Folder 12 EEWC Executive Council, 1995 -- 1996


Box 14 Folder 13 EEWC Executive Council, 2000 -- 2012


Box 14 Folder 14 EEWC Executive Council Meeting, 2007-07-27 -- 2007-07-29


Box 14 Folder 15 EWC/EEWC Regional Newsletters, 1977 -- 2001


Box 14 Folder 16 EWC Mass Mail and Newsletter, 1983 -- 1985



Box 15 Folder 1 EEWC Promotional Plastic Tote Bag, circa 2001


Box 15 Folder 2 EWC/EEWC Promotional Materials and Letterhead, 1979 -- 2002


Box 15 Folder 3 EWC Promotional Material Design Correspondence, 1997 -- 2000


Box 15 Folder 4 Will of Victoria Booth Demarest, 1983


Box 15 Folder 5 Correspondence with Sharon Billing, 1995 -- 1996


Box 15 Folder 6 Kaye Cooke Study of CBE and EEWC, 1997


Box 15 Folder 7 Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) Correspondence, 1996


Box 15 Folder 8 Daughters of Sarah Publications, 1996


Box 15 Folder 9 Personal Correspondence, 1979 -- 1982


Box 15 Folder 10 Personal Correspondence, 1990 -- 1999


Box 15 Folder 11 Personal Correspondence, 2000 -- 2008

Series 3: EEWC Update and Website Administration, 1984 -- 2019

This series is open for research.

0.75 linear feet; 0.75 linear feet; 2 boxes; 2 units; 2 website crawls

This series contains correspondence and administrative records relating to Scanzoni's editing and management of EWC/EEWC's periodical Update beginning in [date] and the EEWC website (www.eewc.com) from its launch in 1996 to 2013. This collection also provides access to webcrawls of Scanzoni's personal website, Letha's Calling, and several Chrsitian feminist blogs she co-wrote with other EEWC members.

This series is arranged by format and then chronologically.


Box 15 Folder 12 Issues of Update, 1987 -- 1995


Box 15 Folder 13 Update Adminstration, 1984 -- 2002


Box 15 Folder 14 Update and Website Articles, 1998 -- 2004


Box 15 Folder 15 "Web Explorations", 2004 -- 2008


Box 15 Folder 16 EWC Name Change Correspondence and Articles, 1988


Box 15 Folder 17 "An Urgent Heart and Heart Letter to Our Members from Letha Scanzoni", 2015 -- 2016



Box 16 Folder 1 EEWC Website Launch, 1998


Box 16 Folder 2 EEWC Website Administration, 1998 -- 2000


Box 16 Folder 3 EEWC Website Administration, 2001 -- 2003


Box 16 Folder 4 EEWC Website Administration, 2004 -- 2009


72-27 Blog, 2008 -- 2011

72-27 was a blog Letha Dawson Scanzoni wrote at age 72 with Kimberly B. George aged 27. It features cross-generational dialogue on topics in Christian feminism. The blog was active between 2008 and 2011 on www.eewc.com. Please see: https://wayback.archive-it.org/19393/20230621021820/https://eewc.com/72-27-index-posts/


Fem Faith Blog, 2013 -- 2013

FemFaith was a Christian feminist dialogue blog written by Letha Dawson Scanzoni, Kendra Weddle, and Melanie Springer Mock between 2012 and 2013. Posts explore evangelical history, feminist praxis, and community formation. Please see https://wayback.archive-it.org/19393/20230621021456/https://eewc.com/about-femfaith/


"An Interview with Letha Dawson Scanzoni" by Janene Cates Putman, 2019

This archived interview from www.eewc.com by Janene Cates Putnam explores Letha Dawson Scanzoni's memories of the early years of EEWC and a short account of her childhood and religious experiences. Please see https://wayback.archive-it.org/19393/20230621163332/https://eewc.com/an-interview-with-letha-dawson-scanzoni/


Letha's Calling, 2009 -- 2019

Letha's Calling is Letha Dawson Scanzoni's personal website, featuring her bibliography, links to various projects she has participated in online, and a blog recounting her memories and thoughts as a Christian feminist. The last post as of 2023 commemorates Nancy Hardesty's death in 2011, but she has stated that she plans to continue writing posts in the future. Please see https://wayback.archive-it.org/19393/*/https://lethadawsonscanzoni.com/

For "Contemporary Challenges for Religion and the Family from a Protestant Woman's Point of View" by Scanzoni, which is hosted on a separate domain,, please see https://wayback.archive-it.org/19393/20230707152134/https://rsc.byu.edu/religion-family-connection/contemporary-challenges-religion-family-protestant-womans-point-view/