ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION    

Title
Long Island Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Inc. (NOW) Collection

Collection Number
SC 248

OCLC Number
122346461

Creator 
Various

Provenance 
This collection comprises materials from three sources: transfers received in 1976 and 1982 from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University; newsletters collected by Stony Brook University Libraries; and papers received from the NOW Long Island Chapter in 1976 and 1978.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note
Date: 1969-1978
Extent: 2 linear ft.
Abstract: The collection contains newsletters and subject files produced or collected by the NOW Long Island Chapter. The title reflects the name adopted by the organization in 1976; prior to that, it was known as the Nassau County Chapter.

Arrangement and Processing Note
Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray and Lynn Toscano in November 2025

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Box], [Item], NOW Long Island Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Inc. (NOW) Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Subjects
Women's rights -- United States -- Societies, etc.
Women -- New York (State) -- Nassau County.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc.
Nassau County (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc.
Feminists -- New York (State) -- Nassau County.
Feminists.
Societies.
Women.
Women's rights -- Societies, etc.
New York (State) -- Long Island.
New York (State) -- Nassau County.
United States.

INVENTORY

Box 1 

Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1970-1971
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1972
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1973
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1974
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1975
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1976
Newsletters: NOW Long Island Chapter, 1977-1978
Newsletters: Do It Now: monthly newsletter of the National Organization for Women, 1971-1974
Newsletters: NOW Acts, 1971, 1973
Newsletters: Nassau NOW Times, 1977-1978
Newsletters: New York State NOW, 1974, 1976
Newsletters: NOW New York Chapter, 1969-1971
Newsletters: Women's Center Newsletter, 1972
Newsletters: The Liberated Grapevine/Women's Liberation Center of Nassau County, 1973-1974, 1978
Newsletters: L.I. Woman's Guide, March 1973
Newsletters: Womens Newsletter: Women's Liberation Center of Nassau County, 1973-1974

Box 2

Newsletters: NOW News, Los Angeles Chapter, 1971-1973
Newsletters: The Spokeswoman, 1970-1971
Newsletters: The Woman Activist, 1971-1972
Newsletters: Women Today (Washngton, D.C.), 1971
Newsletters: Speak Out, 1972
Subject file: Women's Liberation Center of Nassau County
Subject file: papers about the founding of NOW, 1966-1970 (2f)
Subject file: "Emerging Woman," spring conferemce, 1977
Subject file: "Lobbying kit to save abortion legislation in N.Y. State," 1978
Subject file: Professional Women's Caucus, 1970  

Box 3

Subject file: correspondence between Long Island Chapter and New York State Chapter, 1969-1970
Subject file: marriage and divorce
Subject file: Equal Rights Amendment, 1969-1971
Subject file: National Women's Political Caucus, 1971
Subject file: Congress to Unite Women, 1969-1970
Subject file: NOW Long Island Chapter, meeting minutes, 1970-1974, 1978