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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, documents re Commission Task Force to Study Criminal Sexual Assault, 1976 – 1981 (2 folders). [Betty Ardus files]. Contain correspondence with members of the task force and members of the Joint Committee to work on Virginia’s Senate Bill 291. Also correspondence with NOW, Wisconsin Task Force on Rape, and other state and national organizations, 1976 - 1981

 File — Container: MSS 81-5 Box 3

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This addition to the COSAR files consist of 9 archival boxes (2.5 cubic ft.). It contains the working files of Betty Ardus and Ann Washauer, members of the Virginia State Crime Commission Advisory Task Force to Study Sexual Assault.

The files point out the grassroot work that was done in Virginia beginning with the foundation of the Alexandria Rape Victim Companion Program within the Commission for Women in 1974, the Tidewater Rape Information Service, ROAR (Richmond Organized Against Rape) and other local organizations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976 - 1981

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 5.7 Cubic Feet (14 archival boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
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