Finding aid for the Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Records
Title:
Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio
Dates:
1974-1984
Quantity:
4.60 linear feet (7 containers)
Abstract:
 Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (f. ca. 1976), with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, was organized for the purpose of educating people on all aspects of problem pregnancy. The organization receives material from various abortion groups throughout Ohio, both pro-choice and anti-choice groups, although it is a pro-choice organization. It channels this information to the public, its primary goal being to inform women facing problem pregnancy of the legal options available to them. The collection consists of office records which include material from Cleveland and Columbus chapters, information from abortion organizations, and news clippings.
Identification:
MS 4227
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio

Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (f. ca. 1976), with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, was organized for the purpose of educating people on all aspects of problem pregnancy. The organization receives information from various abortion groups throughout Ohio, both pro-choice and anti-choice groups, although Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio is a pro-choice organization. The organization then channels this information to the public, its primary goal being to inform women facing problem pregnancy of the legal options available to them.

Scope and Content

The Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Records, 1974-1984 and undated, consist of office records which include material from Cleveland and Columbus, information from abortion organizations, and news clippings.

This collection is useful for anyone interested in the views on abortion of various groups in Ohio and throughout the United States. Organizations that are particularly well represented in the collection include the Reproductive Freedom Coalition, Right to Life, the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, and the National Abortion Rights Action League.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in seven series. Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series I: Cleveland Office Records
Series II: Columbus Office Records
Series III: Abortion Rights and Services
Series IV: Anti-Choice Groups
Series V: Family Planning, Population, and Reproductive Health
Series VI: Women and Civil Liberties
Series VII: Media Information

Restrictions on Access

None.

Separated Material: Separated Material

All photographs have been removed to PG 379 Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Photographs.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Abortion -- Citizen participation.
Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio.
Pregnancy -- Complications -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Pro-choice movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Pro-life movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4227 Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio, 1984 and 1985.

Processing Information

Processed by Richard Hite in 1988.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Cleveland Office Records, 1974-1984; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Abortion controversy, 1982-1984




Box 1 / Folder 1
Akron rally, 1978




Box 1 / Folder 1
Ann Gaylor event, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 1
Annual report, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 2
Benshoof, Janet, 1980




Box 1 / Folder 2
Bibliography, undated




Box 1 / Folder 2
Bingham Foundation, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 2
Board Agendas, 1983-1984




Box 1 / Folder 2
Board correspondence, 1983-1984




Box 1 / Folder 2
Board list: meeting materials, 1981-1984




Box 1 / Folder 3
Board minutes, 1981-1983




Box 1 / Folder 4
Board of Directors, 1980-1984




Box 1 / Folder 4
Board of Trustees, 1978-1980




Box 1 / Folder 5
Brochures, 1978




Box 1 / Folder 6
Brush Foundation, 1977-1984




Box 1 / Folder 7
Calendars, 1979-1981




Box 1 / Folder 7
Cincinnati, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 7
Clergy Counseling Referral, 1980




Box 1 / Folder 7
Cleveland Foundation, 1978-1983




Box 1 / Folder 8
Cleveland State University organizing, 1978-1979




Box 1 / Folder 8
Cleveland State University Workshop, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 9
Closing, 1984




Box 1 / Folder 9
Computerization, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 10
Constitution and bylaws, 1980-1982




Box 1 / Folder 10
Cuyahoga County Fair (Ortho), 1981




Box 1 / Folder 10
Debate-Canton, 1981




Box 1 / Folder 10
Demonstrations, 1980




Box 1 / Folder 10
Digest, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 11
Direct Mail, 1980-1983




Box 1 / Folder 12
Director's reports, 1978-1981




Box 1 / Folder 13
Ecumenical service, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 13
Ellery and Elizabeth Sedgwick Fund, 1982-1983




Box 1 / Folder 13
Fact sheets, 1981




Box 1 / Folder 14
Farewell to Christine Link, 1983




Box 1 / Folder 15
Film project, Cleveland State University, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 15
Film project, I'll Know by Sunday, 1982-1983




Box 1 / Folder 15
Financial report, 1978-1979




Box 1 / Folder 16
FOCO, 1983-1984




Box 1 / Folder 16
Foundations, undated




Box 1 / Folder 16
Fox Foundation, 1980-1981




Box 1 / Folder 17
Funding, 1977-1978




Box 1 / Folder 18
Funding exchange correspondence, 1980




Box 1 / Folder 18
Funding history, 1981




Box 1 / Folder 18
Funding requests, 1978-1980




Box 1 / Folder 19
Fundraising, 1983




Box 1 / Folder 19
Fundraising Committee, 1978




Box 1 / Folder 19
Fundraising foundations, 1982-1983




Box 1 / Folder 19
Gerson Family Foundation, 1978-1984




Box 1 / Folder 19
GOTV, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 19
Gries Charity Fund, 1978-1981




Box 1 / Folder 20
Gund Foundation, 1977-1984




Box 1 / Folder 21
Hate mail, 1978-1979




Box 1 / Folder 21
Health Issues for Union Women, 1981




Box 1 / Folder 21
Hearing, 1982-1983




Box 1 / Folder 21
Individual giving, 1979




Box 1 / Folder 21
Joint board meeting, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 21
Knight Trust, 1982




Box 1 / Folder 22
Lems, Kristin, 1980-1982




Box 2 / Folder 23
Library survey, 1984




Box 2 / Folder 24
Lobbying workshop, 1979




Box 2 / Folder 24
Love letters, 1979-1982




Box 2 / Folder 24
Mailings, high schools, 1981-1983




Box 2 / Folder 24
Mailings, libraries, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 24
Media backgrounder, 1974-1980




Box 2 / Folder 25
Mother's Day advertisement, 1979




Box 2 / Folder 25
Ms. Foundation, 1980-1983




Box 2 / Folder 26
Ms. subscription drive, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 26
National Abortion Rights Action League/Ohio Foundation, 1983-1984




Box 2 / Folder 26
National Catholic register, 1984




Box 2 / Folder 26
Needmore Fund, 1982




Box 2 / Folder 26
Newsletter items/lists, 1981-1983




Box 2 / Folder 26
Notes, 1982




Box 2 / Folder 27
NOVA health systems, 1983-1984




Box 2 / Folder 27
Ohio Humanities Program, 1979




Box 2 / Folder 27
OLA/PTA Convention, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 27
Open House, 1982




Box 2 / Folder 28
O'Rourke, Joseph, 1980




Box 2 / Folder 28
Personnel policies, 1979-1983




Box 2 / Folder 29
Phase-Out, 1983-1984




Box 2 / Folder 29
Planned Parenthood of Cleveland, 1980-1984




Box 2 / Folder 29
Planning Committee, 1980




Box 2 / Folder 30
Playboy Foundation, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 30
Program book, 1978-1980




Box 2 / Folder 31
Project 13, 1981-1982




Box 2 / Folder 32
Proposal, 1977-1981




Box 2 / Folder 33
Public Policy Education Seminar, 1981-1982




Box 2 / Folder 33
Quarterly reports to Gund Foundation, 1978-1979




Box 2 / Folder 34
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 1978




Box 2 / Folder 35
Report to foundations/Request for re-funding, 1978-1980




Box 2 / Folder 36-38
Reproductive Freedom Coalition, 1977-1981




Box 2 / Folder 39
Reproductive Freedom Coalition dinner, 1979-1982




Box 2 / Folder 39
Reproductive Freedom Coalition program book, 1979-1980




Box 2 / Folder 40
Request for re-funding, 1980-1982




Box 2 / Folder 40
Responses from Direct Mail fundraiser, 1979




Box 2 / Folder 40
Richards, Cory, 1982




Box 2 / Folder 40
Right to Life convention, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 40
Salad supper and raffle, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 40
Site search, 1981-1982




Box 2 / Folder 41
Speaking engagements, 1978-1983




Box 2 / Folder 42
Sponsors list, 1978




Box 2 / Folder 42
Staff reports, 1982-1984




Box 2 / Folder 43
Staff retreats, 1981-1983




Box 2 / Folder 43
Stewart Mott Foundation, 1981




Box 2 / Folder 43
Toledo, 1979-1980




Box 2 / Folder 43
Treu-Mart fund, 1981-1982




Box 2 / Folder 44
White Foundation, 1981-1983




Box 2 / Folder 44
Wolpert Fund, 1982




Box 2 / Folder 45
Miscellaneous files, 1980-1981





Series II: Columbus Office Records, 1979-1983; undated

Box 3 / Folder 46
Advisory committee, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 46
Budget and finance, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 46
Closing, 1983




Box 3 / Folder 46
Columbus proposal, 1980




Box 3 / Folder 46
Correspondence, 1982-1983




Box 3 / Folder 46
Direct Mail, 1982-1983




Box 3 / Folder 46
Disarmament, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 47
Donations, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 47
Film project - Athens "I'll Know by Sunday", 1982




Box 3 / Folder 47
Foundation fundraising, 1980




Box 3 / Folder 48
Free-Time response, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 48
Fundraising letters, 1980-1982




Box 3 / Folder 48
Groundwork, 1979-1980




Box 3 / Folder 48
Health fairs, malls, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 49
High school packets, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 49
Information requests, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 49
Job search support staff, 1981-1983




Box 3 / Folder 49
Kathy's departing, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 49
Libraries, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 49
Lisa's reports, 1982-1983




Box 3 / Folder 49
Northwest Women's Center, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 50
Opening, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 50
Pat/Media intern, 1983




Box 3 / Folder 50
Presentations, 1982-1983




Box 3 / Folder 50
Pro Choice Education Society, 1979




Box 3 / Folder 51
Project 13, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 52
Proposals and correspondence, 1981-1983




Box 3 / Folder 52
School, 1983




Box 3 / Folder 52
Search committee, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 53
Staff reports, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 53
Television advertisements, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 53
Weekly work programs, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 53
Work plans, undated





Series III: Abortion Rights and Services, 1975-1983; undated

Box 3 / Folder 54
Abortion clinics in Ohio (list), undated




Box 3 / Folder 54
Abortion Fund, 1980




Box 3 / Folder 54
Abortion Rights Committee, 1979-1980




Box 3 / Folder 54
Abortion Rights Movement, 1979




Box 3 / Folder 54
Catholics for a Free Choice, 1981




Box 3 / Folder 55
Catholics for a Free Choice-Conscience, 1978-1981




Box 3 / Folder 56
Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights Media Project, 1979-1980




Box 3 / Folder 57
Committee to Preserve the Constitution, 1980-1982




Box 3 / Folder 57
Feminist Women's Health Centers, undated




Box 3 / Folder 57
National Abortion Federation, 1981-1983




Box 3 / Folder 58
National Abortion Rights Action League, 1980-1982




Box 3 / Folder 58
National Abortion Rights Action League media project, 1981




Box 3 / Folder 58
National Abortion Rights Action League of Ohio, 1979-1980




Box 3 / Folder 59
National Abortion Rights Action League of Ohio Political Action Committee, 1982




Box 3 / Folder 59
Oberlin Pro-Choice, 1980-1981




Box 3 / Folder 59
Preterm, Cleveland, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 59
Preterm Institute, 1975




Box 3 / Folder 60
Pro-Choice Action Committee, 1980




Box 3 / Folder 60
Pro-choice groups, other states, 1978-1979




Box 3 / Folder 61
Pro-choice organizations (lists), 1981




Box 3 / Folder 61
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 1976-1977




Box 3 / Folder 61
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights of Northeast Ohio, 1978-1982




Box 3 / Folder 61
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights of Ohio, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 62
Reproductive Rights National Network, 1980-1982




Box 3 / Folder 63
Reproductive Rights Newsletter, 1979-1981




Box 3 / Folder 63
Western New York Coalition for Freedom of Choice, 1979





Series IV: Anti-Choice Groups, 1976-1982; undated

Box 3 / Folder 64
American Life Lobby, 1980




Box 3 / Folder 64
Anti-abortion supporters (lists), 1976-1977




Box 3 / Folder 64
Anti-choice groups, national, 1980-1981




Box 3 / Folder 64
Anti-choice groups, other states, 1979-1980




Box 3 / Folder 64
Catholics, undated




Box 3 / Folder 64
Intercessors for America, 1981




Box 3 / Folder 64
National Pro-Life Political Action Committee, undated




Box 3 / Folder 64
People Expressing a Concern for Everyone, undated




Box 3 / Folder 64
Pro-Lifers for Survival, undated




Box 3 / Folder 65
Right to Life, Greater Cleveland Society, 1981-1982




Box 3 / Folder 65
Right to Life, National Right to Life Committee, 1980-1982




Box 3 / Folder 65
Right to Life, Ohio Society, 1978-1982




Box 3 / Folder 66
Right to Life, Vital Signs, 1978-1982





Series V: Family Planning, Population, and Reproductive Health, 1975-1983

Box 3 / Folder 67
Cleveland Program for Sexual Learning, 1982-1983




Box 4 / Folder 68
March of Dimes, 1982




Box 4 / Folder 68
National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, 1979-1980




Box 4 / Folder 69
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, 1980-1981




Box 4 / Folder 69
National Women's Health Network, 1981-1982




Box 4 / Folder 70
Perinatal, Greater Cleveland Regional Network, 1977




Box 4 / Folder 71
Perinatal, Ohio Association, 1979




Box 4 / Folder 72
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio, 1980




Box 4 / Folder 72
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1979-1981




Box 4 / Folder 72
Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, 1977-1983




Box 4 / Folder 72
Planned Parenthood, Rocky Mountain, 1979




Box 4 / Folder 72
Planned Parenthood of Summit County, 1980-1981




Box 4 / Folder 73
Population Institute, 1978-1979




Box 4 / Folder 73
Population Reference Bureau, Inc., 1975-1980




Box 4 / Folder 73
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, 1976-1979




Box 4 / Folder 74
Urban Institute, 1978-1979




Box 4 / Folder 74
WomenWise, 1981




Box 4 / Folder 74
Zero Population Growth, 1978-1981





Series VI: Women and Civil Liberties, 1978-1983; undated

Box 4 / Folder 75
Alan Guttmacher Institute, issues in brief, 1981-1982




Box 4 / Folder 75
Alan Guttmacher Institute, releases, 1982-1983




Box 4 / Folder 76
American Civil Liberties Union, Cleveland, 1980




Box 4 / Folder 76
American Civil Liberties Union, Ohio, 1980-1983




Box 4 / Folder 76
American Civil Liberties Union, Reproductive Freedom Project, 1980-1981




Box 4 / Folder 77
Congressional Clearinghouse on Women's Rights, 1979




Box 4 / Folder 77
Family Health Association (Cleveland), 1980-1981




Box 4 / Folder 77
Federation for Community Planning, 1979-1982




Box 4 / Folder 77
Group Research Reports, 1981-1982




Box 4 / Folder 78
HealthRight, 1978




Box 4 / Folder 78
League of Women Voters, 1983




Box 4 / Folder 78
League of Women Voters, Greater Cleveland Chapters, 1983




Box 4 / Folder 78
League of Women Voters, Ohio Legislative Bulletin, 1982-1983




Box 4 / Folder 79
National Committee to Combat Women's Oppression of the National Lawyers Guild, 1981




Box 4 / Folder 79
National Organization for Women, undated




Box 4 / Folder 79
Ohio Peace and Justice Calendar, Nuclear Freeze and American Friends, 1982




Box 4 / Folder 79
People for the American Way, 1981-1982




Box 4 / Folder 79
Voluntary Motherhood Movement, undated




Box 4 / Folder 79
Women's Equity Planning Project, 1980





Series VII: Media Information, 1977-1983

Box 4 / Folder 80-88
Newspaper clippings, arranged alphabetically by subject, A - R, 1980-1983




Box 5 / Folder 89-91
Newspaper clippings, arranged alphabetically by subject, S - W and miscellaneous, 1980-1983




Box 5 / Folder 92
Correspondence, 1980-1983




Box 5 / Folder 93
Interviews and sample questions, 1979-1982




Box 5 / Folder 94
Letters to the editor, 1978-1982




Box 5 / Folder 95
Media Backgrounder, 1978-1980




Box 5 / Folder 96
Media groups and resources, 1979




Box 5 / Folder 97
Newspaper advertisements, 1980-1982




Box 5 / Folder 98
Opinion pieces, 1980-1982




Box 5 / Folder 99
Press releases, 1978-1979




Box 5 / Folder 100
Public service announcements, 1978-1979




Box 5 / Folder 101
Publicity, how to, 1978-1981




Box 5 / Folder 102
Radio advertisements, 1979




Box 5 / Folder 103
Television, "Guest Editorials", 1982




Box 6 / Folder 104
Scrapbook of news clippings, 1977-1978




Box 6 / Folder 105
Scrapbook of news clippings, 1979