Berta Lena Seitz Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 2377

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the papers of Berta Seitz, primarily pertaining to her roles in Northwest Arkansas community organizations and political advocacy. These include records from the Washington County Women's History Month annual banquet planning committee, petitions from an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) petition drive, and contact lists and cards, as well as other materials. Card files containing contact information appear to have primarily been used in membership drives for the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and for petition campaigns; additional information contained on the cards varies, but also sometimes includes information about organizational memberships, attendance at NOW events, and results of previous contact attempts. Notes and clippings are interfiled throughout the card files.

Dates

ca 1980-2012

Creator

Seitz, Berta Lena (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Berta Seitz is a community leader whose roles have included serving as president of the Fayetteville Business and Professional Women (BPW); public policy officer of the Arkansas Association of American University Women (AAUW); and vice president of the Northwest Arkansas Senior Democrats. She was honored as the 1988 Fayetteville Woman of the Year by the Fayetteville BPW, and was a 2007 honoree at the Women's History Month Banquet (an annual Washington County event for which she later served on the planning committee). Seitz was an leading campaigner for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arkansas. Her other community and political service includes an appointment by Governor Bill Clinton to the Arkansas State Job Training Coordinating Council, and serving on the Tutors for Literacy Council and on the Board of Directors of the Lady Razorbacks. A longtime resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Seitz now resides in Tyler, Texas.

Extent

3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Collection materials are primarily arranged by topic. Women's History Month Banquet materials are arranged chronologically by event year. Rolodex and card files have been left in the order in which they were originally stored by Seitz, although they have been removed from original containers. Two folders of materials originally interfiled in the card files have been separated to Box 1 for preservation reasons; their original locations have been indicated on acid-free enclosures.