Identity area
Reference code
UTA 1287-3
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1959-2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
1.21 m of textual records (1 file includes photographs)
1 audio cassette
1 audio cassette
Context area
Name of creator
(1921-2016)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Dr. Franklin and friends, family, colleagues, government officials, and others. Correspondence pertains to the full scope of Dr. Franklin’s life and work, including her academic work, her political activism, and her personal life.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Select correspondence from the 1970s and 1980s was kept alphabetically, and this arrangement has been maintained for that material. The rest of the correspondence was initially disorganized, in loose chronological order. This material was organized into chronological order, by year. Where a significant amount of material from one correspondent was found together, it was put in the alphabetical section. Dr. Franklin had marked some folders ‘personal,’ and this labeling has been retained in the file title. This does not mean, however, that the other folders may not also contain personal correspondence. In addition, a correspondent with their own ‘alphabetical file’ may also be found in the chronological files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Retrieval code
B1996-0004/007
Retrieval code
B2015-0005/002-/011