Scope and Contents The Houston Area Women’s Center Photographs contain both color and black and white photographs of various sizes, proof sheets, negatives, slides, and some correspondence. Items date from 1978 to 2001 with most of the material dating from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. The bulk of the collection chronicles the varied activities of the organization, including staff activities such as work, picnics and parties, fundraisers, demonstrations, conferences, seminars and programs. Included in the...

Scope and Contents The Houston Area Women’s Center Records is an extensive collection which includes all the material pertaining to the organization dating from the year 1975 to the present, and traces the growth and development of the organization from a small grass-roots organization of volunteers towards increased professionalism with a complex agenda and organizational structure. It includes Nikki Van Hightower’s tenure as Executive Director of HAWC following her dismissal as Women Advocate for the City of...