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Darlene Wone Papers

Call Number

TAM.643

Date

1968-1985, inclusive

Creator

Chen-Schulz, Laura
Wone, Darlene (Role: Donor)
Wone, Darlene

Extent

1 Linear Feet in two manuscript boxes and one oversize folder

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The materials in this collection consist of organizational documents, internal notes, flyers, leaflets, publicity, and visual materials that appear to have been collected by Darlene Wone (also known as Mei Oye, and Mei Oye Soohoo), in the course of her years an activist in the Asian/Pacific/American women's movement, as well as the Asian American Movement more generally. The large variety and volume of organizations and projects included in this small collection reflects the growth of ethnic political and cultural organizations that took place in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.

Biographical Note

From approximately the middle 1970s through the late 1980s, Darlene Wone was an activist in the Asian/Pacific/American women's movement, as well as the Asian American movement more generally. These movements, arising alongside the broader civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, were formed to address racial and sexual stereotypes and discrimination against Asian/Pacific/American communities. Wone (also known as Mei Oye, and Mei Oye Soo Hoo in the 1970s and 1980s), a Brooklyn-born Chinese American and a college graduate, worked in the television broadcast industry and public relations. She held numerous memberships and positions in organizations committed to these movements, including a role as editor for In Touch, the newsletter of the New York City-based feminist Asian Women United; public relations coordinator for the Coalition of Asian/Pacific American Associations; member of the official delegation to the National Network of Asian and Pacific Women to the First National Asian/Pacific American Women's Conference for Educational Equity; and member of a fundraising committee for the New York Asian/Pacific American Women's Network.

Arrangement

Folders are in one series, arranged by title in alphabetical order.

Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection consist of organizational documents, internal notes, flyers, leaflets, publicity, and visual materials that appear to have been collected by Darlene Wone in the course of her activities in the Asian/Pacific/American women's movement and the Asian American movement that reflect the breadth of her interest in these movements, as well as in feminism and civil rights more generally. The variety and volume of organizations and projects represented in this small collection also reflects the growth of ethnic political and cultural organizations that took place in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.

Donors

Wone, Darlene

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1968-1985, are expected to enter the public domain in 2105.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Darlene Wone Papers; TAM 643; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Darlene Wone in 2014. The accession number associated with this gift is 2014.002

Appraisal

Duplicates have been separated from this collection.

Related Archival Materials

Asian Women United Records and Photographs (TAM 320) Asian Women United Oral History Collection (OH 074) Asian CineVision Records (TAM 416)

Collection processed by

Erika Gottfried

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:39:52 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: English

Processing Information

At the time of accessioning, materials were moved into archival folders. The folders were given titles--the names of the organizations that created the materials, subject, or format names--by the processing archivist, and an inventory folder-level finding aid including a file list was created to describe these materials.

In October 2021, narrative description was edited to address inconsistent and harmful language regarding race and identity.

Researchers can access previous versions of the finding aid in our GitHub repository at https://github.com/NYULibraries/findingaids_eads/commits/master/tamwag/tam_643.xml.

Revisions to this Guide

October 2021: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to address inconsistent and harmful language regarding race and identity

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012