Archive Record
Metadata
Accession number |
A2003.002 |
Collection |
Merle Fleming Collection |
Title |
Merle Fleming Collection |
Catalog Number |
A2003.002 |
Object Name |
Archive |
Credit line |
Collection of the AAMI |
Physical characteristics |
Boxed documents 2.1 Linear Feet |
Dates of Creation |
1966-1978 |
Access Conditions |
Open for research. |
Copyrights |
no known restrictions |
Scope & Content |
The Merle Fleming papers date from 1966 to 1979 and measure 2.25 linear feet. The documents are arranged in two series: Iowa Civil Rights and Personal. The Iowa Civil Rights Commission series (1966-1979) contains information on the beginning years of the Commission including the mission statement, rules and regulations, ordinances, minutes of meeting and task forces, lawsuits, pamphlets, newsletters, annual reports, personal meeting notes, and correspondences. This series is divided into 7 sub-series: Papers, Equal Opportunity Employment, Women's Issues, Education, Fair Housing, Civil Rights Issues, and Budget.The Papers sub-series contains some rough drafts of court cases, plus three additional papers.The Equal Opportunity Employment sub-series contains and undated annual report, undated newspaper clippings, and flyers from John Deere, the Insurance Industry, and the Federal Communications Commission.The Women's Issues sub-series contains information on an Equal Opportunity Conference from 1972, the U.S. Dep. Of Labor from 1972-1974 and flyers from 1968, 1971 and 1972.The Education sub-series includes information on programs and conferences, reports, meetings, and correspondence from the exchange program.The Fair Housing sub-series contains information on trials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a 1966 conference. The Civil Rights Issues sub-series contains information on civil rights issues in Iowa City, Ames, Davenport, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Des Moines, and Waterloo. The Budget sub-series contains budgetary information from 1966-1969. The Personal series contains a 1967 biography, an undated swim meet, and correspondences. |
Biographical History |
Merle Fleming is an Iowa native. She worked her way through the University of Iowa with a major in journalism. She married Elliot Full, an employee of the University of Iowa in the 1940's and had four children. Fleming served as vice-chair and chair of the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee, vice chair of the 1st Congressional District Democratic Campaign Committee, member of the campaign staffs of Herschel Loveless in 1960, and Harold Hughes in 1962, 1964, 1966, member of mayor's committee on Iowa City Precinct Boundaries in 1959 and 1964, member of Iowa City School Study Council, legislative chairman of District Parent-Teacher Association, member of 1st Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1965 - 1968, chair 1966 - 1968. Fleming attended many seminars and training sessions throughout the United States on equal opportunity. She divorced in the mid - 1970's and began a consulting business, Equal Opportunity Consultants, Inc. She attended law school at the University of Iowa in the 1970's and then was employed as an assistant attorney general in the Iowa attorney general office specializing in equal opportunity issues until her retirement. |
Finding Aids |
Box no.___Description__________________________________________________________ Box 1a Fleming, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Members and Mission Statement Rules and Regulations Ordinances Projects Committee Meetings Planning and Program Development Committee, 1969 Office Weekly Roundups, 1969 The Task and the Task Force Conference, 1967 Public Conference, 1969 Sixty-Third General Assembly, 1969 Committees Resource List Executive Orders 1, 9, and 15 Relief From Discrimination in Public Places, Title II The Myth of Racial Integration Law Requiring Public Access to Government Agency Meetings Box 1b Lawsuits Pamphlets Newsletters Job Descriptions Newspaper Clippings Religious Issues Box 2 Annual Reports 1968-1969 1970-1973 1972-1974 1974 1975-1978 Personal Meeting Notes Correspondences Box 3 Papers Preliminary Memo Law Review Paper, Reference Material Rough Draft and Court Cases Typed Draft with Corrections Rough Draft "Should Civil Rights Complaints be Entitled to Choice of Tribunal" "Granting a Civil Rights Complaint" "Modern Penology and Civil Rights" by David Mullin Equal Opportunity Employment Federal Communications Commission John Deere Insurance Industry Firemen Fonza and Williams Newspaper Clippings Iowa Civil Rights Platform, 1968 First District Democratic Purposed Platform 1972 1976 Women's Issues "Equal Opportunity" Conference US Department of Labor Box 4 Education Programs and Conferences Exchange Program Development and Modifications Applications Staff Meetings Advisory Board Meetings and Minutes Community Reactions "My Conclusions and Recommendations.." by Roger Maxwell Progress Reports, 1966-1968 Auditors Reports, 1967 Purpose and Application for Funding Monthly Financial Reports Correspondences, 1966-19?? Newspaper Clippings "Come Teach in Iowa" Pamphlet, 1969 Fair Housing Conference on Equal Opportunity Housing, 1966 Trials Correspondences, 19??-19?? Newspaper Clippings Box 5 Civil Rights Issues Iowa City and University of Iowa Ames and Iowa State Davenport Fort Dodge Racial Problems Sioux City Des Moines Human Rights Commission Education Riots Waterloo Riots East High Riot Newspaper Clippings Budget Staff Supplemental budget Manual, 1969-1971 Current and Future Operations, 1966 Request for Operations, 1968 Salary Expenses Personal Biography Swim Meet Correspondences, 1974 and undated |
Search Terms |
Des Moines Iowa City Documents Iowa Civil Rights Commission Activists Democratic Party Women Women's rights Davenport Waterloo Fort Dodge Riots Civil Disobedience Good Park - Des Moines |
People |
Full, Merle Fleming Full, Elliot Loveless, Herschel Hughes, Harold Fleming, Merle |
Creator |
Merle Fleming |