PAST AND PROMISE CONTENTS FILES,, 1988-1995,, [2004]

Summary: Types of documents include resumes, correspondence, journal articles, bibliographies, and index cards. The bulk of the series is composed of resumes and journal articles.

This series reveals the process of the selection of the biographical entrants, with the initial gathering of articles and bibliographies about New Jersey women's history and the creation of index cards on notable New Jersey women as possible entries.

The complicated process of shaping the content of the book can be found in the drafts of outlines, samples of compilations of women's biographies, and contact information lists. The files show the selection of entries, the authors' training for writing bibliographies, and the tracking of the entries in process.

Files on subjects not included in the volume contain brief information or single articles. There is also a folder with subjects for a possible second volume. Subjects who were researched and have some substantial data, but did not make it in the final draft, have files in the series, BIOGRAPHICAL DATA FILES (noted with asterisks).