Betty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-2015.
Collection Number: 4468

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Betty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-2015.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

4468

Abstract:

Creator:

Schiess, Betty Bone.

Quanitities:

15.2 cubic feet.

1 mapcase folders.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Episcopal priest.

Betty Bone Schiess graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1945. She received an M.A. from Syracuse University in 1947 and a Master of Divinity in 1972 from the Rochester Center for Theological Studies. In 1972, she was ordained a deacon of the Episcopal Church in the United States, and ordained as a priest in 1974. The ordination in 1974 in Philadelphia of eleven women by four inactive priests was deemed "irregular" in that it was done without approval of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Subsequently, Schiess and her attorney Constance Cook began a law suit against the Bishop of the Diocese of Central New York, Ned Cole, charging him with sex discrimination for refusing to recognize her ordination and preventing her from assuming the position of a parish priest. The suit was discontinued when the General Convention in 1975 approved the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church.

Reverend Schiess served as curate at Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville, N.Y. in 1972-1973. From 1973 to 1984, she was Executive Director, Mizpah Educational and Cultural Center for the Aging in Syracuse; Priest Associate, Grace Episcopal Church, Syracuse; Chaplain, Syracuse University; and Acting Chaplain, Cornell University. She was installed as rector of Grace Church, Mexico, N.Y., in 1984 and became Advisor to Women in Mission and Ministry, Episcopal Church in the United States in 1987.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, litigation files, documents, clippings, photographs, audio and video cassettes concerning the various causes and organizations with which Reverend Schiess was concerned, particularly the ordination of women and feminist issues. Organizations include the International Association of Women Ministers, the Episcopal Society for the Examination of Feminist Issues, the National Organization for Women, and the Movement for the Ordination of Women. Much of the material pertains to the July 1974 ordination of the "Philadelphia 11" and to the Lambeth Conference (England) and the General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

Files, 1889-1991, compiled by Lois M. Black relating to the Episcopal Society of the Examination of Feminist Issues and other topics relating to women's ordination. Includes a nomination submission for the National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.

Book: Why Me Lord?; typescript paper "Goodbye to All That" explaining her current feelings about the Episcopal Church and women's issues; and cassette tape - New Zealand Public Radio, 1993. Annotated listing of the people who helped her. Copy of "The Little Yankee, From Riches to Rags: Letters of Mary Ann Corlis, 1815-1850," published letters of Betty Bone Schiess's ancestor, Mary Ann Corlis. Typescript notes about people who influenced her, titled "secularism, although still restrained by religious authorities."

Items relating to the 2014 Dewey-Heyward Lectures and EDS Women's Leadership Forum at the Episcopal Divinity School; and program for the 146th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, 2014.Also includes DVD and program for a celebration of Karen DeCrow by the Central New York Women's Bar Association, April 2015

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Betty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-1991. #4468. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Cole, Ned.

Black, Lois M.

Corlis, Mary Ann.

Episcopal Church. General Convention

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Central New York

Grace Episcopal Church (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)

Mizpah Educational and Cultural Center for the Aging (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Grace Episcopal Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Syracuse University -- : Religion.

Cornell University -- : Religion.

Episcopal Church. Women in Mission and Ministry

International Association of Women Ministers

National Organization for Women

Lambeth Conference

Grace Church (Mexico, N.Y.)

Episcopal Society for the Examination of Feminist Issues

Subjects:

Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.

Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- Mexico.

Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- Baldwinsville.

Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.

Women priests.

Ordination of women.

Women clergy.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Correspondence and Other Files
Box 1	Folder 1	Ordination of Women	1965
Box 1	Folder 2	General	1966
Box 1	Folder 3	General	1967
Box 1	Folder 4	General	1968
Box 1	Folder 5-7	General	1969
Box 1	Folder 8-9	General	1970
Box 1	Folder 10	Newspaper clippings	1970
Box 1	Folder 11-12	General	1972
Box 1	Folder 13	Betty Bone Schiess certificate of ordination	1974
Box 1	Folder 14	Connie Cook	1986
Box 1	Folder 15	International Association of Women Ministers (IAWM)	1980-87
Box 1	Folder 16-17	EcoTheater	1980-89
Box 1	Folder 18	Lois Black	1982
Box 1	Folder 19	General	1982
Box 1	Folder 20-21	Mary Alice [Burke] and Fanny [Heckin]	1982-89
Box 1	Folder 22	The Episcopal Society for the Examination of Feminist Issues (ESEFI)	1982-91
Box 1	Folder 23	North Carolina: female circumcision	1982-89
Box 1	Folder 24-26	IAWM	1974-87
Box 1	Folder 27-28	General	1986
Box 1	Folder 29	De Crow [Karen]	1986
Box 1	Folder 30	Miscellaneous correspondence (addresses) January	1986
Box 1	Folder 31	Correspondence	1986
Box 1	Folder 32	"Family"	1986
Box 1	Folder 33	IAWM	1986-87
Box 1	Folder 34	Mary Alice Burke	1986-88
Box 1	Folder 35	Katrina Swanson	1986-88
Box 1	Folder 36-37	General	1986-88
Box 1	Folder 38	Roxy Burnett/Corrigans	1986-89
Box 2	Folder 1-2	Mexico [NY] for Biographical material	1987
Box 2	Folder 3	Biographical Material	1987
Box 2	Folder 4	Walmsley [The Rt. Rev. Arthur E.]	1987
Box 2	Folder 5	General	1987
Box 2	Folder 6	Biographical Material	1987
Box 2	Folder 7	Grace Church, Mexico: biographical material, news	1987
Box 2	Folder 8	Cuomo - New York State Volunteers	1987
Box 2	Folder 9	North Carolina Women	1987
Box 2	Folder 10	North Carolina	1987
Box 2	Folder 11-12	General	1987-88
Box 2	Folder 13	Mary Eunice Oliver	1988
Box 2	Folder 14	Episcopal Church Women (ECW); Church Women United (CWU)	1988
Box 2	Folder 15	Carol George	1988-89
Box 2	Folder 16	Aurelia Dixon McIntyre Klayf	1988
Box 2	Folder 17	Nairobi - Past E/W - newspaper clippings	1988
Box 2	Folder 18	Bishop Whitaker	1988
Box 2	Folder 19	Scott Evans	1988
Box 2	Folder 20	Biographical Material: Sally Cone re. Lambeth; Mary Eunice re. Lambeth; Sally Cone: "Pine Needles"	1988
Box 2	Folder 21	Biographical Material re. Lambeth	1988
Box 2	Folder 22	Lambeth	1988
Box 2	Folder 23	Lambeth - proposals from women's groups New York comments	1988
Box 2	Folder 24	Lambeth - gifts, ECW	1988
Box 2	Folder 25	"meat pie" - Golphin	1988
Box 2	Folder 26	News re. Lambeth	1988
Box 2	Folder 27	Lambeth news articles	1988
Box 2	Folder 28-29	Invention - Creativity [North Carolina Conference]	1988
Box 2	Folder 30	General Convention - Detroit	1988
Box 2	Folder 31	IAWM	1988
Box 2	Folder 32-34	Biographical material	1988
Box 2	Folder 35	University of California	1988
Box 2	Folder 36	Brooklyn Unitarian Society	1988
Box 2	Folder 37	General	1988
Box 2	Folder 38	Newspaper clippings	1988
Box 2	Folder 39	Sally Cone	1988-89
Box 2	Folder 40-42	United Kingdom	1989
Box 2	Folder 43	United Kingdom - newspaper clippings	1989
Box 2	Folder 44	Jane G. Fry	1989
Box 2	Folder 45	General	1989
Box 2	Folder 46	Barbara Harris	1989
Box 2	Folder 47	Barbara Harris newspaper clippings	1989
Box 2	Folder 48	Continuing Medical Education - SUNY Heath Center at Syracuse	1990
Box 2	Folder 49	National Organization for Women (NOW) news	1990
Box 3	Folder 1	General	1965-66
Box 3	Folder 2	Bishop Cole	1968-73
Box 3	Folder 3	General	1969-86
Box 3	Folder 4-6	General	1970
Box 3	Folder 7-8	Women/General	1970's
Box 3	Folder 9	Hiatt-Meyn	1970-72
Box 3	Folder 10-11	General	1971
Box 3	Folder 12-13	Newspaper clippings	1971
Box 3	Folder 14-17	General	1972
Box 3	Folder 18	Newspaper clippings	1972
Box 3	Folder 19-21	General	1973
Box 3	Folder 22	Newspaper clippings	1973
Box 3	Folder 23	Leading up to 1974 ordination	1973-74
Box 3	Folder 24	General	1973-76
Box 3	Folder 25	The Event	1974
Box 3	Folder 26	Letters re: Ordination, etc.	1974
Box 3	Folder 27	The 1974 Ordination	1974
Box 3	Folder 28	Chicago	1974
Box 3	Folder 29-30	Aftermath of August meeting of Bishops	1974
Box 3	Folder 31	Special General Convention re. Women	1974
Box 3	Folder 32-33	ESEFI	1974
Box 3	Folder 34	Theologians reactions	1974
Box 3	Folder 35	House of Bishops	1974
Box 3	Folder 36	Commission on Ministry - Diocesan Council	1974
Box 3	Folder 37	Bishop Cole	1974
Box 3	Folder 38	Suspension, etc.	1974
Box 3	Folder 39	Other correspondence - opposition	1974
Box 3	Folder 40-42	General	1974
Box 3	Folder 43	Grace Church employment	1974-75
Box 3	Folder 44	Katrina et al	1974-75
Box 4	Folder 16	Annotated listing of people who helped Betty, including "Secularism, although still restrained by religious authorities"
Box 4	Folder 17	The Little Yankee, From Riches to Rags: Letters of Mary Ann Corlis, 1815-1850
Box 6	Folder 1	NB Overview yes/no	1975
Box 6	Folder 2	Allin/Jones Caper - Canadian Church	1975
Box 6	Folder 3	Connie Cook/ Stringfellow	1975-76
Box 6	Folder 4	Correspondence - January-February	1975
Box 6	Folder 5	Correspondence - March-May	1975
Box 6	Folder 6	Correspondence - June-July	1975
Box 6	Folder 7	Correspondence - August-November	1975
Box 6	Folder 8	Bishop Cole	1975
Box 6	Folder 9	Women's Ordination NOW (WON)	1975
Box 6	Folder 10	Church trials/Wendt	1975
Box 6	Folder 11	Documents in support: Willie, Page	1975
Box 6	Folder 12	Second Committee on Inquiry	1975
Box 6	Folder 13	2nd ordination, September 7	1975
Box 6	Folder 14	Other "trials"	1975
Box 6	Folder 15	Federal trials	1975
Box 6	Folder 16	Bishop of Main - Caper	1975
Box 6	Folder 17-23	General, correspondence	1975
Box 6	Folder 24	New York State Council of Churches - Return of Death Law	1975-76
Box 6	Folder 25	Other events	1975-76
Box 6	Folder 26	Colgate meeting	1975-76
Box 6	Folder 27	Celebration - Women's Ordination Celebration	1976
Box 6	Folder 28-29	Bishop Cole	1976
Box 6	Folder 30	Gerald Clarke	1976
Box 6	Folder 31	The Last Straw	1976
Box 6	Folder 32	Documents/ letters	1976
Box 6	Folder 33	Episcopal Church	1976
Box 6	Folder 34-35	Correspondence	1976
Box 6	Folder 36	Other	1976
Box 6	Folder 37-46	Newspaper clippings	1976
Box 7	Folder 1-3	General	1977
Box 7	Folder 4	Syracuse University chaplain	1977
Box 7	Folder 5-6	Newspaper Clippings	1977
Box 7	Folder 7-8	General	1978
Box 7	Folder 9	Newspaper clippings	1978
Box 7	Folder 10-12	General	1978-79
Box 7	Folder 13	General	1978-80
Box 7	Folder 14	General	1978-81
Box 7	Folder 15	Correspondence	1979
Box 7	Folder 16	Women's History Conference	1979
Box 7	Folder 17	ERA information and articles	1979
Box 7	Folder 18	Papers, Title IX	1979
Box 7	Folder 19-20	General	1979
Box 7	Folder 21-22	Newspaper clippings	1979
Box 7	Folder 23	General	1979-81
Box 7	Folder 24	William Schiess	1979-88
Box 7	Folder 25	Chain-in	1980
Box 7	Folder 26	July service with Sonia Johnson	1980
Box 7	Folder 27-31	General	1980
Box 7	Folder 32-33	Newspaper clippings	1980
Box 7	Folder 34	General	1980-81
Box 7	Folder 35-39	ESEFI	1980-81
Box 7	Folder 40-41	Miscellaneous feminist issues	1980-89
Box 8	Folder 1	Miscellaneous feminist issues	1980-89
Box 8	Folder 2	Biographical material (Seneca Falls)	1981
Box 8	Folder 3	Leters, articles	1981
Box 8	Folder 4	Women's International Ministers Group	1981
Box 8	Folder 5-6	General	1981
Box 8	Folder 7	Bi-Partisan report	1982
Box 8	Folder 8	Bi-Partisan Committee	1982
Box 8	Folder 9-10	General	1982
Box 8	Folder 11-12	Biographical material	1982
Box 8	Folder 13	NOW - Greater Syracuse	1982-83
Box 8	Folder 14	Western Pennsylvania	1983
Box 8	Folder 15	Jackie Means	1983
Box 8	Folder 16	Flo Kennedy - Sonia Johnson	1983
Box 8	Folder 17-18	General	1983
Box 8	Folder 19-21	Westcott East Neighborhood Association	1983-84
Box 8	Folder 22	Sally/Dan [Schiess/Moncheur]	1983-85
Box 8	Folder 23-24	General	1983-85
Box 8	Folder 25	Service, background	1984
Box 8	Folder 26	Wedding services	1984
Box 8	Folder 27	Biographical material: Staley-Mays comment	1984
Box 8	Folder 28-33	General	1983-85
Box 8	Folder 34	"Bread" [bulletin- St. Stephen and the Incarnation, Washington, D.C.]	1984-85
Box 8	Folder 35	Mexico, New York	1984-85
Box 8	Folder 36-37	General	1984-86
Box 9	Folder 1	ESEFI	1984-86
Box 9	Folder 2	Job descriptions	1984-87
Box 9	Folder 3	General	1985
Box 9	Folder 4-5	General	1985-86
Box 9	Folder 6	General	1986-87
Box 9	Folder 7	Lambeth correspondence	1986-88
Box 9	Folder 8	Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW)	1986-88
Box 9	Folder 9	NOW	1987
Box 9	Folder 10	NOW, IAWM, etc.	1987
Box 9	Folder 11	Letter to Browning after Lambeth	1987
Box 9	Folder 12	2nd decade, Houston - for report	1987
Box 9	Folder 13	General	1987
Box 9	Folder 14-15	General	1987-88
Box 9	Folder 16	Karen De Crow	1988
Box 9	Folder 17	Before Lambeth - letter from Diocese	1988
Box 9	Folder 18	Lambeth - Australia	19
Box 9	Folder 19	Australia - correspondence after Lambeth	1988
Box 9	Folder 20	Suzanne A. Fageol	1988
Box 9	Folder 21	The British	1988
Box 9	Folder 22	General	1988
Box 9	Folder 23	Visitor's Resolution - Lambeth	1988-89
Box 9	Folder 24	Lambeth, comment re, and women during conference	1988-89
Box 9	Folder 25	At Lambeth/other countries Women's addresses, Lambeth	1988-89
Box 9	Folder 26	Liz Robinson re: Lambeth New Zealand	1989
Box 9	Folder 27	ESEFI letters - May	1989
Box 9	Folder 28	IAWM	1989
Box 9	Folder 29	NOW	1989
Box 9	Folder 30	September wedding	1989
Box 9	Folder 31-34	General	1989
Box 9	Folder 35-36	General	1989-90
Box 9	Folder 37	General	1989-90
Box 9	Folder 38	General	1990
Box 9	Folder 39	Lois and Carol Correspondence	1994, undated
Box 9	Folder 40	Newspaper Clippings	1992, 1994
Box 9	Folder 41	Nomination of the Rev. Betty Bone Schiess to the National Women's Hall of Fame (Karen DeCrow)	not dated
Box 9	Folder 42	The Faithful Eleven Conference	1994
Box 9	Folder 43	Study on clergywomen in New England	not dated
Box 11		Gifts to Betty Bone Schiess from Australian women at Lambeth	1988
Box 11		Postal cards of Oxford
Box 11		Ralph E. Kharas award (1984), Master of Divinity certificate from Colgate Rochester Divinity School	(1972)
Box 11		"Why Me, Lord?", 2012
Box 11		"Goodbye to All That", 2012
Box 12		RSV Bible presented to Betty Bone Schiess by Daniel Corrigan	1974
Box 12		Engagement calendars
Box 12		Printed material
Box 12		Newspaper clippings
Box 12		Misc. Material (1990-1994)
Box 14		Additional papers, including old school work
Box 15		News clippings
Box 16		Additional papers including correspondence, publications and women in ministry material
Box 17		Additional papers including correspondence, news clippings, misc. material and ephemera
Box 18	Folder 1	Souther Poverty Law Center certificate	2011
Box 18	Folder 2	Episcopal Divinity School	2014
Box 18	Folder 3	The Women's Farm	n.d.
Box 18	Folder 4	Nomination material for National Women's Hall of Fame	1994
Box 18		Human Rights in Syracuse: Two Memorable Decades - book	1989
Box 18	Folder 5	Issue of EDS Now with article on the Philadelphia 11	2015
Box 18	Folder 6	Celebrating Karen DeCrow	2015
Box 18	CD-2368-2369	Philadelphia Service - Disc A and B	2014
		Ordination certificates; flyer
		Series II. Audio Cassettes
Box 10		D. Lance (3 tapes)
Box 10		Abortion
Box 10		Demonstration in D.C. for ERA. Republican national Headquarters	1980
Box 10		Lois Hayweiser Plymouth Congregational Church, Syracuse (3 tapes)	Feb. 1977
Box 10		Sample sermon, Better Bone Schiess ‡Mollenkott speech - Women's Ministries Conference (2 tapes) Essay on Women	July 9, 1984
Box 10		Ch. 9 Special on Bi Centennial Women	Feb. 26, 1976
Box 10		Lambeth Conference - Evangelisation and Culture Bishop Jiwan, Jenkins and Gitari: women's Reflection of the Lambeth Conference (2 tapes)	1988
Box 10		Rosemary Agnotio - The "Immorality of Housewifery"
Box 10		Louis Henning, Rochester NY
Box 10		Betty Bone Schiess, Donna re: Prickett/Norm Smith
Box 10		NOW Conference - Women and Religious Institutions (2 tapes)	1983
Box 10		Oppler NOW Salon	Jan. 20, 1987
Box 10		Interview Schiess re Acolytes Fallwell/[?], Schiess TV Interview
Box 10		Sonia Johnson	Aug. 3, 1980
Box 10		Wanda Berry	May 1976
Box 10		Marian Stone NOW, Betty Bone Schiess	Jan. 1982
Box 10		Women and Men in a Changing [?]
Box 10		Sidney Callahan
Box 10		Theology
Box 10		Supreme Court Decision: Equal Pay
Box 10		News re suit filed in Federal courts and [NOW's? UNW's?] defection	July 9, 1976
Box 10		Sonia Johnson - Today Show	Jan. 1981
Box 10		Surrogate Motherhood Panel #4
Box 10		Sarah Auchincloss - Ramona Baxter Bowden
Box 10		Ellen Oppler - SU Prof - NOW "Salon #2"- DeCrow
Box 10		Theology Oct 22 Dr. Page Authority	Oct. 22, 1969
Box 10		Existentialism: Sartre lecture	Oct. 24, 1969
Box 10		News report - Nixon	1974
Box 10		R. Page lecture
Box 10		Theology I. Authority, Exist. I. Sartre
Box 10		Harriet Harris' letters (Jonathan Corles) J.C./from Amanda and to Susan
Box 10		Karen DeCrow
Box 10		Betty Schiess - Karen DeCrow on Nancy Duffy's	Sept. 4, 1977
Box 10		Byline - Paul Brooks, Betty Schiess	Jan. 5, 1977
Box 10		To Betty Schiess from Mary Eunice Oliver re 1969 General Convention, Houston	1970
Box 10		O'Connor hearings ( tapes)	1981
Box 10		Betty Bone Schiess
Box 10		Letters
Box 10		Dr. Carol George, Ms. Lucia Whisenand
Box 10		Ed. T.V. Informed Source Betty Bone Schiess NBC News/R.C. Priests
		Series III. Magnetic Stripe Film
Box 10		Ordination as Deacon, St. Paul's Syracuse	1972
		Series IV. Video Cassettes and DVD's
		(Video is in "PAL" and is not U.S. Compatible- see Joseph Agonito collection)
Box 10		Womanpriest: A portrait of the Rev. Betty Bone Schiess, A Day in the Life of a Newsmaker (Umatic)
Box 10	DVD-734	Womanpriest
Box 10	DVD-993	Betty Bone Schiess interview
Box 10		3 Betty Bone Schiess news stories - Church of England, "Women in the Priesthood"
Box 10		Anna IX-X
Box 10		"Our Community" Ch 3 (NBC) Schiess	July 24, 1988
Box 10		CNY Profile - Rev. Betty Bone Schiess
Box 10		Straight to the Source - Weekly Dubbing	July 29, 1984
Box 10		Lambeth Conference - Presentation of women's reflections of the Lambeth Conference	1988
Box 10		Ooh - Schiess
Box 10		Consecration of Barbara Harris (2 tapes)	Feb. 11, 1989
Box 18	V-7210	Newsmakers, guest: Betty Bone Schiess [VHS]	1992
Box 18	V-7211	Unidentified [VHS]	n.d.
Box 18	DVD-1198	A Tribute to Karen DeCrow	2015
		Scope and Contents By the Central New York Women's Bar Association
Box 18	DVD-1199	Women Ministers, Part I and Merrill Bittnen Service, Philadelphia, 1974 (silent)	n.d.
Box 18		Betty Bone Schiess papers,	1965-2014
		Series V. Tape Recordings
Box 10		Betty Bone Schiess - Community House	Oct. 25, 1977
Box 10		Hayweiser and Hanmer - Human Sexuality for Hendrick's Chapel, Syracuse University
Box 10		Betty Bone Schiess - Hendricks Chapel, remote at Community House	June 29, 1977
Box 10		Religion Makes News	July 11, 1971
Box 10		Lambeth
Box 10		Organ Recital, Mexico	Nov. 10, 1985
Box 10		LOU 1-30, Hynn 30-49, X-mas poem
Box 10	TR-9325	New Zealand Public Radio, 1993
		Series VI. Film
Box 10		Family roll - Cape Cod	1958
Box 10		Wolf Island	1958
Box 10		New Jersey	1959
Box 10		Easter	1960
Box 10		Camp	1961
Box 10		Bermuda	1959
Box 10		Camp, Spring
		Series VII. Photographs
Box 11		Photographs - Lambeth Conference	1988
Box 11		Miscellaneous photographs
		Series VIII. Connie Cook Litigation Files
Box 4	Folder 1	Litigation files	1974-76
Box 4	Folder 2-4	Litigation files	1975
Box 4	Folder 5	Litigation files - principal cases
Box 4	Folder 6	Sample complaints and complaint material
Box 4	Folder 7	Discovery	1976
Box 4	Folder 8-9	Correspondence	1974
Box 4	Folder 10-11	Exhibits
Box 4	Folder 12-13	Connie Cook/ACLU and my case	1975-76
Box 4	Folder 14	#1 client documents
Box 4	Folder 15	ACLU
Box 5	Folder 1	#1 client Wendt and Beebe trials
Box 5	Folder 2	Names and addresses
Box 5	Folder 3	#1 client courts and judges
Box 5	Folder 4	Research - civil rights
Box 5	Folder 5	Research - conspiracy
Box 5	Folder 6-7	Ref. Women and (Religion) Episcopal Liturgy	1972-74
Box 5	Folder 8-9	Correspondence	1976
Box 5	Folder 10	#1 client - New York Human Rights
Box 5	Folder 11	Schiess litigation, C-1
Box 5	Folder 12	#1 client - U.S. EEOC
Box 5	Folder 13	Convention	1976
Box 13	Folder 1	Fundraising
Box 13	Folder 2	Validity - other priests and friends
Box 13	Folder 3	Complaint - correspondence
Box 13	Folder 4	Support Materials
Box 13	Folder 5	News releases
Box 13	Folder 6	Newsletter - WON
Box 13	Folder 7	Inter-office memos
Box 13	Folder 8	Grace C. Kennedy
Box 13	Folder 9	Ordinations - blacks
Box 13	Folder 10	Ordination - church documents
Box 13	Folder 11	Ordination/custom - Catholic
Box 13	Folder 12	Civil intervention in church affairs
Box 13	Folder 13	Church/state - discrimination; aid to school
Box 13	Folder 14	Church/state - equal protection
Box 13	Folder 15	Church/state - general
Box 13	Folder 16	Church/state - religious sects
Box 13	Folder 17	Church/state - tax exemption
Box 13	Folder 18	women and ordination - general
Box 13	Folder 19	Regularization/completion
Box 13	Folder 20	McClure
Box 13	Folder 21	Serbian Church decision - hierarchy
Box 13	Folder 22	Validity - bishops
Box 13	Folder 23	Validity - church decisions and documents
Box 13	Folder 24	Validity - theologians
Box 13	Folder 25	Copies
Box 13	Folder 26	2. Betty Bone Schiess is a priest of the Episcopal Church
Box 13	Folder 27	3. Defendant diocese is a corporation
Box 13	Folder 28	4. Defendant diocese is engaged in interstate commerce and employs more than 15 people
Box 13	Folder 29	6. Defendant Cole acts as an employment agency
Box 13	Folder 30	7. Betty Bone Schiess was offered employment by Grace episcopal Church
Box 13	Folder 31	8. Defendant Cole refused to license Betty Bone Schiess because she's female
Box 13	Folder 32	9. Betty Bone Schiess Applied to Defendant Cole for employment in parishes where the Defendant acts as an employment agent
Box 13	Folder 33	10. Bishop Cole Admits that Betty Bone Schiess is qualified in all respects except sex
Box 13	Folder 34	11. The constitution/canon of the Episcopal Church do NOT prohibit women priests
Box 13	Folder 35	12. Defendant Cole needs no more authority to license Betty Bone Schiess
Box 13	Folder 36	14. Bishops conferred so as not to allow the women to function
Box 13	Folder 37	15. These meetings constituted a conspiracy
Box 13	Folder 38	16. The bishops prevented an ecclesiastical trial
Box 13	Folder 39	17. Defendant Cole prevented the filing of presentments against Betty Bone Schiess that might have produced an ecclesiastical trial
Box 13	Folder 40	18. These acts constitute a conspiracy
Box 13	Folder 41	19. Betty Bone Schiess filed a timely complaint with the New York State Human Rights Division
Box 13	Folder 42	20. Betty Bone Schiess filed a timely complaint with EEOC
Box 13	Folder 43	21. A notice of Betty Bone Schiess's right to sue was issued by EEOC
Box 13	Folder 44	#1 client - research - separation of church and state
Box 13	Folder 45	#1 client -research - women in religion
Box 13	Folder 46	#1 client - CEC working papers
Box 13	Folder 47-48	#1 client -expenditures and finances
Box 13	Folder 49	#1 client - duplicates
Box 13	Folder 50	#1 client - press clippings - 1974, relating to ordination of women and Schiess
Box 13	Folder 51	#1 client - staff - working papers (duplicates)
Box 13	Folder 52	#1 client - research - ordination validity
Box 13	Folder 53	Answer
Box 13	Folder 54	Northern District rules and info
Box 13	Folder 55	Complaint drafts - old
Box 13	Folder 56	#1 client
Box 13	Folder 57	General convention	1976

Contents

Betty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-2015. Collection Number: 4468

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Betty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-2015.
Collection Number: 4468

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library