The Records are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection with the exception of audiovisual materials that have not been reformatted for use by researchers. Viewing copies for selected footage are available on DVD.

The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to the records created in the administration of the Equal Rights Amendment Campaign Archives Project and the documentary Who Will Protect the Family?. Virago Video (Lynn Kanter) owns copyright to the audiovisual material from the documentary Fighting for the Obvious. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Copyright to materials authored by other people or organizations may be owned by those individuals or organizations or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Equal Rights Amendment Campaign Archives Project Records, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

A sample of original video footage for both documentaries has been reformatted and viewing copies are available as digital files and on the SSC website (on-campus access only). See Appendix for descriptions of reformatted footage.

Lynn Kanter (Virago Video) donated the audiovisual materials from Fighting for the Obvious in 1984. Beth Leopold donated her personal papers and the records of ERACAP as well as Victoria Costello's materials relating to Who Will Protect the Family? to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1988.

Processed by Kara M. McClurken, 2004. Finding aid revised by Amy Hague and Olivia Mandica-Hart, 2011.