Comprised of correspondence, newsletters, press releases, ads, travel brochures, posters, newspaper clippings, reports, magazines, articles, audio cassette tapes, slides, maps, and other materials, the Pamela Lechtman Collection, 1926-1936, 1972-1996, documents Lechtman’s involvement in the women’s rights movement and anti-smoking campaigns nationally and in Ventura, California, as well as her research and writing on travel, hotels, spas, and cuisine. The women’s rights materials, such as correspondence, newsletters, juvenile literature, articles, ads, reports, and newspaper clippings, shed light on issues related to sexism in education, gender roles in society, women’s history resources, sex role stereotyping, and domestic violence. The collection also contains newsletters and literature from the National Organization for Women and the American Association of University Women. Documents concerning the anti-smoking movement include articles, newspaper clippings, ads, and correspondence regarding nonsmoker’s rights, smoke-free hotels and travel, as well as the relationship between smoking and health. Composed of brochures, hotel and resort packets, guides to bed and breakfast hotels, slides, posters, audiocassette tapes, and guide maps, travel material in the collection relates to tourism in the United States and Europe.