00011 CAROLEN BAILEY: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Bonnie Palmquist Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner December 16, 2003Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Bailey, Carolen, 1936-. Carolen Bailey papers. 1962-1991. Correspondence, minutes, training materials (1967-1990), speeches (1962-1991), scrapbook (1967-1991), newsletters, audio cassettes (1974), and photographs relating to a woman who was a St. Paul (Minn.) police officer from 1961 to 1991. She became a leader in training law enforcement personnel to recognize child and wife abuse. Bailey also served as a consultant to, and a member of, several state and national law enforcement organizations. 2.25 cu. ft. (3 boxes). See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Correspondence, minutes, training materials (1967-1990), speeches (1962-1991), scrapbook (1967-1991), newsletters, audio cassettes (1974), and photographs relating to a woman who was a St. Paul (Minn.) police officer from 1961 to 1991. She became a leader in training law enforcement personnel to recognize child and wife abuse. Bailey also served as a consultant to, and a member of, several state and national law enforcement organizations.

Subjects include child abuse, sexual abuse, battered women, incest, prostitution, sudden infant death, and police volunteers (St. Paul Police Reserves and Neighborhood Assistance Officers). Her extensive involvement in the International Association of Women Police and the Minnesota Association of Women Police is also documented.

OTHER FINDING AIDS

A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Bailey, Carolen.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Carolen Bailey Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,615

Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, October 1992

Catalog ID number: 09-00030928

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Abused women -- Minnesota. Crime prevention -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Incest -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Police training -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Policewomen -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Prostitution -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Rape -- Minnesota.. Sex crimes -- Minnesota. Sexually abused children -- Minnesota. Sudden infant death syndrome -- Minnesota. Volunteers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Women in the professions -- Minnesota. Sexual abuse victims -- Minnesota. Organizations: International Association of Women Police. Minnesota Association of Women Police. Saint Paul (Minn.). Dept. of Police. Places: Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Crime. Types of Materials: Audio cassettes. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 143.C.3.3B 1 Biographical information. Correspondence, undated and 1963-1979.

Includes both personal and professional correspondence.

Subject Files:

Includes Bailey's notes, printed and resource material, newspaper clippings, a few photographs, and case histories for law enforcement training sessions she taught or participated in.

Battered women, 1975-1989. 2 folders. "Battering" child abuse training material, 1976-1979. Child abuse, 1974-1979. Child sexual abuse training material, 1963-1989. 8 folders.

Includes material on incest, family dynamics, laws, interviewing skills, testifying in court, use of anatomically correct dolls, myths and working assumptions, and printed material.

"Decoy" training course, 1976. Ethics, 1990. FBI Academy, 1976. Incest, 1969-1980. Prostitution, 1973-1987. St. Paul Police Instructors Seminar, [1965?]. Sexual assault, 1967, 1974-1986. 3 folders, 1 volume.

Volume is a training manual: Sexual Assault: A Statewide Problem, [ca. 1976].

Sudden infant death, 1971-1981. Undercover details. Volunteers, 1988-1991. 2 folders. Journal of the Citizen Ambassador Program in Law Enforcement Delegation to the U.S.S.R., April 7-21, 1990. 1 volume.

Bailey was a delegation co-leader in this "People to People" program.

"Cry Rape," 1974. 6 audio cassettes.

Produced by the Correctional Service of Minnesota, Inc.

"Violence in Families," [undated]. 1 audio cassette.

Pence, Bailey, Peterson, Shafer, Vaughn.

143.C.3.4F 2 Speeches, [undated] and 1962-1991. 3 folders.

Includes Bailey's speeches before law enforcement agencies, civic groups, women's organizations, and professional groups. Topics include child and adult sexual abuse, incest, battered women, and the need for law enforcement agencies to recognize and document such abuse.

International Association of Women Police, 1973-1990:

Bailey was president (1980-1982) and was instrumental in having the 1978 annual meeting held in St. Paul.

Constitution and historical notes. Minutes, 1973-1977. Correspondence, 1979-1980. Conferences, 1973-1990. Regional seminar, 1976. 3 folders. Training seminars, 1978-1980. Officer of the Year Award, 1980. Minnesota Association of Women Police: Correspondence and other papers, 1974-1988. 2 folders.

Bailey was president, 1972-1976. Includes minutes, correspondence, conference and meeting material, and materials from the Women in Uniform Seminar, 1988.

MAWP, Winter/Spring 1983-November 1990.

Publication of the association, which includes its constitution and some annual meeting minutes.

International Association of Women Police: The I.A.W.P. Bulletin, 1974-1980, 1982-March 1987. 3 folders. Police Woman, Sept. 1987-Spring 1991. 2 folders. Balancing the Badge, March/April 1987-November/December 1988.

Bimonthly newsletter for women in law enforcement; published in Minneapolis.

Miscellaneous printed material. Photographs.

A few images of Bailey, one with St. Paul mayor James Scheibel. There is also an unidentified print taken, perhaps, at a Woman Officer of the Year Award program.

142.G.14.2F-1 3 Scrapbook, 1969-1991.

Newspaper clippings, programs, letters, and related material documenting Bailey's career in the St. Paul police department. It also includes a large color print depicting Bailey in costume as a vice squad decoy.