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Microfilm
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United
States: Women's Studies
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| Title |
Description |
Call
Number |
Separate
Records Available? |
| American
women's diaries, New England |
Diaries of eight middle- and upper-class
women, from 1789 to 1915. These candid works offer
firsthand accounts of the lives, contributions,
and innermost thoughts of women from the colonial
period through the turn of the 20th century. Researchers
gain new perspectives on a myriad of topics including
daily life and the struggle to survive, religion,
childbirth and child rearing, education, social
issues, war and peace, and personal strengths of
women from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.
Guide available. |
MICFILM 1581 |
No |
| American
women's diaries, Southern |
Diaries of 37 women in the American
South. These candid works offer firsthand
accounts of the lives, contributions, and innermost
thoughts of women from the colonial period through
the turn of the 20th century. Researchers gain new
perspectives on a myriad of topics including daily
life and the struggle to survive, religion, childbirth
and child rearing, education, social issues, war
and peace, and personal strengths of women from
diverse ethnic and social backgrounds. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 1599 |
No |
| Emily
Newell Blair papers, 1785-1972 |
Emily Newell Blair (1877-1951)
was a suffragist, feminist, Democratic party official,
and writer. Active in the Missouri women's suffrage
movement, Blair eventually became a prominent figure
in feminist activism. The Emily Newell Blair Papers,
1785-1972 is a collection of Blair's personal, professional,
and family correspondence; published and unpublished
writings by and about Blair; diaries; speeches;
personal and family memorabilia; and clippings.
In addition, material relating to Blair's family
history is included. This collection is arranged
by document type, then by family member, then chronologically
within four series: correspondence, writings, memorabilia,
and clippings. Digital
guide.
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MICFILM 4048 |
No |
| History
of women |
The History of Women Collection
is a comprehensive collection (1247 reels) of literature
by and about American and European from the 1700s
through 1920. The microfilm collection consists
of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts and
photographs. Included in the collection are resources
on such topics as birth control, education, the
professions, women's rights, women's organizations,
social reform, and the role of women in the settling
of the American West. The
History of Women collection is based primarily on
works found in the Schlesinger Library on the History
of Women in America, located at Radcliffe College,
and the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.
Digitial
guide.
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MICFILM 1588 |
Yes |
| New
England women and their families in the 18th and
19th centuries |
The collection includes manuscripts
on the New England family and women's history and
covers material from a variety of social classes
and station. It contains personal papers, letter,
and diaries which provides information on everyday
life in 18th and 19th century New England, especially
the considerable influence New England women had
on American society and how the changes affected
individual families. Guide available. |
MICFILM 3406 |
No |
| The
papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945
|
This collection covers Eleanor
Roosevelt's correspondence with leading political
and governmental figures as well as with Eleanor's
circle of personal friends during the White House
years. Covered in the collection are four major
subject areas: social welfare and depression relief,
race relations, women in American politics, and
youth activities. Of particular interest are her
correspondence with Walter White of the NAACP, material
about her family, especially her father, and drafts
of articles and lectures. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 4290 |
No |
| The
papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945-1952, from the
F. D. Roosevelt Library |
The correspondence shows the wide
range of Eleanor Roosevelt’s interests and concerns,
and contains important clues concerning her political
ideology and tactics. The content of her letters
in the early 1950s clearly show her concerns for
the refugee and displaced persons situation, the
growth and true nature of Communism, the Cold War,
and desire to promote peace and the United Nations.
In addition, these letters show the depth and range
of her friendships and confirm how many people depended
on her for advice and support. |
MICFILM 4291 |
No |
| The
papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945-1962
|
Presents documents related to
the work of Eleanor Roosevelt as a U.S. delegate
to the United Nations from 1945 to 1952. Reproduces
correspondence; publications and documents from
U.S. diplomats and UN delegates; special reports
on political, socioeconomic, and military affairs;
statistical studies; interviews and minutes of meetings
with foreign officials; full text of important U.S.
delegation correspondence; voluminous reports; and
translations of high-level foreign government documents.
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MICFILM 4292 |
No |
| The
papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony |
The collection includes manuscript
holdings of more than two hundred libraries and
private collectors, and printed matter from approximately
700 periodicals. After the Civil War, Stanton and
Anthony sought federal protection of women's right
to vote through a constitutional amendment. They
entered the political arena, pressing Congress,
state, legislatures, parties, and the president
for action on their demands, and founded the movement
for women's political equality in the 19th century.
The collection covers the periods 1831 through 1906
and contains more than 14,000 documents such as
legislative testimony, correspondence, diaries,
speeches, accounts of meetings, calls to action,
articles, legal papers and financial papers. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 1737 |
No |
| Papers
of Sophonisba P. Breckinridge |
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
(1866-1948) received a Ph.M. degree from the University
of Chicago in 1897 and a Ph.D. in political science
and economics in 1901. In 1904 she became the first
woman to receive the J.D. degree from the University.
She also worked at the Chicago School of Civics
and Philanthropy, and was instrumental in the merger
of the school with the University to form the School
of Social Service Administration in 1920. Her teaching,
research, and publications helped to define social
work as a profession and mold it into an academic
discipline. Digital
guide.
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MICFILM 1665 |
No |
| Papers
of the League of Women Voters, 1918-1974 |
Women won the right to vote in
the United States in 1920. The League of Women Voters
has been an organization which has promoted voter
education and citizenship throughout its existence.
It is rigorously non-partisan. It has an issue-oriented
agenda which emphasizes international cooperation
abroad and humanitarian social reform on the domestic
front. Guide available. |
MICFILM 1587 |
No |
| Records
of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor,
1918-1965 |
The Women's bureau of the U.S.
Department of Labor was established during the First
World War, when the United States witnessed a massive
influx of women into the workplace. The archival
records of the Women's Bureau chronicle the changing
status of women workers through two world wars,
the economic upheaval of the Great Depression and
the periods of postwar economic adjustment. The
Bureau was mandated to investigate the conditions
of women workers. Guide available. |
MICFILM 1671 |
No |
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