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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America

 Organization

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Records of The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 1942-2022

Collection Identifier: RG XVIII
Overview:

Records of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, including correspondence and other material concerning the Woman's Rights Collection; Library directors' and staff correspondence; financial records; Advisory Committee minutes; records of the Friends of the Library and special projects and grants; and publicity files.

Interviews of the Black Women Oral History Project, 1976-1981

Collection Identifier: OH-31: T-32
Overview:

The Black Women Oral History Project collection consists of audiotapes and transcripts of 72 oral histories.

Essay collection of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 1952-1976

Collection Identifier: MC 403
Overview:

Essays written between 1952 and 1976 by Harvard or Radcliffe students on women's history.

Family Planning Oral History Project Interviews, 1973-1977

Collection Identifier: OH-1: T-25: M-138: A1-3
Overview:

Tapes and transcripts of 24 oral histories of the Family Planning Oral History Project, an oral history project of the Schlesinger Library, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Friends of the Schlesinger Library Audiotape Collection, 1970-1996

Collection Identifier: RA.T-127
Overview:

Recordings of events sponsored by the Friends of the Schlesinger Library, whose contributions support library acquisitions and preservation.

Records of the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, 1933-2008 (inclusive), 1960-1999 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: RG XXVIII
Overview:

Records of the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute contain the office files of the deans and directors of the Institute: Constance E. Smith, Alice Kimball Smith, Susan Storey Lyman (Acting Director), Patricia Albjerg Graham, Marion Kilson, Mary Baughman Anderson (Acting Director), and Margaret McKenna.

Papers of Barbara Miller Solomon, 1888-1995 (inclusive), 1940-1992 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 687: T-467: Phon 60
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, appointment books, lecture notes, manuscript drafts, photographs, audiotapes, and phonograph records of historian Barbara Miller Solomon, lecturer at Harvard College and dean of Radcliffe and Harvard Colleges.

Papers of Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger, 1910-1977

Collection Identifier: MC 894
Overview:

Correspondence, articles, notes, etc., of Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger, historian and civic worker.

Papers of Janet Wilson James, 1900-1999 (inclusive), 1940-1987 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 723: T-478
Overview:

Correspondence, appointment books, lecture notes, manuscript drafts, photographs, and audiotape of historian Janet Wilson James, professor at Boston College and director of the Schlesinger Library.

Papers of Joan R. Challinor, 1848, 1975-2008

Collection Identifier: MC 678: T-446
Overview:

Papers of Joan R. Challinor, former chairperson of the National Committee on Libraries and Information Science, civic leader, historian, and education activist, include correspondence, meeting and conference materials, articles and speeches, reports, photographs, and audiotapes.

Papers of Maurine Rothschild, 1906-2005 (inclusive), 1952-2003 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 776: T-423: Vt-218
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, and oral history of Maurine Rothschild, philanthropist, art collector, and women's rights advocate.

Papers of Patricia Miller King, 1864, 1882-1994

Collection Identifier: MC 711
Overview:

Personal papers of Patricia Miller King, former director of the Schlesinger Library (1973-1994). Also contains papers of her father, Donald Knox Miller, and his family.

Radcliffe College architectural drawings, 1885-2006

Collection Identifier: RG XXXIII
Overview:

Composite collection of architectural plans, blueprints, and landscape designs for Radcliffe buildings and grounds, assembled by the Radcliffe College Archives.

Radcliffe College Archives sound recordings collection, 1951-2008

Collection Identifier: RG XX, Series 8-9
Overview:

Sound recordings of Radcliffe College events, including lectures, seminars, and student, alumnae and Bunting Institute concerts. The tapes also include Bunting Institute seminars and interviews with fellows, Radcliffe Publishing Course lectures and events, and Schlesinger Library talks and symposia.

Radcliffe College Archives subject files, 1869-2007

Collection Identifier: RG XXIV, Series 5
Overview:

Collection of subject files relating to Radcliffe College, mostly consisting of printed materials.

Records of Radcliffe College President Linda S. Wilson, 1973-1999

Collection Identifier: RG II, Series 6
Overview:

Papers of Linda S. Wilson, Radcliffe College's seventh president.

Records of Radcliffe College President Matina Horner, 1972-1989

Collection Identifier: RG II, Series 5
Overview:

Official Radcliffe College correspondence, reports, minutes, etc. of Matina Horner, professor and sixth president of Radcliffe College.

Records of the Family Planning Oral History Project, 1909-1984

Collection Identifier: MC 223: T-131
Overview:

Research materials collected by the interviewers of the Family Planning Oral History Project, an oral history project of the Schlesinger Library.

Records of the Radcliffe College Office of Development, 1968-2001

Collection Identifier: RG IIIA
Overview:

Records of Radcliffe College's Office of Development, which was responsible for alumnae gifts, fundraising, and foundation and government grant funding.

Papers of Ruth Rosen, 1965-2015

Collection Identifier: MC 864
Overview:

Photography, teaching materials, writings, and class notes of Ruth Rosen, historian, professor, and journalist.

Schlesinger Library Luncheon Series audio collection, 1979-1987

Collection Identifier: T-118
Overview:

Audiotapes of talks by speakers featured in the Schlesinger Library Luncheon Series, 1979-1987. Most of the speakers are donors of manuscript collections housed at the library.

Records of the Tully-Crenshaw Feminist Oral History Project, 1961-2001 (inclusive), 1990-1993 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 548: T-301
Overview:

A collection of interviews conducted by and with past officers and members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) regarding the formation of NOW and their roles in the organization. All participants in the project were active in NOW during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Interviews of the Women in the Federal Government Oral History Project, 1981-1983

Collection Identifier: OH-40: T-114
Overview:

Tapes and transcripts of oral histories and supporting documentation from the Women in the Federal Government Oral History Project, an oral history project of the Schlesinger Library.