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

 Organization

Found in 6 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.

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 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.

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.