Series IV. IMAGES: ARTS AND HUMANITIES, 1801, 1888-1911, undated (#4.16-4.21, 5FB.3-5FB.4, 6F+B.2, 8OB.6, SD.1)
Scope and Contents
Series IV, IMAGES: ARTS AND HUMANITIES, 1801, 1888-1911, undated (#4.16-4.21, 5FB.3-5FB.4, 6F+B.2, SD.1), contains sheet music, advertisements, pochoir prints, scrap, and chromolithograph posters (some from the Maîtres de l'Affiche series), which depict women dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, drawing, painting, reading or writing. Artists are listed on the folder titles when known. Multiple topics may be filed together in the same folder, though they are listed separately (i.e., #6F+B.2 contains dance, drawing and painting, music, and reading and writing). This series is divided into four subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, thereunder according to size, from smaller to larger.
Dates
- Creation: 1575-2005
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1860-1929
Language of Materials
Most materials in English and French. Some in German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Czech, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Swedish, Arabic.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted, except that #SD.1-SD.3 are closed to research use; researchers may use reference photocopies as noted. An appointment is required to use any audiovisual material.
Extent
15.26 linear feet ((7 + 1/2 file boxes, 8 folio boxes, 2 folio+ boxes, 1 oversize box) plus 1 supersize drawer, 1 videotape)Creator
- From the Collection: Fox, Sally (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.