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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.

Photographs of Eolyn Carolyn Klugh Guy, ca.1903-1977 (inclusive), 1919-1933 (bulk), undated

Collection Identifier: PC 209
Overview:

Photographs, newspapers, and other material of social worker Eolyn Carolyn Klugh Guy.

Papers of Dorothy I. Height, 1933-2012

Collection Identifier: MC 1149: T-571: DVD-153
Overview:

Awards, organizational records, biographical essays, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of human rights activist Dorothy I. Height.

Papers of Dorothy I. Height, 1950-2004

Collection Identifier: MC 1121
Overview: Collection includes correspondence (some regarding Dorothy Height's trip to East Africa in 1960), speeches, notes on a workshop, printed material, photographs, and color slides, mostly from her work for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the National Council of Negro Women, and the Young Women's Christian Association. The photographs document a Delta Sigma Theta event in New York City in 1951; the color slides are mostly from her travels to West Africa and India, where she was visiting professor at...

Papers of Gattie Holmes, 1802-1997 (inclusive), 1921-1997 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: 2019-M126
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, music notes, and other personal papers of music teacher Gattie Holmes.

Papers of Mary Gibson Hundley, 1862-1985 (inclusive), 1934-1975 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 383: T-212
Overview:

Legal records, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, etc., of Mary Gibson Hundley, educator and civil rights activist.

Interviews by Lisa Krissoff Boehm, 2000-2007

Collection Identifier: MC 729: CD-67
Overview:

Collection consists of transcripts and audio recordings of interviews with African American women carried out by Boehm in preparation for her book, Making a Way out of No Way: African American Women and the Second Great Migration.

Papers of Gretchen L. Flippin Jackson, 1923-2010 (inclusive), 1954-1988 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1173
Overview:

Correspondence, photographs, writings, and other material of journalist, radio personality, community activist, and business woman Gretchen Flippin Jackson.

Papers of Anna Louise James, 1874-2015 (inclusive), 1901-1984 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 440
Overview:

Diaries, family correspondence, financial records, etc., of Anna Louise James, the first African American woman licensed as a pharmacist in Connecticut.

Papers of Louise E. Jefferson, 1861-1991 (inclusive), 1943-1980 (bulk), undated

Collection Identifier: MC 1147
Overview:

Maps, correspondence, and artwork of African American artist, cartographer, graphic designer, author, and photographer Louise E. Jefferson.

Papers of Mildred Jefferson, 1947-2010

Collection Identifier: MC 696: T-397: Vt-202
Overview:

Biographical and personal material; organizational files; campaign records; speeches; conference and membership materials; writings; photographs; memorabilia; and audiovisual material of Mildred Jefferson, surgeon and nationally recognized spokesperson of the right-to-life movement.

Papers of Darlene Jeter, 1967-2001

Collection Identifier: MC 1198
Overview:

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, periodicals, family papers, and business publications of Black woman business owner Darlene Jeter.

Papers of Kathryn M. Johnson, 1948, undated

Collection Identifier: MC 1085
Overview:

Civil rights activist and educator, Kathryn M. Johnson's incomplete autobiography, "The Color Line," undated, and her pamphlet "The Dark Race in the Dawn," 1948.

Papers of Adrienne Kennedy, 1904-2021 (inclusive), 1954-2021 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1224: DVD-167: T-599
Overview:

Playscripts, autobiographical writings, correspondence, promotional material (including reviews, flyers and posters), photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, and audiovisual material of experimental playwright Adrienne Kennedy. Some material related to her extended family is also included.

Papers of Florynce Kennedy, 1915-2004 (inclusive), 1947-1993 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 555: Vt-133: MP-56
Overview:

The papers of Florynce Kennedy, lawyer, political activist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and feminist.

Bill of sale for Mary, an enslaved woman, October 1838

Collection Identifier: A/K365
Overview:

Bill of sale transferring ownership of Mary, a 17-year-old enslaved "Negro" woman, from Press G. Kennett to Reuben Mullens and Thomas Hauser in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1838.

Papers of Robin W. Kilson, 1956-2015

Collection Identifier: MC 877: Vt-275
Overview:

Diaries, notebooks, correspondence, research, photographs, course materials and other papers of historian and professor Robin W. Kilson.

Steve Kropper collection on Florynce Kennedy, 1976, 2021

Collection Identifier: A/K93; T-592
Overview:

Audiotape of African American lawyer, political activist, civil rights advocate, lecturer, and feminist Florynce "Flo" Kennedy; a statement by collection donor Steve Kropper and electronic files are also included.

Papers of Florence Cawthorne Ladd, 1915-2019

Collection Identifier: MC 1020: Vt-302: T-415
Overview:

Collection includes drafts of Sarah's Psalm; and The Spirit of Josephine, reviews and correspondence concerning the books; personal and literary correspondence; office files related to Ladd's tenure at Radcliffe College's The Bunting Institute, and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; photographs; and audio recordings of interviews with Ladd.

May Laidley Letter, 16 March 1865?

Collection Identifier: A/L184
Overview:

Letter from May Laidley of New Richmond, Ohio, to Mrs. G. W. Summers of Kanawah County, West Virginia, describing Laidley's visits with an unnamed African American woman who is an acquaintance of the Summers family and may have been enslaved by them.

Records of the League of Women for Community Service, 1918-1938

Collection Identifier: B/L434: M-48
Overview:

Formal minutes, reports, and related material of the League of Women for Community Service, a social service, cultural, and civic organization.

Additional papers of Gerda Lerner, 1916-2020 (inclusive), 1963-2013 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 769: T-493: CD-79: Vt-265: DVD-100
Overview:

Papers of historian, professor, and author, Gerda Lerner.

Papers of Gerda Lerner, 1924-2006

Collection Identifier: MC 498: T-492
Overview:

Papers of historian and feminist Gerda Lerner reflecting her professional career, writings, and lectures.

Papers of Robin Ruth Linden, 1978-1983

Collection Identifier: MC 437
Overview:

Correspondence, videotapes, slides, etc., of sociologist Robin Ruth Linden.

Records of the Links, Inc. Boston Chapter, 1955-2021

Collection Identifier: MC 1004
Overview:

Collection consists of official documents of Boston Chapter of Links, Inc., photographs, financial material, and committee files.