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Additional records of 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women (U.S.), 1972-1985

Collection Identifier: 82-M189--86-M213: T-78
Overview:

Addenda to the records (79-M116--81-M121) of 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women (U.S.).

African American beauty collection of the Schlesinger Library, ca.1942-1975

Collection Identifier: MC 1270
Overview:

Brochures, catalogs, price lists, advertisements, and product labels for health and beauty products marketed towards African American women; photographs of Black beauty pageant winners; and Black beauty pageant brochures, application forms, contest rules, and advice for contestants.

Papers of Gwendolyn C. Baker, 1942-2015

Collection Identifier: MC 880: DVD-129
Overview:

Correspondence, research, articles, speeches, records and other papers of educator, professor, and activist Gwendolyn C. Baker.

Papers of Ruth Batson, 1919-2009 (inclusive) 1951-2003 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 590: T-490
Overview:

Papers of Boston, Massachusetts, community and civil rights activist Ruth Batson.

Papers of De Ama Battle, 1970-2015

Collection Identifier: MC 931: DVD-90: MP-66
Overview:

Curricula, letters, flyers, programs, brochures, posters, awards, certificates, invitations, newsletters, clippings, photographs, and videos of dancer and educator De Ama Battle and her Massachusetts-based nonprofit arts education organization, the Art of Black Dance and Music.

Papers of Angela Y. Davis, 1937-2017 (inclusive), 1968-2006 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 940
Overview:

Writings, correspondence, speeches, and subject files of black feminist philosopher and prison abolitionist Angela Y. Davis.

Records of the Boston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1942-1995

Collection Identifier: MC 654
Overview:

Records of the Boston Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority include correspondence, notes, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed materials.

Dorothy Dandridge collection of the Schlesinger Library, 1954-1959

Collection Identifier: A/D178
Overview:

Black and white and colorized film stills from Dorothy Dandridge's 1954 film Carmen Jones and lobby cards advertising her 1959 film Tomango.

Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 476
Overview:

Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, African American writer, playwright, composer, biographer, teacher, civil rights and left-wing activist.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Milwaukee Jaycee Open photograph album, 1967

Collection Identifier: B/M6625
Overview:

Photograph album depicting the 1967 Milwaukee Jaycee Open, a LPGA golf tournament; tournament program; and ticket. Althea Gibson, a well-known Black tennis and golf player, is pictured.

Papers of Muriel Morisey, 1924-2022 (inclusive), 1950-2016 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1219
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, and other materials of lawyer Muriel Morisey primarily documenting her work with the Department of Justice, Harvard University, and Temple University as well as her personal relationships and family history.

Papers of Rachel Henrietta Palmer, 1992-2021

Collection Identifier: MC 1257
Overview:

Diaries, writings, and photographs of Rachel Henrietta Palmer documenting her struggles with substance abuse and depression, as well as reflections on her childhood, motherhood, relationships with men, and Christian faith.

Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1900-1961

Collection Identifier: A-146: M-92
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, etc., of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, educator and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina.