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African American women

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Papers of Cleo F. Haley 1939-1948

Collection Identifier: A/H1688
Overview:

Meeting minutes from the 1939 and 1940 National Conventions of the National Association of Colored Women and a typed florist's invoice and related letter concerning convention corsages (1948).

Papers of Fran Leeper Buss, 1968-2012

Collection Identifier: MC 788
Overview:

Papers of Fran Leeper Buss include writings, correspondence, clippings, and printed materials, which document her life as a wife and mother, oral historian, teacher, and activist. Also included are notes and transcripts of oral history interviews.

Papers of Jean Tepperman, 1974-1975

Collection Identifier: MC 366
Overview:

Transcripts of interviews with clerical workers, notes, questionnaires, etc., of Jean Tepperman, poet, teacher, writer, and secretary.

Papers of June Jordan, 1936-2002 (inclusive), 1954-2002 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 513
Overview:

The papers of June Jordan, poet, author, outspoken activist, champion of equal rights for African Americans and women, and professor.

Papers of Margaret Perea McCane, 1952-1983

Collection Identifier: RA.A/M122
Overview:

Correspondence and clippings of Margaret Perea McCane, Radcliffe College Class of 1927.

Papers of Pat Parker, 1944-1998

Collection Identifier: MC 861: T-523: Vt-293: Phon-70
Overview:

The papers of poet Pat Parker include journals; personal and professional correspondence; drafts; published and unpublished writings; reviews; articles; photographs; flyers, programs; publicity; periodicals; audiovisual material; and electronic records.

Papers of Ann Petry, 1938-2013 (inclusive), 1973-1997 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1051
Overview:

Correspondence between African American writer Ann Petry and Suffolk University English professor Edward Clark.

Daughter Dialogues Oral History collection of Reisha L. Raney, 2020-2021

Collection Identifier: MC 1201
Overview:

Oral history interviews of women with African American lineage who descend from Native American, Black, and white men and women that contributed to the American Revolution.

Records of Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge, 1881-1981

Collection Identifier: 82-M141--83-M11
Overview:

Office files, photographs, publications, etc., of the Young Women's Christian Association of Cambridge.

Fashion collection of Dorothy Roebuck, 1957-1961

Collection Identifier: MC 1126
Overview:

Photographs and programs of fashion shows featuring the designs of African American designer Dorothy Roebuck.

Papers of Julia Hamilton Smith, 1942-1991 (inclusive), 1964-1981 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1092
Overview:

Memoir, biographical information, correspondence, photographs, etc., of teacher Julia Hamilton Smith.

Papers of Maida Springer Kemp, 1942-1996

Collection Identifier: MC 1197
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, reports, etc., of Maida (Stewart) Springer Kemp, trade union activist.

Records of Transition House, 1975-1991

Collection Identifier: 84-M18--91-M187: Vt-13
Overview:

Newsletters, programs, audiovisual materials, etc., of Transition House, a refuge for battered women and their children in Massachusetts.

Papers of Miriam Van Waters, 1861-1971

Collection Identifier: A-71: MP-3: T-35
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, case studies, reports, and photographs of penologist Miriam Van Waters.

Contract to hire Peggy, an enslaved woman, 1856-1858

Collection Identifier: A/W3425
Overview:

Contract binding Thomas G. Watson and Thomas Watson to pay $30 to W.W. Forbes for the hire of a "Negro woman" Peggy for the year 1856.

Papers of Lena Jason White, 1916-1979

Collection Identifier: MC 1223
Overview:

Photographs, correspondence, and diaries documenting Lena Jason White's professional life, her relationship with her family, and her involvement in church activities.

Papers of Ann C. Williams, 1940-2019

Collection Identifier: MC 982; T-554; Vt-318; CD-118; DVD-146
Overview:

Awards, biographical papers, judicial documents, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, audiovisual material, etc., of Judge Ann Claire Williams (retired).

Woman Alive! Collection, 1974-1977

Collection Identifier: MC 421: Vt-30
Overview:

Videotapes and program books of "Woman Alive!," a collaboration between Ms. Magazine and public television.

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.

Work and family : low income and minority women talk about their lives, ca.1930-1990

Collection Identifier: MC 420: T-249
Overview:

Audiocassettes, transcripts, field notes, etc., generated by Fran Leeper Buss as part of her oral history project, Work and Family: Low Income and Minority Women Talk about Their Lives.