Short stories

Diaries, engagement calendars, and correspondence of Ida Maud Cannon; stories, articles/essays, and scrapbooks by Cornelia James Cannon; family correspondence, of Cornelia, Walter B. Cannon, and their children: Bradford Cannon, Wilma (Cannon) Fairbanks, Linda (Cannon) Burgess, Marian (Cannon) Schlesinger, and Helen (Cannon) Bond; photographs of family and events.

Contains papers of American author Gore Vidal (1925-2012), including literary manuscripts, correspondence, political papers, legal and business records, photographs, family papers and mementors, and other material. Also includes papers of his companion, Howard Austen (1929-2003).

Correspondence, photographs, drawings, etc., of Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, sculptor and inventor.

Papers of the American writer John Updike (1932-2009).

Biographical and personal papers, correspondence, theatrical activities, writings, photographs and other papers of actress, director, and playwright June Brenner Judson.

Correspondence, family history, writings, photographs and other papers of Boston Globe journalist Anne Cabot Wyman.

Correspondence, diaries, writings, etc., of Clara Savage Littledale, author, editor, and expert on child rearing.

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of Dorothy West, African American writer.

Papers of writer, feminist, one-time Communist, and teacher Hope Hale Davis.

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of author, journalist, and social activist Jacqueline Bernard.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs, and other personal documents of Louise Walker McCannel, philanthropist and civic activist, as well as the correspondence and other personal papers of her siblings and parents (Archie Dean Walker Sr. family of Minneapolis, Minnesota), her children (the McCannel family), her aunts, uncles, and her grandparents (T. B. Walker family of Minneapolis, Minnesota), and other family members.

Correspondence, essays, short fiction, photographs, etc., of Marita Bonner, Radcliffe College Class of 1922.

Diaries, writings, correspondence, and photographs of Mary Matteson Wilbur and her family.

Correspondence; diaries; drafts, translations, and published writings; research notes; course materials; audiovisual tapes of readings; and other personal and professional papers of Ruth Whitman, poet, translator, professor, and feminist.

Letters of Berkman's mother, Gertrude Berkman, as well as family photographs and writings of Wellesley College English professor Sylvia Berkman.

Correspondence, poetry, fiction, journals, and advertising copy of Miriam Tane Siporin, union organizer and "poet laureate" for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and writer of advertising copy for women's fashions.