Personal Papers

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The Jane Addams Papers, 1868-1935.

CALL NUMBER: M5788s, guide available.
Most famous for her role in the development of settlement houses for immigrant and migrant women in industrialized cities, Addams was an author, social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Her papers include a wide array of records such as grade cards, address books, a "weight diary", reading lists, correspondence and diaries spanning 64 years of her life, documents related to her books, papers related to more than 173 organizations, tributes and miscellaneous writings. Vast and comprehensive. microfilm: 82 reels.

The Papers of Emily Greene Balch, 1875-1961.

CALL NUMBER: M6652, guide available.
A collection of extensive writings by and about this peace activist and Nobel Prize winning author including her diaries, notebooks, articles and speeches as well as tributes to Balch and articles describing her as others knew her. microfilm: 26 reels.

Mary McLeod Bethune Papers the Bethune-Cookman College Collection, 1922-1955.

CALL NUMBER: M7191, guide available.
One of the most powerful African Americans in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. These papers document her long tenure as the tireless president of Bethune-Cookman College, a president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, founder of the National Council on Negro Women, and organizer of the Federal Council on Negro Affairs. microfilm: 13 reels.

Sarah Evelyn (Baylor) Blackford Papers, 1899-1901.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 30-01-1
Turn of the century Victorian scrapbook, compiled by Blackford, containing 58 pages of newspaper clippings of poems, news items, and literary articles. microfilm: 1 reel.

The Papers of the Blackwell Family, 1759-1950.

CALL NUMBER: N5042, guide available.
Beginning with the pioneering work of Lucy Stone, who in 1847 gave her first lecture on women's rights, and continuing to the death of her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell in 1950, these papers document 20 family members whose lives and work contributed to the evolution of Women's Rights in politics, religion, medicine, economics, and the domestic sphere. microfilm: 76 reels.

The Journal of Maria, Lady Callcott, 1827-1828.

CALL NUMBER: S201.718, guide available.
Travel writer and art historian Lady Callcott recorded her honeymoon, an extended tour of Italy anf Germany, during which she and her husband (a painter) sought to reevaluate European art. Published for the first time in full, this journal has attracted the attention of art historians internationally. microfiche: 5 sheets.

The Papers of Carrie Chapman Catt, 1848-1950.

CALL NUMBER: M5229s, guide available.
Diaries, correspondence, speeches, and articles of a co-founder of the National League of Women Voters and a president of both the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance. These papers document her world tour for the cause of suffrage, her struggles and tactics in the fight for women's rights, and her devotion in later life to the cause of peace as a member of the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. microfilm: 18 reels.

Collected Correspondence of Lydia Marie Child, 1817-1880.

CALL NUMBER: N4621, guide available.
Microfiche of 2,604 letters which reveal the personal life and political opinions of this writer, speaker for women's rights, and anti-slavery activist. Some of her correspondents include Margaret Fuller, George Eliot, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. microfiche: 97 sheets.

The Raya Dunayevskaya Collection, 1941-1981.

CALL NUMBER: N4013, guide available.
Dunayevskaya's papers trace her early life in Russia, her move to the U.S. as a child, her position as secretary to Trotsky during his exile in Mexico (1937-38), her break with him at the beginning of World War II, the creation of her seminal, comprehensive study of Russia's Five Year Plans, and her work with the International Labor Defense Committee as well as the Women's Liberation Movement. microfilm: 3 reels.

The Emma Goldman Papers, 1892-1929.

CALL NUMBER: M7288, guide available.
The definitive collection of the most prominent anarchist woman of her time. It spans cultures and continents, tracing the origins of the social movements of the time such as the birth control and reproductive rights movement and the Free Speech movement (including government surveillance records). Fully indexed, subject coded with summary and notes. microfilm: 67 reels.

The Griswold Collection, 1834-1878.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 438-01-1
Letters from Southern writers to Rufus W. Griswold, compiler and editor of literary collections. Many of the correspondents were women such as Caroline Lee Hentz, Beverly Tucker, Elizabeth F. Eller, and Amelia B. Welby. microfilm: 1 reel.

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Isabella Beecher Hooker Project, 1835-1907.

CALL NUMBER: S201.422, guide available.
Papers of the suffragist that include family photographs, the majority of her extant manuscripts, title pages from her collection of her own books; correspondence, circulars, and broadsides related to women's issues. The collection contains more than 1700 items. microfiche: 144 sheets.

Susan Wood Keyes Journal, 1849.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 154-01-1
Keyes' journal from Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. microfilm: 1 reel.

Jennie Lind Album.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 168-01-1
The 19th century "Album of Jennie Lind," Swedish singer and composer. microfilm: 1 reel.

Women, Emancipation and Literature: The Papers of Harriet Martineau.

CALL NUMBER: M6767, guide available.
19th century author, journalist, social commentator, and leading feminist intellectual in the second half of the 19th century, Martineau is noted for her contribution to the economic, social, and political theories of her day. The collection features signed manuscripts of the "Autobiography," letters to and from publishers and family members, manuscript notes on strikes, press cuttings, and testimonial papers, and notes for "History of Forty Years of Peace" of this "pioneer of British middle class radicalism." microfilm: 17 reels.

Susannah R. (Gibson) Norton Papers, 1754-1882.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 206-01-1
Letters and papers of the Gibson and Norton families relating to family affairs, farming conditions, and commodity prices. Includes five Civil War letters. microfilm: 2 reels.

Hester Ann Rogers Papers, 1776-1794.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 238-01-1
Letters and hand written journal of Hester Ann (Roe) Rogers, wife of an early Methodist preacher in England. Contains correspondence between Hester and her friend, Sally Salmon between 1776-1785 about their personal experiences with a focus on the role of religion in their lives. microfilm: 1 reel.

The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945.

CALL NUMBER: M6579, guide available.
This collection represents the most comprehensive source of materials by and about Eleanor Roosevelt. Of particular interest are her correspondence with Walter White of the NAACP, material about her family, especially her father, and drafts of articles and lectures. microfilm: 20 reels.

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The Margaret Sanger Papers.

CALL NUMBER: M7286
Sanger was a founder and lifelong leader of the American and international birth control movements. Her vast personal papers exhibit a complex portrait of both the personal and public lives of one of the 20th century's most influential and controversial figures. microfilm: 83 reels.

Harriet Shelley,1812-1815, 1826-1830.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library: 249-01-1
Letters of Harriet Shelley to Catherine Nugent. microfilm: 1 reel.

The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

CALL NUMBER: N3909
Composed of correspondence, speeches, articles, drafts of books, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating to Stanton's personal life as well as her participation in the Woman Suffrage Movement. microfilm: 5 reels.

The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, 1831-1906.

CALL NUMBER: M6761, guide available.
Correspondence, speeches, articles, drafts of books, and scrapbooks compiled from many sources related to these two leaders of the Woman Suffrage movement. microfilm: 45 reels.

The Papers of Mary Church Terrell, 1863-1954.

CALL NUMBER: N5045
Papers, chiefly 1886-1954, focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of both women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans. Included are manuscripts of her autobiography and correspondence with other activists of the the time including Jane Addams and Mary Mcleod Bethune. microfilm: 34 reels.

Sarah Wesley Papers, 1756-1828.

CALL NUMBER: Special Collections Library : 301-01-1
Includes correspondence with various friends and relatives including more than a hundred letters addressed to her. Sarah's letters contain poetry and hymns presumably of her own composition as well as her thoughts about the career of her father, Charles Wesley. microfilm: 1 reel.

American Women's Diaries: New England, Western, Southern series.

CALL NUMBERS: M6786, M7233, M6787, guides available.
A multicultural collection of materials from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries which contains diaries, letters, manuscripts, reminiscences, WPA narratives, overland journals, and oral history transcriptions providing firsthand accounts, personal experiences, life-styles and life stories. microfilm: 21, 35, and 34 reels respectively.

Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries: Series B,C,D.

CALL NUMBERS: M7192, M7193, M7194, guides available.
A vast collection which brings to life the voices and thoughts of Southern women through diaries, correspondence with family and friends, and business correspondence and records. Among the most frequently discussed topics are homelife, courtship, education, child rearing, marriage, and religion. microfilm: 26, 22, and 51 reels respectively.