Bingham Center Research Guides

Josephine Leary Papers

The personal and business papers of Josephine Leary, an African-American business woman of Edenton, North Carolina. Josephine Leary, born into slavery and freed at age 9, owned several properties in Edenton until her death in 1923.

Elizabeth Johnson Harris Memoir

Handwritten memoir documenting the personal and family history of poet and writer Elizabeth Johnson Harris of Augusta, GA, daughter of formerly enslaved parents.

Ladyslipper, Inc. Retail Catalogs

This digital collection consists of 52 retail catalogs produced and published by Ladyslipper Records Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based non-profit organization which has been involved in many facets of women's music since 1976.

Women's Liberation Movement Print Culture

Manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.

Women's Travel Diaries

The diaries in this digital collection were written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States. 

"Woman: the World Over"

Set of 48 hand-colored glass lantern slides published in 1901 by Riley Brothers in Bradford, England. From the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection.