Women's Studies

Abbe, Elfriede papers, 1840-2010.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 13-7-1102
Collection consists of professional papers; letters concerning a piece of her sculpture, "The Hunter," and the publication of an article on her work; photographs of her and her sculpture; appointment calendars with descriptions of her work, photographs of her works; a catalog of her sculpture; wood cut illustrations, materials for books she illustrated; sketches; wood engraving blocks; announcements of publications of her books and of her gallery shows; typescripts of lectures given; and news articles on her works of art.

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6578
Reports, minutes, resolutions, bylaws, publications, and correspondence, pertaining to the history of the association; membership lists, planning guides, national records, handbooks, public relations material, Board of Directors records, newsletters, programs, annual reports, photographs, video- and audiotapes, and records of the International Federation for Home Economics. Includes records concerning the history of home economics, families, youth, consumer education, the International Family Planning Project, public policy, and nutrition.

American Association of University Women, Ithaca Branch records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1849
Letters, minute books, committee reports, financial statements, membership list, photographs, clippings, subject files, typescript of published history, programs, announcements, membership tool kit, and miscellaneous printed material.

Brauner, Inga Lohne papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3985
Photographs, postcards, souvenir picture folios, and other family items.

Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors Program records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 24-19-3783
Includes educational publications, grant reports, reprints of research publications, video tapes and CDs on teleconferences and workshops, and materials pertaining to the founding and history of the program.

Bright, Susie papers and On Our Backs records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7788
Records of Bright's work writing and publishing about sexuality, including records of the lesbian sex journal On Our Backs.

Carver, Lisa archive   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8497
Periodicals, pasteups, proofs, ephemera, audiotapes, and a videotape, documenting Carver's work, life, and interests. Includes a complete run of Rollerderby (issues 1-25), as well as preliminary pasteups, proofs, artwork, and photographs for use in the zine. Also, ephemera and poster artwork for an issue of the zine Generation L, Suckdog and other projects; eight cassette tapes of music or performance sounds; and a VHS videotape containing a rough cut of the work Anatomically correct and Lisa Carver's laptop.

Ceres Circle records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 52-1-3413
Includes meeting minutes, membership lists, and newspaper clippings.

Charlton, Kimberly E. papers, 1990-1997   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-5-3217
Cornell Fencing memorablia and clippings collected by Kim Charlton, a member of the team. Materials cover the Title IX lawsuit brought against Cornell University by the Women's Fencing and Gymnastics teams.

Child Study Club of Ithaca records, 1901-1983   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2932
Records of the Child Study Club of Ithaca dealing with the club's interests and activities, including the mental and physical development of children; theories of child behavior; children's entertainment; local organizations for children, such as Girl Scouts and West Side House.

Church Women United in the Schenectady Area records, 1935-2016   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3430
Contains organizational records, including material related to affiliation and cooperation with local, national, and international organizations and records of predecessor organizations.

Cline, Carolynne papers, 1933-1984.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-5-2112
Collection consists of correspondence; college course work; scrapbooks; photograph albums; Cornelliana; memorabilia; two movie films pertaining to Carol Cline's senior year, Robert Cline, parents, graduation, and the Class of 1937 reunion in 1939; two tapes and transcripts of a commentary on the films, a photograph album, and two scrapbooks; two tapes of the Class of 1939 Women's Reunion, 1964; and two tapes of "Carol's Corner" interviews with Cornell-affiliated people.

Comstock, John Henry and Anna Botsford papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-23-25
Includes personal correspondence of Anna Botsford and Henry John professional correspondence; publications by or about the Comstocks; lecture and field notes; certificates and awards; typescript draft of an autobiography by Anna Comstock, published posthumously as The Comstocks of Cornell: John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock; Botsford and Comstock family photographs; Anna Botsford diaries and poem; a scrapbook relating to the Botsford family, Phebe Irish Botsford, and Anna Botsford Comstock; materials concerning wood engraving; photographs and sketches (pen and ink and pencil).

Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6756
Reports and legislation briefs, policy agendas, reports, and briefs. Subjects include women's issues, family farms, tax reform, community energy planning, local food, plant closings, cooperatives, South African divestment, toxic chemicals, and health care.

Cooper, Barbara Hope papers, 1963-1999   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-22-3072
Includes research and teaching materials of Barbara Hope Cooper, a Cornell University physics professor.

Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll Papers, 1813-1921   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6543
Personal material and material relating to Sarah B. Cooper's work in Bible Schools, Kindergartens, and Women's Organizations.

Cornell Campus Club records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 11-8-390
Secretary's and treasurer's reports, minutes of the executive board and various committees and annual meetings, constitutions, lists of officers, newsletters and brochures, samples of printed forms, reports of activity groups, social reports, newcomers' items, history of the Campus Club, and miscellaneous items.

Cornell Eleven records and briefs   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4197
Files relating to the sex discrimination case, including files of J. Anthony Gaenslen (attorney for the plaintiffs) and Jennie Farley.

Cornell University Class of 1937 (Women) records, 1937-1997.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-4-738
Records of the Class of 1937 Women's Secretary, Carol Cline, include correspondence, programs, pamphlets, photographs, memoranda, and memorabilia pertaining to reunions; questionnaires and other biographical information for each reunion; a guide for class secretaries, clippings, and other printed material; "Class of 1937 Women, History Since Graduation, 1937-1990," and tape recordings of the Women's Reunion Banquet and Midnight Dormitory Party (1962), Introduction to 1937 Banquet, and the 45th Reunion Banquet at the Johnson Art Museum. Also, questionnaires about the class, 1972-1991.

Cornell University Office of Equal Opportunity records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 10-5-1464
Advisory Board minutes and reports and other records of the office.

Cornell University Office of the Dean of Women records, 1922-1953   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-2-260
Correspondence and subject files of the Dean of Women.

Cornell University Women's Judiciary Board records, 1923-1962.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 34-10-1130
Collection includes reports, minutes of board and committee meetings, historical material, case files, and other records of the Cornell University Women's Judiciary Board.

Cornell University Women's Studies Program records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 53-15-1585
Records of department faculty and speakers; course lists; seminars; annual reports and other material.

Cornell University, New York State College of Home Economics records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 23-2-749
Collection includes administrative records; records of the College's involvement with government, educational, and private organizations at the national, state, and local levels; College activities within divisions of the University; the College's involvement in World War I, World War II, ; student activities of undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni; teaching and research studies and reports; and extension work. Also included is a large amount of material related to the history of the College of Home Economics, Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, and their correspondence previous to 1921.

Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-6-3435
Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.

Cornell Women's Club of Ithaca records, 1908-1972   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-6-1680
Official records of the Cornell Women's Club of Ithaca including correspondence and other materials relating to membership, publicity notices for social events, fund raising, meetings minutes and reports, the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs, and scholarships.

Cornell Women's Club of New York Records, 1910-1973   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-6-1674
Includes correspondence; materials related to the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs; material on parties given for new graduates; publicity notices for social events; newsletters; brochures and other material related to art tours; officers handbook; minutes of meetings; history of the club; and programs of the Cornell Women's Club of New York.

Deal, Jennette Howell diaries   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3881
Forty volumes of diaries of Jennette H. Deal concerning her activities as a teacher and a farm wife, her participation in the Baptist church and other religious organizations, and the activities of family members. Many diaries also contain records of income and expenditures and lists of books read during the year.

Elmhirst, Dorothy Whitney Straight papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3725
Includes both sides of Dorothy's correspondence with Willard D. Straight; letters from friends and relatives. Also materials on civic activities, correspondence on Willard Straight Hall, and correspondence on The New Republic and Asia magazines.

Emily Howland papers,1797-1938.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2681
Collection consists primarily of correspondence; letters discuss attempts to establish schools for escaped slaves and freedmen in the South, abolition, Oberlin College President Charles Grandison Finney's opinion of John Brown and other abolitionists, the women's suffrage movement (especially in New York State), women's higher education, temperance, the Universal Peace movement, the National Arbitration League of Washington, aspects of Quaker life, the Society of Friends, the Freedmen's Bureau, and other issues. Correspondents include Isabel Howland, Caroline F. Putnam, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Sallie Holley, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Cornelia Hancock, Amanda Sanford Hickey, Rev. John D. Read, Emma V. Brown, Booker T. Washington, Herbert Howland (while traveling in England, France, and Egypt), Hanna Letchworth Howland, Joseph and Richard Tallcott, Samuel Parsons, Ebenezer Burnham, George Lincoln Burr (to Isabel Howland), Lillie Devereux Blake, Mary E. Bowman, Gulielma Breed, Phoebe Hathaway, Henry Ince, J. R. Johnson, Alfred H. Love, E. Nash, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, L. W. Stebbins, and Julia A. Wilbur. Also, papers of the related Tallcott and Howland families, and printed items containing letters and other information concerning the Rev. John D. Read and family.

Engineering Women's Club records, 1922-1992.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 11-8-1563
Minutes of meetings, committee and membership lists, treasurer's reports, secretary's reports, annual reports, correspondence, clippings, songs, constitution, and histories of the Engineering Women's Club from its inception in 1922 until 1992.

Evans, Alice Catherine papers, 1908-1965.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2552
Papers of Alice C. Evans, who graduated from Cornell University in 1909 and served as a dairy bacteriologist for the United States Department of Agriculture and for the United States Public Health Service.

Farley, Jennie papers, 1969-1980.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 25-3-2710
Papers pertaining to the Women's Studies Program, the Provost's Committee on Women, the Trustees Committee on the Status of Women, the Women's Studies Friday Seminars, the Professional Skills Roster, and other issues.

Firebrand Books records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7670
Complete archives of Firebrand Books, founded by Nancy Bereano and recognized by the Lambda Literary Awards with their Publisher’s Service Award in 1996. Includes detailed files on published books; rejection letters; invoices; distributors' reports; vendor files; files on conferences and events the publisher attended, including her 1991 service on the Advisory Committee to the Human Sexuality Collection; mailing list; lists of Firebrand employees and interns; summary of financial donations to Firebrand; Firebrand's web site; and posters that decorated the office.

Gannett, Caroline Werner papers,1888-1978.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2475
Papers of Caroline Werner Gannett contain personal, business, and social correspondence, including letters between CWG and her parents, sisters, friends, husband, and children; courtship letters from Frank E. Gannett; correspondence relating to Rochester and Miami Beach country clubs and other social groups in which she was actively involved; letters concerning her work with the Frank E. Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarship Fund, Inc., the American Red Cross (1941-1944), the New York State War Council, the New York State Board of Regents (1947-1963), and other organizations; and letters regarding her many awards, citations, and honorary degrees. Also, correspondence, speeches, drafts, and printed material pertaining to CWG's involvement with the Syracuse University Youth Development Center and the White House Conference on Children and Youth; and correspondence, printed material, and memorabilia relating to the 1960 Republican campaign. The collection also includes photographs of the Gannett, Werner, and related families, as well as pictures of CWG, her friends, and associates; student scrapbooks, diaries, poems, plays, and other prose written by Caroline Werner; and printed material from social, political, and religious organizations.

Ginsburg, Judith papers,1990-1993   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-9-3280
Files relating to Professor Ginsburg's participation in the organization of the American Philological Association's Committee on Professional Matters and to a session on Sexual Harrassment and the Classics Profession proposed for an annual meeting of the association.

Hazzard, Florence Woolsey papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2516
Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, notes and bibliographies, printed matter, photographs, and other papers dealing mainly with Hazzard's studies of eminent American women.

Hepburn, Ethel Remington   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7759
The collection contains correspondence and other materials related to the early birth control movement in the United States.

Intersession Program on Women records, 1969   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 23-2-1238
Transcripts of taped sessions of a conference on "Women Today" sponsored by the New York State College of Human Ecology (then the College of Home Economics), including transcript of a session on "The Black Woman in America"; memoranda; correspondence; schedules; agenda; and summaries and commentary on sessions.

Interviews by Kathryn M. Moore, 1975-1976   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-32-2360
Interviews with fifteen Cornell emeritus women professors and notable women conducted by Kathryn M. Moore. Interviewees include Cornell professors Alice Bryant, Helen Dudley Bull, Ruth Comstock, Alice Cook, Louise Daniel, Eleanor Emerson, Eleanor Gibson, Isabel Peard, Mabel Rollins, Laura Lee Smith, Evelyn Stout, and Ethel Vatter. Other notable women interviewed are Constance Cook, Katherine Palmer, and Bernice Sandler.

Ithaca City Federation of Women's Organizations records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2643
Collection includes correspondence, preliminary sketches, and blueprints concerning the construction of the Women's Community Building in Ithaca, New York.

Ithaca Feminist Radio Collection, "Being Ourselves" records, 1970-1998   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6483
Audiotapes of "Being Ourselves," a program that was produced by the Ithaca Feminist Radio Collective and broadcast in Ithaca, NY, on Sunday mornings. Also, notes and files from collective meetings and relating to producing the show.

Ithaca Woman's Club records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2743
Records include three manuscript volumes containing constitution, by-laws, list of charter members; treasurers' records (1897-1909); and minutes of the Home Economic Section of the Ithaca Woman's Club (1902). Also miscellaneous items including receipts, programs, historical summaries, news clippings. One scrapbook containing a history of the club, lists of charter and early members, photographs of club presidents and copies of presidents' speeches and club brochures (1897-1949).

Jackson, Laura (Riding) and Schuyler B., 1924-1991   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4608
Consists mainly of correspondence between Laura (Riding) Jackson and a substantial number of authors, critics, publishers and friends. The collection also gathers literary manuscripts, in particular revised drafts of book-length unpublished works, and notes and commentaries written by Laura (Riding) Jackson about her poetry and criticism. Includes an audio recording of (Riding) Jackson reading in New York City, 1984.

Kass, Lee papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6520
Files relating to her career, to her teaching at Elmira College, and to a sexual discrimination lawsuit.

Kenney, Eudorus Catlin papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2116
Incoming letters concerning Kenney's writings; religious, ethical, and scientific questions; Cornell University alumni affairs; and personal and family matters.

Kitchelt, Florence Ledyard Cross papers, 1896-1954.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2009
Letters from Susan Dixwell Miller (Mrs. Gerrit Smith Miller) concerning Miss Cross' settlement house work for women in Brooklyn; letters, notes, and reminiscences concerning the beginnings of the George Junior Republic in Freeville, New York; and family letters and printed items.

Layton, Pauline papers, 1967-1999   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7620
Documents from the creation and early years of Cornell's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered student groups, and the Cornell Women's Studies Program (1968-1981). Pamphlets, articles, and other documents on the women's, sexual liberation, and gay liberation movements of the late 1960's and 1970's. Layton's reflections on her own gender and sexual identity. Videos concerning AIDS and equal rights for gays and lesbians.

Left wing organizations printed items   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3448
Speeches, reports, pamphlets, newsletters, flyers, and unpublished items written or distributed by left wing organizations.

Lurie, Alison papers, [ca. 1960-2013]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-12-2572
Notes, drafts, and printer's proofs of books by Lurie including Love and Friendship, Imaginary Friends, Real People, Foreign Affairs, The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones, Women and Ghosts, and The Last Resort; manuscript of a short story; and correspondence. Correspondents include Saul Bellow, Robert Creeley, Sue Kaufman, David Garnett, Edward Gorey, Christopher Isherwood, Olivia Manning, Arthur Mizener, Anthony and Violet Powell, Philip Roth, Jean Stafford, and Edmund Wilson. Also, a draft of the first chapter of Real People, annotated by Philip Roth.

Malott, Deane W. papers, 1951-1964   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3-9-651
The Deane W. Malott Papers consist of correspondence and office files deriving from his presidency of Cornell University from 1951 to 1963.

May Anti-Slavery manuscript collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4601
Consists mainly of correspondence among American abolitionists, including many letters to Samuel Joseph May. Also included correspondence among members of May's family and the family of James Miller McKim; and some correspondence with Daniel Willard Fiske and George William Harris concerning the building of the May Anti-Slavery Collection at Cornell University.

McNish family papers, 1773-1926.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 754
Families papers from Washington County, New York.

Mead, Catherine A. papers, 1854-1920   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3645
Letters to Catherine A. Mead, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, from relatives and friends, mostly concerning family news such as marriages, births, deaths, and health. Financial matters such as crop prices and debts are also mentioned. Catherine Mead's will is included.

Medical Society of the County of Monroe records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3083
Subject files of committees, minutes of meetings, reports, records of death associated with pregnancy and childbirth, constitution and bylaws as amended June 1876, financial records, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of the Medical Society of the County of Monroe, Inc.

Mortar Board Honor Society records, 1936-1996   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-4-2199
Early records of the organization, a national senior honor society for women. Letter and tape recorded reminiscences of Lulu S. Howard and letter from Lois Osborn, both to Marjorie E. Lasko of Ohio State University for a Mortar Board history project, 1984.

New York Woman Suffrage collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8041
Includes flyers and broadsides regarding Woman Suffrage movement.

Newfield Public Library manuscript collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3046
Minutes of the Newfield School Board, District 5, 8 and 18; Newfield Public Library minute book and catalogues, and Newfield Town Library Association, program; records and proceedings of the Town of Cayuta, Tioga County, New York; constitution, bylaws, and minutes of the Newfield Literary Society and Debating Club; constitution, by laws, minutes, and list of ex-presidents of the Newfield Ladies Monday Club; directory of the Newfield and Trumbull's Corners Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School; undertaker's census book and "Death Book" (annual list of people buried); Grant's Petersburg Progress (Virginia), Vol. l, No. 4, April 10, 1965; and issues of the Newfield Tribune and the Newfield Home News.

Northrup, Edwin Dwight papers, [ca. 1820-1960]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4190
Personal correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records of Northrup, c.1870-1919, and his predecessor, lawyer and land agent William Samuel Johnson, c.1820-1897, both of Ellicottville, N.Y. Also correspondence and financial records of L. Ellen Northrup and Mrs. Elvena D. Northrup about the Northrup Style Shoppe, c.1890-1960, and correspondence with Eugene Debs, Theodore Debs, and Emma Goldman concerning socialism, women's rights, and other topics.

O'Leary, Jean papers, 1977-1978   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7321
Correspondence, notes, minutes, and press releases pertaining to the International Women's Year and its national conference in 1977; also, questionnaires, lists of delegates, and supplementary publications relating to the International Women's Year, its conference, and to women's and lesbian issues.

Perkins, James papers,1963-1969.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3-10-1022
The papers of James A. Perkins consist of correspondence, reports, administrative management forms and records, drafts of speeches, correspondence, notes of telephone conversations, memoranda for the record, substantive inter-office notes and memos, commission reports, departmental reports to the President, tape recordings, transcripts, broadsides, a phonodisc, and letters received by the President's Office concerning the events on campus in the Spring of 1969

Photographs and postcards of women collection, circa 1900-1960   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7678
A collection of photographs and postcards from various sources, primarily of unidentified women by unidentified photographers that show women in various homosocial poses or in gender transgressive dress or behavior. Some images may be of sisters, relatives, or female friends; some are explicitly lesbian in nature. Together, they give visual documentation of women's relationships, body language, and dress. Specific descriptions follow.

President's Council of Cornell Women records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-9-3922
Includes meeting minutes, bylaws, membership information, publicity photographs, DVDs, CDs and videotapes.

Rankin, Louise Spieker papers, 1937-1952.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1438
Thirty-eight letters from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life, household management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin, was a Standard Oil representative; a notebook of information she collected on Indian trees; and her diary. Also, her unfinished biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey and a letter from Romeyn Berry.

Rawson, Deborah papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8462
Includes student notebooks and papers from grade school through college, photographs, letters to Rawson, subject files, and articles written by her.

Riot Grrrl zine and music collection,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8125
A collection of more than 250 Riot Grrrl-related zines along with original cassette tapes and seven-inch singles from Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Skinned Teen, and others bands who pioneered the movement and its sound. Topics of the zines span across queer culture, punk rock, sexual politics, the gay skinhead movement, skate culture, feminism and gender roles, covering a wide geographical area from the late 1980s through the 1990s.

Schiess, Betty Bone papers, 1965-2014   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4468
Correspondence, litigation files, documents, clippings, photographs, audio and video cassettes concerning the various causes and organizations with which Reverend Schiess was concerned, particularly the ordination of women and feminist issues.

Scott, Matthew T. papers, 1831-1930.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 330
A collection of business documents relating to the establishment and development of a 55,000-acre frontier estate in Illinois and a 5,000-acre estate in Iowa, by Matthew T. Scott, Jr., of Lexington, Kentucky, the Scott family and other partners. Notebooks and papers dating from 1852 describe purchases, acquisitions and sales of land and the development costs and crop yields of frontier farms.

Sigma Delta Epsilon records, 1920-2012   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3605
Includes correspondence, bulletins, membership lists, reports, minutes, financial records, questionnaires, records of conventions, and histories of Sigma Delta Epsilon and its chapters, newsletters, and related records. Also, tape recordings of Grand Chapter meeting, National Council meeting, and 65th Anniversary speeches, 1986.

Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, 1921-1990.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-4-835
Records pertain to the organization and functioning of Sigma Delta Epsilon.

Spread Magazine's Publishing archives   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7817
Advertising for events, contributors, and financial support for the magazine, a catalog from an art exhibit, media recognition, signed model releases, proofs, and a piece of hate mail to $pread.

Stoneman, Bertha papers, 1894-1945.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4230
Correspondence, speeches, student notebooks, thesis, photographs, and poetry of Bertha Stoneman. Also, Huguenot College yearbooks, University of Toronto centenary programs (with a reference to Livingston Farrand), and pamphlets about South Africa.

Taormino, Tristan papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7819
Books, articles, and movies Taormino wrote and directed, along with drafts, correspondence about their creation, production books for the movies and couple plays she directed, promotional material, and reviews and media coverage. There are audio and visual recordings of her lectures and media appearances. From her undergraduate years at Wesleyan, there are papers written for classes and her senior thesis, plus ephemera from sexuality activism. Also included is Taormino's collection of ephemera, posters, booklets, zines, magazines, and books written, produced, and created by other people on the topics of sex, sex positivity, gender LGBT/queer issues, BDSM, kink, leather, polyamory and non-monogamy, erotica and erotic photography, and pornography and feminist porn.

Taylor, Valerie papers, 1913-1997   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7627
Personal and professional papers of Valerie Taylor, lesbian author and poet, peace activist, and feminist. Consists mainly of correspondence and published and unpublished literary manuscripts, but also includes materials relating to her personal life, drafts of speeches, book reviews, news stories, photographs, video and audio tapes, and subject files relating to feminist, literary, peace, Quaker, and lesbian activities. Also contains the letters and unpublished literary works of those with whom she corresponded.

Wall family papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2012
Collection includes a series of letters from Charles William Wall; other Civil War letters from William Emerson, Henry Harrington, and Charles McCarthy; letters from Jane Middleton; and an autobiographical sketch of Andrew Wall.

Westcott, Cynthia papers, 1922-1983   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4095
Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society; manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson; line drawings used as book illustrations; scrapbooks of newsclippings and articles; photographs; Rose Day guest lists; and appointment books.

White, Helen Magill papers, 1865-1938   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4107
Includes Magill family correspondence; correspondence between Helen and friends; papers pertaining to Helen's work as principal of Howard Institute; letters between Helen and A. D. White before and after their marriage; correspondence with White's children; correspondence with Karin, Helen's daughter; and microfilm of diaries.

Wiegand, Elizabeth papers, 1926-1969   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 23-18-1242
Includes bound volumes of conference progams, speeches, and bulletins; bound and unbound bulletins on household economics and management; correspondence about budgeting, records of adult home management programs; and other papers of Elizabeth Wiegand related to her career on the faculty of the New York State College of Home Economics.

Witchcraft and possession-related movie posters, lobby cards, and other cinema memorabilia,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4781
Movie posters and other advertisements for films involving witches, witchcraft, possession, devil worship and similar subjects.

Women's Medical Society of New York State records, 1907-1972   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2609
Correspondence for the United Board for Christian Colleges in China; officials in medical schools in China, Korea, and India; student recipients of medical scholarships; and medical missionaries concerning their activities and the financial support which the Society gave to Christian women medical students in these countries; letters of women doctors concerning the business of the Society; and newsletters and circular letters of the Society, its Medical Education Committee, and various organizations and persons mentioned above. Also, minutes, reports, and financial accounts (1937-1966), membership lists, a register (1907-1956) including signatures of those attending various Society meetings, a scrapbook (1911-1953), a record book (1918-1952) consisting mainly of accounts of the Medical Education Committee, clippings, photographs, and manuscript and printed miscellany.

Women's Roller Derby collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8090
The collection consists of ephemera relating to over 19 women's roller derby leagues leagues, both flat track and banked track.

Women's Sage College Memorial records, 1884-1885.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 41-6-221
Correspondence among alumna relating to a memorial, protesting compulsory residence in Sage College; replies of college presidents relating to women's residence requirements at their colleges; account of the preparation of the memorial and evaluation of its effect by Ellen Coit Brown.

Women's Self-Government Association records, 1915-1968   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-9-1208
Includes history, constitution, and bylaws; reports, minutes, correspondence, and notebooks of the Association President; reports, memoranda, and pamphlets of the Second Vice President; budgets, financial statements, checkbooks, correspondence, procedures, and reports of the House of Representatives, including the Judicial Committee and the Residence Committee; Executive Committee and W.S.G.A. Council minutes and reports; and subject files concerning student activities, campus organizations, dormitories, program evaluations, faculty committees, and other subjects. Also, Account books for 1938-40.

Wright, Frances (Fanny) D'Arusmont, Files and manuscripts regarding   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6934
Include correspondence (1909-1967) chiefly between Wolfson and Perkins, researchers, and various research institutions seeking biographical, geneological and publication data on Frances Wright.

Young Women's Hospital Aid records, 1912-1967.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2854
Records of the Young Women's Hospital Aid, a social organization whose prime function was fund raising for the Tompkins County Hospital. Officers and members of this group were usually prominent women of the Ithaca, New York area.

Zonta Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3441
Files relating to the Zonta club


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