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Women's and Gender Studies

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Life of Blessed Colette, Reformer of the Sisters of Saint Clare, bound manuscript

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-150528
Scope and Contents

Manuscript account of the life of Saint Colette (b.1381-1447), as related by the Abbot of Saint-Laurent (c.1750-1770). Full title in French: "La Vie de la bienheureuse Collette Reformatrice des Religieuses de Sainte Claire." Bound volume, 285 pages.

Dates: 1750-1770

Clare Boothe Luce Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS265
Collection-level Scope and Content Note A testament to the eventful and extraordinary life of one of the most accomplished career women of the 20th century, the Clare Boothe Luce Photographic Collection is comprised of personal and professional photographs taken throughout the life of Clare Boothe Luce. Always in the public eye and internationally known, Luce was constantly photographed and featured in magazines, especially those of her husband, Henry Robinson Luce, co-founder of Time Inc. Quite aware of her own good looks, Luce...
Dates: 1805 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970

National Council of Catholic Women records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-840321
Content Description Transcripts and published material such as conference proceedings, newsletters, and broadcast (radio and television) programs sponsored by the NCCW, including “Catholic Hour”. Box 1. Catholic Hour transcripts 1965-1968 (radio) 4 ring binders.Box 2. 4 ring binders “Catholic Hour” transcripts 1965-1966 (television) “Catholic Hour” newsletter 1960-1961 “Directions ‘64” (ABC TV) transcripts 1964-1964; including “Catholic Hour” 1966Box 3 10 open reel audio...
Dates: 1932-1968

Princess Niloufer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-961216
Scope and Contents note

Collection pertains to Princess Niloufer Farhat Begum Sahiba (January 4, 1916 – June 12, 1989).

Dates: 1930 - 1989

Violet Oakley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830515
Scope and Contents Letters; manuscripts; and printed ephemera, including exhibition catalogs pertaining to American artist and muralist Violet Oakley (1874-1961). Includes letters to Edith Emerson (1888-1981), American artist and Oakley's life-long partner. Correspondents include other artists: Maxwell Armfield and Charles Hopkinson, as well as architect William Penn Cresson. Collection includes 7 glass plate negatives (Box 2) and 8 black and white photographs (Folder 1:10) of Oakley's drawings of ...
Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1959

Mary O'Hara Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS166
Scope and Contents

A collection of manuscripts for various works by American author and screenwriter Mary O’Hara (1885-1980), including the novella and musical screenplay “The Catch Colt”, “The Wyngate Children”, as well as the complete manuscript for her autobiography “Flicka’s Friend.” Also included is sheet music for compositions by O’Hara: “Green Grass of Wyoming” (1946), and “The Wind Harp” (1954).

Dates: 1943-1985; Majority of material found within 1952-1978

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia Tercentenary Celebration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-790112
Content Description

Correspondence, promotional materials and newspaper/article clippings relating to the tercentenary celebration of the birth of Elena Piscopia (1646-1684), first woman to receive a PhD in 1678.

Dates: 1970 - 1978

Mary Eleanor Price Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130731
Scope and Contents

Photocopied material relating to U.S. Navy nurse Mary Eleanor Price. Includes copy of Price's Master's thesis.

Dates: 1945 - 1988

Lisa Sergio papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS172
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Lisa Sergio Papers span the career of this eminent woman. The bulk of the material dates from 1937 to 1988. Material includes correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, transcripts for lectures, addresses, and radio broadcasts. Files cover a wide range of subjects that interested Ms. Sergio, as well as organizations in which she participated. A photographs series includes Ms. Sergio and her many contacts with notable individuals. An audio-visual series includes recordings of...
Dates: 1900-1989; Majority of material found within 1937-1988

Lisa Sergio radio broadcast transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-170411
Content Description

Typescripts of WQXR New York, radio broadcasts by Lisa Sergio.

Dates: 1939-1945

Lucile Swan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS184
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Lucile Swan papers consist of 4 series summarized as follows --1. Correspondence: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan, 1932-1955. (Folders 1:1 - 2:104). Includes correspondence from Claude Cuenot to Lucile Swan (Folders 2:105-106). 2. Teilhard de Chardin Oeuvres: Consists of writings/essays (typescripts, mimeographs, reprints, and translations into English). (Folders 3:1 - 4:39). 3. Printed Material: Clippings from journals and newspapers about...
Dates: 1907 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1955

Norah Tracey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-861201
Scope and Contents note

The collection primarily consists of personal correspondence. Letters from male admirers provide some insight into life in the British Armed Forces during World War II. Business exchanges relate to the commissioning and sale of women's travel clothing. Included are photographs of Tracey with acquaintances.

Dates: 1923 - 1949

Elizabeth Trindal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-121205
Scope and Contents note

Research materials relating to the book "Mary Suratt: An American Tragedy" by Elizabeth Trindal (1996).

Dates: 1861 - 2011

Antonia White - Carmen Callil Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-120607
Scope and contents note The collection consists of the personal files relating to British author Antonia White (1899-1980) maintained by Carmen Callil, founder and editor of Virago Press. Callil was also White's co-literary executor together with White's daughters Lyndall Hopkinson Passerini and Susan Chitty. The collection includes correspondence Callil exchanged with Passerini and White. Important series include copies of White's dream diaries, as well as files relating to her literary estate and related court...
Dates: 1926 - 1980

Antonia White papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180515
Content Description

Letters, manuscripts and press clippings by and about British author Antonia White (1899-1980).

Dates: 1863 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1980

Woman's 19th Century Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-150615
Content Description

Scrapbook belonging to a British woman, containing cut silhouettes, paste-in watercolors and pencil sketches re European tour and trip to South America.

Dates: 1820 - 1849

Woman's 19th Century Scrapbook: "Cherished Memories"

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-170130
Content Description

Woman's scrapbook containing autograph transcriptions of poetry; sketches, printed engravings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1820 - 1849