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Motherhood

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: The Sophia Smith Collection collects materials relevant to women’s social circles and personal lives in addition to materials documenting their work. Social role categories are provided to add another way of understanding women’s history, and are assigned to collections that have a significant amount of materials related to that role.

This category covers collections in which motherhood as a concept is a major topic, as well as collections of individual women whose papers reflect their experience as mothers.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Townsend-O'Brien-Hoffheimer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00302
Abstract

Professor, languages; Naturalist; Civic volunteer; Army Intelligence officer, World War II; Author; Teacher. The Townsend-O'Brien-Hoffheimer Family papers consists primarily of correspondence between these three generations of women and other family; diaries of Smith College years for both mother and daughter.

Dates of Materials: 1878 - 1991

Voices of American Homemakers Oral History Project oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00419
Abstract

Oral Histories of 182 American homemakers (172 audio tapes and 182 transcripts).

Dates of Materials: 1981 - 1985

Women: position and progress collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00431
Abstract

Collection contains manuscripts and published material, including books dating from the early nineteenth century. The collection consists primarily of published sources such as lectures, sermons, and printed material; but also includes a significant amount of unusual and unique material such as household bills and inventories, letters, lists, and notes.

Dates of Materials: 1804-2001