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United States -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Andros family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MRBC-MS-00049
Abstract This collection documents the life of Thomas Andros, who served in the Revolutionary War and later became a pastor and served in the Massachusetts Legislature; his wives Aabigail Cutler and Sophia Sanford, and Richard Salter Storrs (R.S.S.) Andross, son of Thomas and Sophia wrote poetry, edited a number of newspaper and served as a government official. In addition to miscellaneous documents of the period, the collection also contains information related to Charles Foster, who married...
Dates of Materials: 1779 - 1923

Anna H. Askanasy papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00007
Abstract

Author, Feminist. Correspondence, travel journals, and writings. Letters between Askanasy and archivist Margaret Grierson discuss social, economic, and political situation in the U.S. and Canada, 1950-70. Her journals and letters provide accounts of travels. Writings include her unpublished book, "The Catastrophe of Patriarchy."

Dates of Materials: 1931-1970

Maude Bushnell Green papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00187
Abstract

Teacher, history; Traveler; Farmer. Papers contain correspondence with her mother and husband; correspondence and memorabilia from her sons and memorabilia while at Amherst College and Harvard, circa 1930s; travel diaries describe trips around the world, and in Europe, the U.S., Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand (circa 1920s-70s); and records from "Faraway Farm" (Pomfret Center, Connecticut).

Dates of Materials: 1900-1978

Miscellaneous manuscripts collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00226
Abstract This collection documents various aspects of the daily lives and activities of both famous and unknown women from diverse backgrounds. Materials include biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, genealogies, photographs, memoirs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and travel journals. A few well-known figures represented in the correspondence include Susan B. Anthony, Alice Stone Blackwell, Edward Hale, Julia Ward Howe, Frances Willard, Booker T. Washington, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Also...
Dates of Materials: 1814 - 2005

Upton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00164
Abstract

The Upton Family papers include materials created by Cornelia Babcock Upton and Winslow Upton, and their two daughters, both graduates of Smith College. This collection includes correspondence, diaries, and notes by Cornelia Upton documenting her travels in America, Hawaii, Alaska, Africa, and the Far East. Bacteriologist Margaret Upton and librarian Eleanor Upton's papers include documents of a children's club in Providence, RI, to which they belonged.

Dates of Materials: 1853 - 1971

YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 8. Community associations

 Record Group
Identifier: SSC-MS-00324-RG8
Abstract

This record group documents the National Association's interactions with local YWCAs and other types of general membership groups (such as Registered Groups). Materials include minutes; reports; publications; lists; forms, policies and procedures; correspondence and mailings; constitutions and by-laws; legal files; rosters; spreadsheets; studies and surveys; training materials; and files on individual Associations dating from 1884-2002. Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records.

Dates of Materials: 1874 - 2002