Women -- Massachusetts

Professional and personal papers, including correspondence, business records, sermons, writings, both published and unpublished, and teaching/workshop materials, especially strong in anti-racism material, of Andrea Ayvazian, labor and delivery nurse, mountaineering guide, anti-racism consultant, a teacher, a folk singer and published poet, a college dean of religous life, and a pastor.

Miriam Sargeant Packard traced her family back to the Mayflower. Occupations of family members included sea captains and sailors, as well as housewives, farmers, stock brokers, realtors, and dealers in hardware and building materials. This collection includes family genealogies and biographical information, diaries, and correspondence of multiple generations of the Howland, Packard, and Sargeant families.