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Greeting cards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Adaline Pendleton Satterthwaite papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00519
Abstract

Physician; Birth control advocate. The papers include extensive correspondence, diaries, medical records and reports, photographs, writings, and subject files pertaining to Satterthwaite's career as a physican, birth control pioneer, and internationally renowned expert in family planning. The collection is rich in materials documenting Satterthwaite's work in family planning in Puerto Rico, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and China.

Dates of Materials: 1917-2005; Majority of material found within 1917-2003

Aileen C. Hernandez papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00730
Abstract Aileen C. Hernandez (1926-2017) was a Black feminist known for her roles as an original Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and as the second president of the National Organization for Women (NOW). She was an active member of more than 100 activist and community-based organizations concerned with racial justice, women’s equality, economic equity, fair housing, education, and other social issues. The Aileen C. Hernandez papers document decades of activism by a...
Dates of Materials: 1926 - 2014

Bernard Childs prints and associated materials

 Collection
Identifier: MRBC-MS-00247
Abstract

Bernard Childs (1910-1985) was a painter and printmaker who resided in Paris and in New York, N.Y. The collection includes prints and printed materials on Childs, as well as many notes and descriptive texts by his wife Judith Childs. There also is original artwork, including WWII-era drawings by Childs.

Dates of Materials: 1940 - 2016

Constance Carrier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MRBC-MS-00032
Abstract

Constance Carrier, a member of the Smith College Class of 1929, was an American poet. The Constance Carrier Papers consist of 27 linear ft. and are primarily related to her professional and personal life, dating from 1849 to 2008 (bulk 1900-1990). The papers are arranged in 11 series.

Dates of Materials: 1801 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1900-1990

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00780
Abstract

The collection contains personal and professional papers reflecting Elizabeth Kennedy's role as one of the pioneers in the field of Women's Studies and LGBTQ Studies as well as her activism, both in Buffalo, NY and in Arizona. Especially well documented is the emergence of Women's Studies as a viable academic field, as well as the opening up of American Studies and cultural anthropology.

Dates of Materials: 1951-2017

Families collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00391
Abstract Collection contains articles, bibliographies, books, greeting cards, leaflets, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, and syllabi addressing "the family," including topics such as homemakers, housework, marriage, unwed mothers, and divorce. Includes feminist critique of marriage and the family by both well-known feminists and more mainstream writers and journalists. Contains documentation of the changes in American family structures and norms that resulted from the cultural...
Dates of Materials: 1829 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980

Felice Yeskel papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00695
Abstract

Activist; Educator. The papers of an activist who fought for peace, gay rights and an end to classism. include correspondence, research, lecture notes, published work, program files, organizational records, newspaper and magazine articles, email, photographs, films, and computer files. Especially well-documented is Yeskel's work to end homophobia and classism.

Dates of Materials: 1950 - 2010

Joan Banks Dunlop papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00707
Abstract

The Joan Banks Dunlop collection documents the life and work of Dunlop, an activist and leader in women's rights and reproductive health. Especially well documented is the work Dunlop did with International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) and A Women's Lens on Global Issues.

Dates of Materials: 1916 - 2012

Joan E. Biren papers

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Identifier: SSC-MS-00587
Abstract Joan E. Biren, known as JEB, is a filmmaker, photographer, and lesbian activist who has been professionally known for documenting lesbian lives and communities since the 1970s. She became particularly well known in the 1980s for her slideshow and historical lecture affectionately known as The Dyke Show, with which she toured extensively. This collection includes JEB’s personal and professional records, and is rich in documentation of her photography and...
Dates of Materials: 1944-2019

Loraine Hutchins papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00701
Abstract Author; Bisexual rights activist; Professor, Women's Studies; Sex coach. Papers include correspondence, photographs, research subject files, published and unpublished writing by Hutchins and others, newspaper clippings, fliers, newsletters, and periodicals. The periodicals include extensive runs of radical feminist and feminist spirituality related periodicals and zines from the 1970s and bisexuality-themed periodicals of the 1990s. Other social justice movements--African American civil...
Dates of Materials: 1948-2020; Majority of material found within 1970s-1990s

Margaret Wooster Curti papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00038
Abstract

Professor and psychologist. Creator of a successful pre-school program at the Peoples' Institute in Northampton, Massachusetts, which evolved into a laboratory for Smith College's child psychology classes. Papers also depict family life in Nebraska and Northampton. Materials include correspondence, research, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and artwork.

Dates of Materials: 1898-1963

Mary A. Kilborne collection

 Collection
Identifier: MRBC-MS-00213
Scope and Contents The collection contains an autograph book of Diantha Cushman (1831-1838), holograph letters of John Greenleaf Whittier to Mrs. Pullen of Portland, Maine (1880 Dec. 18; 1888 May 18), various 19th-century photographs including Tom Thumb and his wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton; Kate Greenaway almanacks (1883, 1884) and Christmas greeting card, needlework pattern books, valentines and other greeting cards and a bill of sale for a sewing-machine (1864). Also a photostatic copy of mother and child...
Dates of Materials: 1831 - 1888

Mary J. Oates papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00706
Abstract Since the early 1970s, Mary J. Oates's scholarship has focused on the study of women, especially Catholics, in American social and economic history. She is the author or editor of several books, including Higher Education for Catholic Women: An Historical Anthology (1987), ed., and The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America (1995). Oates has also published numerous articles in both scholarly journals and anthologies.The...
Dates of Materials: 1962-2010

Mary Lois James Valentine cards collection

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Identifier: MRBC-MS-00192
Abstract

Mary Lois James graduated from Smith College with the Class of 1904, completed the M.A. at Smith in 1906, and served as an assistant in zoology at the College for a year. The collection includes 84 Valentine cards received by M. Lois James between 1881 and 1911.

Dates of Materials: approximately 1881-approximately 1911

Morrow family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00108
Abstract Author; Philanthropist; President, Smith College. Collection consists primarily of the papers of Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, although her husband Dwight W. Morrow, and daughters Elisabeth Reeve Morrow (Morgan); Anne Spencer Morrow (Lindbergh); and Constance Cutter Morrow (Morgan), and extended family members are also represented. The papers include personal and professional papers and material pertaining to Smith College. Correspondence is extensive. Of interest are documents describing...
Dates of Materials: 1839 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1873-1955

Myra Shapiro papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00753
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, diaries/journals, writings, both prose and poetry, course work, workshop materials, and photographs of Myra Shapiro, New York poet and author.

Dates of Materials: 1948 - 2022

Nanette K. Gartrell papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00757
Abstract Nanette K. Gartrell, born in 1949, is an American psychiatrist, researcher, lesbian activist and author. The collection documents Gartrell's personal and professional life and is comprised of materials concerning Gartrell's advocacy for women's rights and LGBT people within the American Psychiatric Association; educational programs to promote non-homophobic healthcare; the lesbian physician's conference, Women in Medicine; studies on sexual abuse and her U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian...
Dates of Materials: 1949 - 2021

Patricia Lee Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00502
Abstract

This collection documents Patricia Lee Lewis' personal life, education, and several different careers; her political activism; her work in rural, community-based agriculture; and her evolution as a creative writer and teacher of that craft.

Dates of Materials: 1937 - 2013

Susan Rosenberg papers

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Identifier: SSC-MS-00713
Abstract

Author; Poet; Political activist; Prison reformer; Educator. Papers are primarily associated with her sixteen years in prison (1984-2001) and include correspondence, legal documents, photographs, poetry and essays written by Rosenberg, course work, her Master's thesis, and syllabi for courses she taught while incarcerated. Of particular interest are the personal journals she kept during her time in prison.

Dates of Materials: 1966 - 2011

Swanee Hunt papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00721
Abstract Ambassador; Clergy member; Composer; Feminist; Foundation executive; Marriage counselor; Philanthropist; Political activist; Professor; Photographer; Reproductive health advocate; Rancher. The papers well document Ambassador Hunt's service as the American Ambassador in Austria during a most volatile period and her efforts to provide programming to assist, especially women, in the aftermath of the break up of the Soviet Union and during the Bosnian War. Materials include correspondence,...
Dates of Materials: 1968 - 2015

Virginia Apuzzo papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00711
Abstract Catholic nun; Lesbian activist; AIDS activist; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force director. Correspondence, reports, news coverage, speeches and speech notes, financial records, and photographs. The papers particularly well document the burgeoning AIDS crisis of the 1980s and the political response. The papers also show well how the Gay and Lesbian Movement grew over time and gained wider acceptance as personified by this one woman's rise in relative political power from the State House in...
Dates of Materials: 1940 - 2012