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Postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Morgan Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00176
Abstract Sculptor, Suffragist, Animal welfare advocate. Papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, postcards, scrapbooks, artwork and photographs of her work as a sculptor; subject files, and memorabilia. Wright's career as a sculptor and her activism are well-documented; personal material is more fragmentary. Topics include art, women's suffrage, women's rights, women companions, birth control, world peace, and animal welfare. Notable correspondents include Florence E. Allen,...
Dates of Materials: 1873-1994

Art collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00429
Abstract

Documents women's participation in, and contributions to, the broad field of art. Contains primarily printed material, plus, correspondence, interviews, notes, photographs, postcards, posters, speeches, and typescripts. The collection documents the lives and work of individual designers, landscape architects, women in the fine arts, as well as the status of women in the arts and organizations of feminist artists.

Dates of Materials: 1857-1988; Majority of material found within 1920-1980

Biography collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00393
Abstract

This collection consists of biographical material on both famous and lesser-known women and men. For the most part, there is only a small amount of material on each individual. Materials typically include published and unpublished biographical sketches, books, correspondence, diaries, genealogies, photographs, and published and unpublished writings.

Dates of Materials: 1771-1995; Majority of material found within 1920-1970

Catharine Kerlin Wilder papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00709
Abstract Peace activist; teacher. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, childhood memorabilia, drafts of memoirs, and essays written by Wilder. Especially well documented are her years in Geneva (1929-1934) when she worked at the League of Nations as well as papers of Wilder's friend Hope Sewell French during her years (1930s) working for the League of Nations in Geneva, including correspondence, photographs, scrapbook, and articles, written by French and others. Also of...
Dates of Materials: 1813-2000

China: Scenes, circa 1912-1949

 File — Box 1006: Series 1 [Barcode: 310183630387958], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Scenes of rural and city life in China including images of people, buildings and landmarks. Most photographs are not of YWCA activity but are instead of scenes of daily life in China.

Dates of Materials: circa 1912-1949

Committee on Women, Population and the Environment records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00768
Abstract

The collection contains the business records of the Committee on Women, Population,& the Environment (CWPE), a multi-racial alliance that works on the local, regional, national, and international levels to oppose population control policies that blame overpopulation for poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and political volatility.

Dates of Materials: 1979 - 2012

Edith Mae Shaw Racine papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00731
Abstract

The collection contains personal papers of Edith May Shaw Racine, a homemaker and mother in Maine, that include letters from Racine to her daughter, Doris Racine McLelland, family genealogy and photographs. The frequent letters Edith wrote to her daughter Doris over almost four decades provide a glimpse into family life during the first half of the twentieth century, mother/daughter relationships, and the impact of the Great Depression on ordinary people.

Dates of Materials: 1911 - 2013

Elizabeth A. Sackler papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00723
Abstract

Elizabeth A. Sackler, the daughter of Arthur M. Sackler, a psychiatrist who made a fortune in the pharmaceutical business and a noted patron of the arts, has been a tireless advocate on behalf of American Indians and the repatriation of their sacred objects as well as a self-described "matron"of feminist art". Her papers include correspondence, reports, fundraising materials, A/V materials, photographs, and publications.

Dates of Materials: 1962 - 2017

Elizabeth Norris papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00508
Abstract

YWCA Archivist, Librarian. Papers consist of biographical and family history information, family photographs, writings, and samples from her collections of memorabilia with associated reference files. The bulk of the papers is photographs and materials related to Norris' memorabilia collections.

Dates of Materials: 1870s-2003

Helaine Victoria Press records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00209
Abstract

Non-profit organization for purpose of publishing and distributing postcards on women's history. Records include correspondence, administrative records, publications, photographs, memorabilia, samples and prototypes of women's history postcards (images circa 19th-20th century) with biographical sketches and quotations.

Dates of Materials: 1970 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1970s-80s

Hungary, circa 1920-1929

 File — Box 1008: Series 1 [Barcode: 310183630388030], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Postcard with image of three girls from Kalocsa, Hungary.

Dates of Materials: circa 1920-1929

Japan: Miscellaneous, circa 1909-1970

 File — Box 1011: Series 1 [Barcode: 310183630387875], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Photographs of young women's Christian association activities, buildings, groups and leaders in Japan and postcards depicting scenes from around Japan. Photographs of buildings include images of damage following an earthquake.

Dates of Materials: circa 1909-1970

Joan E. Biren papers

 Collection
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

Katharine Geddes scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00062
Abstract Relief worker, World War I. The Katharine Geddes scrapbook was compiled from her service as a Red Cross relief worker in France during World War I. Included are photographs, correspondence, postcards, clippings, maps, memorabilia, reports, and lists. Many of the items are written by, or relate to, relief worker Zorah W. Bowman who served with Geddes. Correspondence and reports provide rich details of their work with wounded soldiers and prisoners of war in France and Germany. There are also...
Dates of Materials: 1917-1919

Latvia and Estonia, circa 1923-1937

 File — Box 1014: Series 1 [Barcode: 310183630387669], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Photographs of young women's Christian association programs, classes, and meetings in Estonia. Also included are women and youth in traditional regional clothing and performing folk dances.

Dates of Materials: circa 1923-1937

Lesléa Newman papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00588
Abstract

Lesléa Newman is an American author and editor whose writing explores lesbian, feminist, and Jewish themes and their intersection. The collection contains materials documenting her professional career as a writer, speaker, and teacher, including drafts of writing, correspondence, speeches, and audiovisual material.

Dates of Materials: 1970 - 2022

Linda Stein papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00495
Abstract Linda Stein is a visual artist, feminist, and political activist. She is the founder and president of Have Art: Will Travel! Inc. (HAWT) and of the Art Club in Tribeca, New York City. The papers document the evolution of Stein's work both as an artist and as a political activist; her dialogue with other artists, peers and family; public events; her personal thoughts, and private life. The collection includes exhibition catalogs and announcements, press coverage, work documentation, lectures...
Dates of Materials: 1950-2019

Marie Brockway Pond scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 310183630382827]
Identifier: SSC-MS-00122
Abstract

Red Cross relief worker, World War I. The Pond Papers consist of an annotated scrapbook documenting her work with the American Red Cross in Europe during World War I.

Dates of Materials: 1917-1919

Mary Sheldon Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00217
Abstract

Professor and historian. Papers include creative and professional writings, artwork, diaries, teaching materials, scrapbooks, and photographs. The material provides insight into the coming of age and later professional academic life of a woman historian of the late 19th century. They are also a valuable source of information on the development of historiography. Correspondents include academics and fellow historians of the period.

Dates of Materials: 1857-1948; Majority of material found within 1880-1898

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00770
Abstract

First held in 1976 in Oceana County, Michigan, the Michigan Womyn's Musical Festival (also known as MichFest or MWMF) was entirely staffed, built, attended, and run by women. The collection contains festival programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia.

Dates of Materials: 1977 - 2015

Miscellaneous memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00441
Abstract

Includes postcards of women and historic sites pertaining to women, unidentified photographs of women and families, political buttons, and posters.

Dates of Materials: 1850s-2004

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

Suffrage collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00447
Abstract Feminists, Suffragists. Comprised largely of printed materials such as pamphlets, newspaper clippings, petitions, legislative documents, articles, periodicals, and books pertaining to the enfranchisement of women primarily in the U.S., but also in England and there are small amounts of material on other countries. There are also manuscript materials including unpublished writings and correspondence. Photographs document suffrage parades, demonstrations, groups, and individuals. Suffrage...
Dates of Materials: 1851-2009; Majority of material found within 1880s-1920s

Susan Rosenberg papers

 Collection
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

Temperance collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00440
Abstract

Collection encompasses a broad social movement in which American women played a prominent role. Materials include information on the Women's Christian Temperance Union; photographs; biographies and autobiographies; postcards; songbooks; and stamps. Also included are publications from various organizations.

Dates of Materials: 1832-1987

Theater collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00450
Abstract

The collection documents the work of women in the performing arts, especially American actresses, women playwrights, and dancers. There are biographical files on individuals; articles and dissertations; several contemporary plays by women; and printed material on women filmmakers and feminist theater.

Dates of Materials: 1843 - 1985