Logbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brigitte Jordan papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00634
Abstract
In the 1970s, Brigitte Jordan conducted seminal work in the study of cross-cultural birth practices, including home birth and hospital birth, in the Yucatan and in Holland, Sweden and the United States, resulting in publication of her book Birth in Four Cultures (1983). She taught and conducted research for many years at the university level where her interests focused on the dynamics of change in the medical systems of developing countries. Her papers...
Dates of Materials:
1973 - 2015
Equal Rights Amendment Campaign Archives Project records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00310
Abstract
Documentation program. The Equal Rights Amendment Campaign Archives Project Records include correspondence, speeches, legal documents, photographs, press releases, reports, articles, interview transcripts, audio and video tapes, legislative records, logbooks, notes, documentary footage, and memorabilia. The bulk of the records comprise audiovisual materials from two documentaries: "Who Will Protect the Family," Victoria Costello's PBS documentary based on the 1982 North Carolina...
Dates of Materials:
1970-1985
Future is Female Project records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00463
Abstract
A research project undertaken in the early 1980s by Annie Cheatham and Mary Clare Powell. They interviewed North American women about their efforts to create alternative structures for family life, arts, education, work, and politics. The results were published in the book, This Way Daybreak Comes: Women's Values and the Future (1986). Project records contain research material, writings, speeches, correspondence, slides, and photographs. Of particular...
Dates of Materials:
1979-1990
Green Street Lesbian Rooming House records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00554
Abstract
The Green Street Lesbian Rooming House was a women's cooperative rooming house in Northhampton, MA. The collection consists of house logbooks including announcements, phone messages, minutes of occasional house meetings, and personal messages between residents. The entries are revealing of the women's personal lives, daily life in the rooming house, and the Northampton lesbian community.
Dates of Materials:
1977 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1986
Valley Women's Center records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00383
Abstract
Women's center. Founded in Northampton, Massachusetts, the VWC identified with radical feminism and provided a myriad of free services to women in the community, such as legal and educational resources; pregnancy counseling; vocational counseling; and support groups. The records reveal the inner workings of a local feminist organization at the height of women's liberation movement in the early 70s. Materials include correspondence, administrative records, histories, photographs,...
Dates of Materials:
1970 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1971-1972
- Smith College Special Collections
- Neilson Library, 7 Neilson Drive
- Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
- specialcollections@smith.edu
- 413-585-2970
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