Microfilm Collections: Gender Studies & Women's Studies - Historical Materials


Further primary source materials may be found in this guide under the heading UNITED STATES HISTORY: FBI Files. Readers are also advised to consult several online resources: Defining Gender: 1450-1910; North American Women's Letters and Diaries; Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online; Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000


  • Action sociale de la femme., and Association du livre francais. Action Sociale de la Femme et le Livre Francais. Paris. Washington, Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1971. 6 reels. (See complete record under EUROPEAN HISTORY: France)

  • Annual meeting and report of the Women's National Indian Association. Women's National Indian Association (U.S.). Philadelphia: [The Association], 1883. [New York] : Clearwater Pub. Co., 1981. 1 microfiche.
    Women's National Indian Association (U.S.) Periodicals-Indians of North America Periodicals.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets) microfiche 1368.

  • Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942 [microform]. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. [s.l.]: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983. Book; 8 microfilm reels : ill., ports.; 35 mm.
    Notes: On containers: Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International. For bibliographic and reel access, see: Microtext:L016.3058;C734
    Library of Congress subject headings: Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching--Archives. Lynching--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. Microfilming Corporation of America.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9933

  • Charlotte Eugenia Hawkins Brown papers, 1883-1961 [microform]: [from the holdings of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College]. Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1999. Type of material: Microfilm reel . 4 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + guide (24 p. ; 21 cm.)
    Added title page title: Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1883-1961
    Contents: No. 1. Personal: a biography to miscellaneous -- No. 2. Correspondence, 1902-1920 -- No. 3. Correspondence, Jan-Feb. 1921 to others, n.d. -- No. 4. Palmer Memorial Institute Administration to Rules.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)—History --Sources. African American women teachers--North Carolina --Correspondence. African American women teachers--North Carolina--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Microfilm 18343
    Library has: reel 1-4

  • Colonial discourses [microform].
    Series One: Women, travel, and empire, 1660-1914. Part 1: Early travel accounts by women and women's experiences in India, Africa, Australasia, and Canada.
    Series One, Part 3, "Women and 'the Orient."  On order
    Series Two, Part 1, "Papers of Richard Burton (1821-1890) for the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office."  On order
    Series Two, Part 2, "Papers of James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) and John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) for the National Library of Scotland."  On order

    Wiltshire, Eng.: Adam Matthew Publications, 1999. 25 reels. Printed guide at MAIN Library 016.9104 C719 guide. Selected works of the authors listed in the contents notes. Chiefly nonfiction; includes some novels about India by residents of India. Reel list also at beginning of each reel; for included works of each author, see reel list or guide.

    Early travel accounts by women: reel 1. Katharine Evans, d1692. Celia Fiennes, 1662-1741. Elizabeth Justice, 1703-1752 -- reel 2. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 1689-1762. Elizabeth Anspac, Baroness Craven, 1750-1828-- reel 3. Sarah Aust (Murray), 1744-1811 -- reel 4. Ann Radcliffe, 1764-1823. Mariana Starke, 1762?-1838 --reel 5. Mariana Starke, 1762?-1838 (cont'd). Charlotte Eaton, 1788-1859 --India: reel 6. Eliza Fay, 1756-1816. Maria, Lady Calcott, 1785-1842 -- reel 7. Anne Katharine Elwood, 1800's. Emily Eden, 1797-1869 -- reel 8. Emily Eden, 1797-1869 (cont'd) -- reel 9. SPFEE (Society for Promoting Female Education in the East). Mrs. R.M. Coopland. Charlotte Maria Tucker, 1821-1893 -- reel 10-12. Flora Annie Steel, 1847-1929 -- reel 13. Anon. (Indian cookery). Bithia May Croker, 1849-1920. Sara Jeanette Cotes (Duncan), 1861-1922 -- reel 14. Sara Jeanette Cotes (Duncan), 1861-1922 (cont'd) -Africa: reel 15. Anna Maria Falconbridge, 1700's. Hannah Kilham, 1774-1832. Anon. (The African widow). Barbara Hofland, 1770-1844 -- reel 16. Elizabeth Broughton, 1800's. Lucie Duff Gordon, 1831-1892 -- reel 17. Amelia Edwards, 1831-1892 -- reel 18. Amelia Edwards, 1831-1892 (cont'd). Mary Anne Barker, Lady Broome, 1831-1911. Florence Dixie, 1855-1905 -- reel 19. Mary Kingsley, 1862-1900 -- reel 20. Mary Kingsley, 1862-1900 (cont'd). Mary French Sheldon, 1800's. Anon. (Swallow home) -- reel 21. Agnes Herbert. Anon. (Hints and suggestions for travelling on the west coast of Africa; Notes for officiers appointed to East Africa and Uganda; Notes on Africa for missionary students; Pictorial Africa, its heroes, missionaries and martyrs; Yesterday and today in Kruger's land) -- Australasia: reel 22. Caroline Chisholm, 1808-1877. Mary Ann Barker, Lady Broome, 1831-1911 -- Canada: reel 23. Anna Brownwell Jameson, 1794-1860 - reel 24. Catharine Traill, 1802-1899. Adeline Teskey, 1850's-1924 -- General:. reel 25. Marianne North, 1830-1880. Grace Mary Ellison. Antonia Zimmern. Agnes Baden Powell.

    Women travelers-Great Britain-History-Sources-Women adventurers-Great Britain-History-Sources-Travelers' writings, English-17th century-Travelers' writings, English-18th century-Travelers' writings, English-19th century-Travelers' writings, English-20th century-Travelers-Great Britain-History-Sources-Great Britain-Colonies-India-History-Sources-India-Fiction-Great Britain-Colonies-Africa-History-Sources-Great Britain-Colonies-Canada-History-Sources-India-Description and travel-Africa-Description and travel-Canada-Description and travel.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) Film 16299
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • The Diary of Beatrice Webb 1873-1943. Webb, Beatrice Potter. (See complete record under EUROPEAN HISTORY: United Kingdom)

  • Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977 : papers, 1966-1978, n.d. : register / prepared by the Amistad Research Center. New Orleans, La. : Amistad Research Center, [between 1978 and 1984]. Book 21 p. ; 28 cm.
    Notes: Cover title. Guide to Film 10069.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Hamer, Fannie Lou--Archives--Microform catalogs. African Americans--Civil rights--History-Sources Microform catalogs.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Hamer, Fannie Lou. Papers, 1966-1978. Amistad Research Center.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): L 016.3058 H214f

  • The Fredi Washington papers. Washington, Fredi, 1903- New Orleans, La.: Amistad Research Center, [1979?]. 2 microfilm reels : ill. ; 25 mm.
    Notes: Reel 1 begins with register and indexes of papers. Papers arranged by Florence E. Borders.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Washington, Fredi, 1903- --Archives.
    African American actresses--Biography.
    African American entertainers--Biography.
    African American theater--History--Sources.
    Theater--United States--20th century--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Borders, Florence E. ; Amistad Research Center.
    MAIN Library: Call number: Film 10074

  • The gay rights movement, [1970-1983] [microform]: Gay Activists Alliance: from the International Gay Information Center, the New York Public Library. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, [1977]. Microfilm reel. 21 microfilm reels.
    Notes: Title from guide. Filmed from originals held at the International Gay Information Center, New York Public Library.
    Alternative titles: Title on containers: The Gay Activists Alliance.
    Indexes: Accompanied by a printed reel guide, compiled by John D. Stinson.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Gay Activists Alliance--Archives. Gay activists--New York (State)--History--Sources. Gay activists--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--New York (State)--History--Sources. Gay liberation movement--United States--History--20th century--Sources. Gay liberation movement--New York (State)--History--20th century--Sources. Gays--United States--History--20th century--Sources. Gays--New York (State)--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Stinson, John D. International Gay Information Center. Research Publications, inc.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 18514.
    Online guide available at Primary Source Microfilm.

  • Gerritsen Women's History Online. The Gerritsen Collection, compiled beginning in the late 19th century by Dutch physician and feminist Aletta Jacobs Gerritsen and completed by her successors in 1945, consists of over 4,700 periodicals, monographs, and pamphlets on topics in women's history. The publications werre gathered from continental Europe, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and New Zealand. At present, a significant portion of the collection has been digitized and is available to the Northwestern community. As more materials are digitized, they will automatically be added to the collection and made available online. Note that the complete Gerritsen Collection is available in microfilm, though not at Northwestern. To locate film collections, search on WorldCat.

  • Herstory. Berkeley, Calif.: Women's History Library. Wooster, Ohio, Bell and Howell, Micro Photo Division. 23 reels.
    Woman's history collection.
    Reels 1-23 also called A Woman's History Collection.
    Women United States History-Feminism-Women's studies.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) Film 5500.

  • The Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960. Addams, Jane. McCree Bryan, Mary Lynn, editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 82 reels.
    Consists of Addams's papers from Swarthmore College Peace Collection and many other repositories. Each reel preceded by explanatory printed front matter which includes the table of contents for the entire collection. Main body of work contained in reels 1-71 with remaining 11 reels comprising the Addendum.
    Consists of five major sections: correspondence, documents, writings, Hull-House Association records, and clippings file.
    Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -Archives-Hull House Association-Archives-Women social reformers-United States-Archives-Social work-United States-History-Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (inquire at film unit)

  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force records, 1973-2000 [microform]: from the holdings of the Human Sexuality Collection, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Microfilm, 2001-Notes: "The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force collection consists of correspondence, press clippings, financial and administrative records, subject files, and photographs that, taken together, provide a broad overview of the American movement for lesbian and gay civil rights from 1973 to 2000"--Collection overview, p. xi, Series 1 guide.
    Alternative titles: Title on publisher's website: Gay rights movement. ser. 4
    Incomplete contents: ser. 1. Internal files (reel 1-70) -- ser. 2. Field files (reel 71-226) -- ser. 3. Policy institute, subjects files, and photographs (reel 227-298)
    Library of Congress subject headings: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)--Archives. Gay liberation movements--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--United States--History--Sources. Gays--ited States--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.) Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 18515.

  • National Woman's Party Papers, 1913-1974. National Woman's Party and World Woman's Party. Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1977. 181 reels.
    For bibliographic and reel access, see L016.32902N2775.
    Title dates in first frame titles, reels 1-151?, and box titles, reels 1-66: 1913-1972.
    Reels 1-114. Correspondence, 1913-1974.--reels 114-116. Minutes, 1917-1972.--reels 116-124. Legal papers, 1914-1971.--reels 124-126. Financial records, 1912-1966.--reels 127-172. Printed materials, 1850-1972.--reels 173-178. World Woman's Party papers, 1938-1958.--reel 179. Addendum, 1912-1972.
    Library's copy: MCA reels 151-156 replaced by Library of Congress Photoduplication Service microfilms of the same material: reels 151-153, Suffragist, filmed 1973; reels 154a-b, 155a-b, 156, Equal rights, filmed 1974.
    National Woman's Party History Sources-World Woman's Party History Sources-Women Legal status, laws, etc. History Sources-Women Suffrage History Sources-Women's rights History Sources-Women Legal status, laws, etc. United States History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) Film 10315.

  • New England Women and Their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries-Personal Papers, Letters, and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century)
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Papers, 1923-1942 [microform] / Mary McLeod Bethune. New Orleans, La. : Amistad Research Center, [1981?]. 1 microfilm reel : ill. ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Papers at the Amistad Research Center.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 --Archives.
    Educators--United States--Biography.
    African American college administrators--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Amistad Research Center.
    MAIN Library: Call number: Film 10075.

  • Papers, 1966-1978 [microform] / Fannie Lou Hamer. [New Orleans, La.] Amistad Research Center, [between 1978 and 1984] Book; 17 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Includes papers concerning Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Freedom Farm Corporation, and other organizations: Delta Ministry, Delta Opportunities Corporation, Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates, National Council of Negro Women (its Fannie Lou Hamer Day Care Center and its Sewing Center), Sunflower County Voter Education Project, Fund for Education and Community Development. For bibliographic and reel access, see: L016.3058;H214f. Library of Congress subject headings: Hamer, Fannie Lou--Archives. Freedom Farm Corporation--Archives. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party--Archives. African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources. Civil rights workers--United States. Voter registration--United States--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Amistad Research Center. Freedom Farm Corporation. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 10069

  • The papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1883-1961: guide to the Scholarly Resources microfilm edition : from the holdings of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Publisher: Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1999. Type of material: Book.
    Notes: Includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)—History --Sources. African American women teachers--North Carolina --Correspondence. African American women teachers--North Carolina--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
    ISBN: 0842042482
    MAIN Library: Order Status: Received on 11/03/2003; Inquire at Circulation Desk

  • The papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, [1831-1906] [microform]. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. Type of material: Mixed Material
    Microfilm reel. Microfilm. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, c1991. 45 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Microfilm reproduction of originals in various depositories.
    " Patricia G. Holland and Ann D. Gordon, Editors; Kathleen A. McDonough and Gail K. Malmgreen, Associate Editors."
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents: microfilm 1-3. ser. 1. The Revolution, 1868-1872 -- microfilm 4-5. ser. 2. National Woman Suffrage Association collection (1880) -- microfilm 6-45. ser. 3. Chronological collection, 1831-1906.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 --Archives.
    Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 --Archives.
    National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)--Archives.
    Women--Suffrage--History--Sources.
    Women’s rights--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
    Holland, Patricia G.
    Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter)
    Revolution.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call Number: Film 19223
    Online guide available at Primary Source Microfilm.

  • The Papers of Mary Church Terrell [microform]. Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: African-American History).

  • Periodicals on Women & Women's Rights, Series I and Series II. Includes the periodicals listed below. To obtain call numbers, search individual periodical titles in NUcat, or search series title.
    • Liberal Review. Vols. 1–3/No. 9: 1904–1906. monthly. Chicago (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lily. Vols. 1–8: 1849–1856. monthly. Seneca Falls, NY (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lowell Offering. Series 1: Nos. 1–4: 1840–1841. monthly (all published). Series 2:
    • Lucifer the Lightbearer. Issues collected for this film: New Series: Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13: 1885 (incomplete). Series 3: Vol. 1/Nos. 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 28, 42. Mar. 1897–Oct. 1897 (incomplete). Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13, 1899 (incomplete). Vol. 5/Nos. 26–29, 33–43, 45–52. July 1901–Jan. 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 6/No. 1–23. Jan. 1902–June 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 7/Nos. 1–51. Jan. 1903–Dec. 1903 (incomplete). Vol. 8/Nos. 1–7. Jan. 1904–Feb. 1904 (incomplete). (This volume also identified as Whole Nos. 1002–1008.) Series 4: Whole Nos. 1035, 1038, 1042, 1055. Mar. 1905 (incomplete). Whole Nos. 1056, 1058–1074. Jan. 1906–Sept. 1906 (incomplete). Chicago, 1885–1906, weekly. Microfilm. (According to ULS, publication)
    • Mother Earth Bulletin. Series 1: Vols. 1–12/No. 6: 1906–1917. monthly (all published). Series 2: Nos. 1–7: 1917–1918. monthly (all published). New York.
    • The National Citizen and Ballot Box. Vols. 1–6/No. 6: 1876–1881. monthly. Toledo, OH (all published). 1 reel.
    • The Revolution. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1868–1871. weekly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Stiletto. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6: Aug. 1900–Feb. 1901. monthly. New York (all published). 1 reel.
    • Western Woman Voter. Vols. 1–3/No. 1: 1911–1913. monthly. Seattle, WA (all published). 1 reel.
    • Woman Voter. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1910–1917. monthly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Series II
    • The Coming Nation. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov. 1913–July 1914. (On reel with The Progressive Woman.)
    • The Keystone. Vols. 1–14/No. 9 (all published). Charlotte, SC, 1899–1913. (On reel with Woman’s Column.) 2 reels.
    • The Ladies Garment Worker. Vols. 1–10/No. 12 (all published). New York, 1910–1918. English language edition. 2 reels.
    • Lady’s Friend. Vols. 1–10 (all published). Philadelphia, 1864–1873. 4 reels.
    • Life and Labor. Vols. 1–11/No. 8 (all published). Chicago, 1911–1921. 3 reels.
    • The Progressive Woman. (title varies) Vols. 1–7, Nos. 1–75 (all published). Chicago, Girard, KS, June 1907–Oct. 1913. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov.
    • Woman Rebel. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6 (all published). New York, Mar.–Aug. 1914. 1 reel.
    • Woman’s Column. (American Woman Suffrage Association). Vols. 1–17/No. 26 (all published.) Boston, 1892–1904. (On reel with The Keystone).

  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).

  • Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.). (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: African-American History).
    Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Sex & sexuality, 1640-1940 [microform]: literary, medical and sociological perspectives. [Marlborough, Wiltshire, England] : Adam Matthew Publications, [1998]- <2002. Collection Microfilm reel. 35 mm. + e guide.
    Notes: Editorial introduction by Marie Mulvey-Roberts. Accompanied by printed guides. Pt. 1 filmed at the Bodleian Library and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
    Alternative titles: Container title: Sex and sexuality, 1640-1940
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1. Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London (15 microfilm reels) -- pt. 2. Romantic friendships and lesbian relationships in literature and history (20 microfilm reels) -- pt. 3-4. Erotica, 1657-1908 from the private Case Collection at the British Library, London (20, 38 reels).
    Library of Congress subject headings: Sex. Sex customs--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Mulvey Roberts, Marie. Bodleian Library. Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Adam Matthew Publications.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 19548 or Call number: 306.7 S5177 guide
    Library has: pt.1, reels1-15; pt.2, reels 1-20; pt.3, reels 1-20; pt.4, reels 21-38
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. Series A, B, C, D, and E. Scott, Anne Firor Scott, consulting editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 1991-1998.
    Printed guides at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.A guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 pt.B guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.C guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.D guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.E guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272
    Series A contents: pt. 1. Mary Susan Ker papers, 1785-1923 (25 reels) -- pt. 2. Roach and Eggleston family papers, 1830-1905 (18 reels) -- pt. 3. Louisiana and Mississippi collections (6 reels) -- pt. 4. The Nicholas Philip Trist papers (15 reels) -- pt. 5. Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida collections (24 reels) -- pt. 6. Virginia collections (30 reels) -- pt. 7. Philips and Spencer (36 reels).
    Series B contents: Holdings of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, the Carter family papers, 1888-1989.
    Seriec C contents: Holdings of the Earl Gregg Swem Library, the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
    Series D contents: pt. 1. Tidewater Virginia (21 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 2. Richmond, Virginia (30 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 3. Piedmont, Virginia (54 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 4. District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee (16 reels +1 v.)
    Series E contents: Holdings of the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley collections, Louisiana State University Libraries
    Series F - H : [on order]
    Ser. A: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16609
    Ser. B: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16610
    Ser. C: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16611
    Ser. D: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16612
    Ser. E: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16613
    Women-Southern States-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Southern States-History-19th century-Sources-Carter family-Archives-Women-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Women-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Women-Louisiana-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Louisiana-History-19th century-Sources.
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.

  • Votes for Women. Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence. London,: Reformers Press. Washington, Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. 1969. 8 reels.
    Women Suffrage Periodicals.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) Film 5992.

  • Women advising women [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew,1992-
    microfilm reels ; 35 mm. + guides ( v. ; 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (guide, pt.1, p. 11).
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1. Early women's journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford [Note: includes books as well as journals] (17 reels) -- pt. 2. Advice books, manuals, almanacs, and journals, c1625-1837, from the Bodleian Library,Oxford [Box subtitles: Women's rights & status, Women's health, Marriage, Women & the law, Mothers & daughters, Education, Religion & morality, Cookery & domestic life, Letter writing, Language & literature,Entertainment, Fashion & society, Miscellanea, Almanacs for women] ( (20 reels) -- pt. 3&4. The Lady's magazine, 1770-1832 (32 reels) -- pt.5.Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, from the Bodeian Library, Oxford. Medieval women writers. Women as translators. Broadsides and ballades. Women, the church and prophets. Advice books for women. Memorials to women. Pamphlet disputes. Key women writers (22 reels). pt. 6. Household management, domestic economy, c1600-1800 (25 reels) -- pt. 7. Sources for the Women’s library (20 reels).
    GUIDES: pt.1 -- pt. 2-4 (in 1 v.) -- pt.5 -- pt.6 -- pt.7.
    Women's periodicals, English. Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800. Women--Conduct of life--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Women--Great Britain--History--Sources. Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--Sources. Women--Life skills guides. English literature--Women authors. English periodicals. French literature--Women authors.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Bodleian Library. Adam Matthew Publications. Lady's magazine (London, England : 1770) Early women's journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Advice books, manuals, almanacs, and journals, c1625-1837, from the Bodleian Library,Oxford. Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, from the Bodeian Library, Oxford.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection). Film 15192.
    Library has: pt.1:reel 1-17. pt.2:reel 1-20. pt.3/4:reel 1-32. pt.5:reel 1-22. pt.6:reel 1-25. pt.7:reel 1-20 (paged collection) Call number: 016.3054 W8713 guide. Library has: pt.1. pt.2/4. pt.5.
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • Women and social movements in the United States 1600-2000 [electronic resource] / Kathryn Sklar and Thomas Dublin, editors. Extent of publication: Began in 2003? [Alexandria, Va.]: Alexander Street Press. Internet access. Access method: <http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/wasm/>
    Notes: Title from home page (viewed Mar. 9, 2004). Includes bibliographical references. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to subscribers.
    Summary: "This Worldwide Web site is intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history.... The website provides learning modules in the form of mini-monographs, each of which is organized around a specific question about a single social movement. Each module contains fifteen to twenty documents that address the question"--"About" page.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Women--United States--History. Women--United States--History--Sources. Women social reformers--United States--History. Women social reformers--United States--History--Sources. Feminism--United States--History. Feminism--United States--History--Sources. Social movements--United States--History. Social movements--United States--History--Sources. Women--United States--Social conditions. Women--United States--Social conditions--Sources. Women--Government policy--United States.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Sklar, Kathryn Kish. Dublin, Thomas, 1946- Alexander Street Press.
    Internet: No Call number

  • Women, education and literature [microform] : the papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849. Edgeworth, Maria. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1994.
    Papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849
    Printed guide at Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 823.7 E23Z.
    Guide for pt. 1 reproduced on pt. 1, reel 1.
    pt. 1. The Edgeworth papers from the Bodleian Library, Oxford (35 reels) -- pt. 2. The Edgeworth papers from the National Library of Ireland (20 reels).
    Edgeworth family Archives-Women Education History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) Film 15633

  • Women’s autobiographies from Cambridge University Library [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew, 1999. Microfilm reel
    Description: 22 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + 1 guide (64 p. ; 21 cm.)
    Notes: Reel list of contents of set is at beginning of each reel.
    A Listing and Guide (pt. 1 and pt. 2) published 2004 included.
    Incomplete contents: Pt. 1. Rare printed autobiographies covering thirty-three women’s lives, 1713-1859. reel 1. Mary Alexander, Elizabeth Ashbridge, Mary Ann Ashford, Ann Candler, Catharine Cappe. reel 2. Catharine Cappe, Catharine E. Cary. reel 3. Charlotte Charke, Margaret Coghlan, Lady Elizabeth Craven (Elizabeth Anspach). reel 4. Ann Crowley, Mary Dudley, Lady Grace Dalrymple Elliott, Anne Grant. reel 5. Priscilla Hannah Gurney, Dorothea Herbert, Mary Jemison, Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston. reel 6. (Elllis) Cornelia Knight, Lady Sydney Morgan. reel 7. Lady Sydney Morgan, Elizabeth Mortimer. reel 8. Charlotte Papendiek, Catherine Phillips. reel 9. Laetitia Pilkington. reel 10. Hester Thrale Piozzi, Hannah Robertson, Mary Robinson. reel 11. Mary Anne Schimmelpennick, Mary Martha Sherwood. reel 12. Sarah Siddons, Mary Anne Talbot, Joanna Turner, Elizabeth Walker -- Pt. 2. 1780-1889. reel 13. Anna Eliza Bray, Rebecca Burlend, Lucy Lyttleton Cameron. reel 14. Elizabeth Cadwaladyr Davis, Anne Freeman. reel 15. Ann Gilbert, Elizabeth Grant. reel 16. Elizabeth Ham, Mary Howitt. reel 17. Anna Brownell Jameson. reel 18. Anna Brownell Jameson, Anne Lutton. reel 19. Mary Russell Mitford, the hon. Amelia Matilda Murray. reel 20. the hon. Amelia Matilda Murray, Fanny Parks. reel 21. Fanny Parks, Louisa Porter, Susan Sibbald. reel 22. Mary Somerville, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Lady Charlotte Murdoch Wake.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Women--Great Britain--Biography.
    Women--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Cambridge University Library.
    Adam Matthew Publications.
    MAIN Library: Call number: 016.3054 W8729
    NOTE THAT COPIES OF THE GUIDE ARE IN NEWSPAPER/PERIODICAL ROOM AND REFERENCE DEPARTMENT: Call number: Film 16588

    Library has: pt.1:reels 1-12
    pt.2:reels 13-22
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.


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