Wom. Women
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Identifier: Wom
This topic covers manuscript collections that are predominantly by and about women or historically women’s causes.
Found in 241 Collections and/or Records:
Sybil Shearer papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Shearer
Abstract
Papers documenting the career of Northbrook, Illinois based modern dancer Sybil Shearer. Materials include correspondence, address books, writings, clippings, articles, programs, playbills, notebooks, dance notes (teaching, lighting and choreography), photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, drawings, slides, a family bible, a book signed by Anna Pavlova, ephemera and artifacts. Currently also includes photographs and negatives by Helen Balfour Morrison. Also includes costumes designed and...
Dates:
1925-2012
Theodora Sturkow Ryder papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ryder
Abstract
Chicago composer, concert pianist, and teacher who was an important figure in the city's musical scene from the late 19th century into the 1940s. Her papers include her diaries (including full descriptions of the World's Columbian Exposition), letters, musical compositions, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, recordings, and other materials.
Dates:
1890-1962
Val Lauder Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lauder
Abstract
Proof copy and final draft of The Back Page, by former Chicago Daily News columnist and feature writer Valarie (Val) Lauder. Also includes some press clippings and items from her tenure as a journalist.
Dates:
1940s-2013
Velma Salabiye papers
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Salabiye
Abstract
Navajo librarian involved in promoting American Indian librarianship and evaluating major American Indian collections. Papers include research material for American Indian Bibliography that Salabiye worked on with John Aubrey of the Newberry Library.
Dates:
1980-1995
Virginia Donaldson papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Donaldson
Abstract
Virginia Donaldson was the press agent for the New York City Ballet from 1966 to 1982 and also worked in publicity for Chicago area arts organizations. Her papers include programs, souvenir books, publicity, and working files of various dance companies and festivals all over the United States.
Dates:
approximately 1930-1996
Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract
Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.
Dates:
1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930
Waller Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract
Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander
Dates:
1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888
Warner-Haskins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Warner-Haskins
Abstract
Mementos and photographs relating to the Warner and Haskins families and friends; many photographs unidentified; materials seem to have belonged primarily to Mrs. R. C. (Hattie) Haskins and Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins) Warner.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1953
Willa Cather - Irene Miner Weisz papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cather-Weisz
Abstract
Correspondence of Willa Cather, the bulk to Irene Miner Weisz; also two miscellaneous letters relating to Cather and a folder of clippings.
Dates:
1912-1958
Winterbotham-French Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract
Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red Cross...
Dates:
1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950
Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract
Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans families....
Dates:
1909-1991
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Powellton, Ill.) minutes book
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-224
Abstract
Ledger of minutes from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Powellton, Illinois, 1901-1906. The minutes record discussions concerning prohibition, suffrage, illegal gambling, and polygamy.
Dates:
1901-1906
Women's Bar Association of Illinois Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WBAI
Abstract
The Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) records include artifacts and materials related to presidents Mary Reardon Hooten (also known as Mary Heftel Hooten), Irene V. McCormick, Mary E. Pappas, and Mary M. Bartelme. Also included are board minutes and reports, correspondence, financial materials, event planning materials, photographs, and publications.
Dates:
1908-2014; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Woods Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, documents, genealogical research notes and photographs relating to the Woods family, descendants of Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada. Collected and preserved by Frank H. Woods, Jr. of Illinois, to be used for a complete (unfinished) family history, most of the material concerns Frank H. Woods's great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, his grandfather Frederick Moffatt Woods, and his father, Frank H. Woods. Included is a large group of Fanny Woods's...
Dates:
approximately 1775-1975; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1975
Woods Family Papers - Additions
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-2
Abstract
Materials gathered and retained by Frank H. Woods Jr. relating to Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada and his Woods descendants. Includes Frank H. Woods’s correspondence and research notes for a biography of Henry Ruiter, notebooks with accounts, poetry and stories of his great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, and an account book of his great-grandfather, Elias Woods, Woods family deeds and receipts from Boone County, Illinois (1840s-1860s), and other miscellaneous early Woods...
Dates:
1842-1980
Zwiefka family dance papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Zwiefka
Abstract
Materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance instruction in Chicago primarily through the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public School District. The women specialized in ballet, folk, Hawaiian, Polish, and Spanish dance.
Dates:
1890-1987; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1960