Women's History

The Lucy Maynard Salmon Collection
includes the personal papers of Lucy Maynard Salmon along with two smaller collections
of papers belonging to her mother, Maria Clara Maynard Salmon, and her brother, Pomeroy L. Salmon. The materials relate
to her work as an historian and professor at Vassar College as well as her work with
the suffrage movement and local political issues. There are also materials relating
to her family, education and personal life. Formats include correspondence,
manuscripts, printed material, clippings, minutes, reports, notes, and
photographs.

Addresses and talks, including three radio scripts, 1940-1967; diary from a trip around the world in 1968 and the manuscript of her book based on her diary LIFE-BOAT NUMBER TWO; copies of her fiction and articles published in periodicals; and biographical information, including an inventory of her papers in the Mugar Library at Boston University

Correspondence, clippings, speeches, publications, government documents, and other materials concerning Bondfield's work with labor and trade unions, primarily in Great Britain, but also Australia, Canada, the United States and other countries.

Materials relating to Whitney's position at Vassar College as well as her involvement with the American Association of University Professors, the International Council of Women, the National Council of Women, Connecticut Association of Working Girls' Clubs, and other women's groups. There are also biographical materials, including correspondence and diaries, containing information about Whitney's family, intellectual pursuits, travels and other personal issues.

The collection consists of published
articles, printed ephemera, visual media, and a variety of popular culture artifacts
and realia related to American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and her
most popular novel, .

Pamphlets, flyers, congressional reports, clippings issued or collected by the National Woman's Party.

Materials relating to the events planned by the National Women's Conference in honor of International Women's Year, 1975.

Materials relating to the National Women's Political Caucus, the Women's Political Caucus of Dutchess County, and the Tri-State Women's Political Caucus, 1971-1974. There are also some materials from the Women's Center of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1972-1974, and other miscellaneous groups working on women's rights.

61 letters, mainly incoming (with
typewritten copies), 17 manuscripts, 2 travel diaries (attributed to Davis' niece)
and miscellaneous papers.

Correspondence, reports and other materials relating primarily to Leith’s work with the National Organization for Women.

Microfilmed set of the Lathrop Papers held by the Rockford University Archives in Rockford, Illinois.

Thirty original letters by Hale and typescript copies of letters to and from Hale (originals also available) concerning the inclusion of the word "female" in Vassar Female College, women's education, other business of Vassar College, missionary work, and women in the church. Other correspondents include Milo P. Jewett, Benson J. Lossing, John H. Raymond, and Matthew Vassar.

Copies and some originals of correspondence to and from Susan B. Anthony, as well as a few autographed statements.

Papers created by and relating to
Sutematsu Yamakawa Oyama, "Princess Oyama," the first Japanese woman to receive a
college degree.

An artificial collection of
petitions, speeches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and broadsides
relating to the struggles for woman suffrage and other women's rights. Includes
documents relating to debates over the suffrage issue at Vassar College.

Report of the research findings of Fairchild, Shyne, and Anthony on the effects of World War I on the role and status of women in the public and domestic spheres. The full title of the report is .