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Women -- History

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:

Letters to Ann Eliza Eddy,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-063
Abstract

The collection is comprised of letters to Ann Eliza Eddy, living in Troy, New York, dating from 1857-1865. Eddy received letters from Union soldiers, cousins, and friends over the course of the Civil War. There are several photographs of the house and writers included in the collection.

Dates: 1857 - 1881

Judith Edelman Architectural Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-010
Abstract Judith Edelman is a partner at The Edelman Partnership/Architects of New York City, and is a founding member of the Alliance of Women in Architecture (AWA) and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Her papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, writings, and published literature about Edelman's activities with the AWA, as well as writings about her work as an advocate for women in the field of architecture. They also include photographs, floorplans, and supplementary...
Dates: 1967 - 1997

Wilhelmina Van Ingen Elarth Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1969-004
Abstract

A collection of correspondence, diaries, postcards, heirlooms, original artwork (including sketches attributed to Henry van Ingen), ancient Greek and pre-Columbian artificacts, and photographs from Wilhelmina van Ingen Elarth, a professor of art history and classical studies who taught at the University of Michigan, Wheaton College (Massachusetts), and the University of Manitoba.

Dates: 1862 - 1971

Elevation Drawing, South View of "Altenwohnheim" [Retirement Home], March 5, 1964 (Ms1987-061)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1987-061_WestromHilde_ArchitecturalDrawing_1964_0405_145-7
Dates: 1964-03-05

Elevation towards ocean,"Villa de Plinio", June 1985 (Ms2001-021)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-021_EspegelAlonsoCarmen_Oversize1_Drawing_1985_06_06
Dates: 1985-06

Ellett Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-047
Scope and Content Note The Ellett family papers consist of 35 letters written by Dr. Robert Thaddeus Ellett (1826-1904) who served as assistant surgeon in White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, for the Confederate States during the Civil War. His letters are written to Sue French of Pearisburg, who would later become Ellett's wife. Other items include biographical and family history information, photos, clippings, a 1961 dedication to Col. W. H. French marker program, DAR applications, and "The Family Album," an 11-page...
Dates: 1865 - 1961

Elliott Family Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-021
Scope and Content Three Hanover County, Virginia, brothers who served the Confederacy in the Civil War. Thomas A. and Joshua L. Elliott served in the 24th Virginia Infantry; Odin B. Elliott served in Company G of the 34th Virginia Infantry. The correspondence consists of ten letters to Mary F. Page of Hanover County. Thomas and Joshua write Mary in 1864 from various camps in North Carolina. Joshua comments that he believes it is General Lee's intention to pay the Pennsylvanians a visit and that...
Dates: 1864 - 1871

Emily Augusta Shade Elvish Diary

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-004
Scope and Content

Unmarried schoolteacher in Perry, Illinois, in the mid-1800s. Elvish writes eloquently of her devotion to God, and berates herself for not being a better person or more worthy of God's love. Among the topics Elvish writes about are her sisters, a friend's leaving for Persia, and her mother's earlier death.

Dates: 1854-1860, 1872

Audrey Emmons Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-018
Abstract

The Audrey Emmons collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs and slides, and job files of designs Emmons did in San Francisco, Sausalito, and other Northern California locations from the mid-1970s until 1996.

Dates: 1974 - 1997

Elizabeth Cooper English Architectural Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-003
Scope and Content

The collection includes a copy of Elizabeth Cooper English's dissertation, Arkhitektura I Mnimosti: The Origins of Soviet Avant-Garde Rationalist Architecture in the Russian Mystical-Philosophical and Mathematical Intellectual Tradition and a dossier that includes her curriculum vitae.

Dates: 2000 - 2001