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194 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Women.

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  1. Edward Everett Hayden family papers, 1817-1963

    11,000 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Naval officer and scientist. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, financial material, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Hayden's naval and scientific careers and to his family.

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  2. Mary Church Terrell papers, 1851-1962

    13,000 items. 51 containers plus 1 oversize. 22.5 linear feet. 34 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    African-American civil rights leader, lecturer, and educator. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans.

  3. Robert Green Ingersoll papers, 1826-1940

    15,000 items. 61 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. 36 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Lawyer and lecturer. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, writings, lectures, scrapbooks, family papers, and miscellaneous financial, legal, and personal material relating to Ingersoll's involvement in politics and law and as a lecturer and writer on agnosticism and religion.

  4. Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

    19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.

  5. May Craig papers, 1929-1975

    12,000 items. 2 containers plus 37 oversize. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Journalist. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to her career as a the Washington and foreign correspondent for the Guy Gannett newspapers of Maine.

  6. Clara A. Whitney papers, 1872-1975

    75 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Diaries reflecting Whitney's life in Japan with her parents, American educators William C. Whitney and Anna L. Whitney, detailing Japanese social life and customs and the Whitney’s travels through Europe and Asia. Includes writings and other material relating to her family and to the household of her father-in-law, Japanese naval officer Katsu Kaishū.

  7. Key Pittman papers, 1898-1951

    55,000 items. 191 containers. 76.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Lawyer and United States senator from Nevada. Correspondence, speeches, articles, legal and financial papers, subject files, scrapbooks, newspapers, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating mainly to Pittman's service in the Senate.

  8. San José de Queréndaro Hacienda records, 1543-1922

    2 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Bound volumes of files kept by the Jesuits, original owners of the hacienda. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, ownership disputes, water rights, rental of property, agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, and relations with the Indigenous people of Mexico. Also includes correspondence and fiscal accounts with the local railroad company.

  9. Santa Clara de Tulillo Hacienda records, 1580-circa 1800

    2 volumes. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Bound volumes of correspondence, royal decrees, deeds of gift, estate inventories, fiscal accounts, bills of sale, land grants, legal suits and countersuits, mortgage loans, rental agreements, wills and testaments, and other records kept by the Jesuit owners of the hacienda. Subjects include the acquisition and sale of land, ownership disputes, property boundaries, water rights, rental of property, agricultural production, livestock and livestock brands, the role of women in the operation of the estate, and relations with the Indigenous people of Mexico. Later records relate to the acquisition of the hacienda by others.

  10. Berta Bornstein papers, 1933-1971

    21,000 items. 64 containers plus 4 oversize. 34 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    Psychoanalyst, author, and educator. Correspondence, patient case files, writings, teaching and training files, bulletins, memoranda, minutes, and reports pertaining to Bornstein's career as one of the first Freudian child psychoanalysts practicing in the United States.

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