Rutgers University Libraries


Resources in Women's Studies


June 1996

GUIDES TO MICROFORM COLLECTIONS

  • The Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960.
    Alexander M/film 2431, 90 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF HV28.A35 1984
    Personal documents, 1873-1935, organization files, 1889-1935, reference files, 1889-1935, and writing files.

  • American Women's Diaries. New England women.
    Alexander M/film 2445, 21 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass, Alexander HQ1412.G84 1984

  • ______.Southern women.
    Douglass M/film 22, 34 reels.
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HQ1412.G85 1990

  • ______. Western Women.
    Douglass M/film 21, 29 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HQ1412.G85 1991

  • The Papers of Emily Greene Balch, 1875-1961.
    Alexander M/film 2623, 26 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF JX1962.B34P36 1988
    Organized into three series: (1) biographical, (2) correspondence, ( 3) diaries, journal, notes, etc. Guide is a listing only.

  • The Bureau of Social Hygiene Project and Research Files 1918- 1940: a collection of the Rockefeller Archives Center of the Rockefeller.
    Alexander M/film 2249, 31 microfilm reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF HV99.N6B853 1980
    The Bureau sponsored research in the fields of prostitution, birth control, and other areas relating to social welfare. The Project and Research Files contain unpublished reports, case histories, research studies, educational material, Bureau correspondence, and other reports.

  • The Campaign for Women's Suffrage, 1895-1920; Papers of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, the National Union of Woman's Sufrage Societies, the Parliamentary Committee for Woman's Suffrage, and the Manchester Men's League for Woman's Suffrage.
    Douglass M/flm 25, 31 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass REF JN976.C36 1990

  • Elizabeth Glendower Evans (Papers).
    Douglass M/film 2, 11 reels.
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HN49.W6E93 1991
    Holographs and typescript. Each reel includes biographical information, a chronology, an index to correspondents, a general table of contents for the part, and a detailed table of contents for the reel.

  • The Emma Goldman Papers.
    Douglass M/film, 69 reels
    GUIDE: : Douglass REF HX843.7.G65E55, Titled: Emma Goldman; a Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources
    Correspondence, writings, and government documents.

  • Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945.
    Douglass M/fiche 376, and M/film 100
    GUIDE: Douglass, Alexander REF HQ1121.G43 1983
    4,500 book titles and periodical runs on 17,000 microfiche, 240 reels of microfilm. About half are in English. Guide provides broad category and name access. Records are also accessible through IRIS.

  • Herstory, 1956-1974.
    Women's history Research Center. Douglass FlmPer 19, 23 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HQ1426.G85 1990z
    800 periodicals by and about the women's movement, and civic, professional, religious and peace groups. Also Supplements I and II [on order June 1996].

  • History of Women.
    1983. Alexander M/film.
    GUIDE: Alexander, Dana, Camden HQ1121.R474 1983
    Coverage through 1920. 934 reels of microfilmed books, periodicals, manuscripts, and 1 reel of photographs from the Sophia Smith Collection and the Schlesinger Library, as well as additional early imprints from other collections. Broad subject access is provided in the guide. To supplement access, the library catalogs of both collections are available in Douglass Library:
    Smith Collection: HQ1121.S65 1975, 7 v.
    Schlesinger Library: Z7965.A78 1973, 3 v.

  • Papers of the League of Women Voters, 1918-1974.
    Alexander M/film 2558, 64 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF JK1881.P36 1985
    Minutes of meetings, transcripts and records of national conventions.

  • Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992, Part 1.
    Douglass M/film 23, 26 reels.
    GUIDE: Douglass REF E185.86.N38R43 1994
    Minutes of conventions, publications, and correspondence, including local affiliates, and histories of clubs. [Part 2 On Order December 1995]

  • National Women's Party Papers, 1913-1974.
    Alexander M/film 2179, 179 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF Z7963.S9 P371
    Also the Suffrage Years, 1913-1920 Correspondence, convention minutes, newspaper clippings, and press releases

  • Collected Writings of Caroline Norton.
    [On Order June 1996]

  • Pamphlets in American History.
    Alexander M/fiche 378, 379, 380
    GUIDE: Alexander REF E173.P35 1979-1982
    Group I: section on "women" (646 titles). Guide includes names, titles, organizations, and detailed subject index.

  • Historical Writings of Quaker Women
    On Order June 1996

  • The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945.
    Alexander M/film 2614, 20 microfilm reels
    GUIDE: Alexander REF E807.1.R48A21 1986

  • Margaret Sanger. Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications, 1988.
    Douglass M/film 6, 16 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HQ784.S3536 1991
    Diaries, correspondence, conference files, lectures and speeches. Each reel includes biographical information, a chronology, an index to papers, a general table of contents for the part, and a detailed table of contents for the reel.

  • Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
    Douglass M/film 5, 45 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass, Alexander, Dana, Camden REF HQ1413.S689P37 1992
    Complete set of The Revolution, 1,680 letters and postcards, arranged by sender's state and town, and personal papers.

  • Sexual Politics in Britain
     Douglass M/fich 132
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HQ76.8.G7S49
    Feminist, gay and lesbian alternative press publications of 1976-78.

  • Social and Political Status of Women in Britain, 1870-1928; Radical and Reforming Periodicals for and by Women.
    Alexander M/film 2628
    No Guide available.
    Periodicals from the collection of the Newspaper Library of the British Library.

  • Women, Industry and Trades Unionism:the Gertrude Tuckwell collection, 1890-1920.
    Alexander M/film 2247, 17 microfilm reels
    No guide available.

  • Women and Law.
    Douglass M/film 7, 5 reels; Alexander M/film 1070-1110, 10 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass, Alexander, Camdn REF KF477.A1W6 1974-75
    Clipping files through early 1970s: arranged by personal name and subject, research papers, and "Special Issues" of journals. Section V: Rape/Prison/Prostitution, and Section VI: Black and Third World Women and Law are available in Douglass.

  • Papers of the Women's Trade Union League and Its Principal Leaders.
    Alexander M/film 2621, 131 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander, Camden REF HD6079.2.U5P36 1981

  • The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1978.
    Alexander M/film 2661, 97 reels
    GUIDE: Alexander, Camdn REF JX1965.W4594 1983
    Correspondence, records, serials publications. Listing only.

  • Records of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, 1918-1965. Part II, Women in World War II, Series A, Unpublished Studies and Community Surveys. Frederick, MD University Publications of America, c1986
    Douglass FlmPer 18, 10 reels
    GUIDE: Douglass REF HD6095.H93 1991

  • Women's Labour League, 1906-1918
    Douglass M/fich 133, 38 microfiche
    GUIDE: No guide available

  • Women's Suffrage
    Women's Studies Manuscripts Collections from the Schlesinger Library Part C: the South, and Part E: The Midwest and Far West
    On Order June 1996

    compiled by J. Sloan 6/96
    Rutgers University Libraries jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu