A popular national newspaper among the U.S. deaf population from 1888 to 1929, The Silent Worker included articles about deaf community events, schools for the deaf, sign language, notable people, and a wide range of other topics. Browse the...
A search for "women" retrieves more than 5000 records. In addition to photographs and paintings, the collection includes documents (e.g., "Madison Female Seminary Prospectus), posters (e.g., "Women's Dance, 1971"), and advertisements.
Advertising; American Red Cross; Beauty contestants; Clothing and dress; Cookery; Hairstyles; Holocaust survivors; Household appliances; Indians of North America; Infants; Kitchens; Lesbians; Mothers; Nurses; Schools; Weddings; Women dancers; Women...
Although this guide may not be a digital collection in the technical sense, it offers numerous examples of primary sources (account books, day books, legal documents, and payroll registers) that are usually not found in digital collections. Each...
Businesswomen; Employment; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc
Beginning in 1897, Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) operated a highly successful portrait studio on Fifth Avenue in New York. This online exhibt features Ben-Yusuf's photographs of Edith Wharton, Minnie Maddern Fiske, Theodore Roosevelt, William Dean...
Beginning in the early 1880s, Brezing (1860-1940) operated brothels in Lexington, Kentucky. This collection consists of 277 photographic prints collected or created by E. I. "Buddy" Thompson in connection with the writing of his 1983 book, Madam...
Benedicte Wrensted (1859-1949), a native of Denmark, arrived in the United States in 1894. She was a professional photographer in Pocatello, Idaho from 1895 to 1912. This online exhibit features Wrensted's photographs of Native Americans. Curator...
Immigrants; Indians of North America; Women photographers
Biographical profile includes a good selection of primary sources. Examples include advertisments for Goldman's speeches; Goldman's first published writing on the subject of marriage (1897); Goldman's deportation portrait (1919); Eulogy by...
Women anarchists; Women political activists; World War, 1914-1918
Browse or search this collection of more than 2300 covers, as well as text from selected dime novels.
Select "Browse the Covers Listed by Image Feature," then select either "Women" or "Both" (Men and women) under audience. Also browse 60 subject...
