The correspondence of Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1817-1864) documents her work as a spy for the Confederacy. The correspondence of Sarah Thompson (1838-1909) contains testimonials of Thompson's services to the Federal government and her subsequent...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Women; Women spies
United States -- Tennessee; United States -- Washington, D.C.
This collection includes 163 Sunday school books published between 1815 and 1865, drawn from the collections of Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University Libraries. The books cover such...
Conduct of life; Girls; Religion; Religious literature; Sunday school literature
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
In 1935, Lucy Sprague Mitchell established a tradition of leading student teachers on field trips to locations where they encountered issues of the day (e.g., the labor movement, poverty, and race relations). This collection documents the trips...
Travel; Women college students; Women college teachers; Women travelers
United States -- New York (State) -- New York; United States -- Tennessee; United States -- West Virginia
During his three years working for the Southern Courier, Jim Peppler took over 11,000 photographs documenting the civil rights movement, social conditions in central Alabama, and music performances (e.g., Odetta, Tina Turner). Of particular note...
African American women; African American women civil rights workers; Beauty shops; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movements; Women singers
United States -- Alabama -- Montgomery; United States -- Mississippi -- Jackson
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