Women
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Ann Pickens' Lynn R. Lowery research collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 853
Overview
This collection consists of research material created and collected by Mary Ann Pickens about Lynn R. Lowery.
Dates:
1957 - 2007
Mary Fosselman Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 318
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and academic papers of Mary Fosselman.
Dates:
1931 - 1941
Mary Webb letter
Collection
Identifier: MS 0162
Overview
This collection contains a letter by Mary Webb, an English author, to Geoffrey Dearmer. The letter, thanking Dr. Dearmer for his advice regarding publishers and some of her writings, also gives a description of her cottage in Hampstead.
Dates:
1914
Men's League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract:
This collection consists of replies to a survey on suffrage for women conducted by the Men's League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York, and signed by Thomas W. Hotchkiss, member of the League's Campaign Committee. The League was campaigning for the passage of an amendment to the N.Y. State Constitution on Nov. 2, 1915. Hotchkiss' letter was sent to governors and other officials of states, mostly western, which had already adopted women's suffrage, and was intended to solicit responses...
Dates:
1915
Neumann Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0241
Abstract
Chiefly letters to Louisa (Neumann) Bering, a resident of Houston, Tex., from her brothers and sisters, including letters from her brother, Emil Neumann, describing his service in the Confederate Army, stationed at Fort Eagle Grove (Fort Moore) and Galveston, Tex.; together with clippings and photos. Includes material relating to land in Texas, Bering family, and Little Rock, AR, during the Civil War.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1856 - 1886; 1850 - 1955
"On the Flogging of Women" commentary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0100
Overview
Document is an anonymous commentary on an article appearing in the February 28, 1827 edition of “The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter” that discussed propositions put forward by Lord Bathurst for reforms in the treatment of enslaved people in the Colonies; in particular, a prohibition of the flogging of women, which failed to pass.
Dates:
1827
Oveta Culp Hobby papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 459
Overview
The Oveta Culp Hobby Papers detail the public life of Hobby, a Houston-based business, media, military, and political leader during the 1940s-1980s. Mrs. Hobby was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, chairman of the board of the Houston Post, and wife to Texas Lt. Gov. and later Governor, William P. Hobby. This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, speeches, photographs,...
Dates:
1817 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1985
Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) Undergraduate and Alumnae records
Collection
Identifier: UA 059
Overview
The collection consists of scrapbooks, minute books, financial records, and other materials relating to the founding and operation of both the Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) undergraduate group and the alumnae group, 1927-2002. OWLS was founded in 1924.
Dates:
1927 - 2010
Pallas Athene Literary Society records
Collection
Identifier: UA 212
Overview
The Pallas Athene Literary Society (PALS) was formed in 1919 when the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society (EBLS) split and was an active organization at Rice until 1966 when it disbanded. The records consist of a ledger book containing minutes of the society’s meetings (September 23, 1924 – May 14, 1929), newspaper clippings pertaining to various members and alumnae, and several programs and pamphlets of the society’s activities.
Dates:
1919 - 1968
Pender Turnbull papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 437
Overview
The collection consists of personal correspondence, food and drink recipes of Pender Turnbull, Rice Institute graduate and librarian. Photographs of the Rice campus, buildings, faculty, and student activities are also included.
Dates:
1913-1983