Creator:
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.
Inclusive Dates:
1799- 1919
Abstract:
Papers of the physician, social reformer, native of Oswego, N.Y. Advocate of dress reform and women's suffrage. Collection includes correspondence (1833-1913), mainly from Dr. Walker's lecture tour of Britain in 1866-67 and from her Civil War service, 1862-65; legal and financial documents, including deeds, wills, and material concerning her divorce and employment at the Federal Pension Office; photographs; and writings, including material on the trial of Frank C. Almay in 1891, lectures, pamphlets, and reminiscences.
Type of Material:
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history
New York State
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Clothing and dress.
Divorce suits.
Lecturers.
Lectures and lecturing.
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Suffragists -- United States.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Women authors, American.
Women physicians -- United States.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
Creator:
Hamburg, Shirley
Inclusive Dates:
1965- 2016
Abstract:
Research files pertaining to various
social justice movements Hamburg was involved in and passionate about
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Announcements.
Articles.
Brochures.
Bulletins.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Conference proceedings.
Correspondence.
Electronic mail.
Fliers (printed matter)
Handbills.
Newsletters.
Newspapers.
Pamphlets.
Programs (documents)
Quarterlies (publications)
Reports.
Research notes.
Subject:
Oakland (Calif.)
Activism and social reform
Abortion.
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Anti-apartheid movements -- United States.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Civil rights and socialism.
Communists -- United States.
Decolonization -- Africa.
Economic sanctions, American -- Iraq.
Feminism -- United States.
Gay rights movement -- United States.
Indian activists -- United States.
Jewish socialists.
Jewish women -- Political activity.
Latin America -- Foreign Relations -- United States.
Marxist criticism.
Mass incarceration -- United States.
Political activists -- United States.
Public interest lobbying.
Socialism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Water -- Pollution.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.