Women -- Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M66
Abstract
The Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) papers occupy fourteen boxes and contain the feminist organization’s records about their activities and meetings as well as materials about women’s issues such as reproductive rights; violence against women; gender, economic, and constitutional equality; and civil rights. The records date from 1970 to 2007 and include newspaper clippings, articles, meeting notes, office files, activism realia, and lobbying records, among other...
Dates:
1970 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1996
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia Club of Advertising Women records
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M67
Abstract
The Philadelphia Club of Advertising Women (PCAW) was founded in 1916 by sixteen women advertising executives. The Club participated in charitable efforts, offered advertising courses, published a newsletter (Ad-Land News), and hosted social events throughout its history. These efforts garnered national recognition for PCAW as a leading advertising organization. It also won them recognition locally as an organization committed to helping the community through scholarships and charitable...
Dates:
1916 - 1984
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Poets' Circle Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-013
Abstract
Records of the Poets' Circle of Swarthmore, Pa., founded in 1918.
Dates:
1942-1996
Stabler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-234
Abstract
Contains the papers of the Stabler family of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Greenwich, Ct., and their collateral lines. The collection spans six generations of a Quaker family and includes diaries, daybooks, albums, pictures, and voluminous correspondence concerned primarily with family issues. Louisa Merritt Field (1826-1914) married Edward Hartshorne Stabler (1813-1877) in 1859. He was the son of Edward Stabler (1769-1831), an Alexandria, Virginia, druggist, by his second wife, Mary Hartshorne. They...
Dates:
1835-1955(bulk)
Speer Family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M72
Abstract
The Speer Family papers represent four generations of that family, with the bulk of material attributed to the last two generations, especially Robert Elliott Speer and his wife and three of his five children: Emma Bailey, Elliott, Margaret Bailey, and William Speer. The family was active in the Presbyterian Church, serving that institution in a variety of different capacities. The children, in addition to their religious roles, held prominent positions in academic administration. The...
Dates:
1802 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1943
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-043
Abstract
Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and...
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
