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Formal title:: Margaret (Ellickson) Senturia papers
Extent:: .5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1957-1969
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence sent to and from Margaret (Ellickson) Senturia, class of 1961, during her time at Pembroke College in Brown University and shortly after. Correspondents include Pembroke classmates and a boyfriend. Topics include travel, affording tuition, Pembroke courses, employment and family life. This collection also includes a personal reflection of her time on campus. Materials date from 1957 to 1969.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2021.003

Formal title:: Christina Sharpe papers
Extent:: 5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1989-2018
Abstract:: This collection consists of the papers of Christina Sharpe, Professor of English at York University and notable Black feminist theorist. The collection documents Sharpe's professional life and research in racism, slavery, and feminism, consisting of correspondence, conference material, draft writings, writings by other authors, subject files, and print material, dating from 1989 to the present. The collection is arranged into 8 series.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.015

Formal title:: Elaine Showalter papers
Extent:: 1.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1967–2017
Abstract:: This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Elaine Showalter, professor of English, emeritus, at Princeton University, scholar and critic of nineteenth century American and British literature, and teacher and founder of gynocriticism – "a female framework for the analysis of women's literature." Materials include correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles by Showalter, and research clippings and handwritten notes, all related to such topics as television criticism, feminism, and women's liberation. This collection dates from 1967 to 2017.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.2020.007

Formal title:: Barbara Herrnstein Smith papers
Extent:: 6.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1973-2010 (bulk 1973-2010)
Abstract:: Papers of Barbara Herrnstein Smith, feminist literary critic, theorist and Braxton Craven Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University. The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, administrative and career development materials, course materials and drafts.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.039

Formal title:: Society for Women in Philosophy collection
Extent:: 7.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1971-2020
Abstract:: This collection consists of the records of the Society for Women in Philosophy, an organization established in 1972 to support and promote women in philosophy. The collection includes newsletters, correspondence, and conference materials, dating from 1971 to 2020 and documents the organization on international, national, and regional levels.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.014

Formal title:: Beverly Moss Spatt papers
Extent:: 0.25 Linear feet
Date range:: 1944-2015
Abstract:: This collection consists of the personal papers of Beverly Moss Spatt, Pembroke College alumna from the class of 1955. Papers document Spatt’s work as a city planner in New York City and her involvement as a Pembroke alumna. Materials include books, reports, and essays by Spatt on city planning, as well as a book of sonnets from 1944 and the class of 1945’s 50th anniversary yearbook. The collection spans from 1944-2015.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2018.011

Formal title:: Hortense J. Spillers papers
Extent:: 26.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1966-1995
Abstract:: This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Hortense J. Spillers, American literary critic, Black feminist scholar, and the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in English at Vanderbilt University. The collection includes handwritten diaries, notebooks, and draft writings; personal and professional correspondence; and conference and teaching materials, dating from 1966 to 1995.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2019.013

Formal title:: Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg papers
Extent:: 4 Linear feet
Date range:: 1919-2018
Abstract:: This collection consists of the papers of Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University and Director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. The collection documents Stewart-Steinberg's professional life, research in poststructuralist Marxism, politics and culture in post-unification Italy, psychoanalytic theory, as well as correspondence, conference material, research journals, and a significant number of her writings. The collection is arranged into 7 series.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.022

The Womxn Project

Formal title:: The Womxn Project records
Extent:: 39.25 linear feet
Date range:: 1980-2021 (bulk 2017-2019)
Abstract:: The Womxn Project is a non-profit organization in Rhode Island focused on building a strong, feminist, community-based movement to further human rights of Rhode Islanders by using art and activism to advance education and social change. The Womxn Project stirs social awareness and invites political action to inclusively further womxn's rights through creative advocacy campaigns and collaborative art projects. This collection contains records and items that were created to advocate for the passing of the Reproductive Privacy Act in 2019. Materials include canvassing packets, memorabilia, handmaid's costumes worn at lobbying events at the Rhode Island Statehouse, community petition quilt squares, the community petition quilt, and petition scrolls that predated the quilt. Materials date from 1980-2021, though the bulk of the collection dates from 2017-2019.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2020.001

Formal title:: Judith R. Walkowitz papers
Extent:: 14.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1980-2023
Abstract:: This collection consists of the professional papers and research materials of Judith R. Walkowitz, scholar of British and women’s history and Professor Emerita of Modern European Cultural and Social History at John Hopkins University. The collection documents Walkowitz’s writing and research interests of British nineteenth-century political culture and the cultural and social contests over sexuality.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.010

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