Women authors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Riddick Boys papers
Collection
Identifier: L424
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed sketches and other writings, newspaper articles, pamphlets, correspondence, magazine books, editorials, and photographs from Florence Riddick Boys ranging from 1898 to 1982, regarding the life of Florence Riddick Boys and her husband, Samuel B. Boys, "Woman's Page" and her authorship, the Republican Party, women's suffrage, and public welfare.There are also oversize photographs, including a 1948 portrait of Boys, a group photograph from the 1923...
Dates:
1898-1982
Frances Marvel Gnass collection
Collection
Identifier: L042
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from Frances Marvel Gnass’s family, including Joseph Brown’s ciphering book of mathematical operations and business accounting practices (1840-1843); a promissory note for payment to Isaac Brown (1857), and a page of accounting notations of the Brown family (1869-1877); Edith Walker’s autograph book (1888-1893); and a full-page from the Crawfordsville Journal and Review that lists soldiers buried in Montgomery County, Indiana by...
Dates:
1840-2008
Gene Stratton-Porter papers
Collection — Folder S1069
Identifier: S1069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Gene Stratton-Porter and several other materials, ranging from 1902 to 1979, regarding her work as an author, photographer, and filmmaker, in addition to her personal life. The collection includes an undated portrait photograph of Stratton-Porter posing outdoors; an advertisement from Good Housekeeping; a typed copy of an article, "The Old Institution of Home" (1922); and a portrait postcard printed circa 1979.
Dates:
1902-1933
Grace E. Conway collection
Collection
Identifier: L437
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, radio broadcast program scripts, and correspondence from Grace E. Conway in Indiana ranging from 1962 to 1970 regarding Conway's work in the media giving household advice and recognition.
Dates:
1962-1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Grace E. Conway collection
Grace Thompson Huffard letter
Collection — Folder S1261
Identifier: S1261
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Grace Thompson Huffard on October 29, 1934 regarding the publication of her most recent book.
Dates:
1934/01/29
Ida Husted Harper papers
Collection — Folder S0595
Identifier: S0595
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Ida Husted Harper's manuscript, The Associated Work of the Women of Indiana. The handwritten manuscript is 140 pages long and contains 45 chapters that relate information and statistics regarding the many missionary societies, temperance unions, literary clubs, and other organizations managed by women in Indiana up to April 1893. The collection also includes a letter sent by Mrs. Harper to Ed Hawkins regarding the publishing of her...
Dates:
1893
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ida Husted Harper papers
Indiana authors autographs collection
Collection — Folder S1484
Identifier: S1484
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items, such as correspondence with librarians, with the autographs of authors and writers in Indiana and the United States collected by the Indiana State Library between 1881 and 1955. Autographs include William Herschell, Zona Gale, Frederick Landis, James Whitcomb Riley, Ethel Arnold Tilden and Charles Dudley Warner.
Dates:
1881-1940
John Newland clippings
Collection — Folder S1013
Identifier: S1013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three clippings of the column, "A Hoosier Listening Post," written by Kate Milner Rabb. The columns ran in the Indianapolis Star on August 29, 30 and September 4, 1930. The articles relate information supplied by Mr. Leon L. Newland regarding his ancestors and include reprintings of the text of the 1682 Quaker Certificate of Removal from Ireland to America of Nicholas Newland, letters sent in the 1820's and 1830's by Elijah and J.C. Newland to family in Indiana from...
Dates:
circa 1820-1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Newland clippings
Julia Cooley Altrocchi collection
Collection
Identifier: L245
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers relating to Wolves Against the Moon, including research correspondence and notes, a manuscript of the book, reviews and correspondence with Harold S. Latham and others at the Macmillan Company, the book's publisher, from the author, Julia Cooley Altrocchi, ranging from 1933 to 1958. Also included are notes and a manuscript on the Fort Dearborn massacre.
Dates:
1933-1958
Julia Henderson Levering letter
Collection — Folder S382
Identifier: S0382
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Julia Henderson Levering in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 25, 1909 regarding her book Historic Indiana, fellow author Jacob Piatt Dunn and Indiana history.
Dates:
1909/06/25
