“Born Ann Clare Boothe, she was a journalist, dramatist, magazine editor, U.S. representative from Connecticut, and U.S. ambassador to Italy. She married George Tuttle Brokaw, 1923; divorced, 1929; married Henry Robinson Luce, 1935. Subjects include opposition to communism, diplomacy, economic and labor issues, Equal Rights amendment and public roles for women, intelligence service, international relations, regulation of the motion picture industry, national defense and security, price controls…” – catalog summary

This collection documents the important role Edward L. Bernays’s wife, Doris Fleischman Bernays (1891-1980), played in his business affairs and includes some of her correspondence, a draft manuscript of her book A Wife Is Many Women (1955), and background information for her pioneering 1928 book An Outline of Careers for Women.

Emma L. George's papers relate to her association with the Woman's Land Army of America, which recruited and trained women to work farms left untended by men in the military. Included are letters from appreciative farmers, poems and songs about the “farmerettes,” and recruitment and training material.

‘Correspondence, topical files, financial records, printed matter, photographs, and other papers of businesswoman and church worker Pattie Gresham and her three husbands.” – catalog summary

Army officer Henry Harley Arnold saved among his papers letters from mothers whose sons served in the Air Force during World War II and many subject files relating to the WAC, the WASP, the Women's Flying Corps, women nurses, and career opportunities for women after the war.

Papers include those of Belle Wyatt (Willard) Roosevelt, an author and businesswoman who organized and directed Your Secretary, Inc.

The papers of Mary Amanda Dixon Jones relating primarily to her career as a physician and surgeon, her legal difficulties, and her research and writings about diseases of the reproductive system.

The papers of labor relations consultant Maurice F. Neufeld include correspondence from his wife Hinda Cohen Neufeld, an administrator with the New York State Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage.

“The papers highlight [Merle] Montgomery's career and leadership roles in several organizations, programs, and projects in support of music, education and the arts. The collection primarily contains business papers and materials related to Montgomery's long association and presidency with the National Federation of Music Clubs, her presidency with the National Music Council and association with the International Music Council, career with music publishing firm Carl Fischer Inc., management of the Bicentennial Parade of American Music, scholarly work on the Scribner Music Library, leadership roles with Mu Phi Epsilon, Musicians Club of New York, New York City Opera Guild, and the New York Philomusica Chamber Music Ensemble, and her alumni activities with the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music.” – catalog summary

This collection documents the work of its founders, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. “Subjects include legal, social, and economic status of women in the U.S. and around the world, the party's publications Suffragist and Equal Rights, attempts to promote jury service for women, cooperative efforts with other woman's organizations and with the international women's movement, the treatment of imprisoned suffragists, and the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.” – catalog summary

“Topics include the League's adoption program, the aged, citizenship education, civil rights, community health, crime, relief for African Americans during the Depression, employment opportunities, housing, industrial relations, juvenile delinquency, minorities in law enforcement, medical care, migration of African Americans from rural to urban areas, race relations, assistance for minority servicemen and veterans, African American social workers, urban renewal, vocational and on-the-job training, voter education, and provision of manpower during World War II.” – catalog summary

The most appealing part of these papers are Claire Sifton's diaries, which span the time from her junior high school days in Kansas City to her retirement in Mexico. They contain detailed descriptions of college life in the 1915-16 period, thoughts of a young working woman in New York in the early 1920s, the concerns of a government official's wife in late New Deal Washington, and interesting philosophical observations of a senior citizen spending her retirement in Maine and Mexico.

“Correspondence, accounts, receipts, land, legal, estate, and other papers of Charles Pinckney (1699-1758), Elizabeth (Lucas) Pinckney (1721-1793), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), Harriott (Pinckney) Horry (1748-1830), Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), and other members of the Pinckney and related families. Most of the papers belong to the second generation of Pinckneys and reflect family affairs and plantation life in South Carolina in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.” – catalog summary

“The papers of the socially and politically active Willard Family of Virginia and Washington, D.C. (119,900 items; 1800-1968; bulk 1890-1954) [catalog record] include the papers of Antonia Ford Willard (1838-1871), an accused Confederate spy who was a commissioned aide-de-camp to Gen. Jeb Stuart. Her letters discuss the effects of the war on noncombatants, the whereabouts of friends and family in the Confederate army, and her secret romance with and subsequent marriage to Union Maj. Joseph Clapp Willard, who had arrested her for wartime espionage. Additional correspondence, research notes, and clippings about Willard and her part in the Confederate capture of Gen. Edwin Henry Stoughton were assembled by Antonia's daughter-in-law, Belle Layton Wyatt Willard (1873-1954), whose own papers provide important insights into her life as a diplomat's wife and businesswoman involved in her family's extensive real estate and hotel operations.” – catalog summary