Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

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Radcliffe Day(s)

May 17, 2012

In celebration of class reunions and Radcliffe Day, May 25, 2012, the library extends special greetings to Radcliffe alumnae. As the repository for the Radcliffe College Archives, we hold, preserve, and make accessible the documents of Radcliffe’s history. We are always looking to add to our collection. 

Fay HouseFay House

Fay House Reopens after Renovations

May 9, 2012
Radcliffe Archives

On May 3, the Radcliffe Institute celebrated the renovation and reopening of Fay House with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Fay House has been at the heart of Radcliffe College, and now the Institute, since its very earliest days.

Jane Maud CampbellJane Maud Campbell

Celebrating Librarians

April 10, 2012
Manuscript Collections

To celebrate librarians, we are highlighting the papers of Jane Maud Campbell. This small Schlesinger collection is available entirely online through Harvard's Open Collections Program.

Love Letters

February 13, 2012
Manuscripts

While working on collections at the Schlesinger Library, archivists often get to experience the life journey a person or family takes as they go from birth to death with all that happens in between.

Courtsey of the Schlesinger LibraryCourtsey of the Schlesinger Library

From China to Radcliffe and Return

February 9, 2012
Oral History

Dr. Shiu-Ying Hu was interviewed as part of the Chinese American Women Oral History Project.

Photo by Jérôme QuilbeufPhoto by Jérôme Quilbeuf

Carme Ruscalleda, 5-star Michelin Chef, visits Schlesinger Library

November 8, 2011
Culinary Collections

Schlesinger Library had a visit from Carme Ruscalleda, owner/founder/chef of the eponymous restaurant Sant Pau and head chef Jerome Quilbeuf, who are at Harvard to lecture on caramelization in Harvard's Science and Cooking course, came to get acquainted with Schlesinger's rich historical resources on food.

Lyrics to Woman's AmericaLyrics to Woman's America

New Collection Documents the Years Before and After Women’s Suffrage

October 13, 2011
Manuscript Collections
Suffrage

Out of the blue, in March, came a call from the great-granddaughter of Edna Lamprey Stantial. Stantial was for many years archivist of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her name is familiar to those who study that era, but there is no significant collection of her papers anywhere. That made the answer to the question of whether Schlesinger Library would be interested in Stantial's papers easy—yes!

Students and Social Networking – The Old Way

September 9, 2011
Book Postings

Students arriving at Harvard this year with smart phones in hand might not consider how students of yesteryear communicated. In 1914, a Radcliffe student would have read the following in the Red Book (Radcliffe's student handbook).

From One Suffragist to Another

August 9, 2011
Book Postings
Suffrage

The fight for woman suffrage was long and hard-fought by several generations of women. In 1902, Susan B. Anthony inscribed the following to fellow suffragist, Caroline H. Dall in the just completed volume four of The History of Woman Suffrage:

Radcliffe student carrying on in Hopper’s footsteps with a later version of the Mark computerRadcliffe student carrying on in Hopper’s footsteps with a later version of the Mark computer

Profiles in Sound: Tales from Schlesinger’s Oral Historian

July 20, 2011
Manuscript Collections
Oral History

Grace Murray Hopper ("Amazing Grace") was interviewed in Schlesinger Library's Women in the Federal Government Oral History Project. Hopper relates in the interview that as a child she loved taking things like clocks apart and trying to put them back together.

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