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Radcliffe College Archives

This collection chronicles Radcliffe College from its beginning as the Harvard Annex, in 1879, through 1999, the year the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was founded.

Three Radcliffe students sitting in the apple tree
Radcliffe students in the apple tree, 1900-1904. Radcliffe College Archives. Hollis #: olvwork361603
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Research Guide: Radcliffe College Archives Digital Collections Research Guide: Radcliffe College Suffrage A Century to Celebrate: Radcliffe College, 1879–1979 Yards and Gates: Gender in Harvard and Radcliffe History Harvard-Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf

The archives are a rich resource for the study of women in higher education, the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship, and the lives of the many remarkable women who attended or were affiliated with Radcliffe College.

The archives provide information about the administration, students, and alumnae and also document the Bunting Institute and Radcliffe Seminars.

The collection contains both published and unpublished materials.

Three Radcliffe students sitting in the apple tree
Group of women participating in War Bond Parade
Founding of the Women's Archives at Radcliffe College
Group of Radcliffe students taking midyear exams
Scrapbook of Lucia R. Briggs
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Betty Friedan at Second Women's March Betty Friedan at Second Women's March Betty Friedan at podium Betty Friedan, seated with copies of her book Portrait of Betty Friedan working at a desk with a typewriter Portrait of Betty Friedan in Junior High School

Betty Friedan

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Portrait of Florynce Kennedy speaking at California State University

Florynce Kennedy

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Group of women attending NOW conference in Houston Group of women attending NOW conference in Houston Group portrait of NOW founders at NOW's organizing conference in Washington, DC Women at National ERA March Women holding NOW and "Lesbian Rights" signs at Lake Worth Gay/Lesbian Pride event People attending the NOW demonstration

Records of the National Organization for Women

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Portrait of Murray seated in front of a Magnolia tree Portrait of Murray Portrait of Murray seated in front of a Magnolia tree Portrait of Pauli Murray Pauli Murray standing in front of a microphone, reading from Dark Testament and Other Poems Portrait of Murray wearing her clerical collar

Pauli Murray

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Portrait of Susan B. Anthony Portrait of Susan B. Anthony Portraits of Stanton and Anthony together Susan B. Anthony seated, and reading a book Susan B. Anthony and others, possibly members of the Anthony family, on porch Side profile portrait of Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

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Portrait of Dorothy West, seated in chair on a deck Dorothy West autographs a book at the book party held at Reckling Studio in her honor Dorothy West in her New York City apartment. West is seated on a couch, holding a pad of paper on her lap Dorothy West standing in front of a pier at Oak Bluffs beach on Martha's Vineyard Portrait of Dorothy West seated at her writing desk

Dorothy West

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Alice Paul Papers Schlesinger Olvwork20002619 Portrait of Paul, holding a book Alice Paul Papers Schlesinger Olvwork20002619 Portrait of Alice Paul Anna Wiley telephoning Doris Stevens accompanied by other women Photograph of Alice Paul sewing stars on the suffrage flag as others look on

Alice Paul

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June Jordan seated in front of bookcase June Jordan seated outdoors in grass June Jordan seated in front of bookcase June Jordan, on far right, with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Nana Maynard, Ntzoke Shange, Vertamae Grosvenor and others

June Jordan

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Group portrait of Black Women Oral History Project Advisory Board Portrait of Rosa Parks Group portrait of Black Women Oral History Project Advisory Board Portrait of Ozeline Wise Portrait of Dorothy Height Portrait of Eva B. Dykes

Black Women Oral History Project

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Portrait of Maud Wood Park Portrait of Maud Wood Park Gathering in front of the National American Woman Suffrage Association headquarters on the arrival of Jeannette Rankin in Washington as the first U. S. Congresswoman Portrait of Maud Wood Park wearing cap and gown Maud Wood laying on rock, outdoors Group portrait of eight women holding a sign listing the planks to be presented by the NLWV to the Democratic Platform Committee. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs (left) and Maud Wood Park (right) are holding the sign

Maud Wood Park Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection

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Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger Olvwork402250 Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger Olvwork402250 Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger Olvwork402242 Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger Olvwork402258 Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger Olvwork402235 Shirley Graham Du Bois Papers Schlesinger 16237435 9

Shirley Graham Du Bois

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