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Agnes DeLano correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS2220
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence written by Agnes DeLano to her relatives during her Western European travels between 1925-1935.

Dates: 1925 - 1935

Horizons Theater Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS2371
Abstract

Horizons: Theater from a Woman’s Perspective was an award-winning theater that operated in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area from 1977-2007. This collection contains material relating to the operations of Horizons, as well as its previous iteration, the Pro Femina Theater. The material dates from circa 1972–2015, with the bulk of materials dating from 1980–1989.

Dates: 1972-2015; Majority of material found within 1980-1989

Mount Vernon Seminary and College collection of biographical materials and correspondence with Marjorie Merriweather Post

 Collection
Identifier: MVC0017-MS
Abstract Marjorie Merriweather Post, Founder of the General Foods Corporation, was the First Alumna Trustee of Mount Vernon Seminary and College. She gave untiringly to Mount Vernon Seminary and College, and maintained a lifelong relationship with the school that kept her in constant communication with George Lloyd and later Peter Pelham, Presidents of Mount Vernon Seminary and College. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, invitations, speeches and memorabilia,...
Dates: 1901-1999; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1973

Nancy Sahli gay rights, Capitol Hill N.O.W, and related Washingtoniana papers

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Identifier: MS2386
Abstract Donated by historian and archivist Nancy Sahli, this collection contains fliers, newsletters, articles, letters, postcards, and programs. These materials cover several diverse topics all under the overall subject of the history of Washington DC. These topics include women's rights including records of the Capitol Hill National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Sexuality Task Force, a sub-unit of the D.C. NOW chapter, as well as gay rights topics from Title 34 (D.C.'s law against...
Dates: circa 1905 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1974-1978

National Organization for Women Washington D.C. Chapter and Capitol Hill Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MS2204
Abstract

The material in this collection document the efforts of two chapters the Washington D.C. Chapter and the Capitol Hill Chapter of the National Organization for Women. The material in the collection dates from ca. 1971 to 2023.

Dates: circa 1971-2023; Majority of material found within 1971 - 2023

Ruth Helm Osborn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS2278-UA
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, slides, scrapbooks, articles, audio cassettes, and correspondence related to the work and life of Dr. Ruth Osborn. Dr. Osborn founded and directed the women's continuing education program at GW titled "Developing New Horizons for Women" from 1964 until her retirement in 1979.

Dates: 1956-2005; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1980