Women -- History
Found in 397 Collections and/or Records:
Martha Ann Hite Tant Genealogy Records
Photocopies of genealogical research and records, including family Bible records, family group sheets, and pedigree charts relating to ancestors of Martha Ann Hite Tant, including the Agee, Brown, Davenport, Davidson, Floyd, Haden, Harman, Hite/Hight, Linkous, Marrs, May, Mills, Owen(s), Preston, Salmon(s), Scott, Shelton, and Trollinger families, of Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and elsewhere.
Mildred Tate Letter
The collection consists of a letter from Mildred Tate to Mrs. Gillette inviting her to a dinner at the Hillcrest Dormitory on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
"That Exceptional One: Women in American Architecture, 1888-1988," Exhibition
This collection includes a traveling exhibit created by the American Architectural Foundation of the American Institute of Architects about women in American architecture. The exhibit starts with Louise Bethune, who in 1888 was the first woman to join the AIA. Materials include exhibit panels, planning documents and research for the creation of the exhibit.
Thursday Book Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Records
Records--including meeting minutes and book lending cards--of the Thursday Book Club, organized by women residents (originally under the name Round Dozen Book Club) of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1928.
Fanny W. Tinsley Memoirs
Typescript memoir by Fanny W. Tinsley regarding her American Civil War experiences during the Union occupation of her Hanover County, Virginia neighborhood and the ensuing Battle of Mechanicsville.
Susana Torre Architectural Collection
After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers
Transverse Section and Elevation,"Villa de Plinio", June 1985 (Ms2001-021)
Olive Treat Diary
This collection contains the diary of Olive Treat, a resident of Chicago and New York, and wife of mining venture capitalist Harry W. Treat. Entries focus on trips to New York and British Columbia, social activities, and husband's mining business
Paula Treder Architectural Collection
Paula Treder operated her own architectural firm in South Carolina. This collection contains selected professional papers from her projects, including drawings, photographs, and project documents related to Treder's professional and design activities.