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Women -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 402 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Wade Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-049
Abstract

The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

Myriam Waisberg Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-055
Abstract

Myriam Waisberg was a Chilean architectural historian. This collection contains a number of publications, research papers, books and articles written by Waisberg during her career in Chile. Most of her work is dedicated to religious architecture in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile and her work with the University of Chile.

Dates: 1962 - 1993

Maude E. Wallace Letter to Sarah Pitts

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-019
Abstract

This letter was written by Maude E. Wallace of Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, Blacksburg, VA, to Sarah Pitts of George Peabody College, Nashville, TN, on 14 August 1929. Ms. Pitts had been hired to work as an Extension agent, but had not yet begun her duties.

Dates: 1929 - 1929

Watercolor Interior Design, 1934-5 (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_c

Watercolor interior design, "A Moderne Hotel Suite", n.d. (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_a

Watercolor interior design, "New Grade II - Proj I", n.d. (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_b

Rebecca Wood Watkin Architectural Drawings

 File
Identifier: Ms-1995-009
Abstract Rebecca Wood Watkin was born in 1913 in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, and a B. Arch. from the Architecture School of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to the west coast, and worked in other architects' offices during the 1930s and 1940s. She earned her California Architectural license in 1944 and opened her own practice in 1951. The collection consists of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, additions, and new designs of...
Dates: 1940-1989, 2011

Lillian C. Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-016
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence to and from Lillian C. Weaver. Letters are from family, friends and colleagues. There are also photographs, invitations, play and commencement programs, and a brochure for Ms. Weaver's School for Girls.

Dates: c. 1892-1919, n.d.

Pamela Webb Architectural Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-099
Abstract

The Pamela Webb Architectural Collection contains the professional files, architectural drawings, artwork, and photographs of an architect working primarily in Portland, Oregon, during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1950 - 2009

Hilde Weström Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-061
Abstract

This collection contains the paper of Hilde Weström who was born 1912 in Neisse, Upper Silesia, Germany. She was an architect of Berlin, Germany. The materials in the collection include biographical information, articles, photographs of Weström and her designs, and architectural drawings for nine projects (1954-1970).

Dates: 1952 - 2000