Women -- History
Found in 399 Collections and/or Records:
Letter, Milton S. Koontz to Sister [Nellie], Trenches near Petersburg [Va.], November 8, 1864 (Ms1984-172)
Letter, M.K. to Pvt. G.W. Koontz, October 10, 1864 (Ms1984-172)
Letter, Samuel Riggs, Camp McIntosh [Va.], February 19, 1863 (Ms1984-172)
Letter, Samuel Wightman to Friends, Jan 12, 1864 (Ms1984-172)
Elsa Leviseur Architectural Collection
Elsa Leviseur was born in 1932 and practiced architecture and landscape architecture in South Africa, England, and California. Her projects include designs for the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in California. Papers consist of files, photographs, specifications, and architectural drawings of designs done mostly in the 1980s.
Lincoln-Look Family Papers
This collection contains the correspondence of Nathan L. (1819-1909) and Sarah A. B. Lincoln Look (1826-1857), who settled in Virginia in the 1840s and lived in Loudoun, Botetourt, Montgomery, and Smyth counties. There is also correspondence with other members of the Lincoln and Look families in Massachusetts and New York; together with transcripts and summaries of the letters; and a few pieces of miscellanea.
Linocut print, Melita Rodeck Christmas Card, nd (Ms1992-028)
List, Absentees from Co. G. 23 Regiment, VA, n.d. (Ms1984-172)
Litchfield Family Household Ledger,
The collection consists of a handwritten collection of recipes, household accounts, and schoolwork from Litchfield family of Abingdon, Virginia. In addition to recipes for pickles and preserving, cakes, puddings, breads, and meats, there are also directions for home products like furniture polish, and lists of greenhouse plants.
Look Family Papers
This collection contains the papers of the Look family of Wyoming, New York and Marion, Virginia, including correspondence of women's suffragist Susan Look Avery and other family members; cartes-de-visite of Avery and daughter Lydia Avery Coonley; photographs of "Hillside," the Avery family home in Wyoming, New York; and a brochure of the Susan Look Avery Club of Wyoming, New York.