Additional Women's Collections: Montana - Wyoming, International

Nebraska State Historical Society, Library/Archives Division
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/index.htm
Has a number of manuscripts from individuals and organizations. The most notable collection are church records, which are arranged by county and church. Some of the records go back to 1850. Other organizational records held include the Nebraska Chapter of American Pen Women and the Lincoln/Omaha YWCA, and the United Servicemen's Organization. No finding aids available on the web page, call for details.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections, Nevada Women's Archives
http://library.nevada.edu/women/
UNLV Special Collections is the southern depository for The Nevada Women's Archive Project. The collection is filled with materials on women in the west. Archival materials include information on political, social, cultural, religious, community and economic issues, as well as the papers of Nan Doughty (1950-1981), teacher and author, and Grace Hays (1900-1989), singer and nightclub owner. Official records from the Gold Field Women's Club are also in the collection.

University of Nevada, Reno Libraries, Special Collections, Nevada Women's Archives
http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/womenarc.html
This repository covers the northern part of Nevada for The Nevada Women's Archive Project. The collections include the records of Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace; the Lyons Clubs Auxiliary; and the papers of politicians, Diana Glomb; Martha Gould; and Frances Hawkins.

New Hampshire Historical Society
http://www.nhhistory.org/
This archives has a number of collections of wide interest, most notably the papers of Mary Baker Eddy. Other holdings include personal papers, diaries, account books and indentures. No online finding aids available.

University of New Hampshire Library, Special Collections
http://www.izaak.unh.edu/specoll/
Though women are not highlighted on this web page, the diversity of New Hampshire women comes to life in this archives. Here you will find the papers of author May Sarton; several Shaker women, including Eleanor Parmenter who lived with the Canterbury Shakers for 13 years during the 1920s and 30s; New Hampshire-born composer Amy Cheney Beach; and 20th century suffragist and pacifist Agnes Edna Ryan. Good descriptions of the collections give you a sense of who these women were and what the archives has.

The United Methodist Church, General Commission on Archives and History
http://www.gcah.org/
Here you will find family papers which include material about women, many of them Methodist missionaries, and institutional records document women's organizations and activities within the church. This repository also hold the records of Church Women United, 1902-2004 (finding aid); other women's collections can be found by searching in the GCAH's Archives Finding Aids Database.

Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/womens_fa/womenhomepage.shtml
This repository's guide, "Women's History Sources: A Guide to Manuscripts and Archival Collections," includes over 200 manuscript collections spanning more than two centuries--which document women's activities in many areas including: politics, social work, labor movements, the arts, club life, and family life. Of note are the records of CIO Women's League of New Jersey, the Consumers' League of New Jersey, Douglass College, and the Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University Libraries Special Collections
http://www.umdnj.edu/librweb/speccoll/special_collections.html
Manuscripts from 20th century women in medicine. The archives includes papers from Lena F. Edwards, MD, first African-American woman to be board-certified as an obstetrician/gynecologist and Rita Sapiro Finkler, MD, an endocrinologist.

Cornell University Library, Rare & Manuscript Collections, Human Sexuality Collection
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HSC/
One of the nation's top collections of primary documents relating to gay and lesbian issues. The collection includes diaries, legal briefs, published written works, art, oral history tapes and more. Of note are the records of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Cornell University, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel/
Records documenting women as workers, labor leaders, arbitrators, or administrators of relevant voluntary organizations are included in this archives. You will find records of the needle trades unions; teachers unions; the National Consumers' League and the Consumers' League of New York; and records of the American Labor Education Service, as well as other workers' education programs, such as the Workers' Education Bureau and the Hudson Shore Labor School. Within these materials you can find records about and by Ida Alter, Florence Kelley, Alice Hamilton and Jane Addams, among others.

Cornell University, Medical Center Archives
http://med.cornell.edu/archives/
A large collection of materials, including records from the CUNY Hospital School of Nursing (1877-1979), the New York Asylum for Lying-In Women (1823-1899), the Women's Medical Association of New York City ( 1902-present), the National Council on Women in Medicine (1982-present) and more.

Lesbian Herstory Archives
http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/
This is the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and our communities. Just a few of the collections of organizational records are: the Butch-Femme Support Group (NY); New York Chapter of the Committee to Free Sharon Kowalski; Astrea National Lesbian Action Foundation; Craftwimmin Mutual Aid Society (East Lansing, MI); Lesbian Teachers Network (Solon, IA); and the Women's Project (Little Rock, AR). Also in the archives are biographical files, subject files, periodicals, and unpublished papers. A telephone call to the LHA volunteers is well worth your time to see if they have something pertinent to your research.

New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org/
This website includes a plethora of information. Of particular note is the Humanities and Social Science Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division. Just a few of the individuals whose papers are housed in this Division are writer, Angela Morgan; social worker and lecturer on China, Maud Russell; and owner and publisher of the New York Post, Dorothy Schiff; in addition there are the records of the Women's Peace Union; New York State Woman Suffrage Party; National American Woman Suffrage Association; National Association for Repeal of Abortion; and the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women; as well as the International Gay Information Center Archives. If you are interested in black women, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division will be of use to you. Also for the arts, check out The Library for the Performing Arts where you will find collections related to Marcella Sembrich; Isadora Duncan; Lillian Moore; Doris Humphrey; Ruth Page; and Rosa Ponselle. The online catalog (CATNYP) for the NYPL spans all these divisions, but of course does not include uncataloged collections.

New York State Archives: Records Relating to Women
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_pgc_women.shtml
State records from the 20th century directly related to women. Issues of note are legislation, women's rights, incarcerated women and much more. Worth exploring.

New York University Archives
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/
Visual and printed materials document women's roles in the University's history. Many collections are from the late 19th and early 20th century, such as the Women's Law Class, Women's Legal Education society and the Women's Advisory Committee which were all formed to promote equity in education opportunities in the NYU law school.

University at Albany, State University of New York Special Collections and Archives
http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/
Features collections ranging from the papers of Marcia J. Brown, illustrator and writer of children's books to papers of a number of intellectuals who were part of the brain drain from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Some of the collections are the papers of authors Vicki Baum, Gabriele Eckehard and Adele Gerhard, as well as those of Frieda Wunderlich, professor of social work. Be sure to check out their subject guide for research on women.

University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/rare.htm
Here in the town where Susan B. Anthony lived you will find several collections related to her. In addition there are materials documenting socialists, abolitionists, Unitarians, and advocates of birth control. There are also a number of organizations represented such as Planned Parenthood, the YWCA, and the American Association of University Women.

Vassar College Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/collections/manuscripts/MssSub/SubjectHeadings.html
A wide range of women are documented in the records and papers held at Vassar, including: Susan B. Anthony, Ruth Benedict, Elizabeth Bishop, Elsie Mary Hill, Helen Druscilla Lockwood and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In addition there are materials such as students' diaries, letters, notebooks, and scrapbooks that document student life at Vassar particularly around the late 1800s, early 1900s.

Duke University Libraries, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/index.html
A fabulous repository with collections on women involved in the civil war, suffrage, labor organizing, the women's liberation movement, the arts, and more. Of note are the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Archives and Periodicals Collection, an extensive collection of zines, primarily by women, girls, and women-identified people, and the papers of many women leaders and grassroots activists.

Duke University Libraries, University Archives
http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/
Records of the University reveal the history of women at Duke. Materials of note are the Frances Acomb Papers, the Ann Firor Scott Papers, the Katherine May Banham Papers, the Ellen Huckabee Papers, the Women's Student Government Association, and the YWCA Records.

University of North Dakota, Department of Special Collections, Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection
http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/oglmain.html
Archives cover the Dakota Territory area, the state, Red River Valley, Grand Forks and the University. You'll find all kinds of records here, ranging from papers from the Bathgate Homemaker's Club, 1940-1984 to the papers of the Pembina County Pioneer Daughters, which contain personal histories, eyewitness accounts and letters from women who settled the Dakota Territory. Many women's groups, such as National Organization of Women state chapter, Women's Literary Club and more are also found here. There are finding aids for some.

American Jewish Archives
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/
This repository has an extremely rich and diverse array of collections from Jewish women's organizations and individual women. The geographic, ideological, and social spectrum represented is impressive. Included are Zionists, anti-suffragists, pioneers in Alaska, Reform organizations, benevolent and aid societies, and more.

Bowling Green State University, Center for Archival Collections: Women's Studies Resources
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/bib/page39460.html
Manuscripts document the involvement of women in the cultural, political, social, and economic growth of northwest Ohio. Many women's organizations are represented, especially religious associations and temperance groups.

Hiram College Archives and Special Collections
http://library.hiram.edu/archives/
Institutional records document co-education at Hiram since the 19th century, and the personal papers of several faculty members, including scientist Grace E. Pickford, give insight into the careers of women academics in the 20th century.

Oberlin College Archives
http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/
A rich array of 19th and 20th century sources, ranging from official college records, to those of organizations such as Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Women's Relief Corps. The archives also contains the personal papers of 80 women.

Wright State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/
A wide variety of collections, ranging from institutional records such as the Women's Relief Corps and the Dayton Federation of Women's Clubs to those of individuals, most notably Alice Griffith Carr, a nurse during WWI, public health administrator and Red Cross nurse in Europe and the near East. Some finding aids are online.

Oklahoma State University Library, Special Collections & University Archives
http://www.library.okstate.edu/scua/index.htm
The Women's Archives at Oklahoma State University holds the records of more than twenty women's organizations and individuals. Of note are collections dealing with women in leadership roles. Included are Jessie Thatcher Bost, Angie Debo, Hannah Atkins, and the Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES).

University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives
http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives
The Congressional Archives at the Carl Albert Center includes the papers of congresswomen Helen Gahagan Douglas and Millicent Hammond Fenwick; as well as several women who were political activists or press secretaries.

Oregon State University Archives
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/
The University Archives houses collections pertaining to women within its institutional records and its manuscripts collections. The bulk of the materials document the activities of alumna, faculty and staff from the late 19th century to the present. Of note are materials about women's cooperative housing, such as the records of Co-Resident Women, Inc. (1943-1985), and Azalea House (1953-1970).

Bryn Mawr College, Special Collections Department
http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/speccoll/
Of particular interest are the Bryn Mawr College Archives, which consist of nearly 3,000 linear feet of records from the 19th and 20th centuries documenting the history of the College. And the manuscripts, which include materials documenting the women's suffrage movement and 19th century feminism. A guide to the collections is useful, and links to available finding aids.

Soroptimist International of the Americas' Archives
http://www.soroptimist.org/
The home of the official records of the Soroptimist International of the Americas, The Soroptimist Foundation, and Venture Clubs of the Americas. Also of interest are papers of some of the organization's leaders.

Swarthmore College Peace Collection
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/
Documented here is the role of women in social reform and peace movements from the 1850s to the present. You will find records of organizations such as, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section; Women Strike for Peace; and the Peoples Mandate; as well as the personal papers of: Jane Addams; Mildred Scott Olmstead; and Dorothy Detzer.

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives
http://www.library.temple.edu/urbana/
In Philadelphia, houses a plethora of collections from and about women's issues. A notable organizational collection is the official records, correspondence and other items from the Reed Street Neighborhood House, which was open for business from 1915-1966. Other organizations represented include extensive records from a number of different chapters of the YWCA, the Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 1923-84 and others. An oral history collection with an extensive index (by name) will help you find just the person you're looking for. Many of the manuscripts have on-line finding aids. When searching for groups or individuals on this page, keep in mind that many women's records are sprinkled under other headings.

University of Pennsylvania, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/default.htm
An extensive archives of a traditionally female profession. The holdings include the records of hospitals, schools of nursing, nursing alumni associations, professional and military associations, and personal papers.

Brown University Archives
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/collections/archives/
Brown University Archives in the John Hay Library contains records of women's progress at Brown, from records from 1891 with the Women's College to Pembroke College (1928) to the merger of Pembroke and Brown in 1971. In addition to official records, the collection includes diaries and oral histories of alumnae. No online finding aids available on this site.

University of South Carolina, South Caroliniana Library, Manuscripts Division
http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/
A large collection of personal papers from women including Edith M. Dabbs, a journalist, author and historian from 1906-71 and Hilla Sheriff, a public health doctor, particularly because she practiced from 1922-1940. Sheriff's observations about women in the medical field and the state of health care in the south east during the early to middle part of the twentieth century are valuable. The archives also has a number of organizational collections, including YWCA records from 1917 to the present and local records of the Daughters of the American Colonists and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Lots of finding aids.

Winthrop University, Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections
http://www.winthrop.edu/dacus/about/Archives/archivesdept.htm
Includes holdings from South Carolina and the Catawba region. A women's college form 1886-1974, Winthrop archives has a wealth of collections of and about women. Organizational records include the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs (1899 to present) and the state and local records of the National Organization for Women. Among the personal papers are Mary Elizabeth Frayser (1875-1968), a home economist and club woman and Juanita Willmon Goggins, the first black female state representative ever elected in South Carolina. The directories of each collection are detailed and helpful.

Black Hills State University Library, Case Library of Western Historical Studies
http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/specialcollections/case.cfm
A number of organizational and personal collections, including the Black Hills Federation of Women's Clubs from 1940-65 and the Carolee H. Jeffries Collection, which contains the records of three prominent families of the Black Hills area. No finding aids, but there are some good descriptions of the collections.

South Dakota State Archives: Women's History Resources
http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/arc_womn.htm
Loads of collections, organizational and private, which outline the history of women in the South Dakota territory, and later, state. Some of the collections are small, one page or so, but some are treasure troves. One notable collection is the papers of Mary Clementine Collins, a Congregational Minister to the Lakota from 1875-1910. You'll also find organizational records from the Dickens Club of Pierre, General Federation of Women's Clubs of South Dakota and many, many more. No formal finding aids here, but the descriptions of each collection in the Women's History Resources Guide should help.

University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries, Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.utk.edu/spcoll/
Focusing on Tennessee in particular and the Southeast in general, Hoskins Library has a number of women's collections. Notable collections include the papers of Judge Sue K. Hicks, member of the prosecution of the Scopes Trial and Virginia Pearl Moore, of the first home demonstration agents in the U.S. Scan the manuscripts list for the women's collections.

Amon Carter Museum, Library and Archives
http://www.cartermuseum.org/libarch_resources_set.html
The manuscript collections in this art museum's archives include the papers of photographers Clara Sipprell, Carlotta Corpron, Nell Dorr, Laura Gilpin, and Helen Post.

Catholic Archives of Texas
http://www.onr.com/user/cat/cathol95.html
Mostly men here, but you can find women in the Religious Orders Collection.

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
http://www.drtl.org/
The archives at and for the Alamo. Collections include the Battle of Flowers Association Records, Sallie Ward Beretta family papers, Sibyl Browne papers and Ann Fears Crawford papers. Great for a look into San Antonio's past.

Our Lady of the Lake University, Archives
http://lib.ollusa.edu/libinfo/info/collections.htm
The archives holds records from Las Hermanas, an organization of Mexican-American Catholic women religious, and the personal papers of former San Antonio City Council member Maria A. Berriozabal.

Rice University, Fondren Library, Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives
http://library.rice.edu/collections/WRC/WRC%20Special%20Collections_Archives/
Within some of the family papers you will find the letters of Texas women, also there are several collections which include the letters of the wives of Union and Confederate soldiers. The letters may be found in the Fondren Library at the Woodson Research Center in the manuscripts, not the archives. Of note are the papers of Hallie Rienzi Flint who wrote for Houston Post under pseudonym Harriot Russell Thomas, and Ruth Young McGonigle, the first woman graduate from Rice Institute's School of Architecture.

Southern Methodist University, DeGolyer Library
http://www.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/
A collecting focus on the Archives of Women of the Southwest has created a focus on the leadership and contributions of women to their communities. Also here are the papers of Nell Goodrich DeGolyer who was instrumental in establishing a Dallas Chapter for Planned Parenthood.

Southwestern University, Smith Library Center, Special Collections
http://www.southwestern.edu/library/special-collections/special-collections.html
Special Collections holds the papers of suffragist and businessperson Jessie Daniel Ames, and those of Bertha McKee Dobie, wife of the author J. Frank Dobie.

Texas Tech University, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library: Women in Texas
http://swco.ttu.edu/Reference/Collections/Bibliographies/women.htm
A must stop for researchers of Texas women's history. Holdings include the papers of Hermine Dalkowitz Tobolowsky, "Mother of the Texas ERA,"; Amy Freeman Lee, humanitarian and author; and the records of the League of Women Voters of Texas, which is the successor organization to the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.

Texas Woman's University Libraries, Woman's Collection
http://www.twu.edu/library/wom/wm_index.htm
Holdings focus on the organizations formed by and for women in Texas and in the Southwest. Of note are the records of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, Delta Kappa Gamma, the Texas branch of American Association of University Women and the Texas Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. The collection also contains the personal papers of Sarah Weddington, and other well known Texans.

University of Houston Libraries, Special Collections
http://info.lib.uh.edu/libraries/sca/index.html
This archives includes the records of the Houston Area Women's Center and a collection of materials relating to the National Women's Year Conference, held in Houston in 1977. A listing of all the finding aids that relate to the Women's Archives materials that are held by Special Collections is also available.

University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, Archives and Special Collections: Women and Gender project
http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/WomenGender/index.html
The strength of this growing archives is women's organizations and women in South Texas and San Antonio. Significant papers are those of the first woman to represent San Antonio in the Texas state legislature, Laura Burleson Negley, and the records of many local divisions of organizations such as the Woman's Club, the Pan American Round Table, Church Women United, Planned Parenthood, and the National Organization for Women.

University of Utah, Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library
http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/mss/subject.html
A substantial and diverse resource for research on women in Utah--many of the women are neither Mormon nor Euro-American. The list of women's history collections includes the papers of individual women as well as family papers, and organizational records. Some collections of note are: the papers of Democratic party leader Jean M. Westwood and the papers Mary Jane Mount Tanner who was an early convert to the Mormon Church and participated in the 1847 exodus to Utah.

University of Vermont Libraries, Speciall Collections
http://library.uvm.edu/about/specialcollections/
A number of women's collections here, including records of the state Association of American University Women from 1920-89, the state chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union from 1874-1978 and others. Personal collections include that of Genieve Lamson (1887-1966), a geography professor at Vassar and a suffragist.

The Library of Virginia
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
This is the commonwealth's state library and archives. It includes local, state and private papers. To find manuscript material--not government records--use the online Archives and Manuscripts Catalog. Materials found here include the personal papers of women, records from women's auxiliaries in churches and other organizations and club records. Of note are the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.

Old Dominion University Libraries, Special Collections, Manuscripts: Women's History
http://www.lib.odu.edu/special/manuscripts/women.htm
Regional Virginia women's history is reflected in collections that document a home for unwed mothers; gender roles in Norfolk, Virginia during the 1930's; an interracial organization established to address problems within the local Afro-American community; and the first non-hospital ship in the U.S. Navy to receive women officers.

Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/index.html
A varied selection of women activist's organizational records. The collection includes records from the Equal Suffrage League and the Virginia League of Women Voters, as well as records from the Roanoake Valley Young Women's Christian Association. The personal papers of Adele Clark and others are also in the archives.

Virginia Tech University Libraries, International Archive of Women in Architecture
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/
Loaded with information on women architects. You'll find the papers of over 140 notable architects, urban planners and designers, including Elsa Leviseur and Rosaria Piomelli. The records of the Association of Women in Architecture are also here.

Virginia Tech University Libraries, Special Collections: Women's History Manuscript Guides
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/women/wmnunidx.htm
The papers of many Virginia families and women are located in the Special Collections department. Many of the manuscripts here relate to the Civil War and the activities of clubwomen. The collections listed in the women's history research guide reflect the holdings of Virginia Tech's Special Collections department and their International Archive of Women in Architecture.

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections: Manuscript Collections
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/collections/manuscripts/
The focus here is the Pacific Northwest. Not all the collections are listed on the site, but of the finding aids available a few have materials related to women. Of note are the collections related to Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Many of these family papers document the daily life and experience of women within the detention camps.

Marshall University Libraries, Special Collections
http://www.marshall.edu/library/speccoll/default.asp
Collections focus mainly on Huntington, West Virginia and the surrounding areas. Many organizational records are here, including Women's City Club records from 1900-1986. the League of Women Voters and more. Among the personal papers of women are those of Anne Heacock, which are located in the Whittaker-Glanville Family Papers. Heacock was a teacher at the Penn School for freed slaves in Beaufort, S.C. from 1864-69.

Marquette University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives: Sources on the History of Women
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/women.html
Here you will discover both manuscript collections and university archives of importance to Catholic women's history. Of note are the collections which document the contributions of Catholic women in promoting basic human rights, interracial justice, women's rights, and world peace, and in responding to the immediate needs of the poor. Included are the records of the Institute of Women Today, the National Coalition of American Nuns, the Women's Ordination Conference, and the Sister Formation Conference, and the personal papers of Dorothy Day, Penny Lernoux, Sr. Margaret Ellen Traxler, and Carmelite poet Jessica Powers.

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Libraries, Archives: Women's History Collections
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/arch/womenak.htm
This repository is part of the network of Area Research Centers in Wisconsin (see WHS description), but its holdings warrant being highlighted separately. The women's history collections in this repository are extensive and diverse. Of note are the papers of many Wisconsin families and women who were active in issues from abolition to settlement houses. Also included are the records of a rich array of organizations like the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations of Milwaukee, the League of Women Voters of Greater Milwaukee (Wis.), and the National Association of Women in Construction, Milwaukee Chapter 105.

The Wisconsin Historical Society
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
The Wisconsin Historical Society is huge and the range of materials you will find includes a number of records of local and state groups, ranging from peace groups to study clubs. The holdings of the Society are geographically dispersed in thirteen Area Research Centers, and the State Historical Society in Madison. Manuscript collections of regional interest and governmental records for the region are housed at the Area Research Centers. The catalog which unites the holdings of the different repositories is ArCat -- this is the best place to start your search and it will indicate the location of the materials you find. A list of the Area Research Centers is provided so that you can check the websites of each location.

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center
hhttp://ahc.uwyo.edu/
You will find collections about women under Collection Guides and Finding Aids, and by using the online catalog. A "Guide to Women's History Resources" is available for purchase at the Collection Guides page. In it you will find that the AHC has a rich collection of papers from women journalists, environmental activists, and politicians. Of note are the papers of Nellie Taylor Ross (the first woman governor in the United States) and actress Barbara Stanwyck.

British Columbia Archives (Canada)
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm
The government records located here include, documents regarding women and the legal system, women and education, and women and work; non-governmental materials include the personal papers of artist Emily Carr which are in the Parnall Collection. Note: On this web page, "textual records" refers to what American English speakers think of as "archives and manuscripts."

London School of Economics and Political Science Library, Archives (UK)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/
Holdings include the archives of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom, the Women's Co-operative Guild, the papers of Eileen Palmer, a birth control pioneer and the Hall-Carpenter archives, an archives of gay and lesbian activism since 1958.

Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives (Canada)
http://www.clga.ca/
This archives has the records of lots of gay and lesbian organizations, including the Woman's Common of Metropolitan Toronto. You also get a lesson in archives terminology.

University of Cambridge, Girton College Library and Archive (UK)
http://www-lib.girton.cam.ac.uk/
This British college archives holds institutional records which include material on nineteenth century feminism, women's higher education and women's social history, from the early nineteenth century to the present.

International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (The Netherlands)
http://www.iiav.nl/eng/iiav/
This repository holds the records of women's organizations and the papers of individual women from 1870 to the present day, and reflects the character and history of the Dutch women's movement.

University of Manchester, John Rylands University Library, Special Collections (UK)
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/
This repository has both primary and secondary sources documenting the role of women in the Methodist church in Great Britain. Primary sources include letters and spiritual testimonies by women from every social class, manuscripts of prominent female Methodists and evangelicals, and the papers of ‘The Mother of Methodism', Susanna Wesley (1670-1742). This homepage offers a lot of information for researchers interested in Methodist church women.

London Metropolitan University, The Women's Library (UK)
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
The collections here encompass feminism, work, education, health, the family, law, arts, science, language, sexuality, fashion and the home. The emphasis is on Britain, but there are good collections from the Commonwealth, and former British colonies as well.

The National Archives of Ireland
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
Not only official government records, but also a wide variety of business records from trade unions and social service agencies are held by this repository. Of note are, hospital and prison records, particularly the General Prisons Board Suffragette Papers; and employment records, such as the Dublin Laundry Company (which had an almost exclusively female workforce).

The National Library of Australia, Manuscripts
http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/
Finding aids can be accessed a number of ways here. If you look under "Subject/Occupation" you will find a listing for "Feminism & Feminists." Here you will find an extensive collection of papers, including those from noted Australian feminists Robyn Archer and Drusilla Modjeska. Additionally a search for "women" will produce a number of hits, including the records from the National Council of Women of Australia and other organizations.

Oxford University, St. Hilda's College, College Archive (UK)
http://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=338
Holdings include organizational records and personal papers from the first two principals of the college, Ester Elizabeth Burrows (1893-1910) and her daughter, Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows (1910-1919), administrative records from the college, (1893-present) and records of campus organizations such as the Pym Society.

University of Huddersfield, Computing and Library Services, Archives (UK)
http://www.hud.ac.uk/cls-bin/cls.pl?c=98/100/88/89
A few collections dealing with women's education and women and the Labour Party.

University of Melbourne Archives (Australia)
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/
In the past several decades records relating to women have become a focus of this archives. Holdings appear to be mostly from women's organizations and include: the Women's Electoral Lobby; the Abortion Law Reform Association; the Australian Women's Cricket Council; the Women's Committee of Australian Labor Party; and the Female Confectioners' Union. Also listed is a collection of Helen Casey's photographs of women at work.

Wellcome Library, Archives and Manuscripts (UK)
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/archmss.html
Holds numerous collections from women health care professionals, and also documents the views of patients through letters from women (and men) to doctors. Particularly interesting are the letters about sex and birth control written to birth control advocate Marie Stopes and natural childbirth proponent Grantly Dick Read.