Records of the Radcliffe College Library, 1881-1983
Overview
Records of the Radcliffe College Library include correspondence, accession registers, financial accounts, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1983
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Records are closed for 50 years from the date of creation except with the permission of the Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by the Radcliffe College Library is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
28.26 linear feet ((34+1/2 file boxes, 3 card file boxes, 9 folio+ boxes) plus 2 volumes)Series 1. Correspondence and papers, 1927-1950: arranged by subject in folders; chronological arrangement within subject
Series 2. Correspondence, 1900-1911, 1935-1948 re: Radcliffe alumnae publications for exhibition of alumnae books and articles during Harvard's Tercentenary, 1936
Series 3. Accessions registers, 1881-1950; gift of books to the library, 1895-1925; gift files, 1933-1983
Series 4. Morse Music Library, activities and needs, 1939-1949
Series 5. Reference: correspondence and papers, 1929-1965
Series 6. Accounts, 1890-1971
Series 7. Circulation records
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
SEPARATION RECORD
The following items have been removed from the collection:
- Medal removed to Trustees- Possessions Committee File
- Plans removed to RG XXXIII- Buildings and Plans
- Photographs removed to Photographs Files
Processing Information
Series 6 reboxed and updated: September 2016
By: Jenny Gotwals
Updated and additional materials added: June 2018
By: Anne Engelhart
- Title
- Radcliffe College. Library. Records of the Radcliffe College Library, 1881-1983: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Radcliffe College Archives, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01123
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.