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Women’s Resource Guide Sources of Information Relating to Women Austin History Center Austin Public Library Compiled by Sarah Stevens May, 2010 Revised and updated by Susan Rittereiser September, 2017 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Austin History Center is to provide customers with information about the history and current events of Austin and Travis County by collecting, organizing, and preserving research materials and assisting in their use. The collections of the Austin History Center contain valuable research materials that document the lives and activities of Austin women from primarily the mid-19th century to the present time. The materials in this resource guide are arranged by collection unit. Within each collection unit, items are arranged in shelf-list order. Note, all category listings are by no means exhaustive or complete. Rather, they are meant to highlight a selection of collections that could be of value or interest to researchers investigating history related to women in the Austin/Travis County area. Austin History Center Women’s Resource Guide 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Archives & Manuscripts................................................................................................................................... 4 Oversize Archives………………………………………………………………………………... 27 Austin Files – Subject………........................................................................................................................ 28 Austin Files – Biography………………………....................................................................................... 41 Austin Files – House/Building...................................................................................................................... 51 General Collection........................................................................................................................................... 52 Recording Collection – Audio....................................................................................................................... 64 Periodicals......................................................................................................................................................... 70 Austin History Center Women’s Resource Guide 3 ARCHIVES & MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION The Archives and Manuscripts Collection contains primary research materials about people, organizations, governments, and businesses in Austin and Travis County. The collections below are arranged by call number. For detailed information about specific collections, please refer to the archives finding aids located in the AHC Reading Room. You may also browse and search the AHC’s archival collections by visiting: http://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/archives. Some finding aids are also available through Texas Archival Resources Online: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/index.html. AR.A.001 Pease-Graham-Niles Papers, 1834 – 1972 Includes the correspondence between Lucadia Pease, wife of Texas Governor Elisha Marshal Pease, and her family in Connecticut, as well as the correspondence of her daughters Carrie and Julia; drawings of Julia Maria Pease; correspondence with friend and noted sculptress Elisabet Ney; Lucadia’s voluminous correspondence to family members back east documents the early life of women living in Austin during the 1850s-1890s. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.A.002 Rebecca J. Fisher Papers, 1847 – 1923 Correspondence, calling cards, invitations, creative works, and financial records document the community and political involvement of “The Mother of Texas”; includes letters from sculptress Elisabet Ney. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.A.007 Ruth and Hal Bybee Papers, 1939 – 1955 Documents the civic activities of activist Ruth Bybee; includes correspondence, minutes, financial material, brochures, and reports related to AISD, YWCA, and the Austin Community Chest and Council. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.A.015 Wagner-Williams Papers, 1883 – 1944 Includes registers from Minnie Wood Wagner’s rooming house and from her grandmother Sarah Caroline Williams Granberry House. AR.A.016 Emily Numbers Papers Includes a ledger from the Numbers School, minutes of the Teachers of West Austin, a sketchbook, and teaching certificates. AR.A.020 McNeill-Hume Family Papers Includes materials related to Winfred McNeil’s time at the Training Camp for Nurses at Vassar College during World War I. Austin History Center Women’s Resource Guide 4 AR.C.001 Collins Papers, 1842 – 1963 Includes correspondence and creative writing documenting Edna Collins’ career as a painter; includes correspondence of her mother Helena Gertrude Collins, a prominent Austin musician. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.C.003 Gardner Papers, 1900 – 1956 Box 2 documents the community involvement of Elizabeth Fromme Gardner from 1941 to 1956: Austin Community Guidance Center, Texas Society for Mental Hygiene, the Federated Women’s Club, and Zeta Tau Alpha. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.D.004 Spence Papers, 1880 - 1890 Includes correspondence of Margaretta Deaderick to her son, including a letter that describes coming to Texas. AD.D.009 Brackenridge, LaPrelle, and Talbot Family Papers, 1839 – 1955 Includes correspondence of Eleanor Brackenridge LaPrelle (1837-1924) and her childhood diary from 1896. She was an advocate for women’s rights both in Texas and nationally. She was among the first women to sit on the governing board of a Texas university, the College of Industrial Arts, a state- supported college for women which later became Texas Woman’s University and was active in many clubs including the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Texas Mothers' Congress, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Presbyterian Church. She was a firm believer in prohibition and a strong supporter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.E.004 Jane Yelvington Legette McCallum Papers, 1815-1967 Papers document the women’s suffrage movement in Texas and its history, McCallum’s personal and professional life, and Minnie Fisher Cunningham’s political life after suffrage. Fisher Cunningham was a colleague in the suffrage movement and a close personal friend of McCallum’s. She was active for decades in both national and Texas state politics. In 1928, Cunningham became the first woman from Texas to run for the United States Senate. The collection includes over 35,000 items, with materials relating to the Texas Woman Suffrage Association, Texas Equal Suffrage Association, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association. It also includes material documenting McCallum’s tenure as the first Texas female Secretary of State (under Dan Moody), participation in governors’ races, her involvement in Austin politics, specifically on the first Austin City Planning Commission and the Women's Committee on Educational Freedom, and her weekly Austin American-Statesman column, “Women and Her Ways”. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. Austin History Center Women’s Resource Guide 5 AR.E.006 Urbantke Family Papers, 1870 – 1956 Includes materials relating to Elsie Urbantke and Hilda Urbantke; two scrapbooks document Hilda’s involvement in golf, and another scrapbook documents Elsie’s education at UT medical school and her war service. AR.H.001 Carrington Papers, 1845 – 1990 Includes letters written by Martha Hill Carrington to her husband Leonides Carrington while she was waiting to deliver her first child. AR.H.004 Austin City Council PTA Association Records, 1919 – 1990 Includes minutes (dating back to 1919), correspondence, printed materials, financial documents, and maps documenting the ACC-PTA, an umbrella organization for Austin PTA groups. AR.H.006 Mary Kennerly Cloud Papers, 1840 – 1951 Personal papers include correspondence, “Bill of Sale for a Negro Girl” (1840), manuscripts and notes, printed materials, invitations, and brochures; business papers include those related to the Texas Republic Museum (1892 – 1949), the Texas Centennial (1924 – 1937), and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (1930s – 1940s). A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.H.008 Hart Family Papers, 1794-1984 The Harts are an Austin family whose involvement in Travis County politics and civic life span over five generations. Material related to Katherine Drake Hart (1905- 2000), first curator/manager of the Austin Travis County Collection (now the Austin History Center) is included. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online. AR.H.016 Brooke Papers Includes two compositions written by Florence Ralston Brooke in 1875; also includes a diary kept by her mother H. Ralston at the time of her coming to America in 1834. AR.H.037 Elisabet Ney vs. Reinhold: Haschke Documents, 1895 – 1899 Contains documents relating to a lawsuit between Ney, the sculptor, and Haschke. AR.J.006 Elisabet Ney Papers, 1892-1905 The collection is composed of letters written by sculptor Elisabet Ney during the time she lived and worked in Austin, Texas, 1892-1905. A guide to the collection