Women's Resource Guide | Austin History Center

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

Austin History Center Women’s Resource Guide

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INTRODUCTION

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.

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.


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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


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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.

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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.






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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.






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AR.N.004 Housewives League of Austin Records, 1917-1920 Organizational records related to issues post WW I including the Milk Fund, child welfare work, the city’s ordinance defining food safety and products, sanitation and the water supply.

AR.O.001 Twentieth Century Study Club Papers, 1936-1990 The Twentieth Century Study Club formed in the fall of 1936 by twelve women interesting in creating a study club with the objective to promote culture and mutual improvement through the study of various types of literature. The collection contains meeting minutes, club yearbooks and three scrapbooks that span the years 1936 to 1990.


AR.O.004 American History Club Records, 1893-2005 The American History Club was formed in Austin in 1893 by eight women for the study of American History. The collection is composed of research papers on various topics in American History written and presented by members during club meetings as well as minutes, financial records, correspondence and printed material. It also contains documents that reflect activities in special civic projects and with affiliate organizations including the Austin Women's Club, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs.


AR.P.009 Ava Crofford “Portraits of Women” Photograph Collection, 1978 A collection of 50 photographs of notable women. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.R.012 Women’s Equality Day Papers, 1973 – 1979 Documents the Women’s Equality Day project, which commemorated women winning the right to vote and chronicled the history of suffrage and women’s rights in Austin; includes materials related to Ann Richards, Liz Carpenter, Ada Simond, Sarah Weddington, and Ruthe Winegarten, along with many women’s organizations. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.S.012 Mary Jane Bode Papers, 1977 – 1980 Documents the political life of Bode, her campaigns, and her legislative career; includes letters, diaries, campaign materials, speeches, newsletters, phone records, and financial documents.






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AR.V.006 Mary Starr Barkley Papers, 1836– 1981 Correspondence, notes, printed material, photographs, creative works, manuscripts, and scrapbooks document activities of Mary “Mamie” Barkley, author, activist and local historian. Barkley wrote predominantly about Austin and surrounding communities and often referred to herself as a “housewife-historian”. Her book, History of Travis County and Austin: 1839-1899 remains one of the few comprehensive publications related to Austin for that time period. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.W.002 The Dorothy and Terrell Blodgett Papers, 1947-2012 Part of this collection documents Dorothy’s work as a respected freelance writer and promotional professional beginning in the 1950s. She worked with J. J. "Jake" Pickle (then in public relations) and George Christian on Price Daniel's 1956 gubernatorial campaign. This began a long time association, both professional and personal, with Pickle. She went on to work for three

Texas governors: John Connally, Mark White and Bill Clements. She also

taught in the journalism departments at Baylor University and the University of Texas in the 1960s. She was a member of many organizations over the years, including the Austin History Center Association, the Texas Oral History Association, the Texas State Historical Association, the University Ladies Club and Theta Sigma Phi, the fraternity for Women in Journalism (later named Women in Communication, Inc.).


AR.W.003 Jean Mather Papers, 1957-1985 Long-time South Austin resident involved in neighborhood planning, city planning and environmental concerns. Her papers consist of meeting minutes and agendas, newsletter and mailing drafts, newspaper clippings, and proposed zoning-change announcements that document her involvement with the South River City Citizens (SRCC), the Women's Environmental Coalition (WE Care Austin), and other local organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.X.009 Austin Art League – Group V Records, 1927 – 1977 Includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, by-laws, and other printed materials; related materials in Austin Art League Group I Records (AR.1991.027) and Group III Records (AR.1991.031).





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AR.Z.001 Eloise Roach Papers, 1853 – 1980s Roach’s professional life as a translator, educator, and writer is documented; she is known for translating the work of Nobel Laureate Juan Ramon Jiminez, particularly Platero y Yo (Platero and I). Correspondence, printed materials, and photographs are included. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.Z.002 Orr, Huberich and Barton Family Papers, 1864 – 1965 This collection includes correspondence of Laura Orr, Bess Evans, Laura “Lollie” (Orr) Huberich, and May Bessie (Huberich) Gibson; Lollie Huberich’s correspondence documents her divorce, the school she established, “Mrs. Hubert’s School” on the grounds of the family home on Pearl Street, and May Bessie Gibson’s correspondence documents life during World War II. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.Z.006 Ada Simond Papers, 1892 - 1979 Photographs, legal material and manuscripts document the work of African-American writer and educator Ada Simond. The bulk of the collection concerns the Let’s Pretend series of children’s books written by Simond about a young African-American girl and her family growing up in Austin during the early twentieth century. Many of the photographs in the series are from the AHC’s photograph collection. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.Z.010 Purcell Family Papers, 1805-1985 Materials gathered by Mabelle and Stuart Purcell for two manuscripts authored by Mabelle, Two Texas Female Seminaries and This is Texas (co-authored with Stuart). After receiving her bachelor’s degree in 1936, Mabelle and her family moved with her family to Austin, later acquiring a master’s degree in educational psychology from UT in 1951. Mabelle worked as a teacher at the Texas School for the Deaf and also developed an interest about the history of education in Texas, later authoring This is Texas (1977) and Two Texas Female Seminaries (1951).

AR.Z.011 Austin Women in Architecture Papers Administrative records document the activities of the organization from its creation in 1983 to 1986.





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AR.1991.005 Ruth Bain Papers, 1954 – 1991 Ruth Bain was a physician, professor, and an active participant in community organizations, including the Travis County Medical Society, Soroptimist International Club, the Zonta Club, the YWCA, and the Austin Council for Retarded Children. She served as the first female president of the Travis County Medical Society, 1962-63, and on the Texas Medical Association, 1982. Correspondence, certificates and awards, speeches, notes, and other printed materials document her activities. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.010 Mildred Paxton Moody Papers, 1927 – 1979 Clippings, photographs, correspondence, and other printed materials document the activities of Mildred Moody, wife of Governor Dan Moody, and her daughter Nancy.

AR.1991.011 Ann Fears Crawford Papers, 1880 – 2004 Includes manuscripts printed material, correspondence, clippings, and photographs by local author.

AR.1991.012 Maline McCalla Papers, 1973-1989 Collection documents McCalla’s volunteer work as a leader in Austin’s celebrations of the American Bicentennial, the Texas Sesquicentennial, and the Austin Sesquicentennial during the 1970s and 1980s. Her work with performing arts organizations is represented, but is not the primary focus of the collection. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.025 Sarah Ann Robertson Papers, 1955-1993 Unprocessed collection covers Robertson’s activities with the Austin Independent School district, desegregation in education, the Green Movement, and work with the nonprofit organization, the United Way.

AR.1991.026 Women’s Symphony League of Austin Records, 1953 – 2005 The Women's Symphony League of Austin (WSL) was established on June 18, 1953 with the stated purpose to promote the interests of the Austin Symphony Orchestra. The scrapbooks, yearbooks and programs in this collection span the years 1953-2005 and document the activities of the organization from its very beginnings. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.027 Austin Art League – Group I Records, 1914 – 2010 Includes correspondence, minutes (1951 – 1992), clippings, member biographies, and yearbooks (1921 –1991); related materials in Austin Art League – Group III Records (AR.1991.031) and Group V Records (AR.X.009).





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AR.1991.031 Austin Art League – Group III Records, 1925 – 1966 Includes minutes (1943 – 1966), yearbooks, clippings, a constitution, and bylaws; related materials in Austin Art League – Group I Records (AR.1991.027) and Group V Records (AR.X.009).

AR.1991.040 Austin Women’s Public Links Golf Association Records, 1939 –2002 Includes minutes, a constitution and bylaws, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a membership roster. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.041 Capital City Federated Business & Professional Women’s Club Records, 1963-1991 The organization was founded in June, 1964 to elevate the standards of women in business and promote the interests of professional women. The collection includes yearbooks (1964 and 1972-73), clippings, correspondence, bylaws, photographs and event programs. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.042 Alpha Omicron Pi Mothers Club Records, 1944 – 1973 The Alpha Omicron Pi Mothers Club was founded in Austin in 1944 as a support organization of the Pi Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority at the University of Texas at Austin. The meeting minutes, correspondence, financial documents, yearbooks and distributed information in this collection highlight the activities of the organization from 1944 to 1973. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.051 McBee Family Papers, 1930s – 1990s Includes materials related to Sue McBee, journalist and past president of the Austin History Center Association. Material reflects her interests in education, the arts, and historic preservation. Formats include posters, papers, periodicals, and printed material. Unprocessed.

AR.1991.062 United Daughters of the Confederacy—Albert Sydney Johnson Chapter 105 Records, 1926 –1967 Includes clippings, programs, member rosters, and photographs.

AR.1991.063 Austin Grandmother Club #204, 1953 – 1957 Includes clippings, roster, bylaws, and photographs.

AR.1991.067 Order of the Violet Crown Papers, 1923 – 1930 Includes charter and bylaws, minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and membership lists. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.






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AR.1991.075 Business and Professional Women’s Club of Austin, 1915 – 1959 Organized in 1915, the group’s mission was to promote congeniality among members and to recognize the worthiness and dignity of any and all legitimate occupations and professions, and the responsibilities of women as economic and social factors. The collection consists of four scrapbooks spanning the years 1915-1966, one 1940 photograph album and a compiled history of the organization from 1915 to 1950. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1991.081 Arthlia Cook “Cookie” Smith Papers, 1973 – 1989 Smith was founder of the Austin chapter of the Gray Panthers, president of the Texas League of Women Voters of Texas, a model and an actress. Collection includes photographs, posters, printed materials, and correspondence related to her activities.

AR.1991.083 Flora Thomas Papers, 1886 – 1908 Includes diplomas for Flora Thomas from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as materials related to her teaching career.

AR.1991.091 American Association of University Women—Austin Branch Records, 1923-2011 Organizational records for the A.A.U.W – Austin Branch. Its mission is the advancement of women and girls regardless of educational or economic background. In 1925, AAUW member Grace Delano Clark persuaded the organization to take on the project of establishing Austin’s first public library. Includes organizational history, correspondence, financial documents, photos, clippings, printed material, newsletters, membership lists, scrapbooks and yearbooks.

AR.1991.104 Daughters of the Republic of Texas – William B. Travis Chapter Records, 1882 – 1995 Includes yearbooks and a roster.

AR.1992.001 Violet Crown Garden Club Records, 1924-2008 The Violet Crown Garden Club was founded in 1924 to serve as a platform for the women of Austin to share information on gardening and flower arranging. The main goals of the VCGC are civic beautification, conservation, and education. Correspondence, financial documents, scrapbooks, and photographs created and maintained by the Violet Crown Garden Club from 1924 to 2008 highlight the club’s activities. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.




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AR.1992.011 Susan Toomey Frost Papers, 1985 – 1992 Correspondence, printed materials, machine readable materials, financial documents, legal materials, and photographs document Frost’s extensive political and environmental activism. The papers document her interest in urban development, public parkland, and city council races.

AR.1992.019 Austin Networker Newspaper Records, 1979 – 1987 Correspondence, financial documents, reports, periodicals, and printed materials document The Networker, a newspaper established by the Austin Commission on the Status of Women to promote women and women’s issues.

AR.1992.036 Emmett Shelton Johnson Family Papers, 1853-1992 Collection includes information pertaining to the establishment of the Johnson Institute/Camp Friday Mountain and the infamous Lizzie Johnson, “Cattle Queen of Texas”. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1993.004 Austin Woman's Federation Yearbooks, 1942-1987 Administrative records, clippings, yearbooks, and membership lists document this group’s activities.

AR.1993.007 Hyde Park Reading Club, 1908 – 1990s Includes yearbooks (1910 – 1990s), minutes (1908 – 1985), correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks (1908 – 1988).

AR.1993.014 Daughters of the American Revolution – Andrew Carruthers Chapter Scrapbook, 1960 – 1989 Clippings, correspondence, photos, and printed materials document the chapter’s activities.

AR.1993.018 Thelma Jones Faubion Diaries, 1964 – 1982 Contains 17 diaries that document daily life and family events related to Jones, a teacher and store owner.

AR.1993.020 Austin Kwill Klub Scrapbooks, 1923 – 1991 Scrapbooks contain yearbooks, clippings, correspondence, and photographs that document the activities of the Kwill Klub, which was established to encourage fellowship among female writers in Austin.

AR.1993.022 Bergstrom Officer’s Wives Club Scrapbooks, 1950-1989

AR.1993.035 Tuesday Book Review Club Records, 1935 – 2004 Includes scrapbooks, minutes, clippings, photographs, invitations, yearbooks, and printed materials. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.




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AR.1994.006 Dot Thornton Papers, 1859-1976 Dot (Mary Fitzhugh) Thornton was a long time Austin, Texas resident and school teacher who died in 1971. The photographs, travel journals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and photo album document her personal and professional life as well as provide genealogical information about the Fitzhugh and Thornton families. She is most well known for being a founding member of the Austin Free Kindergarten Association (the official name of the organization was Free Kindergarten Association of Austin, Texas). A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.023 Open Forum Club Records, 1922 – 2006 Formed in 1922 by locally prominent women, the club met monthly to hear talks given by members on subjects related to science, literature, and the arts. Minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, and scrapbook materials document the club’s activities. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.036 United Daughters of the Confederacy—Katie Cabell Muse Chapter #2166, 1963 – 1983 Includes clippings, photos, and printed material.

AR.1994.038 Austin Woman’s Parliament Records, 1927 – 1997 Includes scrapbooks and record books with minutes, membership rosters, photographs, and newspaper clippings; documents the history and activities of the club.

AR.1994.045 Katherine Cook Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1914 – 1974 Includes clippings, printed material, and photographs; documents Cook’s educational career and the successful bid to name an elementary school after her.

AR.1994.049 Austin Credit Women International Scrapbook, 1940 –1952 Includes clippings and photographs.

AR.1994.054 Lilia Mary Casis Papers, 1894 Casis was the first woman to be a full professor at the University of Texas. This collection contains a copy of The Merchant of Venice with handwritten notes.

AR.1994.055 Austin State Official Ladies Club Records, 1963 – 1974 Includes minutes, by-laws, and financial records that document the group’s activities.

AR.1994.056 Austin Woman’s Forum Scrapbooks, 1948 – 1965




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AR.1994.063 Austin Lawyers’ Wives Club Scrapbooks, 1950 – 1977 Includes clippings and other printed materials.

AR.1994.064 Daughters of the American Revolution—Balcones Chapter Scrapbooks, 1975 – 1989 Includes two scrapbooks with printed material and clippings.

AR.1994.065 Junior League of Austin Scrapbooks, 1949 – 1952 Includes printed material and clippings.

AR.1994.067 Tri-L Club Scrapbooks, 1947 – 1984 Includes five scrapbooks with clippings, photos, and printed material.

AR.1994.074 Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas Records, 1987 – 1988 Includes agendas, minutes, reports, press releases, bylaws, and printed material.

AR.1994.080 Carrington (Virgie Mae) Papers, 1922 – 1980 Virgie Maye Carrington DeWitty was a Juilliard trained singer, composer, choral director, and an Austin resident for most of her life. She served as the choral director for Ebenezer (Third) Baptist Church for over 50 years, and composed over 85 songs, including the L.C. Anderson High School song. This collection contains a few of her personal papers, including a song book of original compositions and awards. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.083 Altrusa Club of Austin Records, 1922 – 1992 Minutes, correspondence, membership applications, financial records, scrapbooks, and printed material document the activities of the club, which was established as a service organization in 1923 for executive and professional women to provide leadership and positive influence within the community. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.084 Pathfinders Club Records, 1890 – 1990 The oldest women's literary club in Austin, the Pathfinder's Club, established in 1890, produced or collected meeting minutes, correspondence, printed materials and creative works. Their goal was to advance and encourage women in literary and civic work, contributing greatly to the community through various donations to relief and civic causes. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.





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AR.1994.086 Daughters of the American Revolution—Austin Colony Chapter, 1918 – 1987 Organizational records, membership records, yearbooks, minutes, and a diary document the history of the chapter. The diary documents chapter founder Paralee Parrish’s service in the Red Cross during World War I in Paris.

AR.1994.087 Rosedale School Parent-Teacher Association Records, 1939 – 1980s The Rosedale School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) was organized in 1939 with the aim to bring into closer relation the home and the school, and that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the child. The administrative files, meeting minute, financial records, project and event files, yearbooks and Publicity Books in this collection highlight the activities of the PTA. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.093 Austin Area League of Women Voters Records, 1919 – 1998 Correspondence, memos, minutes, printed material, and notebooks document the history of the LWV, a political advocacy organization with roots in the women's suffrage movement of the early part of the twentieth century. The League advocated for voter rights, efficient and transparent government, and issues of public welfare. The collection includes bylaws and a constitution from 1919, a list of members from 1921, and early correspondence of founder and suffragist, Jane McCallum, establishing the organization. Also covers issues related to Austin ISD, Travis County, the City of Austin, and the Texas Air Control Board. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.094 Faces of Austin Video Collection, 1980-1985 This collection contains raw footage of oral history interviews conducted with six well known public figures including Emma Long and Ada Simond. Edited versions of the interviews were used to compile the short oral history documentary “Faces of Austin” in the early 1980’s. Includes oral-history transcripts of interviews. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.098 Travis County Local Option Campaign, 1913 – 1924 This committee was part of a statewide effort in Texas in the early 1900s to use the politics of the power given to the electorate of a particular district to ban alcohol before the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the passing of Volstead Act passed in 1919. Includes materials related to prohibition and the 1917 vote on women’s suffrage; clippings, flyers, posters, petitions, and periodicals. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.


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AR.1994.106 Zonta Club of Austin Scrapbooks, 1951 – 1984 Includes eight scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, printed materials, correspondence, and newsletters from this women’s service organization.

AR.1994.109 WE Care Austin Records, 1972-1994 WE Care Austin (Women's Environmental Coalition) was organized in 1972 as a women's environmental coalition to work with Austin area planners and decision makers toward the development and implementation of a comprehensive development plan for Austin. Prominent names associated with the collection include Mary Arnold, Shudde Fath, Susan Frost, Jean Mather and Eva Wiser. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1994.112 Mexican American Business & Professional Women’s Association Records, 1977 – 1994 The Mexican American Business and Professional Women's Association (MABPWA) was established in 1974 to strengthen the position and image of Chicanas and to give a sense of community and visibility to Mexican American women in Austin, Texas. Includes materials related to the organization’s 20th Anniversary Documentation Project. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1995.004 Marietta Brooks Papers, 1930 – 1999 Correspondence, printed materials, clippings, legal materials, creative works, oral history transcripts, photographs, and periodicals document Brooks’s civic and political involvement. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Austin Women’s Forum, as well as a supporter of Lyndon Johnson.

AR.1995.005 Austin Ki-Ann Luncheon Club, 1949 – 1991 Includes membership records, minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, and photographs.

AR.1996.001 Ramsey Park Mothers Club Scrapbook, 1943 – 1951 Includes photographs, drawings, clippings, and printed materials.

AR.1996.005 Bornefeld (Annie) Papers, 1890 – 1891 Contains Bornefeld’s correspondence, written while she was attending St. Mary’s Academy.

AR.1996.009 Alpha Alpha Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa Scrapbooks, 1958 – 1992 Includes eight scrapbooks that contain photographs, newsletters, programs, and other printed materials.




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AR.1996.010 Liatris Media Records, 1987-1990 Liatris Media was formed in Austin, Texas in 1986 as a women's collective to promote, exhibit and distribute media works made by women, Third World artists, gay/lesbians and other "outsider" artists in order to educate, enlighten and inform the public of those perspectives. The collective was sponsored by Women and Their Work, a multidisciplinary arts organization whose purpose is to promote greater recognition of women's contributions to cultural life. The collection includes correspondence, programs, an NEA grant narrative, flyers and a poster related to the Third Wave International Film Festival. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1996.020 Austin Toastmistress Club Scrapbooks, 1980 – 1984

AR.1996.024 CPA Wives Club Scrapbooks

AR.1997.018 Austin Junior Woman’s Federation Records, 1977 – 1982 Includes brochures, clippings, correspondence, reports, newsletters, and photographs.

AR.1998.009 Travis County Democratic Women’s Committee, 1952 – 1982 The TCDWC was created in 1953 to help revitalize the Democratic Party. Correspondence, minutes, agendas, reports, clippings, newsletters, and printed materials document the organization and its interests, including government, social justice, and education issues.

AR.1998.010 Beverely Larkam Papers, 1971 – 1997 Correspondence, financial documents, reports, printed material, creative works, photographs, and artifacts comprise the Beverley Larkam Papers, 1971-1997, documenting her work as a member of the Austin Commission for Women (ACW) and the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW). A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1998.011 Mary Margaret Albright Farabee Papers, 1956-1998 Farabee was a prominent member of the Austin community, having worked and volunteered for a wide range of organizations within the city. The collection documents her professional work for KLRU, Seton Medical Center, and United Bank, and her involvement with a wide range of organizations, such as The Heritage Society of Austin, Paramount Theater, and Voices of Texas, during the 1970s through 1990s. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.





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AR.1999.005 Ro-Anns Records The Ro-Anns were organized in 1962 by a group of wives of members of the Downtown Rotary Club of Austin to foster friendship and fellowship. The administrative files, meeting agendas and minutes, treasurer's reports, event flyers, scrapbooks and yearbooks in this collection highlight the activities of the organization from its inception in 1962 to 1997. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.1999.013 J. B. Carlson Collection of Advanced Photojournalism Student Projects, 1979 – 1989 J.B. Colson established the Photojournalism program at the University of Texas at Austin. The collection consists of more than 880 photographs (the bulk of which are black and white), contact sheets, negatives and essays produced by students taking the Advanced Photojournalism course taught by Colson from 1979-1989; includes documentation of Las Manitas Restaurant, an iconic Austin restaurant once located on Congress Ave. started by Cynthia Perez and her sister, Lidia, in 1981. It closed in 2008. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2000.004 Grey Panthers, 1977-2000 Unprocessed collection. This collection constitutes the Austin chapter of the national association founded by Maggie Kuhn in 1970, who began advocating for nursing home reform and fighting ageism after being forced to retire from her job at 65. Kuhn claimed that "old people and women constitute America's biggest untapped and undervalued human energy source." Austin’s chapter was headed up for many years by social activist and former nurse, Charlotte Flynn.

AR.2000.008 Austin Woman’s Club Records, 1928 – 1995 The Austin Woman's Club was founded on April 25, 1928 in Austin, Texas, for "the support of an educational undertaking, the study of literary, civic, patriotic, artistic and other cultural subjects," and to provide a place for women to gather, learn, and network. Minutes, ledgers, printed materials, correspondence, photographs, clippings, financial records, and reports document the activities of this social and philanthropic club. Included in the documentation is the club’s effort to preserve Chateau Bellevue, a historic landmark that serves as its clubhouse. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2000.019 Houston (Ora Elliot) Schoolboard Campaign Scrapbook, 1982 Ora Elliott Houston is an active community member of Austin, Texas and spent her career as an advocate for individuals with disabilities living in the community. The scrapbook documents her run for a seat on the Austin School Board in 1982. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.






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AR.2001.011 Brigid Shea Records, 1980-1997 Unprocessed collection which includes Shea’s environmental advocacy (Holly Power Plant, Barton Springs and Edwards Aquifer) and her city council records. She served on the Austin City Council from 1993-1996.

AR.2000.015 Sarah Sitton Papers, 1862-1994 The collection consists of research materials that Sarah Sitton, author and professor of psychology at St. Edwards University, gathered for her book Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997. Included are copies of original documents such as executive staff meeting minutes, correspondence, patient records, government reports, and other assorted administrative records as well as audio cassettes that contain the interviews Sitton conducted with

people associated with the hospital. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2000.023 Janna Zumbrun Papers, 1974 – 1988 Prominent gay/lesbian and women’s issues activist in Austin. Papers highlight work with the Citizens for a United Austin, the Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus, the City of Austin Human Relations Commission, and the Austin Lesbian Feminist Organization during the 1970s and 1980s. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2001.004 Shudde Fath Papers, 1960-2013 Shudde Fath, a native Austinite, was involved in multiple environmental organizations spanning several decades, including River City Coordinating Council (RCCC) and Save Barton Creek Association (SBCA). The collection consists of her personal papers, newspaper clippings, financial records, and other documents relating to environmental and political issues in Austin, Texas and the surrounding area. Following her retirement from the Texas Employment Commission in 1981, a year after winning a major settlement in a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the commission, she helped found RATERS (Reform Austin’s Terrible Electric Rate Structure). A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2001.005 Jenny Clark was an independent video producer for Austin's Public Access Television channels (ACTV) focusing on environmental issues. The collection contains video tapes (VHS and 3/4") produced for cablecast on ACTV channels 10 and 16 from 1988 through 1995. The textual materials provide additional information about the programs and events surrounding Austin's

environmental community at the time. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.






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AR.2001.011 Brigid Shea Records, 1980-1997 Unprocessed collection which includes Shea’s environmental advocacy (Holly Power Plant, Barton Springs and Edwards Aquifer) and her city council records. She served on the Austin City Council from 1993-1996.

AR.2001.012 Oak View Garden Club Records, 1982 – 1992 Includes a scrapbook with photographs, correspondence, membership directories, newsletters, a constitution and by-laws, and printed materials.

AR.2002.014 Mary Curtis Papers, 1982 – 2002 Clippings, biographical information, correspondence and prints document Curtis’ artistic career, which began at the age of 50.

AR.2002.016 Austin Preschool Mothers Club Records, 1988 – 2002 Founded in 1925 to serve as a source of information and support for mothers of preschoolers. This collection contains administrative files, financial records, correspondence, newsletters and membership information.

AR.2002.019 Getting Better All the Time Singers Records, 1987– 2002 Papers document the senior citizen’s singing group (ages 50-80) which was founded by feminist and political humorist Liz Carpenter.

AR.2002.025 Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza Papers, 1969 – 2000 Correspondence, clippings, memos, printed materials, reports, and publications document the public and civic involvement of Travis County District Clerk Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza. Organizations documented in the collection include the Governor’s Commission for Women, Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas, La Pena, Travis County Adult Literacy Council, and Mexican American Business and Professional Women of Austin. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2002.026 National Association of Women Business Owners, Austin Chapter, 1985-2002 The Austin chapter of NABWO was established in 1986 and folded in 1992. The administrative files, board minutes, correspondence, membership lists, event information, and scrapbook in this collection highlight the activities of the organization from 1986 to 1992. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2002.033 Mary Doerr Papers, 1985-2004 Mary Doerr is a lifelong resident of Texas well known for painting historic Austin places. The small collection consists of examples of her art, exhibit announcements, newspaper clippings, awards and recognition that highlight her artistic career. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.





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AR.2003.014 YWCA of Greater Austin Records, 1907 – 1998 Correspondence, financial records, minutes, reports, photographs, flyers, newsletters, clippings, and other printed materials document the administration and community activities of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), particularly after 1960. Activities and groups documented include women’s organizations, counseling, community gardens, anti-racism projects, political groups, and gay-community groups.

AR.2003.028 Women’s Architectural League Scrapbooks, 1953 – 1969 The league was founded in 1953 by the wives of local architects. Four scrapbooks containing clippings, announcements, invitations, yearbooks, membership lists, and flyers document the league’s activities, such as hosting events for the Texas Society of Architects Convention, fund-raising for the Texas Architectural Foundation, and sponsoring lectures. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2004.030 International Women’s Day of Austin Records, 1995-2002 The International Women’s Day Community Media Festival was started in 1996 by Austin, Texas women committed to amplifying women’s voices in the media. The collection contains event programs, flyers, press releases, forms, logistical materials and audio recordings of programming. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2004.037 Black Citizen’s Task Force Records, 1979-2004 Founded by Dorothy Turner and Velma Roberts, the Task Force was established to inform and inspire African- American citizens to take action against racism. Turner joined the organization in 1974 and became its president in 1979. The recipient of various awards, Turner was an outspoken proponent of civil rights for the underprivileged, minorities and women. The collection consists mainly of organizational records during Turner's presidency and includes correspondence, programs, printed material, clippings, research material, photographs, and audiovisual material. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2004.041 Spade and Trowel Garden Club Records, 1948 – 2001 Yearbooks, scrapbooks, minutes, and financial records document the club’s activities.

AR.2004.046 Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas Records, 2004-2006 Small collection of essays and poems written by members of the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas, Austin Chapter for the Dia de las Madres project in 2004. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.






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AR.2005.009 Betty Wilkie Cox Papers, 1910-2008 Personal and professional records of Austin writer, editor Austin American-Statesman Neighborhood staffer, and newspaper reference librarian, Betty Jean Wilke Cox. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2005.037 Vorwerk Family Papers, 1866 – 2000 The collection documents the Vorwerk family and their farm. It includes materials related to Emma Vorwerk’s participation in the Richland Home Demonstration Club. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2006.012 Northwest Business Women’s Association Records, 1986 – 1999 Organizational records and scrapbooks document this networking group founded in 1986 to support the advancement of women in business. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2006.013 Emilie Limberg Papers, 1884 – 1985 Limberg served as Travis County Clerk from 1935 to 1975. Materials include posters from her first campaign and an invitation to Governor Miriam “Ma” Ferguson’s inaugural ball.

AR.2006.014 Claudia Nabors Notebooks and Diaries, 1948 – 1992 Nabors’ prose provide insight into what military life was like for veteran women serving during WWII and what “rural” life was like in south Austin (Slaughter Lane and South Congress Ave) during the 1950s-60s. Sometime during the late 1960s, she befriended Raja Rao (1908-2006), noted Indian novelist and professor of philosophy at UT Austin. Nabors assisted Rao in transcribing lectures and preparing manuscripts. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2007.007 Austin-Travis County Veterans Collection, 1939 – 2007 This collection includes biographical information for individual women veterans and materials related to the Texas Women Veterans group [Box 1, folder 4]. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2007.017 O. H. and Thelma Elliott Papers, 1925 – 2007 This collection documents the Elliotts’ political and professional work, as well as their leadership in the local African American community. Thelma Elliott was one of the first African Americans to receive a master’s degree in social work at the University of Texas; she worked for many government and community groups, including as director of Project ENABLE. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.








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AR.2007.022 Sanders and Elliott Family Papers, 1862-1971 Along with her husband, Martyn, Jane Elliott moved to Austin in 1901, establishing a successful photography studio at 814 Congress called, "The Elliotts, Makers of Pictures." This collection documents the Elliott and Sanders families rather than the Elliott's photography business. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2008.005 Wong Family Papers, 1903 – 2011 The Wong Family was one of the first Chinese American families to settle in Austin. This collection includes information related to portrait artist R. C. Wong and her work. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2008.011 Greenwood Cemetery Association Records, 1905 – 2008 Includes materials related to the Ladies of the Cemetery Club and the Mothers Club (also known as the Ladies Club of the Colorado School).

AR.2008.012 Brenda Malik Video Collection, 1979-1993 This collection represents the work of journalist and producer Brenda Gooden Malik and is composed of video recordings of cultural and civic events and activities of the African American community of Austin. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2009.044 The Book Trailers Club Scrapbook, 1921 – 1971 The Book Trailers Club was started in 1921 by Mrs. Hesper Mikesell’s Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church. The original name of the group, Christian Home Makers, was changed to The Book Trailers in 1928. The purpose of the club is "to promote broader culture and mutual improvement through the study of various types of literature". The club joined The Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs (TFWC) in 1928 and later joined the Austin Woman’s Clubs. This small collection contains one scrapbook documenting the club’s 50th anniversary in 1971. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2010.026 Linalice Carey Papers, 1958-1998 Carey was a key figure in Austin's theatre scene. Her papers primarily consist of scripts, business records, correspondence, clippings, posters, photographs, and publicity materials that document her involvement with the Bijuberti Players, the Creek Theatre, and the Hyde Park Showplace. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2011.005 Stuart and Emma Long Papers, 1930-2009 Unprocessed collection of which approximately half is devoted to the personal activities of Emma Long, Austin’s first female city council member.







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AR.2011.007 Austin (Tex.) City Council, Emma Long Records, 1930-2009 Long was elected Austin's first City Councilwoman in 1948. She campaigned for City Council eleven times and was elected nine times for a total of 16 years of service. From the beginning of her service, she was a voice for all citizens of Austin at a time when city politics was run by powerful business interests. She worked for civil rights, fair housing, founded the Human Relations Commission in 1963, worked for desegregation of public parks and other city and public facilities including libraries and golf courses, street paving, dog leash laws, caps on utility rates, and public transportation reform. The collection contains records of Long's tenure on the city council and her political activities and campaigns. Included are subject files, city council meeting notes, general correspondence by date, and clippings by date. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2011.035 Federated Business and Professional Women's Club of Austin Records, 1945-1960

AR.2012.005 KLRN/KLRU Production Photographs, 1968-1984 Contains photographs of renowned opera singer Barbara Smith Conrad (see AF-Biography for more information). A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2010.012 Austin Women's History Network Records, 1980-1996

AR.2012.034 Margret Hofmann Papers, 1938-2011 Known as "Austin's Tree Lady," Margret Hofmann was both an influential member of the Austin City Council and a prominent citizen advocate, playing a pivotal role in the local environmentalist and peace movements. She was the first Quaker and the first foreign-born naturalized citizen to serve on the Austin City Council. She served under Mayor Jeff Friedman from 1975 to 1977.


AR.2013.023 Voces de Latinas: A Photo Exhibit in Five Parts Collection, Part of a former AHC exhibit of the same title. Consists of biographical material, photos, clippings, and video of 102 local Latinas from all walks of life.

AR.2014.037 Belinda Acosta Papers, 1984-2010 Acosta is a writer, performer, and journalist who lived and worked in Austin for more than two decades. The collection dates from 1984 to 2010 and contains manuscripts, scripts for plays, performance programs, correspondence, notes, working files for articles and scripts, newspaper clippings, illustrations, meeting records, journals, photographs, and audio and video recordings. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.






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AR.2015.019 Morris Williams Ladies Golf Groups, 1970-2011

AR.2015.041 Harden (Ada) Video Collection, 1983-1989 Ada Harden was an actress, model, and community leader in Austin, Texas. This collection contains DVDs with episodes of her television show "It's Your Future." This show was developed for the Austin Independent School District, to encourage children to see the importance of education and to inspire them to think about their future career paths. The talk show features Ada Harden interviewing notable community members about their careers. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2016.002 Sisters in Crime Heart of Texas Chapter Posters, 1999-2003 Austin chapter of an international organization whose mission is to promote the professional development and advancement of women crime writers to achieve equality in the industry.

AR.2016.005 Cordelia DeGress Booth Photograph Collection, 1913 Photograph collection of Barton Creek and Bull Creek nature, streams, waterfalls, etc. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2016.010 McDonald (Gail) Papers, 1977-1992 ERA America; Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus.

AR.2016.018 Bell (Brenda) Papers, 1970-1979

AR.2016.020

Brush (Seba Bogert) Ledgers and Diaries, 1963-1873 New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel; Austin.

AR.2016.021 Lou Parker Scrapbook, 1946-1956 Newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, correspondence, cards and photographs that document Parker’s life from the mid-1940s through the mid-1950s both in Austin and San Antonio. A guide to the collection is available on Texas Archival Resources Online.

AR.2016.027 Live Wire Production Records, 1986-1995 Women musicians of Austin; LBGTQ. Unprocessed.

AR.2016.067 Karen Stewart Papers, 1984-1991 Center for Battered Women; Austin LAMBDA. Unprocessed.





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AR.2017.007 Aralyn Hughes Papers, 1970-2015 Long-time Austinite; Author; Entertainer. Unprocessed.


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OVERSIZE ARCHIVES

The Oversized Archives is an artificial collection, consisting of items that are too large to store with other archives and manuscripts. It contains certificates, posters, broadsides, diplomas, artwork, and other oversize documents. The list below consists of oversize materials related to women that are not associated with an archival collection.

Box 03/68 Travis County Democratic Women, poster: “What’s in store at the other end of the bus ride.”

Box 04/03 Austin Chapter of the AIA, poster: “The Steelcase Design Partnership presents Women of Design. 2/1996. Proceeds to benefit the Center for Battered Women.”

Box 05/02

Miriam Ferguson, broadside: “Candidate for Governor, Second Term, Platform. 07/24/1926.”

Box 05/29

Texas Historical Commission, poster: “National Women’s History Month in Texas. 03/1988. Artwork by Ben Sargent.”

Box 05/30 Ann Richards, collage: Victory headlines from Ann Richard’s gubernatorial election, 1991.

Box 05/67 Ann Richards, poster: “Ann Richards. Democrat for State Treasurer.” [no date]

Box 05/76 Planned Parenthood, poster: “Make Something Out of Yourself. Halloween Masked Ball at Caswell House.”

Box 06/03 Elisabet Ney Museum, poster: “Women in Film, four films by women. At Elisabet Ney Museum, 1978.”

Box 06/33 Fannie Lou Spelce, print of painting by Fannie Lou Spelce, “The Women’s Movement, 1975.”

Box 06/72 John S. Caldwell, sheet music: “Covenant Girl’s Waltz,” 1899. Dedicated to pupils of St. Mary’s Academy. Also a photo of St. Mary’s.

Box 09/48 Junior League of Austin, poster: “A Christmas Affair, 1990.”

Box 09/55 Women’s Symphony League, poster: “Memories. Women’s Symphony League Jewel Luncheon.” [no date]

Box 10/01 Leslie’s Weekly Magazine, a page from the magazine: “Types of Southern Beauties – Prominent Society Women of Austin, Texas.” 1895

Box 12/04 Roy Butler, poster: “Would you buy a used city council from this man? Women’s City Caucus. Roy Butler.” 1970s


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AUSTIN FILES – SUBJECT

The Austin Files – Subject contain a variety of clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to women on a variety of topics ranging from social and cultural issues to organizations and neighborhoods. An index to the subject headings listed below is available in the Reading Room. Please note that photographs, if available, are listed under the same subject headings as clippings files. Check the subject headings index located in the Reading Room for availability.

AF A1300

African Americans (27) Alpha Kappa Alpha (6) Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (17) Miss East Austin (35) National Women of Achievement (3) Sigma Gamma Rho (7) Societies and Clubs—includes information about The Links, Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, Gamma Phi Delta sorority, Happy Hearts Bridge Club, and Les Hirondelles Club

AF A2300

Alcoholism (8) Austin Family House (14) Austin Women’s Alcohol Resource Center & Education Center (AWARE) (15) The Cottage (a structured living center for women)

AF A5600

Architects (25) Austin Women in Architecture (5) Women’s Architecture League

AF A6400(6500)

Art—Exhibitions (3) Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs (4) Wellesley Junior Art Show

AF A6400

Art Galleries Women & Their Work--See: Women and Their Work W5000 (19)

AF A6600

Art Societies (10) Women’s Art Exchange of Texas (9) Women Artists’ Guild (12) Texas Fine Arts Commission

AF A7000

Asian Americans (3) Miss Asian American


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AF A8050

Austin Area Garden Center Documents the history of the Austin Garden Center/Zilker Gardens and the affiliated people and clubs

AF A8500

Austin—History (2) Archives War—includes information about Mrs. Angelina Eberly, whose actions kept the Republic of Texas’s archives from being secretly taken, ultimately saving Austin from losing its place as the state capital

AF B1560

Beauty—Personal Includes information about local hair salons, beauty shops, nail salons, and spas

AF B5070

Booksellers and Bookselling (40) Bookwoman (8) The Common Woman Book Collective

B7100 Business (235) Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and Small Business Enterprise Procurement Program Advisory Committee (MBE/WBE and Small Business Advisory Committee)

AF C3400

Churches (6) Church Women United

AF C3500

Churches – Catholic (5) Groups – Catholic Daughters of America, Catholic Women’s Fraternal Order of Texas (33) Sisters of the Holy Cross (28) Sisters of the Holy Spirit

AF C3580

Clothing and Dress – Women—includes photos Chronological files from before 1919 to 2009, as well as files for individual clothing shops

AF C4170

City Planning (1) League of Women Voters: Master Plan Bus Tour

AF C4800

Clubs (23) Austin Cotillion Club (5) Capital City Cotillion Club (3e) Toastmistress (3f) Town and Gown Club

AF C6040

Community College (1) Women of Austin Community College

AF C6600

Confederate Woman’s Home photos only


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AF C9300

Cycling (12) Kovich, Ann—the first woman to bike across the country

AF D0200

Dancing—includes photos (23) Amayo Belly Dance Studio (56) Anne Curtis School of Dance (2) Annette Duval School of Dance (32) Sarah Brumgart (30) Deborah Hay Dance Company (28) Jackie’s Dance and Fitness (21) Judy Lee Dance Studio (53) Camille Long School of Dance (35) Diana Pretcher (57) Sally Jacques Movin’s Spirits Dance Company—See: Women W5000 (19) (51) Tapestry

AF D1000

Dentists (2) Women’s Auxiliary to the Travis County Dental Society

AF D1560

Diseases (42) Breast Cancer

AF E0400

Ecology We Care Austin—See: Women’s Environmental Coalition (8) (8) Women’s Environmental Coalition

AF E1400

Engineering Society of Women Engineers (24)

AF F0500

Family (5) Mothers of Twins (7) MOTHERS, Personal Action in Motherhood


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AF F0520

Family Planning—includes information about organizations focused on the issues of pregnancy and abortion; photos included General Abortion (1) (3) Advocates for Life (18) Austin Diocese Respect Life Committee (19) Austin Family Planning Council (13) Austin Pro-Family Coalition (4) Austin Problem Pregnancy Council (11) Austin Right to Life (10) Austin Women’s Abortion Action Committee (21) The Childbirth Connection (14) Choice PAC (5) Concerned Women of Austin (6) Ladies Center of Austin (12) Lifeline, Inc. (20) Maternal Health Clinic of Austin (7) National Organization of Non-Parents, Austin Chapter (2) Planned Parenthood (17) Problem Pregnancy of Austin (22) Teen pregnancy (8) Texas Abortion Coalition (16) Texas Abortion Rights Action League (9) Texas Citizens for Abortion Education (15) Texas Pro-Life Political Action Committee

AF F3600

Freemasons (25) Austin Assembly 5, Order of Rainbow for Girls (19) Austin Chapter 304, Order of the Eastern Star (27) Bluebonnet Assembly 266, Order of Rainbow for Girls (28) Capital Chapter 803, Order of Rainbow for Girls (20) Creedmoor Chapter 607, Order of the Eastern Star (21) Fidelis Chapter 963, Order of the Eastern Star (22) Loyalty Chapter 1036, Order of the Eastern Star (23) Mt. Olive Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star (18) Order of the Eastern Star, District 5, Section 6 (20) Rose Croix Assembly 251, Order of Rainbow for Girls (30) Ruh Neb Temple No. 64, Daughters of the Nile (24) Travis Chapter No. 472, Order of the Eastern Star


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AF G0700

Garden Clubs—includes photos and general information about area garden clubs (15) American Hibiscus Society (1) Austin Bromeliad Society (3) Austin Rose Society (4) Barton Hills Garden Club (5) Capital Area Chrysanthemum Society (19) District 4 Garden Club (6) First Austin African Violet Society (7) Heart of Texas Orchid Society (8) Heart of the Hills Garden Club (21) Lost Creek Garden Club (10) New Windsor Garden Club (20) Sierra Verde Garden Club (17) Texas Botanical Garden Society (11) Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. (18) Town Lake Garden Club (12) Violet Crown Garden Club—founded by Clara Driscoll Sevier (14) Western Oaks Garden Club (13) Western Trails Garden Club

AF G2200

Girl Scouts of America—includes photos and general information, as well as a folder devoted to Camp Texlake

AF G3200

Golf (5) Women’s Texas Golf Association

AF H2030

Homosexuality (1) Austin Lesbian Feminist Organization (6) Austin Latino/Latina Lesbian & Gay Organization (ALLGO) (5) Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus (7) Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas (LGRL)

AF H2700

Hospitals – City Hospital – Brackenridge (5) Maternity Center

AF H2770

Hospitals (20) Daughters of Charity Health Services of Austin – includes photos (3) Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (2) Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (13) Maternity Center (7) Seton, Elizabeth Ann

AF J0340

Junior League—includes general information by year and photos (1) Junior League Thrift Shop (2) Junior League Charity Ball (3) Junior League House


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AF L2200

Lawyers (3) Austin Lawyers’ Wives Club

AF L2900

Liquor (1) Mothers Against Drunk Driving

AF M4300

Mexican Americans (36) Chicana Research and Learning Center (28) Conferencia Plastica Chicana (42) Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (8) Mexican American Business and Professional Women of Austin

AF M8460

Moving Pictures – Production and Direction (30) Krawitz, Jan (64) Reel Women

AF M8960

Murder – Mass (2) The Servant Girl Annihilator—includes a timeline, a citation list, and clippings that document a series of axe murders in the 1880s

AF M9100

Museums (10) Neill Cochran House Museum—owned and maintained by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas (13) Susanna Dickinson Home and Museum

AF M9110

Museums – Elisabet Ney—includes general information and photos

AF M9120

Museums – French Legation—includes general information and photos about the museum, which is owned and maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

AF M9130

Museums – Austin Museum of Art General Chronology History—includes photos and information about the history of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum and Clara Driscoll Sevier

AF M9300

Music – Bands, Orchestras, Choirs, etc. (A) Austin Women’s Chorus (D) Diana Cantu Trio—photos (D) Dixie Chicks (G) Girls’ Choral Club (S) Sylvia and the Shysters (T) Two Nice Girls


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AF P1900

Patriotic Societies (4) Colonial Dames of America (5) Daughters of 1812—includes photos (6) Daughters of the American Colonists—includes photos (7) Daughters of the American Revolution (8) Daughters of the Republic of Texas (17) Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, Austin Area Women’s Chapter (16) Magna Carta Dames

AF P3500

Photographers and Photography (56) Diane Akers (22) Martha Berryman (23) Merri Lu Park (74) Whitworth, Nancy

AF P3800

Physicians (4) Women’s Auxiliary to the Travis County Medical Society

AF P4700

Poetry (16) Brooks, Sue Settle (12) Giordan, Alma Roberts (6) Marley, Anne (7) Porter, Jenny Lind (9) Posey, Mary (Johnson) (13) Reed, Auta Lee (14) Ricker, Vivian

AF P5100

Police Department (2) Austin Police Wives Club (8) First Woman

AF P5300

Political Parties (17) Austin Republican Women’s Club (28) Capital Area Democratic Women (19) Texas Federation of Republican Women (9) Travis County Democratic Women’s Committee

AF P6150

Postcards (7) Austin Women’s Club

AF P7200

Private Schools (1) Amelia Barr’s Ladies School (2) Austin Female College (9) German-American Ladies College


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AF P7224

Private Schools – Female Collegiate Institute

AF P7270

Private Schools – Stuart Female Seminary—includes general information and photos (1) Historical Marker Dedication (2) Two Texas Seminaries

AF P7276

Private Schools – Texas Female Institute

AF P7600

Prostitution—includes photos (4) Barbarella’s Nude Modeling Studio (3) CRIMP (2) Magic Touch of Venus (1) Massage Parlor Ordinance

AF R1050

Rape—includes general information and photos (1) Austin Rape Crisis Center (2) Grettenberg, Thomas Earl – “The Choker” Rapist

AF R3800

Restaurants (317) Café Mundi [filed under Coffeehouses] (C) Castle Hill Café (D) Dot’s Place (E) Eastside Café (L) Las Manitas (M) Mrs. Robinson’s Sandwich Bar (R) Rosie’s Tamale House (S) Sweetish Hill

AF S1860

Settlement Club—information from pre-1959 to 2009

AF S8800

Symphony Orchestra, Austin (7) Women’s Symphony League—includes photos

AF T3500

Texas – Legislature (1) Representatives’ Wives Club (2) Senate Ladies Club


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AF T7400

Trade and Professional Associations (11) CPA Wives Club (18) Credit Women of Austin (33) National Association of Women Business Owners (15) National Secretaries Association (25) Texas Press Women (12) Women in Communication (19) Women in Construction

AF U1500

U.S. Armed Forces (2) Navy Mothers Club (6) Retired Officers Wives Club (7) Waiting Wives

AF U3000

University of Texas (6) University Ladies Club

AF U3200

University of Texas – Athletics (11) Women’s Athletics

AF U3400

University of Texas – Buildings (1) Anna Hiss Gymnasium (the first gym for women’s athletics)—includes photos (72) Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall (named in honor of Lady Bird Johnson) (19) Lila B. Etter Alumni Center—includes photos (57) Women’s Building—includes photos (69) Women’s Gym—includes photos

AF U3600

University of Texas – Faculty and Staff (3) Dean of Women’s Office

AF U3900

University of Texas – History (16) Lorene Rogers

AF U3930

University of Texas – Housing (4) Carothers Dormitory (9) Kinsolving Dormitory (14) Scottish Rite Dormitory—includes photos

AF V3500

Voters and Voting (2) League of Women Voters in Austin—includes photos

AF W4100

Wildflowers (9) National Wildflower Research Center—now the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

AF W4800

Women – Societies and Clubs Auld Lang Syne Luncheon Club - See: General


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(1) General Alpha Omicron Pi Mothers Club—See: General (2) Altrusa Club (28) American Business Association, Austin Star Chapter (3) American History Club—includes photos (29) Assistance League of Austin (30) Austin Christian Business and Professional Women’s Council (4) Austin Christian Women’s Club (31) Austin Cooking Club—includes photos (5) Austin Federation of Women’s Clubs (25) Austin Housewives League (6) Austin Junior Forum (34) Austin Woman’s Club (8) Austin Woman’s Forum (32) Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas (24) Cotillion Club of Austin Current Book Review Club—See: General Desk Derrick Club of Austin – See Oversize Volumes AR.1991.076 (26) Federated Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (9) Friday Luncheon Club GENaustin—See: Y0600 (44) (10) Grandmothers Club (35) Impact Austin (7) Open Forum (11) Pathfinders Club (27) Soroptimist Club (12) Sorority Alumnae Club—photos included (13) Standard Club (14) Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs—photos included (15) Travis County Council of Women (16) Tuesday Nighters Club (17) Twentieth Century Study Club (18) Wellesley Club (19) West Austin Study Club (20) Woman’s Parliament (21) Woman’s Study Club (33) Women’s Fund for Research and Education (22) Women’s World Fair Association of Texas (23) Zonta Club—photos included

AF W4802

Women – Societies and Clubs – American Association of University Women 1920-1959 1960


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AF W4806

Women – Societies and Clubs – Austin Women’s Club 1959-1979 1980- General (1) includes text and photos Junior Austin Women's Club (2)

AF W4900

Women – Suffrage General includes text and photos


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AF W5000

Women General: (by decade) includes information from before the 1960s through the 1990s; “Mainly About Women” and Jane McCallum’s “All Texans Were Not Males” clippings from before the 1960s document women in Austin; 1970s folder documents the women’s liberation movement and includes zines, flyers, tracts, and clippings (35) Association for Women in Communication (33) Austin/Capital City Business and Professional Women’s Club (29) Austin Commission for Women (25) Austin Women for Peace (5) Austin Women’s Center (6) Austin Women’s Political Caucus Austin Women’s Golf Association—See: G3200 (1) Austin Women’s Public Links Golf Association—See: G3200 (1) Austin/Capital City (34) Business and Professional Women’s Club (15) Center for Battered Women (7) City Women’s Caucus (30) Foundation for a Compassionate Society (1) Governor’s Commission for Women (14) Governor’s Committee on the Status of Women Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas—See: M4300 (42) (36) Impact Austin (8) Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women Miss Asian American—See: Asian Americans A7000 (3) Miss East Austin—See: African-Americans A1300 (17) (32) National Association of Women in Construction (9) National Organization for Women, Austin Chapter (20) Organic Women’s Farm (2) Outstanding Woman of the Year Award—Austin American-Statesman, 1962 – 1972 (33) Safeplace (16) Texans for ERA (23) Texas Council on Family Violence (3) Texas Foundation for Women’s Resources (25) Texas Women for Peace (24) Texas Women for the Eighties (4) Texas Women’s Hall of Fame (18) Texas Women’s Meeting (22) Texas Women’s Political Caucus (17) Women Against Violence Against Women (19) Women and Their Work (21) Women of Action (13) Women Working (26) Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas (28) Women’s Counseling and Resource Center (10) Women’s Equity League (11) Women’s Health Organization (27) Women’s Media Project


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Women's Temperance Movement—See: T0570 (W5060) (12) WomenSpace

AF W5700

World War II (11) U.S. Latino & Latina World War II Oral History Project (8) War Gardens—includes photos

AF Y0500

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)—includes general information and photos (2) Austin YWCA (3) University YWCA (4) YWCA of Greater Austin (5) YWCA of Sam Houston College

AF Y0600

Youth (44) GENaustin (7) Junior Miss of Austin Pageant (27) Miss American Sweetheart Pageant (8) Miss Austin Pageant—includes photos (22) Perry Club for Girls—includes photos


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AUSTIN FILES – BIOGRAPHY

The Austin Files – Biography contain clippings, photos, and ephemera about Austin and Travis County residents who have contributed to the community. Biography clippings files and photographs may be found using the APL online library catalog—enter the name, along with the term “biography file” to narrow the search. If you are unable to find a particular woman, it may be helpful to look under her father’s, husband’s or family’s name, since many older files were grouped in this way. Information about individuals buried in city operated cemeteries no later than 1998 may be found in the city’s interment reports which are available on microfiche in the Reading Room.

Acosta, Teresa

Author.

Adejumo, Joyce Considered by many as a pillar in the Austin community, she opened Mitchie's Gallery in 1989, which became a gathering place for the community.

Allen, Ruth Alice Economist, professor, advocate for labor reform and women’s rights.

Allred, Joe Betsy Miller [see Allred, James V.]

Texas first lady.

Almanza, Susana Co-director of PODER (People Organized in the Defense of Earth and her Resources).

Ames, Jessie Daniel Women’s suffrage leader, first president of the Texas League of Women Voters.

Anderson, Ada Collins Civil rights activist, arts and culture activist.

Ball, Marcia Musician.

Barkley, Mary Starr Writer, documented the history of Austin and Central Texas.

Barr, Amelia E. Huddleston Writer (including Remember the Alamo), ran a girls’ school in Austin.

Barton, Lucy U.T. professor emeritus of drama.

Baylor, Jo Former Congressional representative.


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Beaman, Margarine G. Activist for the blind.

Benson, Nettie Lee U.T. professor emeritus of history.

Bird, Sarah Author.

Blanton, Annie Webb First woman to win statewide office.

Bode, Mary Jane Served as state representative.

Boyles, Sherry Lawyer, politician.

Brackenridge, Mary Eleanor [see Brackenridge, Robert J.]

Leader in the suffrage and temperance movements, founder of the PTA.

Bright, Susan Poet.

Briscoe, Janey Slaughter [see Briscoe, Dolph, Jr.]

Texas first lady.

Brown, Dorothea Educator, education activist, president of The Links.

Browning, Emma Carter [see Browning, Robert McAlpin]

Female aviator inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.

Burnette, Colette Pierce Dr. Colette Pierce Burnett joined Huston-Tillotson University as President and Chief Executive Officer July, 2015.

Bush, Laura Welch First lady of Texas and the United States.

Bustamante, Cecilia Writer/poet, journalist, U.T. visiting scholar, Sister Cities Program.

Campos, Olga News anchor.

Carpenter, Elizabeth “Liz” Writer, reporter, political staffer, feminist.

Carstarphen, Meria AISD superintendent.

Cashdollar, Cindy

Musician.

Casis, Lilia Mary First woman to be a full professor at UT.


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Clark, Grace Delano Founder, along with American Association of University Women - Austin Branch, of Austin Public Library.

Clay, Camille Rogers Head of nursing at Brackenridge; triage nurse in Emergency Room during UT Tower shootings.

Clements, Rita Crocker Bass [see Clements, William Perry, Jr.]

Texas first lady.

Clark, Martha Evans [see Clark, Edward]

Texas first lady.

Cole, Sheryl

Austin city council member.

Collins, Eda [see Collins family]

Artist.

Colquitt, Alice Fuller Murrell [see Colquitt, Oscar Branch]

Texas first lady.

Combs, Susan

Texas comptroller.

Connally, Ida Nell Brill [ee John Bowden Connally]

Texas first lady.

Conrad, Barbara Smith UT alum and world-renowned opera singer. One of the first African-American undergraduate students admitted to UT Austin in 1956.

Conradt, Jody Legendary UT women’s basketball coach.

Cotera, Martha P. Chicana activist, librarian, writer.

Covington, Suzanne Travis County district judge.

Cox, Betty Jean White Author, journalist, editor.

Craig, Algerine M. Atkins First African American school librarian in the southwest; instrumental in documenting African American history in Austin as part of Travis County Historical Commission.

Crawford, Ann Fears Historian, author.

Crenshaw, Roberta Purvis Dickson Philanthropist, parks activist


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Crofford, Ava Atkinson

Photographer.

Crosby, Donna African American painter and lawyer; served as a juror for Art City Austin and the Austin Visual Arts Association which she currently serves as Board President.

Crow, Patricia

Political activist.

Cunnigham, Minnie Fisher Suffragist leader, president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association (TESA), first Texas women to run for the U.S. Senate, first executive secretary for the League of Women Voters.

Cutrer, Emily Fourmy

Authored two books about sculptor Elisabet Ney.

Daniel, Jean Houston Baldwin [see Daniel, Price Marion]

Texas first lady.

Delco, Wilhelmina [see Delco, Exalton A., Jr.]

First African American representative to the Texas House.

Dell, Susan Driving force behind the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s health and education initiatives, mother of four and top-level athlete.

DeWitty, Virgie C. [see Dewitty, Arthur]

Longtime choir director for the National Baptist Convention of America.

Dickinson, Susanna [see Hannig, Joseph]

“Messenger of the Alamo”. A survivor of the Alamo, she carried news of its fall back to General Sam Houston.

Dukes, Dawnna

State representative, District 46.

Dunkerley, Betty

Austin City Council member.

Durden, Mattie Ella Holman

First married female graduate of Tillotson College, community activist.

Eberly, Angelina Belle Peyton Innkeeper of Eberly House and heroine of the Archives War.


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Elliott, Jane [see Elliott Family] Co-owner of The Elliotts, Makers of Pictures, one of the earliest professional photography businesses in Austin.

Farenthold, Frances First chair of the National Women’s Political Caucus.

Ferguson, Miriam [see Ferguson, James Edward]

First woman to serve as Texas governor.

Fisher, Rebecca Jane Gilleland, 1831 – 1926 “Mother of Texas,” president for life of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Flowers, Betty Sue Former director of the LBJ Library.

Foster, Ruthie Musician.

Frasier, Margo First woman and first openly gay sheriff of Travis County.

Gilkyson, Eliza

Musician.

Goodman, Jackie Austin city council member, mayor pro tem.

Guerrero, Lena Second Hispanic woman elected to the Texas Legislature.

Hamilton, Mary Jane Bowen [see Hamilton, Andrew Jackson]

Texas first lady.

Hart, Katherine Drake First curator of the Austin Travis County Collection, now known as the Austin History Center.

Hearon, Shelby Reed Novelist.

Henderson, Frances Cox [see Henderson, James Pinckney]

The first Texas first lady.

Herndon, Dealey Executive director of State Preservation Board, oversaw the restoration of the State Capitol.

Hickie, Valerie Jane Second chair of Texas Women’s Political Caucus.

Hinojosa, Tish

Musician.


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Hofmann, Margret “Austin’s Tree Lady”, city council member, environmental and peace activist.

Hogg, Ima [see Hogg family]

Philanthropist, daughter of Governor James Hogg.

Hughes, Aralyn Performer and self-proclaimed “first Lady of the Keeping Austin Weird movement”.

Hutchinson, Kay Bailey U.S. senator.

Ivins, Molly Journalist.

Jefferson, Janel Local African American artist and world traveler.

Jester, Mabel Buchanan [see Jester, Beauford Halbert]

Texas first lady.

Johnson, Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” U.S. first lady, radio and television station owner; spearheaded the Town Lake Beautification Project and established the National Wildflower Research Center west of Austin.

Johnson, Karen R. Lawyer who received many awards and

accolades during a 46-year legal career and made

history as the first woman to serve as State Bar

of Texas executive director.

Johnson, Lizzie Schoolteacher, cattle dealer, and investor. She is the first woman in Texas to ride the Chisholm Trail with a herd of cattle that she had acquired under her own brand.

Joplin, Janis Famous 60’s rock and roll singer, attended UT Austin for a time and played at Threadgill’s Tavern early in her career.

Jordan, Barbara Politician; first African American woman to serve in the Texas Senate and the first to serve as a U.S. representative.

Keeton, Carole First woman mayor of Austin; also served as Texas comptroller and a member of the Railroad Commission.

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Kerr, Rhoda Mae First woman fire chief of Austin.

Kim, Jennifer Austin city council member.

King, Shelley Texas State Musician in 2008.

Kitchen, Ann Former state representative.

League, Karrie Founding owner of the Alamo Drafthouse.

Likan, Barbara Native of Germany, she was an outspoken advocate of women’s rights, president of the American Association of University Women from 1975-76. Married to well-known artist, Gustav Liken.

Long, Emma Jackson First woman to serve on the Austin city council and as Mayor Pro Tem.

Malik, Brenda Gooden Local television news anchor, journalist and producer.

Martin, Toni Tipton Award-winning African American food and nutrition journalist and community activist who goals is to build a healthier community through her books, classes, and foundation work.

McBee, Sue [see McBee, Frank Wilkins]

Journalist; active in education, arts, and culture in Austin; established Austin History Center Association.

McCormack, Patricia First American woman to become a bullfighter in Mexico.

Means, Bertha Sadler Political, civil rights activist.

Moser, Margaret Austin music journalist, writer and member of the Texas Blondes, a famous/infamous local female welcoming committee for touring musicians.

Murchison, Mahala First known African American resident of Austin.

Murphy, Harriet First African American woman appointed to a regular judgeship in Texas.


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Ney, Elisabet Sculptor whose studio is now a museum in Hyde Park.

Northen, Mary Moody Philanthropist and financier.

O’Hair, Madalyn Murray Founder of the American Atheists; her lawsuit led to the abolishment of prayer in schools.

Overton, Warneta Hill Wife of civil rights activist Volma Overton, buried at the Texas State Cemetery.

Pease, Carrie Daughter of Governor Elisha Pease.

Pease, Ella Mae Founder of the Miss Black Austin pageant, owner of the House of Elegance beauty salon.

Pease, Lucadia Christiana Niles [see Pease, Elisha Marshall]

First lady of Texas.

Pease, Julia Maria [see Pease, Elisha Marshall]

Daughter of Texas governor Elisha Pease; helped found the Texas Fine Arts Association.

Pennybacker, Anna McLaughlin Hardwicke Author, clubwoman, suffragist.

Perry, Anita First Lady of Texas and wife of Rick Perry.

Post, Susan

Founder, owner of Book Woman.

Price, Toni Musician.

Purcell, Mabelle [see Purcell, George Clark Red]

Author, educator, historian.

Randle, Audray Bateman First curator of the Austin History Center.

Richards, Ann Willis Second female governor of Texas (first was Miriam “Ma” Ferguson), outspoken feminist known for her one-liners; also served as Travis County Commissioner and Texas State Treasurer.

Roach, Eloise Translator, writer, educator.

Roberts, Velma Activist—civil rights, women’s issues, social justice.


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Rodriguez-Mendoza, Amalia Served as chair of the Governor’s Commission for Women.

Rogers, Lorene Lane Only woman to serve as president of the University of Texas.

Rutland, Mrs. J.W. Editor of Sursum! Elisabet Ney In Texas.

Sayers, Orlene Walton [see Joseph Draper Sayers]

Texas first lady.

Scott, Bess Whitehead Journalist (first woman reporter for the Houston Chronicle), suffragist.

Sevier, Clara Driscoll [see Sevier, Henry Hulme]

“Savior of the Alamo”, philanthropist.

Shea, Brigid Served on the Austin City Council, environmental activist.

Sibley, Jane Longtime champion of the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

Simond, Ada DeBlanc Askey Writer, chronicled early African American life in Austin in her Let’s Pretend series of children’s books.

Smith, Ima [see Smith, Preston]

Texas first lady.

Smith, Mrs. Sam J.

Founding president of the Austin Woman’s Club.

Smith-Fuller, Maud Anna Berry African American religious and civic leader, served as director of the Women’s Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention of America.

Speed, Julie Painter.

Schwarz, Carolyn Executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin.

Swisher, Bella French [see Swisher family]

Writer, editor, publisher; published The American Sketch Book in the late 1800s.

Theis, Josephine Owned a millinery shop in the 1900s.


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Turner, Dorothy Founded the Black Citizens’ Task Force.

Weddington, Sarah Ragle Attorney famous for landmark Roe v. Wade case before the US Supreme Court; law professor, former member Texas House of Representatives.

White, Mattie B. Opened a private school for African American girls in 1892; leader in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union; artist.

White, Linda Gale [see White, Mark]

Texas first lady.

Williams, Lizzie Johnson Legendary early Texas cattle queen said to be the first woman to ride the Chisholm Trail. She was also a shrewd business woman.

Williams, Thelma "Grandma Wisdom" Austin native, served from 1961 to 1967 in the United States Air Force. In the mid-70’s, one of the first women in Central Texas to enter the plumbing field; family planning counselor; active member of the St. John community and encourages youth to persevere with her positive and motivational influence.

Winegarten, Ruthe Activist, historian and author of several books about women in Texas history.

Winik, Marion Writer.

Wonderland, Carolyn Musician.

Yerwood, Connie R. One of the first female African American doctors in Texas.


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AUSTIN FILES – HOUSE/BUILDING

The Austin Files – House/Building contain clippings, reports, and ephemera related to structures in

Austin and Travis County. It is arranged by street address. Information may also be found by using

the APL online library catalog, FindIt.

708 San Antonio St.

North-Evans Chateau Home of the Austin Woman’s Club

1404 West Avenue Caswell House Owned and operated by the Austin Junior Forum

200 Willow Amelia Barr House Home of the author and girls-school proprietor

3809 West 35th St. Laguna Gloria Home of Clara Driscoll, Austin Museum of Art

304 East 44th St. Elisabet Ney Museum Ney’s home and studio, also known as Formosa

613 West 32nd St. Jane McCallum House

210 Academy Dr. Red-Purcell House


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GENERAL COLLECTION

The General Collection contains books, pamphlets, maps and documents related to local government such as city reports and plans. Titles are arranged by call number. Individual titles can be found by searching the APL online library catalog.

A 016.3054 SN Read All About Her! Texas Women’s History: a working bibliography, Elizabeth Snapp

A 016.3054 TE Bibliography, Texas Women’s History Project

A 016.3054 WO Women and Texas History: an archival bibliography, Texas State Historical Association

A 069.97092 OP 1985 Management Study of Elisabet Ney Museum, Opinion Research Associates, Inc.

A 070.9025 WO Membership Directory, Women in Communications, Austin Chapter

A 070.92 I958S

Stirring it up with Molly Ivins : a memoir with recipes, Ellen Sweets

A 287.6764 WE We welcome you! : Wesley United Methodist Church, 61st Annual Women's Day, "Extraordinary Women of Faith," May 17-19, 2013

A 301.412 AU Special Report, Austin Commission for the Status of Women, 1977

A 305.4 NA The NOW Guide for Austin Women, Austin Chapter, National Organization for Women, 1970 and 1980

A 305.4 SE 1986 A Sesquicentennial Celebration Honoring the 1986 Inductees into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, Governor’s Commission for Women

A 305.40973 AA414A A Woman’s Odyssey: journals, 1976 – 1992, Linda Aaker [memoir of an Austin attorney]

A 305.409764 BE Women in Texas History: they made a difference, Cynthia J. Beeman

A 305.409764 MC Texas women first : leading ladies of Lone Star history, Sherrie S. McLeRoy

A 305.409764 TE Texas Women of the Century: the inspiring stories of great Texas women, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas

A 305.409764 TE Texas Women: a celebration of history, Texas Women’s History Project


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A 305.409764 TE Texas Women: their history, their lives, Elizabeth Hayes Turner, Stephanie Cole, Rebecca Sharpless

A 305.409764 WI Governor Ann Richards and Other Texas Women: from Indians to Astronauts, Ruthe Winegarten

A 305.409764 WI Texas Women: a pictorial history: from Indians to astronauts, Ruthe Winegarten

A 305.409764 WO Women and Texas History: selected essays, Fane Downs

A 305.4097643 AU Personal, Advertising, and Professional Directory, Austin Women’s Network, 1981

A 305.4209764 MA Creating the New Woman: the rise of southern women’s progressive culture in Texas, 1893 – 1918, Judith McArthur

A 305.4209764 MC Texas Through Women's Eyes : the twentieth-century experience, Judith, McArthur

A 305.4866073 WI Black Texas Women: 150 years of trial and triumph, Ruthe Winegarten

A 305.48896 DO Douglass Club Yearbook, 1955-57, 1961-63

A 305.4889607 WI Black Texas Women, a Sourcebook: documents, biographies, timeline, Ruthe Winegarten

A 306.870846 KI Kid me not : an anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s, Aralyn

Hughes

A 306.8743 FL From My Mother’s Hands: remembrances and recipes from Texas women, Susie Kelly Flatau [includes stories and recipes from Austin women]

A 307.76 AUH63 2001 Hyde Park: life on the avenues, Austin History Center [online exhibit that includes text and photos about Elisabet Ney]

A 322.440924 M124M A Texas Suffragist: diaries and writings of Jane Y. McCallum, Jane Y. McCallum

A 323.0973 SE Seeking inalienable rights : Texans and their quests for justice (Chapter 4) Debra Ann Reid

A 324.3 TA The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas, Elizabeth A. Taylor

A 324.623 AUH63 Jane McCallum and the Suffrage Movement, Austin History Center [an online exhibit]


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A 324.623 CR Fighting for Suffrage: the Austin women unite, Ann Fears Crawford

A 324.6230922 NI Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Jane Y. McCallum: leaders of Texas women for suffrage and beyond, Patricia Nieuwenhuizen

A 324.6230976 SC AA The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas, May Schmidt

A 324.6230976 TA Citizens At Last: the women suffrage movement in Texas, Elizabeth A. Taylor

A 328.73092 J761T Barbara Jordan: the biography, Austin Teutsch

A 328.73092 J821J Barbara Jordan: speaking the truth with eloquent thunder, Barbara Jordan

A 328.7640082 JO Capitol Women: Texas female legislators, 1923 – 1999, Nancy Baker Jones [includes short biographies, Austin women represented]

A 329.009764 WE AA Texas Women in Politics: a project of Sarah Weddington, Jane Hickie, and Deanna Fitzgerald, ed. Elizabeth Fernen and Marilyn Duncan

A 331.4128 AU 1984 Quarterly Performance Report: Women’s Employment Advocacy Program, Austin Women’s Center

A 331.4877009 MA Hands to the Spindle: Texas Women and Home Textile Production, 1822 – 1880, Paula Mitchell Marks

A 338.092 BU Yearbook of the Business & Professional Women’s Club, Austin, Texas, Business & Professional Women’s Club, 1934-35, 1935-36

A 338.47624 CI City of Austin Office of Minority Affairs’ Minority/Women Business Enterprises Construction-Related Directory, Austin Office of Minority Affairs

A 338.709764 BR Crave Austin, The Urban Girl’s Manifesto: The Ultimate Guide to Women-owned Businesses in Austin, Featuring More Than 130 Entrepreneurs You Need to Know, 2nd ed, Melody Biringer

A 346.7640163 WE AA The Legal Status of Homemakers in Texas, Sarah Weddington

A 351.76431 TR Travis County Council of Women, 1971-72

A 352.0051 AUP432T Training for Women in Nontraditional Jobs: final report, Austin Personnel Department, Staff Development Division

A 352.005104 WI With Many: City of Austin focus on minorities and women


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A 352.9413 AU Commission for Women Task Force Report to Council, August 21, 1986, Austin Commission for Women Task Force

A 352.9413 AUC373M Minutes, Austin Commission on the Status of Women, 1978

A 352.9413 AUC737M Minutes, Austin Commission for Women

A 362.76 PE To grow in love and grace : a history of the Settlement Club's first century, Linda Perry

A 362.8292 CE Annual Report, Center for Battered Women, 1995

A 362.8292 CE Center for Battered Women, 1979 funding proposal and 1995 funding reports

A 363.46 WE A Question of Choice, Sarah Weddington

A 364.9764 ZE

Guy town by gaslight : a history of vice in Austin's first ward, Richard Zelade

A 366.18 OR Yearbook, Order of the Eastern Star, Travis County Chapter 472, 1946-67 and 1951-52

A 367.76431 MA History, Thursday Morning Study Club, Fay L. Mays

A 367.976431 AU Annual Announcement, Austin Woman’s Club, 1928

A 367.976431 AU Austin Junior Woman’s Federation, yearbook, 1977-78

A 367.976431 AU The Austin Woman’s Club, yearbooks, 1930-31 – 2001-02

A 367.976431 RODIR Yearbook, Rollingwood Women’s Club, 1980 – 1982

A 367.976431 TH Thursday Morning Study Club, yearbooks, 1950, 1960 – 1979

A 367.976431 WE 1965 – 1966 West Austin Study Club Yearbook

A 367.976431 WO The City of Austin Federated Women’s Clubs Yearbook, 1938-39

A 367.976431 WO Women’s Exchange of Texas, Austin, Texas

A 370.1934609 MA Hill Country Teacher: oral histories from the one-room school and beyond, Diane Manning

A 371.100924 B611C Pioneer Woman Educator: the progressive spirit of Annie Webb Blanton, Debbie Mauldin Cottrell


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A 371.856 SI Debutantes : . . . biennial debutante ball, Sigma Gamma Rho. Alpha Kappa Sigma Chapter

A 376.8 PU The History of Live Oak Female Seminary and Its Successor, Stuart Female Seminary, Mabelle Purcell

A 376.8 PU Two Texas Female Seminaries, Mabelle Purcell

A 378.1110924 GE Interview with Dorothy Gebauer, interviewed by Valerie Dunnam

A 378.198 KA Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association, Austin, Texas: [directory], 1994-95

A 378.1985089 WE Welcome to the Southern Region 71st executive board and youth retreat: Zeta Phi Beta Southern Region, 2010

A 378.76431 EC AA Fifty Who Loved and Served the University of Texas at Austin, Carl John Eckhardt [includes women who contributed to the university]

A 378.7643105 FA Faculty Wives’ Social Club: The University of Texas at Austin, yearbooks, 1943-44 – 1997-98

A 378.7643105 UN The University Ladies’ Club, yearbooks, 1953-54 – 1997-98

A 380.088042 BU The Businesswomen’s Directory: Austin, Texas, Nancy S. Banister, 1986

A 381.45002 HO The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability, Kristen Hogan, 2016

A 387.7643105 UN The University Ladies’ Club Newcomers, yearbook, 1980-81

A 640 HA Pease Porridge Hot: recipes, household hints, and home remedies of the Pease family, Katherine Hart

A 640.7140715 TR Yearbook for Travis County Community Clubs, Travis County Home Demonstration Agent, 1926

A 640.7140715 TR Yearbook for Travis County Women’s Home Demonstration Clubs, 1941

A 640.7140715 WO Women’s Home Demonstration Clubs 1946: Travis County District 8, Rose A. Erisman, Travis County Home Demonstration Agent

A 641.5 Extension Homemaker Clubs, Travis County, Texas, 50th Anniversary Cookbook, 1926 – 1976, Texas Extension Homemakers Association


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A 641.5 AS As You Like It: Scottish Rite Dormitory favorites, 1922 – 1982

A 641.5 AU Austin First Church of the Nazarene Ladies Ministries Favorite Recipes Cookbook, Women Interested in Serving Him, Austin First Church of the Nazarene

A 641.5 AU Family Favorites: recipes collected by the Madonna Circle of Catholic Women of Sacred Heart Parish, Austin, Texas

A 641.5 DA The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, District 8 Presents Seconds of a Pinch of This and a Handful of That: 1830 – 1900

A 641.5 DE 1959 Designs for Food, Women’s Architectural League

A 641.5 EA Eat at My Table: a cookbook of tempting recipes, Tarrytown United Methodist Women

A 641.5 EN Enjoy: recipes from the Women’s Symphony League of Austin

A 641.5 FA Favorite Recipes, Simpson United Methodist Women

A 641.5 GO Good Eating with Good Shepherd, Episcopal Church Women, Good Shepherd

A 641.5 KE Keeping the Feast: a cookbook for the Christian Year, compiled by the Women of St. George’s Episcopal Church

A 641.5 LA La Fete International, Austin Woman’s Club

A 641.5 NI 1960 Cookbook: Adventures in Eating Group of the University Ladies’ Club, University of Texas, Austin

A 641.5 OU Our Favorite Recipes, Christian Women’s Fellowship, Koenig Lane Christian Church

A 641.5 OU Our Home Cookbook, compiled by Mrs. Paul F. Thornton, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Austin

A 641.5 Pr Recipes compiled by Evelyn Wright Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Women of Presbyterian Church

A 641.5 RA A Rainbow of Heartwarming Recipes, United Methodist Women Evening Group, Northwest Hills United Methodist Church

A 641.5 RE Recipes, collected and edited by the Resident Hostess Association for Women Students, University of Texas


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A 641.5 SE Seminary Women’s Cookbook, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

A 641.5 SH Sharing Our Best: a collection of recipes by the women of Hyde Park Baptist Church, Hyde Park Baptist Church

A 641.5 TE Texas Jubilee Cookbook, American Association of University Women, Austin Branch

A 641.5 WO Directory and Cookbook, Women’s Christian Temperance Union

A 641.568 CA When the Hostess Entertains, Catholic Daughters of America, Court Maria Galante, No. 115, Austin, Texas

A 641.5973 WH What’s Cooking! Women’s Architectural League

A 641.59764 AU A Book of Favorite Recipes, Austin Police Wives Club

A 641.59764 AU Apron Adventures with the Women of the Church, St. George’s Episcopal Church

A 641.59764 AU Good Cheer Recipe Book, Austin Young Women’s Christian Association, Good Cheer Club

A 641.59764 AU Hostess Reference Book, St. Mary’s Catholic Church

A 641.59764 AU The Burnt Thumb: or Cooking with Austin Jaycee Wives

A 641.59764 BL Cookbook, Bluff Springs Extension Homemakers Club, 1983 and 1985

A 641.59764 CO The Collection: a cookbook, Junior League of Austin

A 641.59764 FO Food, Flame, and Friends, United Methodist Women of Westlake United Methodist Church

A 641.59764 LE Capitol Cooking, League of Women Voters of the Austin Area

A 641.59764 MC From Teacakes to Tamales: Third Generation Texas Recipes, Nola McKay, 2016

A 641.59764 MY The Capitol Cookbook: a selection of recipes by the ladies of Albert Sydney Johnson chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. E. G. Myers

A 641.59764 MY The Capitol Cookbook: a selection of tested recipes, Louise Holland Myers

A 641.59764 OA Let’s Break Bread Together, United Methodist Women, Oak Hill United Methodist Church


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A 641.59764 SA Eating in Season: Recipes from Boggy Creek Farm, Carol Anne Sayle

A 641.59764 TE Our Adventures in Eating: recipes by members of the Adventures in Eating Group of the University Ladies’ Club

A 641.59764 TR Treasure Pots, Austin Woman’s Club

A 641.59764 UN St. John’s Sampler, United Methodist Women of St. John’s United Methodist Church

A 641.5976431 CA Eastside’s Hidden Secrets: Recipes from the Eastside Café menu, Ruth Carter

A 646.72092 KO

Halina: fought Nazis / promoted skin care, Monica Kortsha

A 650.025 AU The Austin Guide to Women in Business

A 650.025 WH 1988 The Who’s Who of Austin Area Businesswomen

A 658.834082 RO An analysis of new product information acquisition and utilization by Austin, Texas housewives, Dan Hugh Robertson

A 708.16431 EL Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas: a collection of casts of her works made in Europe and Texas, Elisabet Ney Museum

A 708.16431 EL Elisabet Ney Museum, Laguna Gloria, Clara Driscoll Art Gallery: art centers of the Texas Fine Arts Association, Texas Fine Arts Association

A 708.16431 TE Fine Arts in Historic Setting, Texas Fine Arts Association

A 708.19 EL 19 Annual Report of Elisabet Ney Museum Board of Directors, Elisabet Ney Museum, Board of Directors

A 709.76431 TE Annual Membership Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association

A 709.76431 TE The Texas Fine Arts Association and Elisabet Ney Museum: sketch of Elisabet Ney, history, purpose, management, officers, work done, Texas Fine Arts Association

A 720.976431 AU Directory, Austin Women in Architecture, 1984-85

A 728.09764 BE Ney: a summary analysis of building conditions related to the preservation of the historic structure, Wayne Bell and Associates

A 728.0976431 BE Elisabet Ney Museum: a preservation analysis and master plan, Bell, Klein, & Hoffman


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A 730.92 N4913E Elizabeth [sic] Ney, Texas Writers’ Project

A 730.92 N4913N SOU Sursum: Elisabet Ney in Texas, Elisabet Ney

A 730.92 N4913S Elisabet Ney and Austin: interactions and results, Samuel Aaron Suhler

A 730.924 N4913G Marble Dust: the life of Elisabet Ney: an interpretation, Marjory Goar

A 730.924 N491C Research Transmittals: Elisabet Ney: artist, woman, Texan, Emily Cutrer

A 730.924 N491M Elisabet Ney: artist, woman, Texan: study guide for use with audiovisual program, Marian L. Martinello

A 730.924 N491R Elisabet Ney Interview, Mrs. J. W. Rutland

A 730.924 N9413C The Art of the Woman: the life and work of Elisabet Ney, Emily Cutrer

A 779.24 SC AA Hill Country Women, Steven Schwartzman

A 782.42166 J744e Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin, Alice Echols

A 976.400922 TH This is Texas, Mabelle Purcell, Stuart Purcell

A 806.176431 GR History of the Pathfinder’s Club, 1890 – 1972, C. T. Gray

A 810 HO A Key to Survival, Margret Hofmann

A 810 MA Women Pioneers, Jane Y. McCallum

A 810.809287 RE Red Boots and Attitude: the spirit of Texas women writers, Diane Fanning

A 810.99287 AFAA African-American Texas Women Writers: 1988 – 2002, LaRita Booth Pryor

A 810.9928709 TE Texas Women Writers: a tradition of their own, Sylvia Ann Grider

A 811.54 AC

Direct light has fallen upon me: poems, 2003-2011, Teresa Palomo Acosta

A 811.54 AK

An elegant sufficiency, Deborah A, Akers

A 813.54 BI A Love Letter to Texas Women, Sarah Bird, 2016

A 920 BR Prominent Women of Texas, Elizabeth Brooks

A 920 JA Texas Governors’ Wives, Pearl Cashell Jackson


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A 920 MA AT Texas Women of Distinction: a biographical history, Ina May Ogletree McAdams

A 920 PI Pioneer Women in Texas, Annie Doom Pickrell

A 920 PI Pioneer Women Teachers of Texas, Delta Kappa Gamma Society

A 920 WO Women in Early Texas, Evelyn M. Carrington

A 920.720764 AN More than Petticoats: remarkable Texas women, Greta Anderson

A 920.720924 NE Texas’ First Ladies: historic costume collection, Texas Woman’s University, Velda Newcomer

A 920.7209764 AL Extraordinary Texas Women, Judy Alter

A 920.7209764 LE Legendary Ladies of Texas, Francis Edward Abernethy

A 920.7209764 NO Notable Women of Texas, directory

A 920.7209764 PI Let Me Tell You What I’ve Learned: Texas wisewomen speak, Paula Jo Pierce

A 920.7209764 SE Texas Women: legends in their own time, Claudia Dee Seligman

A 921 AN26A Miss Fanny: autobiography tape-recorded by Walter E. Long & Russell H. Fish, transcript

A 921 C967C Tenting on the Plains: or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas, Elizabeth Bacon Custer

A 921 H818T Sam Houston and His Twelve Women: the ladies who influenced the life of Texas’ greatest man, Martha Anne Turner

A 921 JO Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: how a first lady changed America, Kathi Appelt

A 921 N4912 Two romantics and their ideal life: Elisabet Ney, sculptor: Edmund Montgomery, philosopher, Vernon Loggins

A 921 N491D Elisabet Ney, Sculptor, Henry B. Dielmann

A 921 N491F Elisabet Ney, Jan Isabelle Fortune

A 921 N491T Elisabet Ney, Sculptor, Bride Neill Taylor


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A 940.541 ME Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Travis County, American Legion Capital City Post No. 816 [photo directory with biographical information of those who served in World War II]

A 973 AM The American History Club, 1893 – 1993: a centenary celebration and tribute to members past and present, Mary Belle Granger James

A 973 AM The American History Club, yearbooks, 1953-54, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02

A 973.715042 CO Secesh Women, Eula Belle Maley Cook [written by a member of the A. S. Johnson chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; profiles of women who helped in the Civil War]

A 973.923092 J678G Lady Bird Johnson: an oral history, Michael L.Gillette.

A 976.4 M124M Diary of Jane Y. McCallum, Jane Y. McCallum

A 976.400222 BA A Texas Journey: the centennial photographs of Polly Smith, Evelyn Baker

A 976.400431 RA The Golden Free Land: the reminiscences and letters of women, Crystal Sasse Ragsdale [a collection of essays about German settlers in Texas]

A 976.400468 PO Politicas: Latina Public Officials in Texas, Sonia R. Garcia [includes Lena Guerrero, who represented Southeast Austin in the Texas House for three terms]

A 976.4004687 QU Chicana Activists of Austin and Houston, Texas: a historical analysis, Linda J. Quintanilla

A 976.400496 BL Black Women in Texas History, Bruce A. Glasrud

A 976.40082 W767W Mum’s the Word: a tribute to Ruth Winegarten, Debra L. Winegarten

A 976.4050922 LU Lucadia Pease and the Governor: letters, 1850 – 1857, Lucadia Pease

A 976.4062092 C9736M Minnie Fisher Cunningham: a suffragist’s life in politics, Judith McArthur

A 976.4062092 G5578Y Texas, Her Texas: the life and times of Frances Goff, Nancy Beck Young

A 976.4063 TO Claytie and the Lady: Ann Richards, gender, and politics in Texas, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart


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A 976.4063 TW Twentieth-century Texas: a social and cultural history, ed. John W. Storey and Mary L. Kelley [includes essays about women’s journeys through Texas history, women and war, and women and gender in Texas music]

976.406092 H7163B Ima Hogg: the governor's daughter, Virginia Bernhard

A 976.4060924 H674h Ima: reminiscences of life in the governor's mansion, Ima Hogg

A 976.4063092 R395 The Thorny Rose of Texas: an intimate portrait of governor Ann Richards, Mike Shropshire

A 976.4063092 S564S Jane's window: my spirited life in West Texas and Austin, Jane Dunn Sibley as told to Jim Comer

A 976.431 W5802 W My World, My Century, My Life, Inge Walling Whitaker

A 976.4310049 BI The Sixth Biennial Connie Yerwood Conner African American Women’s Hall of Fame, Austin Metroplex Chapter, National Women of Achievement

A 976.4310049 BI The 14th biennial African-American women's profiles of prominence / [presented by] Austin Metroplex Chapter, National Women of Achievement, Inc., Saturday, March 26, 2016, St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Biennial Connie Yerwood Conner African American Women's Hall of Fame

A 976.4310049 TR Their Eyes Were Watching God, Austin, 1983: Tribute to twenty-eight black women

A 976.43106 GA

The Servant Girl Murders: Austin, Texas 1885 by J.R. Galloway

A 976.431092 D617M Nana’s Stories: a biography of Auguste Marie Kupfernagel Dittmar by her Daughter, Jo Kathryn Dittmar McGinnis,” Jo Kathryn Dittmar McGinnis


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RECORDING COLLECTION – AUDIO

The Recording Collection contains individual audio and video tapes donated or acquired by the Austin History Center. The compiled list consists of oral histories made by volunteers and members of the Austin History Center staff. Many of the oral histories have been transcribed and copies placed in AF-biography files.

Tape Number Subject Recording Date/Transcription

1952, 1953 Aguallo, Mary Frances March 10, 1999/See AF Biography file

2640, 2665 Alley, Gretchen April 5, 1997/See AF Biography file – Smoot Family

1238 Allison, Ethel July 24, 1986/No

1994 A, B, C & 1995 A, B, C

Andrews, Fanny Margaret (1869 – 1960); interviewed by Walther E. Long and Russell Fish and used as the basis for her biography

October 1959(?)/See AF Biography file

0320 Bain, Dr. Ruth March 30, 1983/See 610.924 B16B

0929 Bain, Dr. Ruth November 11, 1991/No

1089, 1089-A Barnes, Lorraine June 28, 1984/No

2510 Barrientos, Emma February 2, 2002/See AF Biography file – Barrientos, Gonzalo

0029-C Barrow, Mamie Dell December 10, 1969/See AF Biography file

2563, 2564 Bedichek, Jane Gracy March 22, 2004/See AF Biography file – Bedichek, Roy

0331 Bode, Mary Jane (State Representative, District 37)

February 24, 1980/ See AF Biography file

1008 Bohls, Catherine Barren June 14, 1990/See AF Biography file

3092 Browning, Emma (interviewed for KLRU documentary “The World, the War, and Texas”)

June 8, 2007/No


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0503 Burke, Eva (graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital/Austin City Hospital nursing program)

No

1907, 1908 Camacho, Lorraine 1996/partial transcript, See AF Biography file

1915, 1916 Campos, Eloise February 28, 1996/See AF Biography fie – Campos, Lola

0258 Carpenter, Liz December 13, 1978/See 929.2097643, AF Biography file

2089 Castro, Celia (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project

June 27, 1994/See AF Biography file

0138 Chiles, Mary Hamilton Maloney May 16, 1959/See AF Biography file

0368, 0369, 0370

Conley, Mrs. Leora Hill (interviewed as part of the East Austin Tri-Ethnic Oral History Project

April 9, 1984/See AF Biography file

2021 Cook, Katherine Ann (interviewed about teaching in Austin)

1968/See AF Biography file

1966 (Cooper and Johnston), 1911 (Cooper)

Cooper, Mary Jo; Johnston, Billie 1999/ See AF Biography files – Butler, Michael; Johnston, Dean

1052 Crenshaw, Roberta October 2, 1986/See AF Biography file – Crenshaw, Charles

3091 Crow, Margaret Doggett (interviewed for KLRU documentary “The World, the War, and Texas”)

No date/No

0493 Crowder, Dr. Eleanor McElheny (discussion of Brackenridge Hospital and the Texas Polio Epidemic of 1953)

March 19, 1984/No

2560 De La Garza, Beatriz December 8, 2003/See AF Biography file

2325 Dowdy, Julia Ruth and Wood, Ruby Anne Corder (graduates of the Nursing School at Brackenridge Hospital)

May 1983/See AF Biography files


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0929 Faulk, Mary November 14, 1991/No

1061 & 2508, 2509

Fish, Janet No date; September 21, 2002/See Biography files – Long, Walter; Fish, Janet

1024 Forister, Hazel Crawford July 6, 1990/See AF Biography file

0475 Former nursing students of the Brackenridge Nursing Program (Class of 1933, 1934, 1936, 1945)

May 7, 1983/See AF Subject file – Hospitals – Brackenridge

2087 Franco-Alvarado, Josie (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

August 5, 1994/See AF Biography file

1010 Fuqua, Pauline Wolff July 5, 1990/See AF Biography file

1923 Galindo, Ernestine April 2, 1996/See AF Biography file – Galindo, Tomas

3082 Gallo, Sylvia February 22, 2007/No

1462 & 0737 Garcia, Dr. Ana December 1985 /See 929.2097643 and AF Biography file

0391 Gebauer, Dorothy (Dean of Women in Perpetuity at the University of Texas)

September 24, 1984/See 378.1110924

1029 George, Mildred Hughes July 20, 1990/See AF Biography file

2581 Gonzalez, Dolores May 26, 2004/See AF Biography file

0478 Grube, Alma Marburger (graduate of the Brackenridge Nursing Program)

May 7, 1983/No

0321, 0322 Hanson, Clara Free (documenting her life in South Texas)

April 13, 1980/No

3076 Harden, Ada January 8, 2007/No

2351 Hart, Mary Summer; Joseph, Ruth (graduates of the Brackenridge Nursing Program)

May 7, 1983/See AF Biography files and AF Subject file – Hospitals – Brackenridge

2609, 2610 Herrera, Sylvia December 22, 2004/See AF Biography File


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0060 Hetzel, Myra Ingram November 24, 1971/ See AF Biography File

0480 Himmelblau, Betty (Austin City Council member from 1975 to 1981)

May 4, 1984

2599, 2600 Hofmann, Margret January 19, 2005/Yes

0501 Holman, Mary (graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital Nursing Program in 1938); Harper, Virginia Randolph

November 30, 1983/No

0506 Holt, Susie Klinger (graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital Nursing Program in 1922)

May 20, 1981/No

2023 Houston, Josephine Mary (interviewed about teaching in Austin)

October 8, 1968/See AF Biography file

2105 Johnson, Lady Bird December 7, 1977/See AF Biography file

0271 Koock, Mary Faulk January 19, 1978/ See 929.2097643 KoAA

0101, 1128 –1131, 3038

Long, Emma June 10, 1974; April 13, 1982; October 5, 2006/See AF Biography file

2534 McBee, Sue January 9, 2004/ See AF Biography file – McBee, Frank

0371 – 0374 Moberg, Amanda (interviewed as part of the East Austin Tri-Ethnic Oral History Project)

February 25, 1984/See AF Biography file

0230 Moody, Mildred Paxton (wife of Governor Dan Moody, interviewed about her time as first lady)

November 15, 1977/See AF Biography file – Moody, Daniel J.

2091 Moore, Della May (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

June 8, 1994/See AF Biography file


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2086 Morin, Lupe; Chavez, Mary (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

June 1, 1994; May 26, 1994/See AF Biography files

0375 – 0378 Olson, Naomi (interviewed as part of the East Austin Tri-Ethnic Oral History Project)

January 24, 1984/See AF Biography file

0020 Pinkston, Harriet (1880 – ); Smith, Mattie (1866 – ); Harn, Margaret

February 3, 1968/See AF Biography files

2439 – 2440 Randle, Audray Bateman (interviewed about the Austin History Center)

March 2, 2001/See AF Biography file

1155 – 1156 Ransom, Ruby Lee; Tatum, Mrs. Jim April 22, 1983/No

2090 Ranzau, Alicia Rachel (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

August 23, 1994/ See AF Biography file

0468-B Rhode Joseph, Ruth (graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital Nursing Program)

May 7, 1983/See AF Biography file and AF Subject file – Hospitals – Brackenridge

0323 – 0324 Richards, Ann (interview on subject of Travis County Commissioner)

October 2, 1979/See AF Biography file

2084 Rodriguez-Mendoza, Amalia (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

April 29, 1994/ See AF Biography file

1097 Rutland, Mrs. J. W. (interviewed about the Elisabet Ney Studio)

October 1966/No

0472-B Rylander, Carole Keeton (interviewed about Brackenridge Hospital, indigent citizens, and Travis County)


2088 Salazar, Ella D.; Flores, Mollie (interviewed for the Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association Oral History Project)

See AF Biography files

2549 – 2550 Schofield, Charlotte February 18, 2004/See AF Biography file


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0474 Seidenberger, Miriam (graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital Nursing Program)


1162 – 1164 Simond, Ada April 19, 1983/ See AF Biography file

0273 & 0281, 2636 – 2639, 2642 – 2646, 2647 – 2648, 2650, 2653, 2654

Smoot, Jane (subjects include travel, Flower Hill grounds and gardens, West Austin street cars)

1980, 1984, 1992, 1997/ See AF Biography file – Smoot family

0505 Trousdale, Sallie (1922 graduate of the Brackenridge Hospital Nursing Program)

September 19, 1983/No

3021 Wied, Nettie (interviewed for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project)

November 8, 2007/No

3088 – 3089 Wong, R. C. October 30 and November 6, 2007/No

2453 Wood, Sylvia McClintock June 29, 1990/See AF Biography file


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PERIODICALS

The Periodicals Collection includes newspapers, magazines, and newsletters published in or about

Austin and Travis County. The collection is arranged alphabetically by title. Titles can be found by

looking in the Periodical Index, located in the AHC Reading Room or via our online periodicals list

at: http://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/periodicals.

The Austin History Center has a complete run of the Austin American-Statesman (AAS) on microfilm since its founding in 1871. The following is a listing of the AAS indexes developed by the AHC staff until 1992, along with other database access tools. For a complete listing of APL databases, please visit http://library.austintexas.gov/databases.

1871-1976 The Austin American Statesman (Historical), Available through ProQuest with an APL library card or in the AHC Reading Room. Articles display in PDF format. http://library.austintexas.gov/database/austin-american-statesman-historical

1975-80 Computer printout only

1981-92 AHC In-house created database. Ask staff for assistance.

1989-present Available through Factiva or Newsbank with an APL library card or in the AHC Reading Room http://library.austintexas.gov/database/factiva or http://library.austintexas.gov/database/newsbank

8212 Newsletter, Women of the Barton Creek Country Club

December 1998

Advocate, The, Women’s Advocacy Project

June 1995 – Fall 2000

AFH Newsletter, Austin Family House

1986 – 1987

AISD School Board Elections, League of Women Voters of Austin

1980

Altrusa Gleanings, Altrusa Club of Austin

1932 – 1994

American Association of University Women Newsletter, Austin Branch

May 1944 – June 1990

ARCC Advocate, Austin Rape Crisis Center

December 1985 – June 1986

http://library.austintexas.gov/database/factiva


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Art Alert: Women and Their Work, Women and Their Work

Summer 1991 – Fall 1998

Austin Area Woman News Journal, Austin Area Woman

August 1989 – March 1990

Austin Association of Women in Computing Newsletter

September 1985

Austin Communicator, Association for Women in Communications

Fall 2002

Austin Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

April 1954 – December 1954

Austin Lesbian Organization

April 1975 – June 1975

Austin Networker, Austin Women’s Network

January 1981 – April 1982

Austin Rape Crisis Center Newsletter

November 1978 – April 1979

Austin Symphony Notes, Women’s Symphony League of Austin

September 1968

Austin Woman’s Club Newsletter

December 1989 – February 2000

Austin Woman’s Club: Program Card

November/December 2001

Austin Women in Architecture Newsletter

February 1984 – May/June 1993

Austin Women’s Center

Spring 1990 – Summer 1992

Austin Women’s Center Quarterly Newsletter

Spring 1989 – Winter 1989

Austin Women’s Network

July 1980 – December 1980

Austin Women’s Political Caucus Newsletter

March 1977 – June 1993

Austin Women’s Political Times, Austin Women’s Political Caucus

April 1987 – Fall 2001

Austin Young Women’s Christian Association Newsletter

May 10, 1947 – May 30, 1947

Austindyke

September 1980


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Avail, The, Texas Center for Women’s Business Enterprise

July 1999 – October 2000

AWARE’s Words of Recovery, University YWCA

April 1986 – November 1986

AWPC Political Times, Austin Women’s Political Caucus

Summer 1998 – Summer 1999

Book Woman, Book Woman

March 1996

Capital City Federated Business and Professional Women’s Club

July 1970 – April 1971

Center for Battered Women Newsletter

April 1979 – Summer 1993

Choice Notes, Austin Pro-Choice Taxpayers’ Alliance

July 1995

Christian Woman

December 1948 – January 1949

Christian Women United in Austin Newsletter

March – November 1976

Communique Newsletter, Austin Commission on the Status of Women

August 1976

Communique: The Association for Women in Communications Newsletter

Jan/Feb 2006 – March/April 2006

Democratic Women’s Times, Capital Area Democratic Women

February 2002

Difference is in the “W”, The

YWCA

Summer 1997 – Spring/Summer 2003

ECW Newsletter: Episcopal Women Newsletter, All Saints’ Episcopal Church Women

November 1984 – December 1985

Elisabet Ney Museum News

Spring/Summer 2003

Elisabet Ney Museum Association Newsletter

Winter 1982 – Spring 1992

Endowment Opportunities, Seton Fund of the Daughters of Charity

1997 – 1998


74

Episcopal Church Women of All Saints

November/December 1984 – Fall 1986

French Legation Museum, The

December 2008 – February 2009

Friends of the Foundation Newsletter, Texas Foundation for Women’s Resources

Fall 1986

Girls Scout Links, Lone Star Girl Scout Council

October 1985 – March 1990

Girls on the Go, Lone Star Girl Scout Council

1980 – 1983

Goodbye to All That, Austin Lesbian Organization

August 1975 – January 1978

Grassroot Struggle, Black Citizens’ Task Force

January 1982 – August/September 1984

Gray Panthers of Austin Newsletter

May 1979 – Winter 2005

Guia Para Votantes, League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund

September 2003

Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas Newsletter

April 1999 – April 2005

Home Edition, Settlement Club

October 1999 – April 2002

Home Page, The, Settlement Home for Children

Fall 2007 – Spring 2009

Home Word, The, Settlement Home for Children

Summer 2004 – Fall 2006

Housewives’ Bulletin, Housewives’ League of Austin

January – April 1918

Inner Caucus Memo, Austin Women’s Political Caucus

August 1975

Innervoice, AWARE (Austin Women’s Addition Referral & Education Center)

January 1993

Isis Institute of Women’s Studies

Spring 1997 – Summer 2000

Johnston’s Journal, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter No. 105

Winter 2001 – September 2005

Junior League of Austin

April 1938 – November/December 2008


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Keeping Abreast, Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin

Winter 1999 – Summer 2007

La Leche League Quarterly Newsletter

1980 – 1984

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Calendar

Spring 1999 – Spring 2006

Laguna Gloria Art Museum: Women’s Art Guild Newsletter

September 1975 – September 1990

Laser Beam, Leaders Achieving Sex Equality Regionally

Jan/Feb 1981 – April/May 1985

League of Women Voters of Texas: Convention Comments

January – August 1974

League of Women Voters of the Austin Area: The Austin Voter

March 1970 – January 2009

Left Hand, The, Austin Lesbians Speak Out

March 1987 – May 1988

Letter from Home, A, Settlement Home

Spring/Summer 1981 – Spring 1994

Letters from Home, Settlement Club

November 1980 – Fall 2004

Lone Star Lesbians

November 1977 – May 1978

MADD Heart of Texas News, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

September 1997

MADD Times, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

February 1991 – August 1998

Matrix Table Talk, Theta Sigma Phi

April 1928

Matrix, The, Theta Sigma Phi

April 1949 – July/August 1960

Mexican American Business and Professional Women of Austin Newsletter

January 1983

Milk Bank Account, The, Mother’s Milk Bank of Austin

Summer 2000

Moonbeams from Tower Lights Chapter, National Secretaries Association

July/August 1960 – May 1981


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Networker: the paper Texas women read, The Networker

May/June 1982 – August 1987

News, Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, Inc.


Our Time Has Come: A Lesbian Feminist Publication, Our Time Has Come Collective

July 1978 – April 1979

Pro-Choice Guardian, Austin Area Chapter, Texas Abortion Rights Action League

June 1990 – October 1990

Pro-Comm, Women in Communications

January/February 1985

Profile, The, Austin YWCA

April 1951 – June 1955

Promise, The, Girl Scouts – Lone Star Council

Summer 2002 – Spring/Summer 2006

Quilting Quips, Austin Area Quilt Guild

September 1983 – May 1997

Rambler, The, Lone Star Girl Scout Council

March 1978

Reaching Out, Austin Rape Crisis Center


Report of Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Center of Austin

Fall 1964 – Fall 1965

Second Coming, Austin Women’s Liberation

April 1971

Settlement Club Home Story, Settlement Club

May 1969 – February 1970

Settlement Club Newsletter, Settlement Club

June 2002 – June 2007

Sursum! Elisabet Ney Museum Association

Spring/Summer 1990 – Spring 1991

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Event Guide, Susan G. Komen Foundation

December 2008

Take Note, Women’s Symphony League of Austin

October 1981 – March 1988

TARAL Newsletter, Texas Abortion Rights Action League

March 1989 – Spring 1992

Texas Woman, The

August 1973 – July/August 1974


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Texans for Equal Rights Amendment Newsletter

May – August 1976

Texas Fine Arts News, Texas Fine Arts Association

April 1942 – January 1953

Texas Leader, Texas Governor’s Office of Community Leadership/Volunteer Services, Governor’s Commission for Women

Spring 1989

Texas Ms. Magazine, Austin Teenage Woman

February/March 1984 – January/February 1985

Texas Parent-Teacher, Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers

October 1943 – December 1953

Texas White Ribbon, Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Texas

November 1899 – January 1900

Texas Women’s Political Times, Texas Women’s Political Caucus


TFAA News, Texas Fine Arts Association

September 1953 – July 1959

There’s No Place like Home, Settlement Club

May 1969 – October 1980

Theta Signals, Theta Sigma Phi, Austin Chapter

August 1964 – May 1971

Tilting Soap, University of Texas Women’s Center

Spring 1978

Travis County Democratic Women’s Committee Newsletter

October 1974 – June 2005

Travis County Women Lawyers Association Newsletter

October/November 1990 – May 1999

Twin Tribune, Austin Mothers of Twins Club

September 1967 – April 1995

Two Dykes and Others, Azolakov (A. M.)

November 1977

University YWCA

Fall 1990 – Fall 1991

Viewpoint, Planned Parenthood Center of Austin

April 1993 – Summer 1999

Violet Crown Garden Club Newsletter

September 1947 – February 1961

Vision and Voice, Center for Battered Women

Fall 1993 – Winter 1997


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Vision and Voice: Safe Place, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survival Center


Walk Talk, Center for Battered Women

Summer 1997

Waterloo Reporter, American Business Women’s Association, Waterloo Chapter

December 1982 – May 1984

WCRC: Women’s Counseling and Resource Center

Winter 1989 – Spring 1993

We Care Austin: Women’s Environmental Coalition Newsletter

January 1973 – October 1992

Who’s Who of Austin Area Businesswomen Newsletter

July 1988

Woman’s Angle, The, Women of St. David’s

January 1950 – June 1961

Women and Their Work Quarterly Report

January 1983 – June 1986

Women in Communications, Inc., Austin Chapter Newsletter

March 1974 – December 2005

Women Magazine

August 2002 – January/February 2003

Women Monthly

March 2002 – July 2002

Women Networking

April 1988 – May/June 1994

Women’s Advocacy Project

April 2006

Women’s Advocate, The, Women’s Advocacy Project

August 1988 – August 1991

Women’s Alternative Times, The

October/November 1989

Women’s Architectural League of Austin Newsletter

October 1977 – September 1978

Women’s Business, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas

October 1987 – September 1989

Women’s Health, St. David’s Hospital

Summer 1988

Women’s Lobby Report, Texas Women’s Political Caucus



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Women’s Network News, Rachel Conrad Wahlberg

May 1979 – February 1991

Women’s Symphony League of Austin Newsletter

June 2006 – January 2007

Women’s Way, Center for Women and Their Work

September 1959 – February 1973

Womenspace: Women Talking to Women, University YWCA

March 1992

WomynSpeak: A Wall for Graffiti, WomynSpeak

July/August 1984

YWCA Profile

March 1984 – April 1984

YWCA: Catalogue

April 1951

YWCA: Women of the Year awards gala: the lives they've touched

October 2000