[Discussion] WWW: Women Working: 1870-1930 - Harvard digital collection

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Harvard University Library
OPEN COLLECTIONS PROGRAM
Is pleased to announce the release of the online resource,

"WOMEN WORKING: 1870-1930"
a digital collection of primary source materials for teaching, learning, =
and research http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww

FEATURING
* 2,400 Books, pamphlets http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/allbooks.html
* 1,075 Photographs http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/photos.html
* 5,000 Pages of Manuscripts =
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/allmanuscripts.html
* 50 Trade catalogs http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/trade.html

"WOMEN WORKING: 1870-1930" provides free access to digitized historical, =
manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and =
museum
collections. The "Women Working" collection explores women's roles in =
the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working =
conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health =
and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the =
workplace, education and social issues are all well documented.

SOME ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION

Books + Pamphlets:
* "Children of wage-earning mothers: a study of a selected group in =
Chicago." Wright, Helen R. 1922.
* "The purpose of textile education: an address at the opening of the =
Lowell Textile School year." Woodbury, Charles Jeptha Hall. 1897.
Photographs:=20
* Women working at the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, ca. 1930
* Women working with Caterpillar Tractors, ca. 1930
Manuscripts:
* Diary of Oscar-winning stage and screen actress Josephine Sherwood =
Hull, 1920-1924.
* Correspondence with women lawyers regarding opportunities for women in =
the legal profession, 1940-1920. Bureau of Vocational Information.
Trade Catalogs:
* "Choice Recipes," 1905. Walter Baker & Company.=20
* "Columbia bicycles," 1895. Pope Manufacturing Company.

LINK TO US
If you are interested in linking to the WOMEN WORKING digital =
collection, go to http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/linktoww.html for =
instructions.

SUBSCRIBE TO WOMEN WORKING EMAIL UPDATE
To subscribe to the WOMEN WORKING Update, send an email with "subscribe" =
in the subject line to <megan_hurst@harvard.edu>.

CONTACT US
We welcome your inquiries and comments.

Megan Hurst
Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator
Open Collections Program
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww
Harvard University Library
Holyoke Center 845
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone 617.496.3668
Fax 617.495.5415
Email <megan_hurst@harvard.edu>
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<DIV>Harvard University =
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href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww">http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww</A><=
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rd.edu/ww/allbooks.html</A> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>* 1,075 Photographs <A=20
href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/photos.html">http://ocp.hul.harvard=
.edu/ww/photos.html</A> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>* 5,000 Pages of Manuscripts <A=20
href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/allmanuscripts.html">http://ocp.hul=
.harvard.edu/ww/allmanuscripts.html</A> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>* 50 Trade catalogs <A=20
href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/trade.html">http://ocp.hul.harvard.=
edu/ww/trade.html</A> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>"WOMEN WORKING: 1870-1930" provides free access to =
digitized=20
historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's =
library and=20
museum collections. The "Women Working" collection explores women's =
roles in=20
the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working=20
conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health =
and=20
hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the =
workplace,=20
education and social issues are all well documented. SOME ITEMS =
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COLLECTION Books + Pamphlets: * "Children of wage-earning =
mothers: a=20
study of a selected group in Chicago." Wright, Helen R. 1922. * "The =
purpose=20
of textile education: an address at the opening of the Lowell Textile =
School=20
year." Woodbury, Charles Jeptha Hall. 1897. Photographs: * Women =
working=20
at the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, ca. 1930 * Women working =
with=20
Caterpillar Tractors, ca. 1930 Manuscripts: * Diary of =
Oscar-winning stage=20
and screen actress Josephine Sherwood Hull, 1920-1924. * =
Correspondence with=20
women lawyers regarding opportunities for women in the legal profession, =

1940-1920. Bureau of Vocational Information. Trade Catalogs: * =
"Choice=20
Recipes," 1905. Walter Baker &amp; Company. * "Columbia bicycles," =
1895.=20
Pope Manufacturing Company. LINK TO US If you are interested =
in=20
linking to the WOMEN WORKING digital collection, go to <A=20
href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/linktoww.html">http://ocp.hul.harva=
rd.edu/ww/linktoww.html</A><FONT=20
color=3D#000000> for instructions. SUBSCRIBE TO WOMEN WORKING =
EMAIL=20
UPDATE To subscribe to the WOMEN WORKING Update, send an email with=20
"subscribe" in the subject line to &lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:megan_hurst@harvard.edu">megan_hurst@harvard.edu</A><FONT =

color=3D#000000>&gt;.<BR><BR>CONTACT US<BR>We welcome your inquiries and =

comments.<BR><BR>Megan Hurst<BR>Outreach and Evaluation =
Coordinator<BR>Open=20
Collections Program<BR></FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww">http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww</A><=
BR><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Harvard University Library<BR>Holyoke Center =
845<BR>Cambridge, MA=20
02138<BR>Telephone 617.496.3668<BR>Fax 617.495.5415<BR>Email =
&lt;</FONT><A=20
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