Resources at Other Institutions

Listed below are catalogs for four of the largest and most comprehensive libraries and archives for research on women. These catalogs are useful not only for determining the holdings of these particular libraries, but also for research here at NYPL. For example, the catalog of the Sophia Smith Collection indexes women's periodicals, many of which can be found in the Research Libraries.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. The Manuscript inventories and the catalogs of manuscripts, books and periodicals, 10 vols, (Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1984), *RG-SNB 84-168. http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/
Probably the best known of the Women's Studies collections in the United States, the Schlesinger is strongest in historical material on American women, but now also collects heavily in all aspects of Women's Studies. The collection includes over 30,000 volumes, 470 serials subscriptions, and 850 collections of papers of individual women and women's organizations. The massive catalog contains a dictionary-style list of the holdings, as well as separate lists for periodicals and manuscript inventories.

Fawcett Library. CLP Fawcett bibliofem, (London: Fawcett Library, City of London Polytechnic, -1986), *XLE-392. http://www.lgu.ac.uk/fawcett/main.htm
The Fawcett Library is the main British library for research on women and the feminist movement. It contains over 40,000 books and pamphlets, 800 periodical titles, and the Josephine Butler Society Library, in addition to other special collections. Bibliofem also lists the holdings of the Equal Opportunities Commission Library, as well as some records from the Library of Congress and the British Library. The catalog, which is on microfiche, is in two sequences: alphabetical (author, title, series) and classified (arranged by Dewey subject system). Publication ceased in 1986.

International Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Library. Catalogue of the Library of the International Archives for the Women's Movement, 4 vols., (Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1980), *Z-5321.
http://www.iiav.nl/
Founded in 1935, the International Archives is world renowned as a unique resource for the history of the 20th century women's movement. The holdings include 40,000 books, 250 current periodicals, and numerous special collections. Most titles are in Dutch, German, or English. The catalog, which is on microfilm, is in two parts: an author list and a systematic catalog in which material is arranged by the archives’ classification system.

Sophia Smith Collection, Catalogue of the Sophia Smith Collection, Women's History Archive, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 7 vols., (Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1975), Pub Cat 80-2890.
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/
With over 85,000 books and pamphlets, the Sophia Smith Collection is one of the largest collections of material relating to women's history and an unparalleled source for information on American women in the 19th and 20th centuries. Smith has over 250 special collections, including the papers of Margaret Sanger and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The 7-volume catalog has separate listings for authors, subjects, manuscripts, and photographs. Of particular interest are the extensive analytics for periodical articles, which may be found in the subject catalog or in the author catalog under the name of the journal.