Women's History Sources: A Guide
Index of Place Names
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Places appearing in this index primarily represent locations at which the women and the women's
organizations included in the guide's descriptive entries lived, worked, visited or were
headquartered; less commonly, they represent locations that are in some more direct way the
subject of all or part of a manuscript collection. The entries listed under a geographical area
in this index represent the collection or collections in which a place is represented, although
sometimes the place listed pertains to only part of the collection(s) cited.
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Africa [see names of individual countries]
Alabama [see: Tuscumbia]
Albany (N.Y.)
Algeria
Andover (N.J.)
Argentina
Asia [see names of individual countries]
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Atlantic County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
Aurora (N.Y.)
Australia
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Bali Island (Indonesia)
Baltimore (Md.)
Bedford (N.Y. : Town)
Bedford Hills (N.Y.)
Belleville (N.J.)
Bergen County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Berkeley (Calif.)
Berkeley Heights (N.J. : Township)
Bermuda Islands
Berne (N.Y.)
Bethlehem (Pa.)
Blairstown (N.J.)
Blairstown (N.J. : Township)
Boston (Mass.)
Bound Brook (N.J.)
Bridgeton (N.J.)
Brigantine (N.J.)
British Isles [see: Great Britain and Ireland]
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Brookside (N.J.)
Buckingham (Bucks County, Pa. : Township)
Burlington (N.J.)
Burlington County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Burma
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California [see also: Berkeley, Contra Costa County and Stanford]
Camden (N.J.)
Camden County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Camillus (N.Y.)
Camp Croft (S.C.)
Camp Stoneman (Calif.)
Canada
Central America [see: Latin America and Panama]
Chicago (Ill.)
Chile
Colorado [see: Denver]
Columbus (N.J.)
Connecticut [see: New Milford and Stratford]
Contra Costa County (Calif.)
Cortland County (N.Y.)
Cranbury (N.J.)
Cranbury (N.J. : Township)
Cumberland County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
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Denmark
Denver (Colo.)
District of Columbia [see: Washington (D.C.)]
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East Brunswick (N.J.)
East Millstone (N.J.)
Eatontown (N.J.)
Egypt
Elizabeth (N.J.)
Elm Farm (N.J.)
England [see: Great Britain]
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Erie County (N.Y.)
Essex County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Europe [see also names of individual countries]
- Allen, Hope Emily.
- Atkinson family.
- Butler, Francis Eugene, 1825-1863.
- Devan family.
- Dubrovsky, Gertrude Wishnick, 1926- , collector.
- Freeman family.
- Gaston family.
- Grant, Frances R.
- Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928.
- Heroy, Anne Pluymert, 1855-1939.
- Howell family.
- Hulsizer, Mary Burr, b. 1889.
- Kidder, Harriette Smith, 1816-1915.
- Naughright, Anna De Yoe.
- Neilson Familly.
- Place, Anna Miller Newkirk, 1841-1918.
- Runyon, D. Fitz Randolph (David Fitz Randolph), 1848-1910.
- Whittingham family.
- Wilcox, Anna B.
Evanston (Ill.)
Evesham (N.J. : Township)
Ewing (N.J. : Township)
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Farmingdale (N.J.)
Flemington (N.J.)
Florida [see: Miami]
Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
Fort Devens (Mass.)
France
Franklin (Somerset County, N.J. : Township)
Frederick (Md.)
Free Acres (Berkeley Heights, N.J.)
Freehold (N.J.)
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Gardiner (N.Y.)
Georgia [see: Macon and Thomasville]
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Glen Moore (Pa.)
Glen Rock (N.J.)
Gloucester County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
Great Britain
- Atkinson family.
- De Zoete, Beryl, 1884-1962.
- Grieve, Lucia Catherine Graeme, b. 1862.
- Hobhouse, Janet, 1948-
- Rancocas Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827)
- Grand, Sarah.
- Symington, John Alexander, collector.
- Watson, John, 1785 or 6-1840.
- Werner, Adelaide.
- Wood, Janet Margaret, 1907-
Green Brook (N.J. : Township)
Gwynedd (Pa.)
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Hackensack (N.J.)
Haddonfield (N.J.)
Hamilton Square (N.J.)
Harlingen (N.J.)
Highland Park (N.J.)
Hightstown (N.J.)
Hillside (N.J.)
Hoboken (N.J.)
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Holmdel (N.J.)
Holmdel (N.J. : Township)
Howell (N.J. : Township)
Hudson County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
Hungary
Hunterdon County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Hyde Park (Dutchess County, N.Y.)
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Illinois [see: Chicago, Evanston and La Fayette]
India
Indiana [see: Indianapolis]
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Indonesia [see also: Bali Island]
Iowa [see: Pella]
Ireland
Irvington (N.J.)
Italy
Ithaca (N.Y.)
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Japan
Jersey City (N.J.)
Jersey Homesteads (N.J.)
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Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Kentucky [see: Lexington]
Kenwood (N.Y.)
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La Fayette (Ill.)
Lakewood (N.J.)
Latin America [see also names of individual countries]
Lawrenceville (N.J.)
Lebanon (N.J.)
Lenox (Mass.)
Lexington (Ky.)
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Macon (Ga.)
Madison (N.J.)
Maine [see: Prospect]s
Manasquan (N.J.)
Mansfield (Burlington County, N.J. : Township)
Martindale Depot (N.Y.)
Maryland [see also: Baltimore, Frederick and Snow Hill]
Massachusetts [see: Middlesex County, Worcester County, Boston, Lenox, Northampton, Wellesley and Worcestor]
Matawan (N.J.)
Matawan (N.J. : Township)
Medford (N.J. : Township)
Medford Lakes (N.J.)
Mendham (N.J. : Township)
Mercer County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Metuchen (N.J.)
Miami (Fla.)
Michigan [see: Kalamazoo]
Middle East
Middlesex County (Mass.)
Middlesex County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
- Conover, Peter, d. ca. 1869.
- Durham, Ruth.
- Fenwick, Millicent.
- Kovàcs, Magdalene.
- League of Women Voters of New Brunswick and Vicinity (Middlesex County, N.J.)
- McCoy, Emma.
- Middlesex County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (Middlesex County, N.J.)
- Middlesex County WCTU (N.J.)
- Valentine, Anthony P., d. 1862.
Middletown (N.J.)
Middletown (N.J. : Township)
Millburn (N.J.)
Millstone (Somerset County, N.J.)
Millville (N.J.)
Mine Hill (N.J.)
Mississippi [see: Holly Springs]
Monmouth County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Montclair (N.J.)
Montgomery (N.J. : Township)
Morris County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Mount Holly (N.J.)
Muncy (Pa.)
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Nebraska
Netherlands
New Baltimore (N.Y.)
New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)
New Brunswick (N.J.)
- Atkinson family.
- Boyd, Elizabeth French, 1905-
- Burnett, Virginia Stiles, 1903-1947.
- Business and Professional Women's Club of New Brunswick, N.J.
- Cavin, Susan, 1948-
- Children's Industrial Home (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- City Improvement Society of New Brunswick, N.J.
- Congregation Poile Zedek (New Brunswick, N.J.). Sisterhood.
- Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett, 1910-1974.
- Culp, Florence Maude Burns, b. 1874.
- Davis, Elizabeth S.
- Dorcas and Day Nursery Society of New Brunswick, N.J.
- Fischer, Louise, d. 1933.
- Florence Mission (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- Griffith, Mary, d. 1846.
- Hardenbergh family.
- Kangler, Clara (Mary Clara), 1917-1947.
- Kirkpatrick, Jane Bayard, 1772-1851.
- Kovàcs, Magdalene.
- Kozel, Sue (Susan Jennifer)
- Ladies Book Club (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- League of Women Voters of New Brunswick and Vicinity (Middlesex County, N.J.)
- Middlesex County WCTU (N.J.)
- Middlesex General Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.). Aid Association.
- Morrogh, Mary F., d. 1871.
- National Musical String Company.
- Neilson Family.
- Neilson Papers Project.
- New Brunswick (N.J.). Board of Recreation.
- New Brunswick (N.J.). City Committee on Public Recreation.
- New Brunswick Astronomical Society (N.J.)
- Philagalean Society of New Brunswick, N.J.
- Potter, Ellen Culver, 1871-1958.
- Reynolds, Mary Ann Guest, 1797-1855.
- Runyon, D. Fitz Randolph (David Fitz Randolph), 1848-1910.
- Rutgers family.
- Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II.
- Schanck, Jane Ann, d. 1880.
- Schenck, Henrietta.
- Somerset County (N.J.). Prosecutor's Office.
- Strong, Alan H. (Alan Hartwell), 1856-1925.
- Suydam, Mildred Voorhees, 1895-1978.
- Travelers' Club (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- Van Dyke, Mary Dix, 1819-1875.
- Van Dyke, Rachel, b. 1793.
- Voorhees, Sarah Rutgers, b. 1853.
- Whitlock, Sarah O.
- Whitney family.
- Women at Rutgers collection, 1993-1995.
New England [see also names of individual states and municipalities]
New Guinea
New Jersey [see also names of individual counties and places]
- American Association of University Women. New Jersey Division.
- Art Educators of New Jersey.
- Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), d. 1968.
- Bermuda honeymoon journal.
- Boudinot family.
- Burnett, Virginia Stiles, 1903-1947.
- Business and Professional Women's Club of New Brunswick, N.J.
- Buttenheim, Margaret Stoddard, d. 1924.
- Children's Aid and Adoption Society of New Jersey.
- Church Women United of New Jersey.
- CIO Women's League of New Jersey. Passaic-West Bergen Chapter.
- Consumers League of New Jersey.
- Council for Human Services in New Jersey.
- Dyckman, Mary L.
- Engeman, Frances H. (Frances Hyde), d. 1971.
- Equal Franchise Society of New Jersey.
- Fenwick, Millicent.
- Fischer, Louise, d. 1933.
- Hahm, Elmira H.
- Harger, Eone.
- Housman, Ida E. (Ida Emily)
- League of Women Voters of New Jersey.
- Middlesex County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (Middlesex County, N.J.)
- Middlesex County WCTU (N.J.)
- Minor, Julia.
- New Jersey. Governor's Task Force on Migrant Farm Labor.
- New Jersey Association of Extension Home Economists.
- New Jersey Federation of Business and Professional Women.
- New Jersey Home Economics Association.
- New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition.
- New Jersey Nutrition Council.
- New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association.
- New Jersey Women Library Workers.
- New Jersey Women's Equity Action League.
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955)
- Newark League of Women Voters.
- Olden, Marian S. (Marian Stephenson), b. 1888.
- Potter, Ellen Culver, 1871-1958.
- Robbins, Lena Anthony, d. 1945.
- Roebling, Mary G. 1905-1994.
- Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II.
- Rutgers University collection of children's literature.
- Sharp, Thelma Parkinson, 1898-1983.
- Tatum, Sibyl.
- Travelers' Club (New Brunswick, N.J.)
- Women's Caucus for Art.
- Women's Project of New Jersey.
- Wood, Janet Margaret, 1907-
- Zwemer, Susanna Peirce.
New Mexico
New Milford (Conn.)
New Providence (N.J.)
New Rochelle (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) [see also: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Flushing, New Brighton, Riverdale, TriBeCa and Westerleigh]
- Abeel, Mary Stille, 1773-1826.
- Boyd, Elizabeth French, 1905-
- Cavin, Susan, 1948-
- Cornell family.
- Devan family.
- Eberlein, Undena de Guibert, 1881-1937.
- Eddy, Lucy, b. 1796.
- Foster, Paul, 1931-
- Freeman family.
- Grant, Frances R.
- Grieve, Lucia Catherine Graeme, b. 1862.
- Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928.
- Heresies Collective, inc.
- Heroy, Anne Pluymert, 1855-1939.
- Hobhouse, Janet, 1948-
- Howell family.
- Kangler, Clara (Mary Clara), 1917-1947.
- Kidder, Harriette Smith, 1816-1915.
- LaFetra, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Rylee), 1826-1876.
- Lippard, Lucy R., collector.
- Melton, Elvia Graham.
- Modern School collection.
- New York Feminist Art Institute.
- Place, Anna Miller Newkirk, 1841-1918.
- Rutgers family.
- Sheltering Arms Children's Service (New York, N.Y.)
- Signs : Journal of Women in Culture and Society editorial records.
- Stanford, Thomas Naylor, 1796-1865.
- Stokes, Helen Louisa Phelps, 1846-1930.
- Wells family.
- Wendover, Jessie May, b. 1872.
- Werner, Adelaide.
- Women's Caucus for Art.
New York (State) [see also: Cortland County, Erie County and names of individual municipalities]
Newark (N.J.)
Newburgh (N.Y.)
North America [see: Canada and United States; there are no entries for Mexico]
North Branch (N.J.)
North Carolina [see: Raleigh]
North Plainfield (N.J.)
North Wales (Pa.)
Northampton (Mass.)
Norway
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Oakland (N.J.)
Ocean County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
Ocean Grove (N.J.)
Ohio [see: Willoughby]
Oklahoma
Oldwick (N.J.)
Oneida (N.Y.)
Orange (N.J.)
Ortley Beach (N.J.)
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Panama
Park Ridge (N.J.)
Passaic (N.J.)
Passaic County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Paterson (N.J.)
Pella (Iowa)
Pennsauken (N.J.)
Pennsylvania [see also: Washington County and names of individual municipalities]
Pequannock (N.J.)
Perth Amboy (N.J.)
Philadelphia (Pa.) [see also: Germantown]
- Abeel, Mary Stille, 1773-1826.
- Duncan, Susanna Lear, b. 1770?
- Eberlein, Undena de Guibert, 1881-1937.
- Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928.
- Place, Anna Miller Newkirk, 1841-1918.
- Sacks-Lediger family correspondence.
- Strong, Alan H. (Alan Hartwell), 1856-1925.
- Symington, John Alexander, collector.
- Thomas, Ada R.
- Women's Caucus for Art.
Philippines
Pine Barrens (N.J.)
Piscataway (N.J. : Township)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Plainfield (N.J.)
Plattsburgh (N.Y.)
Point Pleasant (N.J.)
Pompton (Riverdale, N.J.)
Portugal
Pottstown (Pa.)
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Princeton (N.J.)
Prospect (Me.)
Pulaski (N.Y.)
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Rahway (N.J.)
Raleigh (N.C.)
Rancocas (N.J.)
Raritan (N.J.)
Raritan (Hunterdon County, N.J. : Township)
Readington (N.J.)
Readington (N.J. : Township)
Riverdale (New York, N.Y.)
Roosevelt (N.J.)
Roxbury (N.J. : Township)
Rutherford (N.J.)
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Salem County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
Sayreville (N.J.)
Schenectady (N.Y.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Somerset County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
Somerville (N.J.)
South America [see also Latin America and names of individual countries]
South Bound Brook (N.J.)
South Carolina [see: Spartanburg]
South Plainfield (N.J.)
Southampton (N.J. : Township)
Southern States [see names of individual states]
Spartanburg (S.C.)
Springfield (Burlington County, N.J. : Township)
Sri Lanka
Stanford (Calif.)
State College (Pa.)
Staunton (Va.)
Stelton (N.J.)
Stratford (Conn.)
Succasunna (N.J.)
Suffern (N.Y.)
Sussex County (N.J.) [see names of individual places within the county]
Sweden
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Tenafly (N.J.)
Tennessee
Tewksbury (N.J.)
Thomasville (Ga.)
Trenton (N.J.)
TriBeCa (New York, N.Y.)
Troy (N.Y.)
Tuckerton (N.J.)
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuscumbia (Ala.)
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Union (Hunterdon County, N.J. : Township)
Union (Union County, N.J. : Township)
Union County (N.J.) [see also names of individual places within the county]
United States [see also names of individual states, counties and municipalities]
- Angevine, Erma.
- Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), d. 1968.
- Consumers League of New Jersey.
- Fenwick, Millicent.
- Grant, Frances R.
- Hackett, Hazel B. (Hazel Beaty), 1892-
- Harger, Eone.
- Kriendler, I. Robert (Irving Robert), 1914-1974, collector.
- League of Women Voters of New Jersey.
- Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924.
- Lippard, Lucy R., collector.
- Middlesex County WCTU (N.J.)
- National Board of Prisons and Prison Labor (U.S.)
- National Organization for Women. Union County Chapter.
- National Women's Education Fund.
- New Jersey Home Economics Association.
- New Jersey Women Library Workers.
- New Jersey Women's Equity Action League.
- Norton, Mary Teresa, 1875-1959.
- Olden, Marian S. (Marian Stephenson), b. 1888.
- Pell, Orlie, 1900-
- Potter, Ellen Culver, 1871-1958.
- Roebling, Mary G. 1905-1994.
- Sharp, Thelma Parkinson, 1898-1983.
- Signs : Journal of Women in Culture and Society editorial records.
- Sisters in Crime.
- United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education.
- Van Dyke, Mary Dix, 1819-1875.
- Women's Caucus for Art.
Upper Freehold (N.J. : Township)
Utica (N.Y.)
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Vincentown (N.J.)
Vineland (N.J.)
Virginia [see also: Staunton]
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Warren (N.J. : Township)
Warren County (N.J.) [
see also names of individual places within the county]
Washington (D.C.)
- Butler, Francis Eugene, 1825-1863.
- Cavin, Susan, 1948-
- Fenwick, Millicent.
- National Women's Education Fund.
- Norton, Mary Teresa, 1875-1959.
- Pell, Orlie, 1900-
- United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education.
- Van Dyke, Mary Dix, 1819-1875.
Washington (State)
Washington County (Pa.)
Wayne (N.J.)
Wellesley (Mass.)
West Farms (N.J.)
Westbury (N.Y.)
Westerleigh (New York, N.Y.)
Westfield (N.J.)
Whitehouse (N.J.)
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Willoughby (Ohio)
Wisconsin
Woodbury (N.J.)
Woodstown (N.J.)
Worcester (Mass.)
Worcester County (Mass.)
Wrightstown (N.J.)
Wyckoff (N.J.)