Manuscript letter from Lillian E. Corben writing on behalf of the North and West Vancouver Council of Women about the donation of funds and a photo of Mary Ellen Smith from Mrs. Ray Perrault M.L.A. File includes a typescript carbon copy response from Long in response which includes plans for the Aberdeen Collection.

One manuscript letter from [Cremtern?] to Elizabeth Long.

Manuscript letter from Alison Donnelly, Records Secretary of the Thames Valley [New Zealand] branch of the W.C.W. explaining the rationale for the donation of a book, which is never named, to the Aberdeen Memorial Library because of its focus on men. Donnelly's explanation includes landscape information about her small town and the activities of "men who dearly love to "get into the bush" at weekends."

Manuscript letter from Cecilia Krieger Dunaij to Elizabeth Long written on University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics letterhead. Dunaij recounts learning of the book collecting project while having lunch with Dr. Lillian Chase and tells Long to dispose of the PhD reprints she will be sending if they are not of use. Dunaij makes mention of her plans for retirement and that she is "looking forward to the freedom from undue strains."

Copy of a typescript letter from Margaret Storrs Grierson, director of the Sophia Smith Collection, to Elizabeth Long requesting information about the Lady Aberdeen Library. The letter provides information about the nature and scope of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and makes mention of other international collections with a focus on women and their contributions to society such as the Fawcett Library in London, the International Archive of the Women's Movement in Amsterdam, and the Margaret Cousins Memorial Library in New Delhi.

Typescript letter on Committee of Correspondence letterhead from Elizabeth T. Halsey to Elizabeth Long regarding a pamphlet sent by Long about the Lady Aberdeen Library on the History of Women. Halsey request that a pamphlet be forwarded to Miss Ruby Rich of Sydney, Australia, makes mention of the May 1967 edition of International Women's News that a table of events related to the Women's Movement and indicates Mary Casey at Mount Saint Vincent University will be sending some material about Canadian women.

Typescript letter from Ruth Harvey to Elizabeth Long, addressed as "Bess", that provides information about the Women's Parliament and [Nellie L.] McClung's recounting of the groups activities in The Stream Runs Fast. Harvey also updates Long about a trip to Toronto, where they were impressed with the subway, her plans for the winter, and her impression of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel as "a wonderfully vigorous piece of writing."

The verso of the letter includes a manuscript note from Long about Harvey and her involvement with women's suffrage activities.

Typescript letter from Ruth Harvey to Elizabeth Long, addressed as "Bess", responding to a letter from Long. Harvey provides general updates about her life including summer plans she and [husband] Howard have to travel to Algonquin Park, the sharing of views on French-Canadians, thoughts on the upcoming American election, the Winter Olympics, remembrances from World War I related to witnessing a family reunite after the Armistice and the on-going war in Vietnam, and a report about the spring time weather in Georgia.

Typescript carbon copy of a letter from Elizabeth Long to Mrs. E.W. Herd, National Secretary of the National Council of Women of New Zealand thanking Herd for a donation of council publications to the Lady Aberdeen Library and requesting that any future copies to Miss Esther Michael, Donations and Bequests, at the University of Waterloo Library.

Two undated manuscript letters from M.W. Johnson, Correspondence Secretary of the National Council of Women of New Zealand, regarding the delayed donation of a second book and a separate letter from an unnamed Recording Secretary providing information about the book and the characters.

Manuscript letter from Gail B. Kaye, Chairman, arts and letters of the Saint John Council of Women, to Elizabeth Long regarding four books for possible donation to the Lady Aberdeen Library: The Dutch divinity: A biography of Mme. de Charriere (1959), My life: Autobiography of Isadora Duncan (1927), And I'd do it again: autobiography of Aimee Crocker (1936), and Geisha (1960).

Typescript letter from Grace MacInnis to Elizabeth Long regarding the donation of a photograph and biographical sketch.

Correspondence between Helen McNaughton, secretary of the North and West Vancouver Council of Women, and Elizabeth Long regarding books about Emily Carr and an exhibit catalogue of a show just after her death, and the donation of a photograph and biographical information about Mary Ellen Smith. Included in the file is a carbon copy letter from W. E. Ireland, Provincial Archivist & Librarian, to McNaughton about the exhibit catalogue.

Carbon copy letter from Elizabeth Long to William H. Neville regarding three speeches by the Secretary of State [Judy LaMarsh] in which references were made about the contribution of women to Canadian life and the copies being forwarded to Doris Lewis at the University of Waterloo. File includes Neville's business card.

Letter from Noelle Florence to Elizabeth Long regarding the donation of books from her mother Elizabeth Yates' library and visiting St. Paul, Minnesota where her mother worked as a principal prior to marrying in 1890.

Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Ruby Rich, MBE, in Sydney, Australia at the suggestion of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Halsey. Long makes reference to an enclosed leaflet about the Lady Aberdeen library and provides information about related activities.

Photocopy of a typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to J. B. Robinson regarding the donation of a report of the 50th Council meeting at Reykjavik in August 1966.

Two typescript letters from Ishbel Ross to Elizabeth Long regarding personal life updates and Alice Nutting, about whom she was approach to write a biography but declined due to other commitments.

Of note are Ross' views in the December 28, 1960 letter about psychiatrists: "These wretches have messed up more lives than one could believe possible. i know of at least a dozen cases myself. in another half century they will take their places among the witch doctors, I hope and believe. I am rabid on the subject."

Three letters (one manuscript and two typescript) from Mattie Rotenberg to Elizabeth Long regarding personal updates, her views on American and Canadian politics including mentions of Richard Nixon, George Wallace and Pierre Trudeau; people in attendance at 1947 event at Lake Success, and people affiliated with the [United Nations] including stenographer Ruth Yeh; Dorothy Fletcher; and Helen James.

One letter from Hudson J. Stowe to Elizabeth Long regarding photographs and records related to Emily Stowe, some of which were thrown out and others that were sent to Victoria. Also in the file are typescript copies of two letters between Stowe and Long regarding the bust of Emily Stowe at old city hall in Toronto. In her letter regarding the bust, Long makes mention of letting Doris Lewis know for possible acquisition by the University of Waterloo.

Photocopy of a typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Miss Mildred Surry, librarian at The Fawcett Library regarding an annual report and accession list received by Long and a request that the University of Waterloo be added to their mailing list. Attached to the letter are two documents; one regarding The Fawcett Library and one regarding the Fawcett Society.

35 items of correspondence. Correspondents include: Bernheim-Rosenweig Hannah; Beskow Inga; Blackburn Doris; Dembinska Zofia; Ekpo Margaret; Galtung Ingrid Eida; Hartman Fanny; Hrubesova Mirka; Jones Dorothy; Kan Shinake; Kuti Funmilayo Ransome; Louis-Mohr Marie; Ludwig Walter; Modrzhinskaya Elena; Mohr Eva; Nataranjan Sellammal; Pekkala Mary; Posthumous Mrs ; Romberg Eleanor; Seta Marina della; Sgurskaya Katrina; Smekel-Huber Erica; Stahelin Helene; Stapledon Agnes; Tchetchetkina Olga; van Sluis-Fintelman Mrs; von Kuhlmann Mira; Wynn E R; Young Shelia.

Typescript titled “My Life in Labrador”.

Typescript titled "Deeds That Live: Maria Montessori."

Nineteen typescripts:

• "Margery Hinds" (original, 2 pages);
• "Welfare Teachers in the Arctic"(original, 5 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Easter at Fort McPherson." (carbon, 4 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Sarah's Picnic." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Winter Journey to Northern Quebec." (original, 2 pages);
• "Tales of an American Immigrant: My First Visit to an Igloo." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: The Children's Breakfast Club." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Eskimo Children's Saturday." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Sunday Morning Callers." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Eskimo Children Look at Pictures." (original, 3 pages):
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Bannock and Song." (original, 2 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Experiment with Sealskins." (original, 3 pages);
• "Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Eskimo Handicrafts." (original, 3 pages);
• “Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: East is East and West is West - Even in the Arctic.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: With the Grown-Ups at Eskimo Camp.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: School in an Eskimo Camp.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: The Food Supplies Arrive.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Tales of an Arctic Immigrant: Big Thumb Goes to the Islands.” (original, 6 pages).

Thirty-eight typescripts:

• “Political Status of Women: Dame Millicent Fawcett.” (original, 6 pages);
• “Political Status of Women: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.” (original, 7 pages);
• “Political Status of Women: Mms. Charaoui of Egypt.” (original, 5 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: A Woman of Indonesia.” (original, 7 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Sarah Hale.” (original, 6 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Womne: Women of Iran.” (original, 6 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: The Story of Harriet Martineau.” (original, 10 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Light for the Blind.” (original, 6 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Halide Edib of Turkey.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Women in Syria.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Dr. Helen Hogg, Canadian Astronomer.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Begum Ikramullah and Women of Pakistan.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: The Tale of Beatrix Potter.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: General Evangeline Booth.” (original, 6 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Grandma Moses.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: How Mrs. Beaton Came to Write her Cookbook.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Ana Figueroa of Chile.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Alberta Frontier Doctors.” (original, 4 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Two Hard Working Young Women -- Queen Juliana of Holland and Queen Frederika of Greece.” (original, 3 pages);
• “Political and Social Status of Women: Mrs. Edith Sampson.” (original, 4 pages);
• "Political and Social Status of Women: Aphra Behn." (original, 5 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Marie-Helene Lefaucheux." (original, 2 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Letitia Hargrave." (original, 3 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Peace River Doctor." (original, 4 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Freya Stark English Woman Explorer." (original, 3 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Pierra Hoon, First Woman Doctor of Thailand." (original, 2 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Dr. Louise Martingale - Woman Surgeon" (original, 2 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Dame Caroline Haslett" (original, 3 pages);
• "Progress of Women: Gertrude Jekyll" (original, 3 pages);
• "Political and Social Progress of Women: Women of the Gold Coast" (original, 3 pages);
• "Social and Political Progress of Women: Princess Tsahai of Ethiopia" (original, 3 pages);
• "A Successful Woman in Public Life: Mrs. Lee of Portland" (original, 3 pages);
• "Woman Engineer of the Year: Elsie Grey MacGill" (original, 3 pages);
• "Social and Political Status of Women: Mrs. Humphry Ward Play Centres and School for Crippled Children" (original, 4 pages);
• "Summer Travellers Then and Now: Ladies on the Train" (original, 3 pages);
• "Women on Whaling Ships" (original, 4 pages);
• "Social and Political Progress of Women: History of Women's Meetings" (original, 5 pages).

Carbon Typescript titled "The Maori Tangi."

Typescript titled "Heinrich Pestalozzi and Robert Owen."

Series consists of materials accumulated by Elizabeth Long relating to her interests and activities. Includes material relating to organizations of which Long was a member, materials from events attended by Long and publications.

File consists of issues of the Canadian Association of Consumers bulletin.

File consists of materials relating to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation conference “The Real World of Women.” Includes press releases, tss. of addresses, programmes, clipping and attendee information.

File consists of materials relating to the Conference of Women for International Cooperation Year. Includes delegate lists with biographies and correspondence.

Typescript (copy, 1 page) by Mrs. A.E. Gillies of Toronto on Eskimo women.

File consists of one typescript titled “Information about the World Congress of Women” that outlines agenda questions ahead of a June 24 to June 29, 1963 meeting in Moscow, Russia.

Series consists of files of clippings, articles, ephemera, etc. relating to women, some internationally and others locally. The files were created and maintained by Long. Some of the files include original photographs of the women. Typed and handwritten notes directed to staff at the University of Waterloo Library also occasionally appear throughout.

Photocopy of a Montreal Daily Star obituary for Canadian physician M.E.S. Abbott.

Clipping of the Winnipeg Free Press article "Canada's News Broadcasting Needs Women, Says Mrs. A" about Canadian broadcaster Kate Aitken.

One typescript biography about Irene Baird drafted using a clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Official Answers Questions On Birds and Fish at CNE".

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about homemaker and advertiser Margaret Ball, who worked for General Mills.

Weekend Magazine (no. 47) article "Nurse Bennett of the Outports" by Cyril Robinson about the Myra Bennett (nee Grimsley), who began working as a nurse in Newfoundland in 1921.

Clipping of United Nations World article "The Girl Who Does a Man's Job" about Sylvia de Bertier, mayor of Manom, France.

Two book reviews and an article clipping that refer to English activist and educator Annie Besant.

Clipping of Montreal Gazette article "Woman Layer 'First'" by Julian Armstrong about Canadian lawyer Gervaise Brisson following her appointment as secretary of Quebec's royal commission on the National Union administration.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Marsh-Crawling Author Doesn't Look the Park" about Scottish author Sheila Burnford.

Clippings from various publications that mention Canadian artist Emily Carr.

Clippings from various publications about Canadian politician and senator Therese Casgrain. Also in the file is a political cartoon from Le Devoir and the June 1963 edition of Châtelaine with Casgrain on the cover.

Copy of Weekend Magazine featuring the article "The Unsinkable Katie Cooke" by Marq de Villiers about Katharine Baker Cooke, who served as chair of the federal Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" written by Joan Anderson about Louise Crafter, assistant manager of the Bermuda Trade Development Board.

Edition of the The University of Manitoba Alumni Journal that includes the article "The Elizabeth Dafoe Library," named after Elizabeth Dafoe, who worked at the library from 1925 to 1960 and served as chief librarian for 23 years after succeeding F. E. Nuttal in 1937.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Women Needed in Politics U.S. Career women Asserts" about Mary Donlon, Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of New York State.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "The Pretty Little Countess Who Gave Her Name to the Steam Engine" by Mary Mindess about The Countess of Dufferin.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Specializes in Designing Silver Chalices, Fonts" about Canadian artist and educator Lois Etherington.

Clippings (ill.) of Globe and Mail articles about Canadian Senator Iva Fallis.

Clippings about Canadian film director Beryl Fox. Includes MacLean's article "One Woman's War" written by Fox about the Vietnam War.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Former Skating Champion Returns to First Love" about Canadian Suzanne Morrow Francis about her love of dogs and career as a veterinarian.

Photocopy of a talk about Margaret Fuller presented by Madeleine B. Stern on December 27, 1973 in Chicago reprinted in AB.

Clippings from various publications about Indira Gandhi.

Clippings from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Observer Weekend Review and the New York Times Magazine about actress Greta Garbo.

Two clippings of articles about Canadian author and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personality Mary Grannan.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" about Anne Hamilton, director of the Underwood Consulting Bureau.

Clipping of Independent Woman article "A Saucy Girl" by Margaret Culkin Banning about Dame Caroline Haslett.

Clippings of articles from The Business and Professional Woman, Independent Woman, and Saturday Night about Canadian journalist and politician Nancy Hodges.

Promotional pamphlet regarding Ruth Houck's campaign as Provincial Liberal Candidate in Peel County. Includes information about her reasons for running, her family and her service with various organizations and boards.

Clipping of Saturday Night article "Senator from The Island" about Canadian Senator Florence Elsie Inman.

Two clippings from unknown publications about Eileen Jackson, director of the Children's Aid Society for the district of Parry Sound.

Clipping of The Business and Professional Woman with biographical information about Canadian Senator Marianna Jodoin.

Clippings of articles from various publications about Jackie Kennedy.

Clipping from unknown publication with biographical information about Hazel B. Laycock, including her involvement with the Business and Professional Women's Club of Winnipeg.

Clipping of Christian Science Monitor article "League of Italian Women Undertakes a Program of Moral Rehabilitation" about Anna Lea Lelli, the founder of the National League of Italian Women. File also includes a typescript biography and a list of lectures given by Lelli, along with a promotional pamphlet for services Lelli offered as a travel consultant.

Clippings and book reviews from various publications about Canadian author and artist Dora Geneva Lent, and two promotional pamphlets about Lent's paintings, including watercolours of Haida totem poles.

Clipping of Toronto Daily Star article "Literary Fame Well Won Dorothy Livesay Honred" about the author being awarded the Lorne Pierce gold medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1947.

Typescript curriculum vitae for Evelyn McDonald.

Clipping from unknown publication with two captioned photos of Lillian Vaux MacKinnon, as a Queen's student and later in life with her grandchildren, a manuscript note about MacKinnon and her relationship to Mrs. W.S. Sandford of Hamilton and member of the National Council of Women, and a head and shoulders portrait of MacKinnon with typescript information about the photo and Mackinnon. File also includes the envelopes materials were sent in.

Clipping of Saturday Night article "She Runs a Country Weekly that wins Prizes" by John A. Carroll about Canadian Katherine Marston, owner and editor of the Elora Express.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "French-Canadian Novelist Relishes Her Way Of Life" by Linda Crawford about author Claire Martin.

Clippings from various publications, ephemera, and typescript notes about Nellie McClung's life and career. File also includes a copy photograph of a press photo of McClung taken when she was appointed as the first woman on the first Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936, and a copy of Souvenir Photo Summary of the Coloured Dramatique Presentation "Recalled To Life" (1965) about McClung and correspondence about its donation to the National Council of Women Lady Aberdeen library.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Betty McCracken Alias M.A. McLean & Co." about Betty McCracken who operated the advertising service M.A. McLean & Co.

Clippings of articles from the Winnipeg Free Press and the Montreal Gazette regarding Israeli politician Golda Meir.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Northern Newspaper Job Right To One Girl's Taste" about Canadian Georgina Murray who ran a newspaper in Fort St. John, British Columbia.

Partial edition of The Globe Magazine featuring article "What Vida Wants, Culture Gets" by Betty Lee about Canadian patron of the arts Vida Peene. File also includes manuscript note by Elizabeth Long about Peene and a monetary donation to the Aberdeen Collection.

Clipping of articles from various publications about American writer Katherine Anne Porter.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Chiropody Offers An Interesting Professional Future" by Pearl McCarthy about English-Canadian chiropodist Irene Randolph.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian Bertha Reynolds, chief of the attendance department of the Toronto Board of Education.

Clippings from various publications about American political figure and former first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt. File also includes the program from a February 28, 1949 event at the Winnipeg Civic Auditorium at which Roosevelt gave the address "The Accomplishments and Failures of the United Nations".

Clipping of Swedish article and a typescript translation about Agda Rossel, Sweden's representative to the United Nations.

Clipping of the Leader-Post article "She is the Only Woman School Superintendent!" about Marian Scribner of Saskatchewan.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Writer Nan Shipley Woman of the Year" about Manitoba author Nan [Nancy Evelyn Sommerville] Shipley being named Woman of the Year by the Women's Advertising and Sales Club of Winnipeg.

Clipping of Toronto Telegram article "Magnetic Hill Is Magnet To Tourists" New Brunswick ice cream vendor Muriel Lutes Sikorski.

Clippings from various publications of articles about and poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, as well as review of her works.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about Ruth Sweet, production manager at Walsh Advertising Co. Ltd.

Typescript resume of Margot Thompson's birth, education, employment and interests. Thompson began working as the editor of the Canadian edition of Steel Labor in 1947.

Clipping of article "Ruth Tomlinson, Alert Briton, Studies UN On Unique International BPW Fellowship" by Katharine Lyford writing for the Christian Science Monitor about Ruth Tomlinson, the first woman to receive and international fellowship to study at the United Nations.

Clipping of American Soroptimist article "Disperser of Facts and Fancies" about Canadian Jean Reid Trueland, President of La Société Grolier (Québec) Limitée.

Clippings from various publications related to Pauline Vanier.

Clipping from unknown publication about the appointment of Marjorie Grace Wambolt as Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions for the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Woman's Clubs, 1948-1950.

Clippings of reviews from various publications about books written by English economist and author Barbara Ward.

Clipping of Chatelaine article "Winnipeg's Afraid of Sally" about Canadian Sally Warnock who managed the Winnipeg Humane Society.

Clippings of The Observer columns written by English journalist Katharine Whitehorn.

Clipping of The Fergus News Record column "That Inside Page" featuring an item titled "Fergus Won't Be the Same Without Mrs. Tom Wilkie" about the death of Fergus, Ontario "character" Mark Wilkie.

Clippings of two Globe and Mail articles about Canadian sculptor Elizabeth Wyn Wood.