Clipping of Ottawa Journal article "Oldest Lady Lawyer at Conference" by Janet Lucas about Canadian Mary E.G. Waddell, the oldest practicing woman lawyer attending the Second Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference.

File consists of issues of the Committee of Correspondence (Affiliated with the National Council of Women) news bulletin.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Club Personality of the Month" about Margaret Brown Byron, who founded the Women's Advertising Club of Toronto and was the Associate Publisher of Marketing.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality..." about Anne Patton who ran a travel service.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Harmony In Music And Marriage" about Canadian composer Barbara Pentland.

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."

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.

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.

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."

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.

Two Kindness Club note cards with typescript messages from Aida Flemming to Elizabeth Long. Written following a visit by Long to Ottawa, where the two had lunch, Flemming shares information about the Kindness Club, which she started in 1959 with the objective of being "kind to animals (and people)", and a request she is sent to Miss Louise Manny about donating to the Aberdeen library.

Letter from Lillian Vaux MacKinnon to Elizabeth Long providing biographical information about her life including birth, education and marriage dates.

File consists of one programme for the Canadian Labour Congress ladies’ auxiliary conference held in Port Elgin May 30-31, 1961.

Clipping from an unsourced publication with a brief mention of the death of Dr. Mary Bird, "one of Canada's first women doctors". Envelope with "The National Council of Women of Canada" letterhead included in file.

Pages torn from Chatelaine of the article "Chatelaine drops in on Daphne Dumarier" by Eva-Lis Wuorio.

Clippings of articles from various publications regarding American anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Clippings from various publications about career and death of Cairine Wilson, Canada's first woman senator.

Two letters from Lorraine Shortt regarding factual errors about her mother, Elizabeth Smith Shortt, in the first edition of the book Famous Women by Byrne Hope Saunders, details about her mother's life, and the possible donation of books by her sister, Mrs. R. F. Clarke.

Photocopied letter from Jessie Waldo to Elizabeth Long regarding personal updates including time spent in Keewatin and Devil's Gap Lodge. The letter references the death of Isabel [Fenlayson], the upcoming presidency of Mrs. Hayes, the sending of the September 11, 1952 Star Phoenix, and Mary Anne Caswell.

Letter from Agnes Robinson to Elizabeth Long regarding Mary Markwell's (Kate Simpson Hayes) life and career.

Ephemera related to The Kindness Club which was started by Aida Flemming for children under eighteen who pledge to protect animals from suffering. Includes a handwritten note addressed "To the Librarian" with biographical information about Flemming.

Clipping of Winnipeg Tribune article "The first lady of Canadian surgery" by Maggie Grant about Dr. Jessie Gray.

Clipping of Halifax Chronicle-Herald article "Mark Anniversary of N.S. Author's Birth" about the life and career of Canadian author Margaret Marshall Saunders.

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."

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.

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.

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

One typescript letter from Iris Allan to Elizabeth Long regarding the sending of the book The Boy in Buckskins for use in a display as part of a CWPC general meeting in June.

One manuscript letter from Marjorie Campbell to Elizabeth Long regarding the return of two books to Campbell.

Typescript letter from Barbara Johnstone on Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources letterhead to Elizabeth Long providing an overview of Johnstone's career ahead of a speaker at the Winnipeg Council of Women's meeting on March 7th, 1962. The letter includes information about Johnstone's upbringing and interest as a young person in the one-sided nature of the Hudson's Bay and North West Company fur trades which led to her being offered the role of Custodian of the Hudson's Bay Museum in Winnipeg. When C.P. Wilson retired in 1958, Johnstone was made Curator of the museum. Johnstone left the museum in 1961 to become the Superintendent of Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park.

Letter from Lena Newman regarding the display of a cook book by the Montreal Branch of the [Canadian Women's Press Club], created as a fundraiser for scholarships in journalism, during the triennial meeting.

Typescript letter from Sheila MacKay Russell to Elizabeth Long regarding the sending of various editions and translations of Russell's books A Lamp Is Heavy and The Living Earth.

Two typescript letters from Joan Walker to Elizabeth Long regarding the donation of two books: Pardon My Parka and Repent at Leisure.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Glenbow Buys Paintings of Mystery Lady" about artwork by [Nora] Drummond Davis.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Flower's 'Courage' Inspires This Artist" about Canadian painter Rose Leonard.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Mark the Birthplace of Dr. Stowe-Gullen" about the unveiling of a plaque at Mount Pleasant in honour of Stowe-Gullen, who was Canada's first woman graduate in medicine.

Manuscript letter from Helen Champion to Elizabeth Long about the first edition of Over on the Island.

Letter from Anne MacMillan to Elizabeth Long regarding the mailing of seven books (listed) for use in a display during the general meeting from June 1 to 5, [1962].

Letter from Mabel Burns McKinley to Elizabeth Long regarding the display of her books at the triennial meeting and her regret that her five books (listed) are out of print.

Two letters from Glady Taylor regarding the use of her book The King Tree as part of a display at an upcoming convention and about the donation of the book to the Lady Aberdeen Library.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Sculptor Credits Mother" about Canadian Sculptor Eleanor Milne.

Manuscript note written by Elizabeth Long about English-Canadian performer Anna Russell's early years in Toronto with a small clipping pinned to the top from an October 1962 edition of the London Times Sunday Edition that reads: "Anna Russell (St. Martin's) is described as "the funniest woman in the world." And she very nearly is."

Two manuscript letters from Jessie L. Beattie to Elizabeth long regarding the sending of several books, some out of print.

Typescript letter from Robbin Frazer to Elizabeth Long regarding copies of Performing Arts in Canada for possible inclusion in the Aberdeen library.

Clippings from various publications with reviews of books by Simone De Beauvoir including The Prime of Life, Djamila Boupacha, Les Belles Images, and Force of Circumstance.

Clippings of Winnipeg Free Press article about Barbara Johnstone following her appointment as superintendent of the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park after having previously served as curator of the Hudson's Bay Company museum.

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.

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.

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

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

Typescript letter from M.M. Laing to Elizabeth Long regarding offering a photograph of and clippings regarding Agnes Macphail, who was a cousin of Laing's mother, Harriett Waddell (nee Fettes). Laing shares accounts of visiting with Macphail and their shared family over the years in Grey County, Ontario, Sperling and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Ceylon, Ontario, including observations about Macphail's character and possible motivations behind her political interests. Of note is mention of World War I and the loss of a Lieutenant to whom Macphail was believed to be engaged, which Laing believed informed her "ardent desire for peace and the outlawing of war".

Clipping from unknown publication of article "'Messiah' Born to Writer" about Patricia Jourdy, playwright and spiritualist medium.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Artist Kahane Hews Sculpture" about artist Anne Kahane.

Clipping of Telegram of column "Duval on Art" proposing sculptor France Loring's "goalkeeper" as a fitting tribute to Donald Summerville.

Typescript, with corrections in pen, of an item from the August 1963 newsletter of The Federation of Medical Women of Canada about Dr. Helen Reynolds Ryan, the first woman member of the Canadian Medical Association and the first woman to be accepted as an undergraduate in medicine at Queen's University.

Clipping from an unidentified newspaper of "The Doctor Ignored University Rules" by Jo Carson about Dr. Emily Stowe and a typescript reproduction of biographical information about Stowe and daughter Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen from the Autumn 1963 newsletter of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.

Clippings, ephemera and a photograph related to Canadian rug hooker Margaret Rowan and the Rittermere Farm Studio in Vineland, Ontario that she ran with her husband Ted. File also includes a typescript biography about Margaret Rowan and her mother, and a manuscript note from Margaret addressed to Mrs. Clarke about press clippings and the photograph.

Clippings of articles from the August 12, 1963 edition of The Christian Science Monitor and the November 1960 edition of The Unesco Courier about Jane Addams.

Page from an issue of Maclean's featuring an article written by Dorothy Eber about Canadian textile artist Micheline Beauchemin.

Clippings of Winnipeg Free Press articles that mention Charlotte Bingham, including a review of her memoir Coronet Among the Weeds.

Two long-form articles about Clementine Churchill from Weekend Magazine (no. 29) and Life.

Clipping of Weekend Magazine (no. 40) article "Canada Through Chinese Eyes" by Donald Stainby about Chinese-born Canadian artist Betty Shuet-Wah Ng.

Clipping of captioned Winnipeg Free Press photo of war time nurses who gathered to honour Elizabeth Smellie. Photo caption reads: "Wartime nursing sisters met with their colonel Tuesday evening at a supper party in honor of Elizabeth Smellie (left front), matron-in-chief of the Canadian army medical corps' nursing service during the Second World War. Also a former chief superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses of Canada, Miss Smellie came from her home in Fort William, Ont. to attend the Canadian Public Health Association meeting. She is show with (from left) Katherine Morton, Evelyn Pepper of Ottawa, and Mrs. Alex Noble at the party in Deer Lodge Hospital nurses' lounge, arranged by the Canadian Nursing Sisters Association, Winnipeg Unit."

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.

Carbon copy typescript of a letter written by Elizabeth Long to Viola MacMillan regarding press photos and other material related to prospecting and mining. Included in the file is a typescript of career information about MacMillan and manuscript notes in Long's hand.

Clippings of reviews from various publications of books by English author Rebecca West and a clipping of The Observer Weekend Review article "Authors in Edinburgh" that makes reference to West.

Clippings from various publications about Nina Petrovna Khrushchev.

Two clippings about author Madge Macbeth.

Clippings from various publications about the life of Nancy Astor.

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.

Clippings from various publications that mention Canadian artist Emily Carr.

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 book review of Ethel Kirk Grayson's memoir Unbind the Sheaves and a typescript biography about her life. Includes typed note on an envelope indicating that the book, along with "perhaps one or two" others, had been sent to Waterloo.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Contest Revives Reign of Influence on King" about Isabel Grace King, the mother of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Clippings of articles from various publications about Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. File also includes two biographies.

Clippings of articles from The Business and Professional Woman and the Winnipeg Free Press regarding Canadian Irene Parlby, an activist, politician and member of the Famous Five.

Typescript letter from author Grace Avard Tomkinson to Mrs. Gordon [Ethel C.] Likely of Saint John in response to a letter presumably sent by Likely about the book Welcome Wilderness and the donation of a copy to the Aberdeen Library. The letter includes biographical information about Tomkinson's birth and upbringing. Also in the file is a typescript of notes by Likely about Tomkinson life's and Welcome Wilderness.

Ephemera, including reports, promotional material and leaflets about the International Christian University in Japan. File also includes a photo copy of The Japan Times article "YWCA, Pioneer in Training Leaders, Looks to New Nat'l, Int'l Challenges" which mentions Emma Kaufman's 30 year involvement with the Tokyo YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association].

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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".

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

Typescript carbon copy of a letter from Elizabeth Long to Mrs. Edward T. James, Director of The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College regarding the possible acquisition of duplicate books related to feminist efforts in the United States, including History of Women's Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony. The letter includes an overview of the Lady Aberdeen Library, references to correspondence with Mrs. Marcia Williams Bradley of the Sophia Smith Collection, and plans Doris Lewis has to make a trip down the easy coast to visit.

Of note is the sharing of Long's opinion of Lewis: "I have profound admiration for Mrs. Lewis and her abilities both as a Librarian and an Administrator. In fact I am very eager to be finished with my amateur efforts, and hand everything over to her wise and sympathetic management."

Typescript letter from M. N. Sherman, Treasurer of the Victoria Council of Women to Elizabeth Long sending a $45.00 cheque for the Lady Aberdeen Library, and a typescript response with manuscript revisions from Long thanking Sherman for the donation.

Carbon typescript with manuscript corrections titled "Technical Training for Italian Peasants."

Clippings of articles about South-African writer Nadine Gordimer. Includes a clipping of a newspaper portrait of Gordimer enclosed in an envelope with source information addressed "to the Librarian".

Clippings of articles and book reviews related to Canadian author Margaret Laurence.

Clippings of reviews of biographies about English novelist Charlotte Yonge.

Pages of from a two-part article from The New Yorker about the history of oranges by John McPhee that includes mention of American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.

One manuscript letter from Margaret Clay to Elizabeth Long expressing regret about news of Thelma and Harold [Leega?] and sharing information about Robert Stark, his ties to Creston [British Columbia] and a talk his daughter Freya gave in 1944 at a meeting of the Canadian Institute of [?] National Affairs.

Three typescript letters regarding the papers of Caroline MacDonald, the work of Emma Ratz Kaufman in Japan, and the possible donation of Kaufman's papers to the Lady Aberdeen Library at the University of Waterloo.

The first letter, from Kaufman to Long, makes reference to Kaufman's work with the YWCA in Japan including Canada House, Toki Hamano and the move of Caroline MacDonald's papers from New York to the Victoria College Archives at the University of Toronto.

The second and third letters are both from Long and written on the same day, consisting of a response to Kaufman and a letter to Doris Lewis about her correspondence with Kaufman. In the letter to Kaufman, Long praises Kaufman's work in Japan, expresses belief that MacDonald's papers will be better used in Canada than in the United States, and pitches the University of Waterloo as a home for Kaufman's paper. Of note is Long's rationale for the donation of all of Kaufman's papers so that future generations can "get the "feel" of the human being with whom they are establishing a contact - across the intervening years" and postscript inclusion of an anecdote about the unfortunate destruction of the papers of Cairine Wilson by her family, following her death. In Long's letter to Lewis, presumably written after her letter to Kaufman, Long provides context about her pitch to Kaufman, including references to the establishment of Canada House and her local ties to Waterloo. The letter ends with a brief mention about being sad about her "dear friends Floring and Wyle" and their [health and estate].

Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Marian Royce, Director, Women's Bureau, Department of Labour regarding the University of Waterloo being added to the mailing list for all releases from the Women's Bureau and information about symposium in London about the status of women in Great Britain. File also includes a typescript letter from Marion Royce addressed to "all persons in the mailing list of the Women's Bureau, Canada Department of Labour" about her retirement and replacement by Mrs. Jock Findlay.

Clippings about Canadian author and historian Marjorie Wilkins Campbell.