Primary Sources
Here is a short listing of primary sources that you can explore in the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. A primary source is an original document or object which was created during the time period being studied. Typical examples include letters, diaries, photos, newspaper articles, eyewitness accounts, autobiographies, government reports, paintings, maps, etc. Many of the primary sources in Cornell's collection are housed at the Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collections (RMC), which is Cornell's principal repository of rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials in history, literature, music, the arts, science, natural history, technology, and human sexuality.
- Berger Eden, Barbara papers,1969-1978Pamphlets, flyers, syllabi, brochures, and ephemeral publications from Bayside, NY, Ithaca, NY, and nationally, ca. 1969-1978, on radical and anarchist feminism, women's sexuality and health, rape, women and work, spirituality and wicca, sex roles and racism in schools. Includes application form for creation of Women's Liberation at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, NY.
- Coalition Advocating Rape Education recordsCornell University's Coalition Advocating Rape Education (C.A.R.E.) had members across the university, including staff of Gannett Health Services and Prof. Andrea Parrot, and collaborated with the Department of Theatre Arts to produce training materials on date rape in the late 1980s. Around 1990, the name changed to Cornell Advocates for Rape Education.
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force records, 1973-2008The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) collection consists of correspondence, press clippings, financial and administrative records, subject files, and photographs that, taken together, provide a broad overview of the U. S. movement for lesbian and gay civil rights in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Includes the Task Force’s national anti-violence work.
- Parrot, Andrea papers, 1970-2009Files reflecting Prof. Parrot's involvement in the Center for Crime Victim and Sexual Assault Services of Tompkins County, originally Ithaca Rape Crisis, and subject files about violence against women, including newspaper clippings, some letters and press releases, and a few photographs, from the 1970s through 2009.
- Witten, Tarynn papers,1996-1999Drafts of Witten's Tao of Gender and her technical reports and publications on transgender violence, health care, and demography, 1996-1999.