The note below was posted to a Women's Studies list and forwarded to
me.  With the permission of its originator, I am sending it to this
list as it contains stuff (in the second paragraph) that New York
historians might find interesting. Please not that if something here
piques your interest, you should get in direct contact with Marilyn
Grotzky, whose address is at the end of her posting.

cheers,
phil

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marilyn Grotzky [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:03 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: biography, dissertation opportunities
>
>
>I'm acting as the personal representative of a friend who died earlier this
>month.  She was the sort of person who cannot throw anything away, thank
>heavens.  As a result, we have a huge number of her papers, which will be
>archived at the Carnegie Library in Boulder, Colorado, where she was
>prominent in local politics ("Her job was citizen, and she was good at
>it" -- from one of many recent editorials).  She was also a noted
>environmentalist.  We are still assembling papers, but are considering the
>possibility of a biography.  A WS or political science graduate student
>interested in grass roots politics and looking for a dissertation topic
>might also be interested.
>
>We also have over 50 years of journals and papers belonging to her mother
>and some belonging to her father, an assistant Attorney General, and States
>Attorney for New York.  They did a lot of traveling, taking hunting trips to
>out of the way locations.  This material might make a book or dissertation
>for someone interested in women's journals.  Some of the material is very
>fragile, and the heirs will want to examine the material first.  Mr.
>Richardson died in the 50's, Mrs. Richardson in the 70's.  There are photos,
>and we have found some of Mrs. Richardson's dresses, which are very lovely,
>and might make a paper topic.
>
>Neither project will be available immediately, but the heirs are considering
>possible projects.  If you might be interested, please reply to me, not to
>the list.  We are also interested in hearing from people interested in
>conservation of the paper collections or preservation and display of
>historical clothing.
>
>Many thanks,
>Marilyn Grotzky
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>Auraria Library
>MSCD Institute for Women's Studies and Services

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Philip G. Terrie
American Culture Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0237
(419) 372-6886 (phone)
(419) 372-7537 (fax)
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