02276cpcaa2200373 a 4500 mm 82058578 DLC 20260227111715.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 82058578 DLC DLC DLC dacs C lcmd National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Colonial and Pioneer Women Project records, 1852-1982 (bulk 1976-1982). 200 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. Open to research. Chiefly essays on the lives of colonial and pioneer women written by members of state organizations and submitted to the society's National Historical Activities Committee. Subjects of the essays are women of local prominence or ancestors of the authors. Sources for the essays include family collections of correspondence, family Bibles, oral histories, local history sources including newspapers and local archives, and published historical works. A national organization, founded in 1891, composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who came to reside in an American colony before 1750 and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008002 Indexes available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. National Historical Activities Committee. Women United States History. Women colonists United States. Women pioneers United States. United States History, Local. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008002 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008002.3 43672 43672