This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowThe collection includes approximately 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries from more than 1500 women writing from Colonial times to 1950. Some 7,000 pages of previously unpublished materials are included in addition to biographical information. Much of the material is in copyright and is drawn from more than 1,000 sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings.