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| Diaries of Anne Frank |
| The diary, written by the adolescent Anne Frank (1929-1945), records the experience of the two years starting in July 1942, that she and her father, mother, two sisters and four other Jewish people lived in hiding in a Secret Annex in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne writes about events but also about what she feels and thinks. She was rewriting… |
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| Astrid Lindgren Archives |
| Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is one of the best known authors of children’s books in the twentieth century. The archives, compiled by Astrid Lindgren herself, include nearly all her original manuscripts including some early unpublished ones, shorthand drafts, press clippings and an extensive collection of international correspondence.
Her books… |
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| Women's Student Record in Higher Education in Japan |
| In 1913 Tohuku University became the first co-educational university in Japan that admits male and female students. The University accepted four women applicants for the entrance examinations at a time when only male high school graduates could apply for admission. Three of these applicants were accepted as students at the university.
The… |
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| Oral History Archives and Forced Marriage under the Khmer Rouge |
| The Oral History Archives consist of two oral history collections. The “Cambodian Women’s Oral History” project was an independent self-funded research project led by Dr Theresa de Langis between 2012 and 2016. The project undertook 24 interviews including one with a transgendered woman.
In March 2016, the full set of video-audio recordings,… |
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| Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980) |
| The documentary heritage of the Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple demonstrates the significant role the Temple played disseminating Buddhist teaching and ideology, advocating for social change and reforms and improving the social status of women.
The Collection was started in 1925 and dates from the late Ming Dynasty to the mid-twentieth century. It… |
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| Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection |
| The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection shines a light on a group of 175 New Zealand women, who over 75 years, from 1901-1975, served many of New Zealand’s poor and vulnerable yet to this day receive very limited recognition. The Deaconesses were an order for women in the Presbyterian Church. However, they could… |
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| Annabella Boswell's Papers |
| Annabella Alexandra Campbell Innes [1826-1914] was born and lived in New South Wales (including several years at Lake Innes, Port Macquarie). She moved to Scotland with her husband, Andrew Boswell, and children in 1856. She was a prolific diarist and letter writer who wanted to pass on her memories of her life in Australia and so she collected… |
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| Collection of Sino-Nom Heritages in TrườngLưu Village |
| The Sino-Nom Heritages in TrườngLưu village are a collection of 489 documents in the custody of ancestral houses of worship and private homes in TrườngLưu village, Vietnam. They date from the 17th to the 20th century. The collection includes sắcphong (royal edicts conferring a title on a person), administrative documents, hoành phi (horizontally… |
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| Naebang-gasa: Song of the Inner Chambers |
| Naebang-gasa is a poetic genre written by Korean women from the 16th century onwards and mainly enjoyed by women in the Yeongnam region. Through Naebang-gasa women were able to document the reality of their lives and have their voices heard in a male dominated society. In its early stages, Naebang-gasa focused on spreading Confucian values to women… |
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