Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

"The Women’s Suffrage collection documents both the national women’s rights movement and the women’s suffrage movement in Pennsylvania purchased by the Eberly Family Special Collections Library.

These materials include booklets, editorial cartoons, fliers and pamphlets documenting the work of : the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters; the National League of Women Voters (U.S.); the National Women's Trade Union League of America; the Pennsylvania Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage; and the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association."

"The Homophilies of Penn State (HOPS), was a student organization founded in 1971 at the Pennsylvania State University. The club aimed to change attitudes towards homosexuality through legal reform, pubic education and individual counseling. It was officially recognized by Penn State in March 1971, however was suspended by University administration two months later in May 1971."

"This collection contains oral history interviews conducted with eight past or present members of the Penn State LGBTQIA+ community, including alumni, students, and faculty members. The interviews were completed over the course of six months by Cora Butcher-Spellman, the Malloy Graduate Assistant in the University Archives during the 2022- 2023 academic year."

"The Alice Marshall Women's History Collection, part of the Penn State Harrisburg Library's Archives and Special Collections, consists of literary, graphic, and manuscript materials dealing with the issues and individuals that comprised women's history from the 15th century to the early 1980s. Compiled by Alice Kahler Marshall (1923-97), the collection encompasses all areas of women's lives and includes 7,000 books and pamphlets (many of them rare), over 400 periodical titles (magazines and newspapers), and thousands of other materials—sheet music, diaries, posters, postcards, photographs, buttons (relating to wars, political campaigns, and social issues), book and magazine illustrations, advertisements, broadsides, trade cards, fashion plates, manuscript letters and documents, and more."

"Photographs, newsletters newspapers, flyers, typescripts, postcards, and scrapbooks are among formats included in the Gender and Sexual Identity and Expression digital collection. Materials in the collection were curated from disparate sources, from Penn State University Archives to items acquired by the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. All materials, and others on the topics of gender and sexuality, are available for use in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library."