Abstract: This collection is comprised of copies of essays and addresses, newspaper clippings, and letters to and from Olympia Brown from 1854 to 1911. Brown was the first fully ordained and denominationally recognized female minister and held positions in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. She was also very active in women's rights, helping to form or hold office in the New England Women's Suffrage Association, National Woman Suffrage Association, Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association, and Federal Suffrage Association. These records were compiled by Dr. Charlotte Coté, Professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington. They were used for her research in writing the biography Olympia Brown: The Battle for Equality.

Abstract: Papers of Richard Kaplan (1925-), a documentary film and television writer, director, and producer. Included in the manuscript collection are production and distribution files consisting of research notes, grant information, scripts, work logs, transcripts, reviews, publicity materials, and photographs. Also included are tape recordings, videotapes and film (including soundtracks) from his career, including the documentaries A Look at Liv and King: Montgomery to Memphis; television projects, including "They Came for Good", on the history of Jews in the United States; and feature films, including projects on Varian Fry, an American journalist involved in the Emergency Rescue Committee (later known as the International Rescue Committee), which assisted refugees during World War II.