A listing of archives specializing in women and social movements, with particularly good collections on "second wave" feminism and beyond.

Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Duke University's Special Collections contain a number of resources on the women's movement. As part of a conference on Sisterhood, Riot Grrrl, and the Next Wave, the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture offered the following guides to their primary source materials:

Women's Movement Resources at the Sallie Bingham Center, 1960s-1980s

Women's Movement Resources at the Sallie Bingham Center, 1980s-present

Women's Movement Resources in the Perkins Library Reference Collection, 1960s-present

Music and Musicians of the Women's Movement, 1960s-present

GLBT Historical Society

The GLBT Historical Society houses archives for a number of lesbian feminists and lesbian feminist groups, including Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and the organization they founded, The Daughters of Bilitis.

To access the website and search their holdings, click here.

Michigan State University's American Radicalism Collection

The American Radicalism Collection holds over 17,000 items. It includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and ephemeral material covering a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, and economic issues in America. The emphasis in the collection is on materials produced by radical groups - both left and right.

Smith's College's Sophia Smith Collection

The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history.

The Schlesinger Library

The Schlesinger Library draws thousands of researchers each year to study the history of women in the United States. The library holds letters and diaries, photographs, books and periodicals, ephemera, oral histories, and audiovisual materials that document the history of women, families, and organizations, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University

For those interested in comparative US/UK resources on the women's movement, take a look at the Women's Liberation Movement Sources at the Women's Library at London Metropolitan University based in the UK. The Women's Liberation Movement Collection consists of monographs, periodicals, ephemera, and organisational archives.