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ALS from Stopes to Lord Samuel and TL, presumably from Lord Samuel, to Stopes. In this exchange, Lord Samuel declines Stopes' request to review her collection of poems, "We burn", in his upcoming presentation to the English Association.

ALS. Invites Putnam and family to attend his lectures on natural history.

ANS. Thanks Norton for his gift of the medal of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland.

Peter Storey, born in 1938, is a South African Methodist Minister who has been involved in anti-apartheid activism, social justice work, and Methodist ministry. The collection contains electronic records for organizational files, correspondence, articles, addresses, educational materials, and other assorted files related to his activities from 1958-2024. Subjects featured in the collection include activities within the Methodist Church of Southern African, the Central Methodist Mission, South Africa Council of Churches and other ministry work, anti-apartheid activism, Nelson Mandela, Gun Free South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, educational materials and speaking engagements, and the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, among others. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.

J. Doane Stott was a Methodist minister (N.C. conference) and missionary to Japan. A.B., Trinity College and B.D., Duke University. Chiefly sermons, clippings, and printed material of J. Doane Stott relating to his missionary work in Japan and ministry in North Carolina, as well as his lecture notes reflecting his time spent at Trinity College and Duke University. Papers also include items relating to Mr. Stott's involvement with CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program), the Greensboro Urban Ministry, as well as the Lion's Club.

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (1811 June 14-1896 July 1) was an American abolitionist and author. Collection comprises an introduction and a letter written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, along with a carte de visite of her. There is an undated introduction she wrote for the second edition of Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Stowe's statement appears as an introduction in some copies of the 1853 edition. In the introduction, Stowe discusses the African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist, remarking on her mental energy and revelatory powers as a Christian, and attests to Truth's character. She then mentions that the sales of the work will "secure a home for [Truth in] her old age ..." There is an undated letter Stowe wrote from Northampton Depot on Aug. 10 to Mr. Ward, informing him that although she is disposed to support his request, she is under pressures that limit her use of the pen. The carte de visite features a textured surface, and was created by the Howell studio in New York.

St. Philip's Episcopal Church was founded in 1878 in Durham, N.C. This collections contains vestry minutes, correspondence, minutes from various organizations within the church, rector's notes, church bulletins and programs, slides, photographs, financial records, appointment books, scrapbooks, clippings, canvass reports, auditor's reports, sermons, and printed materials. Also included are the records, notes, and correspondence related to parish historian Harold Parker's history of the church (published in 1997), as well as a complete file of the church's extant sermons (1912-1994) Parker compiled for another book. There are also five reels of microfilm containing copies of vestry minutes, marriage records, a church register, etc., organized by Mr. Parker into roughly chronological order and divided into sections by rectorship.

The Strange Fire Collective was a group of interdisciplinary artists, curators, and writers founded in 2015 by Jess T. Dugan, Rafael Soldi, Hamidah Glasgow, and Zora J. Murff to support the work of women, people of color, and queer and trans artists. Materials include physical and digital records such as printed ephemera, poster reproductions and sheets, exhibition guides and catalogs, social media files, administrative materials, and other files collected by Strange Fire Collective's website spanning 2015-2023. Topics explored in the collection include expressions of identity, gender and sexuality, racism, and current political and social issues. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and the Archive of Documentary Arts.

M. Almina Stratton was a student in the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. She received her M.D. in the second class the college graduated in 1859. Collection comprises manuscript notes (61 pages) maintained by M. Almina Stratton for her class in Materia Medica, entitled "Lectures on Materia Medica By Prof. Roerig, delivered in the Female Medical College In the session of 1858-9." Contains an additional 8 pages of her rules and advice for young ladies regarding gentlemen callers, proper behavior, and letter writing.

Mary Calvert Stribling (1870-1951) was a civic leader, of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Papers (chiefly 1920-1929) relating to Stribling's work as an officer of the West Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and as an official of the Red Cross in the Martinsburg, W. Va., area. Includes scattered business and family papers.