The Nurturing Network collection of the Sisters of Life contains The Nurturing Network board meeting materials, including minutes and reports; annual reports; printed materials; and correspondence, notes, and drafts of contracts between The Nurturing Network and the Sisters of Life concerning the sharing of counseling techniques for pregnant women. Also included are audio and video recording of trainings and speeches by Mary Cunningham Agee and audio recordings of The Nurturing Network meetings. The Sisters of Life were founded by Cardinal John O'Connor in New York in 1991 and received formal approbation as a religious institute in 2004, under Cardinal Edward Egan. They are a Roman Catholic community of women religious who profess the three traditional vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. They currently serve in the archdioceses of New York, Bridgeport, Philadelphia, Denver, Washington, DC, and Toronto, Canada. In 2002, they entered a partnership with The Nurturing Network, an organization founded by Mary Cunningham Agee to assist women experiencing crisis pregnancies. With the partnership, The Nurturing Network counseling techniques were incorporated into services the Sisters of Life provide to pregnant women.

The papers of Gabrielle Burton include drafts of novels and screenplays; correspondence with book editors and publicists; publishing contracts; publicity materials; and other materials documenting Burton's work as a novelist and screenwriter. Feminist novelist and screenwriter Gabrielle Diane Bridget Baker Burton, daughter of Clifford Baker and Helen Dailey Baker, was born February 21, 1939, in Lansing, Michigan. She received a BA in psychology from Marygrove College, then became a missionary in Barbados for a year before settling in Washington, DC, and becoming a teacher. She married Robert V. Burton and moved to Buffalo, New York, where they raised their five daughters: Maria, Jennifer, Ursula, Gabrielle, and Charity. An active feminist, Burton traveled with Gloria Steinem to discuss her experiences raising five daughters and gave talks with her husband about how gender equality improves family dynamics. She published four books, I'm Running Away from Home but I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation (1972), Heartbreak Hotel (1986), Searching for Tamsen Donner (2009), and Impatient with Desire: The Lost Journal of Tamsen Donner (2010). In 1995, she received an MFA from the American Film Institute in Los Angles and was awarded the AFI's Mary Pickford Prize for top screenplay. She wrote the screenplay for the 2002 film Manna from Heaven, which was produced by her daughters. Burton died of pancreatic cancer on September 3, 2015, in Venice, California.

The La Leche League collection of Carolyn Kupferschmidt Farthing contains printed materials collected by Farthing. Materials include information sheets and booklets on breastfeeding and breast health, a La Leche League leader's handbook, and a La Leche League calendar. Carolyn Kupferschmidt began attending La Leche League meetings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1972 following the birth of her first child. She continued her involvement with the organization following moves to West Trenton, New Jersey, in 1976, and to Holland, Pennsylvania, in 1978. In 1977, she became a La Leche League Leader for the Ewing, New Jersey, group. She helped start a group in Holland, Pennsylvania, in 1979, which eventually became the Yardley/Morrisville group, and continued to work with the group in a leadership role until her resignation from La Leche League in the mid-1980s.

The photograph album of Elva Lorraine Hiler contains candid photographs documenting Hiler's experiences at the Madigan Army Medical Center and serving in Korea during the Korean War. Photographs of Madigan Army Medical Center include images taken before and after Hiler's Korean service tour of the medical personnel and patients as well as social gatherings, including a wedding, parties, and picnics. Photographs taken during Hiler's Korean service tour include images of Army facilities at Taegu, ASCOM, and Yong Dong Po; Army personnel in posed groups, working on patients, and engaged in social activities; North Korean prisoners of war, including images of doctor's treating their war wounds; a visit to a Korean temple; and multiples images of a disabled tank. Also included are photographs of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Camp Hakata, Japan, where Hiler stopped on her way to Korea. A small number of clippings, daily bulletins from Fort Ord, California, and examples of United States military and Korean currency are also included. Elva Lorraine Hiler, daughter of Marion Benjamin Gibson and Ida Matilda Williams Gibson, was born September 14, 1898, in Lexington, Oklahoma. She married Frederick William Hiler (1898-1944) in 1921; they had one daughter, Lorraine Hiler Lanphere (1924-2012), before divorcing in the early 1930s. Hiler became a registered nurse in the 1930s and eventually enlisted in the United States Army Nurse Corps. She was based at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state and served as a lieutenant during the Korean War with the 171st Evacuation Hospital at Taegu, ASCOM, and Yong Dong Po. She retired from the Army with the rank of major in 1965. She died December 28, 1988, in Maple King, Washington.

The scrapbook of Lillian Nobue Kajikawa contains photographs of Kajikawa and her classmates, certificates, report cards, and other ephemera documenting Kajikawa 's school years in Honolulu, Hawaii, and her early professional years working as a stenographer. Photographs include class photographs; inscribed portraits of classmates; candid photographs of classmates; photographs of school groups and activities including a May Day dance at the Robello School and members of the Girl Cadets, a World War II-era club Kajikawa participated in; and photographs of a Japanese soldier, possibly Kazuo Kajikawa. Ephemera includes Wallace Rider Farrington High School newspapers, handbooks, class songs, and graduation program; a clipping from 1948 documenting shorthand students, including, Kajikawa, winning the grand prize in the Order of Gregg Artists international shorthand competition; Kajikawa's identification and library cards; and two letters of reference for Kajikawa's Women's Army Corps application. Also included are several report cards from the Palama Japanese Language School. Lillian Nobue Kajikawa was born July 17, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was the youngest daughter of Kazuo and Hanako Hino Kajikawa, both of whom were born in Japan. Kajikawa was educated in Honolulu public schools including Robello School, Kaiulani Elementary School, Kalakaua Intermediate School, and Wallace Rider Farrington High School. She also attended the Palama Japanese Language School. While in high school, she completed the stenographic course of study, becoming proficient in typing and Gregg shorthand. After graduation, she worked as a stenographer for the Department of Public Welfare. Kajikawa joined the Women's Army Corps in the 1950s and served during the Korean War. She eventually married James Evan Begley and settled in Tucson, Arizona. She died September 15, 2000, and was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The United States Agency for International Development collection of Phyllis Henry Stevens includes biographical information about Stevens, letters Stevens wrote while serving USAID missions in Iran and Pakistan, excerpts of letters Stevens compiled into memoirs of her missions in Iran and Pakistan, and writings by Stevens drawing on her travels in Iran and Pakistan. Stevens's letters were written mostly to her mother and contain descriptions of American and European colleagues; Iranian people, including colleagues and servants; social engagements, including parties, dinners, and concerts; National Front protests in Iran; and her romantic relationships with men, most notably National Front member Saeid Fatemi and Iranian USAID worker Hassan Ansari. In 1962, Stevens became engaged to Ansari and most of her letters from the year concern Ansari, their engagement, and their post-marriage plans. Ansari broke the engagement in November 1962, while Stevens was on leave in the United States. Phyllis Henry Stevens, daughter of Richard and Dorothy Miller Henry, was born October 5, 1922, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She received a BA from Mount Holyoke College in French in 1944, then attended Hickox Secretarial School in Boston, Massachusetts. She worked as a secretary at Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellesley College, the University of Utah, and Harvard Divinity School. In the 1960s, she worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), serving missions in Tehran, Iran, where she was a secretary in the Community Development Division, Public Health Division, and Training Office from 1960 to 1962, in Lahore, Pakistan, where she was Administrative Assistant to Provincial Director from 1963 to 1964, and in Paris, France, where she was secretary to Judge Frank M. Coffin from 1964 to 1965. She died November 21, 2018, in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Sara Heath's guestbook contains messages from family and friends who visited Heath's home at 623 North Sycamore Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Most entries comment on dinners and celebrations Heath hosted, including meals inspired by Indian and South American cuisine, birthday celebrations, and Christmas gatherings. Several entries indicate that Heath invited servicemen to join the celebrations in support of their service during World War II. Several black and white photographs are also included. Sara Heath, daughter of Martin D. Heath and Margaret E. Heath, was born in Kansas on April 1, 1887. She graduated from Occidental College in 1910 and worked as a high school teacher. In 1941, she purchased a house at 623 North Sycamore Avenue in Los Angeles, California. She died December 4, 1972, in Los Angeles.

The Eloise Neyle Reilly American Red Cross Clubmobile collection contains correspondence; Red Cross reports, orders, and printed material; and photographs and slides documenting Reilly's experiences during World War II serving in the Clubmobile in Europe. Letters from Reilly to her mother and brother contain descriptions of places the Clubmobile traveled, and that Reilly visited while on leave; accounts of serving donuts, coffee, and cigarettes to servicemen; living conditions in post-war Germany; and social gatherings Reilly attended. Letters to Reilly from family and friends contain accounts of daily life, mostly in Westport, Connecticut and news about family and friends, including updates on servicemen and local war contributions. Photographs consist of candid photographs and slides featuring Reilly and other Clubmobilers. Most of the slides are copies of photographs compiled for slideshows, likely for Clubmobile reunions in the 1970s. Eloise Neyle Reilly, daughter of Eloise Neyle Daniels and William Henry Reilly, was born March 22, 1920, in New York City, New York. Her family moved to Westport, Connecticut in 1934, where Reilly graduated from Staples High School. Following graduation, she worked in the purchasing department of the Remington Arms Company. From 1944 to 1946, Reilly served in the American Red Cross Clubmobile Service in Europe, ending her service in Germany. In the 1940s and 1950s, she worked in human resources for the advertising firm Young & Rubicam in New York City. In the 1960s, she became a realtor working for Helen Benson Real Estate in Westport, Connecticut. Reilly died July 1, 2022.