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An article titled "Some Often Forgotten Aspects of the Relation of Women to the Industrial World" by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby excerpted from the February 4, 1908 issue of the ISU student…

Five-page manuscript essay by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby titled "Through Literature to Life," written on November 22, 1935.

First four pages of Rachel Crothers' typed manuscript copy of her play A Man's World, first published in 1910.

Signed typed manuscript copy of a speech given by Rachel Crothers at the White House upon receipt of a Chi Omega National Achievement Award in April 1939. The ceremony was attended by Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Selected pages from a lecture by Rachel Crothers titled "Construction of a Play" published in the 1928 anthology The Art of Playwriting: Lectures Delivered at the University of Pennsylvania on the Mask and Wig Foundation.

Scrapbook page containing newspaper clipping of article titled "Rachel Crothers the Woman Playwright Who Has Grown Famous In Writing 'The Three of Us,' 'The Coming of Mrs. Patrick' and 'Myself Bettina.'"

Scrapbook page containing newspaper clipping of article about playwright Rachel Crothers titled "Woman Playwright Things Her Sex Shows More Sympathy for the Sister Who Has Strayed From Path of Conventional Morality..."

Half-length portrait photograph of a young Rachel Crothers taken against a studio backdrop in Bloomington, Illinois. Crothers is facing left with her hand on her hip while wearing a dark-colored cape and high-necked dress.

Half-length studio portrait of Celestia Colby seated with her arms folded across her lap and facing the camera. Colby is wearing a dark dress and cloak.

Studio portrait photograph of June Rose Colby. The sitter wears a high necked, ruffle front dress and is directly facing the camera.