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Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection, 1890-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:

6 boxes

Abstract:

The Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection includes a variety of ephemera related to the fight for women's suffrage dating from c. 1910 until the early 1920s.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Thomas Family Papers, ca. 1867-ca. 1919 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Abstract:

This small collection contains chiefly short manuscripts concerning women's issues, in particular suffrage and temperance. Most of the material, including essays on prominent Quakers and piece books, are by Ellen L. Thomas (1853-1925), a birthright member of Radnor Monthly Meeting and president of Montgomery County Suffrage Association

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Carrie Chapman Catt papers, 1840-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:

3 linear ft.

Abstract:

Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was an internationally recognized suffragist, and political activist. In 1900 Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and remained in the position for four years. Catt founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 1902 and served as its president for many years. During the 1930's and 1940's she was active in working against the Nazis, particularly their persecution of Jews. The Carrie Chapman Catt Papers focus on the history of the women's suffrage movement, with material pertaining both directly to her and to the movement as a whole, and consists of a variety of materials including letters, photographs, political cartoons and memorabilia.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Beecher Family Collection, 1845-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected manuscript material of three members of the Beecher family -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher -- who became nationally known for their work on abolition and women's suffrage.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Jane Campbell scrapbooks, 1906-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:

11.0 linear feet

Abstract:

Jane Campbell (d. 1928) was a Philadelphia resident interested in civic associations, the women's suffrage movement and education. At one point she was secretary of the American Catholic Historical Society. The Jane Campbell scrapbooks, 1906-1924, contain newspaper clippings on the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Germantown Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, 1808-1983 (bulk: 1842-1911) (inclusive)

Extent:

3.25 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Abstract:

Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. The collection includes correspondence received while she was active in suffrage activities in New York State, 1893-1900, family letters, particularly between Mariana and her husband, Noah, and the correspondence of the Wrights, the Chapmans, and of her son, A.Wright Chapman. The collection also includes Mariana's journals from 1895-1900, that of Caroline Willets, 1842-1846, and as well as suffrage memorabilia, family copybooks and albums, and financial records, including an account book of the Manhasssett Association of Relief, 1861-1871.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Hannah J. Bailey Papers, 1836-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:

5 linear ft. (5 document boxes (approximately 2 linear feet) plus memorabilia and microfilm))

Abstract:

Hannah Johnston Bailey was a Quaker pacifist, suffragist, reformer,temperance leader, superintendent of the Department of Peace and Arbitration of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1887 to 1916, president and business manager of the Woman's Temperance Publication Association, the publishing arm of the WCTU, president of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association (1891-1899), and a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Included in her papers is material that reflects her personal and professional interests through correspondence and published/unpublished writings, as well as photographs and memorabilia.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania records, 1959-1987 (bulk) 1867-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:

134.6 linear feet (; 343 boxes)

Abstract:

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania was established in 1920 as a successor organization to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, with the purpose of providing "education to increase the effectiveness of women voters and to further better government." The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania records document the history of this organization from 1867 to 1980, but the bulk of the material dates from 1959 to 1977. The majority of the materials consists of minutes, newsletters, reports and memorabilia. There is a small amount of early material, particularly relating to the suffrage movement. Of particular interest may be the photographs of the 1915 Women's Liberty Bell Tour in support of the vote.

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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Laura Lippincott Pancoast correspondence, 1888-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Abstract:

This collection includes letters received by Laura Lippincott Pancoast regarding the movement for temperance and women's suffrage. Letters refer to Francis B. Willard, and describe in detail the activities and philosophies of J. Ellen Foster. Letters discuss the issue of the WCTU's involvement with party policies. Correspondents include Anna H. Shaw, Anna A. Gordon, and J. Ellen Foster.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Levis Miller family correspondence, 1866-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:

.05 linear ft. (1 folder)

Abstract:

This small collection includes five letters. Four of them are letters from George Miller in Trenton, Iowa, writing to his brother, Levis Miller in Media, Delaware County, Pa. One letter is from Annie E. Miller (daughter of Levis?) to her brother, Edgar Miller. George's letters primarily relate farming matters, but of special interest is a political discussion including "negro suffrage" on the last page of the December 1868 letter.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]