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Finding Aid from the Manuscript Section of the Indiana State Library Grace Julian Clarke papers L 033, B 073, OBC 059, V422 1845-1938, bulk 1901-1933 4 mss boxes, 2 os folders, 15 vols. Rare Books and Manuscripts Division Indiana State Library Processed by: Andrea Bean Hough, 1998 Revised and updated by: Elizabeth M. Wilkinson, March 2007 Finding aid updated: Edythe Huffman, 2015/11/13 Biographical Note: Grace Giddings Julian was born on September 11, 1865 in Centerville, Wayne County. She was the daughter of U.S. Representative George W. and Laura Giddings Julian. The Julian family moved to Irvington, Indiana in 1873 after Rep. Julian retired from Congress. She attended Butler University, receiving a bachelor degree in philosophy in 1884 and a master degree in philosophy in1885. She married Charles B. Clarke, an attorney, in 1887. Clarke was active in a variety of women's organizations, including the Irvington Women's Club, the Indiana Federation of Clubs, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was extremely active in the Suffrage and Women’s rights movement and often lectured on these subjects. She was also involved in the Federal Employment Bureau of Indianapolis and the Indiana City Plan Commission, and was an active supporter of the League of Nations. For 18 years she was a feature writer for the Indianapolis Star. Clarke also wrote two books about her father, George W. Julian: Some Impressions and George W. Julian. She died on June 18, 1938 in Indianapolis and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. Source: Wright, Martha. “Grace Julian Giddings Clarke.” The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indianapolis: IU Press, 1994. Scope and Content Note: The collection includes Clarke's papers, manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, and brochures and pamphlets, dating from 1845-1938. The bulk of the material dates from 1901-1933. Her correspondence, dating from 1891-1934, deals with women's suffrage both in Indiana and on a national basis, women's club work, the League of Nations, the Indiana Democratic Party, and the Indianapolis City Plan Commission. Also included are papers regarding the placement of the papers of her father, George W. Julian and grandfather, Joshua R. Giddings at the Library of Congress. Materials are arranged chronologically, including correspondence and manuscripts. Box 1 and Box 2 include the bulk of Clarke's correspondence and manuscripts. Box 3 includes some correspondence, undated materials, including letters, constitutions for various suffrage groups, manuscripts, assorted suffrage broadsides and pamphlets, Clarke's lecture notes from Butler University and scrapbooks. Box 4 contains some of Clarke’s early scrapbooks plus a scrapbook with clippings relating to the Convention of the Indiana State Federation of Clubs. The stand alone scrapbooks in the collection contain a wide of variety of clippings regarding family, friends, articles regarding women’s suffrage, women’s clubs, World War I, the League of Nations, and Irvington, with several articles written by Clarke. There are also pamphlets, cards, ribbons, photos, etc. included in the scrapbooks. Item Listing: Box 1, Folder 1. Correspondence and papers. (61 items) Programme of exercises, Wabash College. Dec. 22, 1857. ALS from Carrie to Clarke. Mar. 19, 1872. ALS from Josephine S. Butler to Mr. Powell. Apr. 30, 1879. ALS from May Wright-Hampton to Sarah Andrews Spencer. Jan. 16, 1880. 4 leaves. Printed letter from Mary E. Newman Carey, et al. Dec. 6, 1882. 2 copies. Program. National Woman Suffrage Association. Mar. 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1884. ALS to May Wright Sewell from Lillian. Nov. 29, 1885. With clipping. Program. National Woman Suffrage Association. Feb. 17, 18, and 19, 1886. Broadside. National Woman Suffrage Association. Feb. 17, 18, and 19, 1886. 2 copies. With envelope. Program. National Woman Suffrage Association. Jan. 25, 26, and 27, 1887. 2 copies. ALS from M. J. Thomas to May Wright Sewell. Nov. 14, 1887. 3 leaves. With clipping. ALS from Susan B. Anthony to May Wright Sewell. Jan. 8, 1890. 3 leaves. ALS from Susan B. Anthony to May Wright Sewell. Jan. 17, 1890. 2 leaves. Program. National-American Woman Suffrage Association. Feb. 18-21, 1890. 3 copies. ALS from Caroline L. Harrison to Clarke. May 28, 1891. TL (carbon) from Clarke to Susan B. Anthony. Jan. 27, 1893. 2 leaves. ALS from Louise V. Boyd to May Wright Sewell. Feb. 6, 1895. ALS from Frank Robinson to Clarke. July 14, 1896. In French. TLS from Susan B. Anthony to May Wright Sewell. Dec. 20, 1897. 5 leaves. ALS from Joseph R. Jackson to May Wright Sewell. Feb. 20, 1898. TLS from Carrie Chapman Catt to May Wright Sewell. Apr. 8, 1898. ALS from Susan B. Anthony to May Wright Sewell. Aug. 19, 1898. Pamphlet. Political Equality Series, "The Bullet and the Ballot." Mar. 1899. Printed letter from Grace Julian Clarke and Alice Wheeler Pierce. Nov. 28, 1899. ALS from Carrie Chapman Catt to Clarke. Nov. 30, 1899. 5 leaves. ALS from Mary G. Hay to Clarke. Nov. 30, 1899. 6 leaves. Program. Suffrage Conference at Plymouth Church. Dec. 7 and 8, 1899. 2 copies. Box 1, Folder 2. Correspondence and papers. (59 items) DS. Minutes of the Finance Committee of the Suffrage Conference, Laura D. Tarkington. Dec. 18, 1899. With list of contributors (3 leaves) and those who did not contribute (2 leaves.) TLS from Susan B. Anthony to Clarke. Dec. 18, 1899. 3 leaves. TL from Susan B. Anthony to Clarke. Jan. 10, 1900. 3 leaves. TLS from Susan B. Anthony to Clarke. Jan. 11, 1900. With envelope. TLS from May Wright Sewell to Clarke. Jan. 15, 1900. TLS from Susan B. Anthony to Clarke. Jan. 20, 1900. 2 leaves. Broadside. National American Woman Suffrage Association. Feb. 8-14, 1900. Receipt. Feb. 23, 1900. TLS from Rachel Foster Avery to Clarke. June 19, 1900. TL (carbon) to Clarke. Mar. 21, 1901. 2 leaves. TLS from Mrs. Dudley Foulke to Clarke. May 11, 1901. ALS from Francis J. Garrison to Clarke. May 17, 1901. 2 leaves. ALS from F. F. Browne to Clarke. May 21, 1901. ALS from Francis J. Garrison to Clarke. May 26, 1901. TLS from Charles M. Harvey to Clarke. May 26, 1901. ALS from Rebecca Ruston Springer to Clarke. May 27, 1901. ALS from May Wright Sewell to Clarke. May 28, 1901. ALS from James Ford Rhodes to Clarke. May 28, 1901. TNS from J. Franklin Jameson to Clarke. June 4, 1901. ALS from Worthington C. Ford to Clarke. June 18, 1901. ALS from Theodore Clarke Smith to Clarke. June 20, 1901. ALS from J. A. Howells to Clarke. July 21, 1901. ALS from Berry S. Parker to Clarke. Nov. 18, 1901. TLS from May Wright Sewell to Clarke. Nov. 13, 1902. 2 leaves. TD by Clarke, "Mrs. Wallace's work in the cause of women's enfranchisement." 9 leaves. TL (carbon) from Clarke to Susan B. Anthony. Sept. 13, 1902. 2 leaves. ALS from L. Roseman to Clarke. Nov. 8, 1905. 7 leaves. Box 1, Folder 3. Correspondence and papers, Dec. 1906-1910. ADS. Report of Delegate from the I. W. U. to the I. S. F. of W. C. at Muncie. Dec. 7, 1906. 32 leaves. TLS from Harriet Taylor Upton to Clarke. Mar. 12, 1908. ALS from Lauren Gregg to Clarke. Mar. 13, 1908. 2 leaves. TNS from John H. Foster to Clarke. Mar. 16, 1908. TLS from Worthington C. Ford to Clarke. Apr. 25, 1908. 3 leaves. TNS from C. B. Galbreath to Clarke. Jan. 9, 1909. ALS from Mrs. Evans to Clarke. July 19, 1909. 2 leaves. TLS from Harriet Taylor Upton to Clarke. Sept. 20, 1909. 2 leaves. AL to Editor of the Indianapolis Star. Sept. 29, 1909. 4 leaves. TNS from E. Dana Durand to Clarke. June 7, 1910. Lacks report. ALS from Desha Breckinridge to Clarke. July 13, 1910. Notes (2 sheets on Francis Pharmacy Co. paper). 1910? ALS from L. J. Cox to Clarke, 1910? Dues booklet. Woman's School League of Indiana. 1910. Broadside. Indianapolis Humane Society. 1910. Notes on State Board of Education. 1910. Notes on different topics. 1910. 7 leaves. Box 1, Folder 4. Correspondence and papers, Jan. 1911-1912 TL from Kate M. Gordon to Members of the General Federation of Clubs. Jan. 24, 1911. TLS from Mark Thistlewaite to Clarke. Jan. 28, 1911. TLS from Clarke to Thomas R. Marshall. Jan. 29, 1911. ALS from James A. Woodburn to Clarke. Mar. 22, 1911. Tickets. Sylvia Pankhurst lecture. Mar. 23, 1911. 2 copies. ALS from William Dudley Foulke to Clarke. Mar. 24, 1911. ALS from Clarke to Ida Husted Harper. Apr. 1, 1911. 2 leaves. ALS from William Dudley Foulke to Clarke. Apr. 10, 1911. TLS from Meredith Nicholson to Clarke. May 15, 1911. TD. Newspapers receiving the newsletters of Women's Franchise League. June 13, 1911. ALS from Cousin H[] to Clarke. Nov. 22, 1911. TLS from Clarke, et al. to Board of Public Safety. Nov. 25, 1911. With ordinance. TD numbered 1-14 regarding activities of Women's Franchise League of Indiana. 1910- 1911. TD. Report of the Education Committee of the Indianapolis Local Council of Women. Jan. 2, 1912. 5 leaves. TLS from Anna J. H. Pennybacker to Clarke. Aug. 2, 1912. TLS (carbon) from Anna J. H. Pennybacker to Board Member. Aug. 3, 1912. ALS to Charles Clarke from Clarke. Aug. 4, 1912. 3 leaves. ALS to Charles Clarke from Clarke. Aug. 7, 1912. 2 leaves. ALS to Charles Clarke from Clarke. Aug. 7, 1912. TLS to Clarke from Mrs. Albion Bacon. Aug. 8, 1912. ALS to Charles Clarke from Clarke. Aug. 11, 1912. 2 leaves. TNS from Anna J. H. Pennybacker to Clarke. Aug. 16, 1912. TLS from T. Miyaoka to Mrs. P.
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