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Anthony-Avery Papers Anthony-Avery Papers This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 28, 2021. English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp Anthony-Avery Papers Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents note ............................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 6 - Page 2 - Anthony-Avery Papers Summary Information Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Creator: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Creator: Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919 Title: Anthony-Avery papers ID: D.16 Date [inclusive]: 1882-circa 1915 Physical Description: 4 boxes Language of the English Material: Preferred Citation [Item title, item date], Anthony-Avery papers, D.16, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents note The Anthony - Avery collection consists mainly of the correspondence between Susan Brownell Anthony and Rachel Foster Avery. The correspondence dates between the years 1882 to 1908, with the greatest number of letters having been written in 1887, 1897 and 1898. Most of the letters were written by Susan B. Anthony to Rachel F. Avery (161): there are also 36 retained carbons of Mrs. Avery's letters to Miss Anthony. Other women active in the suffrage movement who are represented in the collection by correspondence to either Miss Anthony or Mrs. Avery are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, May Eliza Wright Sewall, Harriet Taylor Upton, Isabel Howland, Lillie Devereux Blake, Anna Howard Shaw, Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Mary Garrett Hay. A chronological list of all the correspondence is included in this register. As corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Mrs. Avery played an integral part in all the plans and problems of that organization. The correspondence to and from her, therefore, reflects many facets of the suffrage movement including the plans for the 40th (1888) and 50th (1898) anniversary celebrations of the beginning of the women's suffrage movement: the strategies - Page 3- Anthony-Avery Papers for adding women's suffrage amendments to the constitution of various states: the problems of winning converts to the cause and raising money: the writing of Miss Anthony's biography and the personal relationship between Susan B. Anthony and Rachel Foster Avery. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp Restrictions on Access The Anthony-Avery Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification. Immediate Source of Acquisition note The collection of Avery family papers was purchased at Charles B. Hamilton auction of February 3, 1972, sale no.55, item 41, with funds provided by an anonymous donor. Scanning services donated by Kodak Alaris. Restrictions on Use In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. Accruals Accruals added in 2014 (Box 3) acquired from members of the Cleborne Family (descendants of Rachel Foster Avery) through a combined gift / purchase agreement, and separately also by purchase from the American Eagle Auction and Appraisal Company and the Super Auction in Ann Arbor, Michigan. - Page 4- Anthony-Avery Papers ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Related Archival Materials note A synopsis of each letter was created by University of Rochester undergraduate Lagusta Yearwood (class of 2000) as part of an internship in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections during the academic year of 1999/2000. Manuscript material from and about Susan B. Anthony is found in a number of other RBSCP collections. Susan Brownell Anthony papers Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. Papers Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. Papers Addition Ida Husted Harper collection of letters and autographs Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers Emma Biddlecom Sweet Papers Unitarian Church, Rochester New York Papers Material from this and other Anthony collections are included in the online exhibition, Susan B. Anthony Celebrating "A Heroic Life". ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Women--Suffrage • Correspondence • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 • Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919 • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 • Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 - Page 5- Anthony-Avery Papers • Upton, Harriet Taylor • Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 • Howland, Isabel, 1859-1942 • National American Woman Suffrage Association • Woman's Rights Convention Collection Inventory Title/Description Instances Box 1: 1882 - July 1897 Title/Description Instances Folder 1: 1882 - February 1887 Title/Description Instances Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, April 5, 1882 Box 1 Folder 1 Physical Description: Letter transcription attached Digital Object: Transcription of a letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, April 5, 1882 Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, 1882? Box 1 Folder 1 Physical Description: Letter transcription attached Digital Object: Transcription of letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, 1882 Letter to General from May W.S. Box 1 Folder 1 Physical Description: Letter transcription attached Digital Object: Transcription of letter to General from May W.S. Letter to Rachel Avery from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January Box 1 Folder 1 12, 1887 Digital Object: Page 1 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January 12, 1887 Digital Object: Page 2 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January 12, 1887 Digital Object: Page 3 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January 12, 1887 Digital Object: Page 4 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January 12, 1887 Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, January 15, Box 1 Folder 1 1887 Physical Description: Written on stationery with the letterhead of National Woman Suffrage Association - Page 6- Anthony-Avery Papers Digital Object: Page 1 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, January 15, 1887 Digital Object: Page 2 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, January 15, 1887 Digital Object: Page 3 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, January 15, 1887 Digital Object: Page 4 of Letter to Rachel Avery from Susan B. Anthony, January 15, 1887 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2,Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2,Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 Digitized postcard: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Folder 2: March 1887 Title/Description Instances Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 Folder 3: April-May 1887 Title/Description Instances Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11, Page 12, Page 13, Page 14 - Page 7- Anthony-Avery Papers Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 Digitized envelope: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized letter: Page 1, Page 2 Digitized leter: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/IN/RBSCP/ IMAGES/D16AnthonyAveryPapers/Edited-images/Box1/April- May-1887/image0000164A.jpgPage 1, Page 2 Folder
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