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The Blackwell Family A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen Revised by Nazera S. Wright and Margaret McAleer Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 1997 Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 January; encoding completed by Manuscript Division, 1999 2004-11-24 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Collection Summary Title: Blackwell Family Papers Span Dates: 1759-1960 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1845-1890) ID No.: MSS12880 Creator: Blackwell family Extent: 29,000 items; 96 containers; 40 linear feet; 76 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Family members include author and suffragist Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950); her parents, Henry Browne Blackwell (1825-1909) and Lucy Stone (1818-1893), abolitionists and advocates of women's rights; her aunt, Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the first woman to receive an academic medical degree; and Elizabeth Blackwell's adopted daughter, Kitty Barry Blackwell (1848-1936). Includes correspondence, diaries, articles, and speeches of these and other Blackwell family members. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Names: Algeo, Sara MacCormack, 1876-1953--Correspondence Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906--Correspondence Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887--Correspondence Blackwell family Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934--Correspondence Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860--Correspondence Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947--Correspondence Flores Magón, Ricardo, 1873-1922--Correspondence Funk, Antoinette, d. 1942--Correspondence Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Correspondence Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873--Correspondence Harper, Ida Husted, 1851-1931--Correspondence Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910--Correspondence Keljik, Bedros A., (Bedros Arakel), b. 1874--Correspondence Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957--Correspondence Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942--Correspondence Mott, Lydia--Correspondence Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910--Correspondence Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955--Correspondence Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884--Correspondence Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902--Correspondence Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927--Correspondence American Woman Suffrage Association National American Woman Suffrage Association Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950. Papers of Alice Stone Blackwell Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921. Papers of Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910. Papers of Elizabeth Blackwell Blackwell, Emily, 1826-1910. Papers of Emily Blackwell Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909. Papers of Henry Browne Blackwell Blackwell, Kitty Barry, 1848-1936. Papers of Kitty Barry Blackwell Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. Papers of Lucy Stone Subjects: Blackwell Family Papers 2 Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870) Abolitionists Antislavery movements--United States Congregational churches--Clergy Poetry--Translations Poets, Armenian--Correspondence Poets, Russian--Correspondence Poets, Spanish--Correspondence Prohibition--United States Social problems--United States Women--Suffrage--United States Women clergy--United States Women periodical editors--United States Women physicians--England Women physicians--New York (N.Y.) Women physicians--United States Women's rights--United States Occupations: Abolitionists Physicians Suffragists Administrative Information Provenance: The Blackwell Family Papers were given to the Library of Congress by Edna L. Stantial, archivist of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, in 1960-1961. Elinor Rice Hays gave additional material in 1967 and 1984. The Library purchased in 1977 a verse on slavery by Antoinette Louise Brown Blackwell and in 1998 a series of letters from Alice Stone Blackwell to Bedros Arakel Keljik. Processing History: The papers of the Blackwell family were arranged and described in 1974. Material received between 1977 and 1998 was processed and added to the collection in 1997. Transfers: Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Several books have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Blackwell Family Papers. Copyright Status: Copyright in the unpublished writings of members of the Blackwell family in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Microfilm: A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on seventy-six reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Blackwell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Blackwell Family Papers 3 Biographical Notes Alice Stone Blackwell Date Event 1857, Sept. 14 Born, East Orange, N.J. 1881 Graduated, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 1883-1909 Assistant editor, Woman's Journal 1886-1905 Editor, The Woman's Column 1909-1917 Editor-in-chief, Woman's Journal 1929 Translated Some Spanish-American Poets (New York: D. Appleton. 559 pp.) 1930 Published Lucy Stone, Pioneer of Women's Rights (Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. 313 pp.) 1950, Mar. 15 Died, Cambridge, Mass. Elizabeth Blackwell Date Event 1821, Feb. 3 Born, Bristol, England 1832 Emigrated with her family to the United States 1849 M.D., Geneva College Medical Institution, Geneva, N.Y. 1849-1850 Continued medical studies in France and England 1851 Returned to New York to practice medicine 1854 Adopted Kitty Barry Blackwell 1857 Founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children with her sister, Emily Blackwell, and Marie E. Zakrzewska 1869 Settled permanently in England 1875-1907 Professor of gynecology, London School of Medicine for Women, London, England 1910, May 3 Died, Hastings, England Henry Browne Blackwell Date Event 1825, May 4 Born, Bristol, England 1832 Emigrated with his family to the United States 1853 Made his first speech for woman suffrage at convention in Cleveland, Ohio Blackwell Family Papers 4 1855, May 1 Married Lucy Stone, and on the same day published with her a joint protest against the inequalities of the marriage law 1855-1868 Engaged in bookselling, sugar refining, and real estate 1869-1901 Chiefly engaged in work for the American Woman Suffrage Association (after 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association) 1872-1893 Coeditor, Woman's Journal 1893-1909 Editor, Woman's Journal 1909, Sept. 7 Died, Dorchester, Mass. Lucy Stone Date Event 1818, Aug. 13 Born, near West Brookfield, Mass. 1847 Graduated, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 1848 Lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society 1850 Helped organize the first National Woman's Rights Convention, Worcester, Mass. 1855 Married Henry Browne Blackwell; retained maiden name 1856 Member, executive committee, American Equal Rights Association 1869 Helped organize the American Woman Suffrage Association 1872-1893 Coeditor, Woman's Journal 1893, Oct. 18 Died, Dorchester, Mass. Scope and Content Note The Blackwell Family Papers span the years 1759-1960, with the bulk of the material dating from 1845 to 1890. The collection features the papers of Lucy Stone; her husband, Henry Browne Blackwell; and their daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell, all of whom were prominent in the woman's rights movement. Also included are papers of Elizabeth Blackwell, Henry Browne Blackwell's sister who as a doctor pioneered in the role of women in medicine. The collection is arranged in seven series: Alice Stone Blackwell Papers, Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, Henry Browne Blackwell Papers, Kitty Barry Blackwell Papers, Lucy Stone Papers, Other Blackwell Family Papers, and Addition. The Elizabeth Blackwell Papers contain extensive diaries, 1836-1908, family and general correspondence, and speeches and writings which document her efforts to open the medical profession to women in the United States and England. Included are numerous letters from Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness Byron, and Florence Nightingale who gave support to Blackwell's medical work abroad. Elizabeth Blackwell wrote widely on various aspects of medicine, and her papers include many of her published works unavailable elsewhere. The Kitty Barry Blackwell Papers include a large group of correspondence which sheds considerable light on Elizabeth Blackwell's years in England. Kitty Blackwell, whom Elizabeth Blackwell adopted in 1854, served as her mother's secretary and companion. Letters from Alice Stone Blackwell in the series contain detailed accounts of the Blackwell family's activities in the United States. In 1921 Kitty Blackwell left England and spent her remaining years with Alice Stone Blackwell. Blackwell Family Papers 5 The papers of Lucy Stone, a leading antislavery and woman's rights advocate, include correspondence with Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ward Beecher, William Lloyd Garrison, Sarah Moore Grimké, Julia Ward Howe, Lydia Mott, Wendell