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National American Woman Suffrage Association A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress Prepared by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 1974 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 2004-12-14 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Collection Summary Title: Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Span Dates: 1839-1961 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1890-1930) ID No.: MSS34132 Creator: National American Woman Suffrage Association Extent: 26,700 items; 98 containers; 39.2 linear feet; 73 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Founded in 1890 by the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. Records comprising correspondence, a subject file relating chiefly to state and local suffrage organizations and leaders in the movement, scrapbooks prepared by Ida Porter Boyer documenting activities in the women's rights movement (1893-1912), and miscellaneous printed matter. 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: National American Woman Suffrage Association Boyer, Ida Porter, b. 1859. Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929--Correspondence Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887--Correspondence Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton), 1853-1925--Correspondence Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Correspondence Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873--Correspondence Harper, Ida Husted, 1851-1931--Correspondence Hay, Mary Garrett, 1857-1928--Correspondence Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910--Correspondence Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932--Correspondence La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931--Correspondence Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905--Correspondence Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880--Correspondence Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960--Correspondence Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955--Correspondence Peck, Mary Gray, 1867?-1957--Correspondence Rankin, Jeannette--Correspondence Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948--Correspondence Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919--Correspondence Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902--Correspondence Willard, Emma, 1787-1870--Correspondence American Woman Suffrage Association National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.) Subjects: Women--Suffrage Women's rights Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 2 Administrative Information Provenance: The records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association were given to the Library of Congress in 1961 by Edna Lamprey Stantial, archivist of the association. Copyright Status: Copyright in the unpublished writings of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in these records 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 these papers is available on seventy-three 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, National American Woman Suffrage Association Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Scope and Content Note The records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), founded in 1890 by the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, span the years from 1839 to 1961 but are most numerous for the period 1890-1930. These records document the organization's history and activities, and are organized into the following series: General Correspondence, Subject File, and Miscellany. The General Correspondence series consists of correspondence with individual members and supporters of the association, and with its officials. The series also incorporates correspondence with related organizations, and with the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and other units of NAWSA. The collection features letters from many of the leaders in the woman's rights movement, including pioneer figures such as Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Abby Kelley Foster, Helen H. Gardener, Sarah Moore Grimké, Julia Ward Howe, Florence Kelley, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Lucretia Mott, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Emma Willard. More recent leaders are represented by Ida Husted Harper, Mary Garrett Hay, Belle Case La Follette, E. Sylvia Pankhurst, Maud Wood Park, Mary Gray Peck, Jeannette Rankin, and Rosika Schwimmer. Other correspondents include prominent writers, reformers and political leaders such as Henry Ward Beecher, William Edgar Borah, Witter Bynner, W. H. Channing, Eugene V. Debs, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, William Dean Howells, Robert M. La Follette, Ben B. Lindsey, Upton Sinclair, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Theodore Tilton, Oswald Garrison Villard, James Wolcott Wadsworth (1877-1952), Theodore Dwight Weld, and Woodrow Wilson. The Subject File includes biographical information on some of the principal suffrage workers, a collection of antisuffrage literature, progress reports from state and local suffrage organizations affiliated with the National American Woman Suffrage Association, records relating to the work of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, formed by the merger of NAWSA's Congressional Committee with the National Woman's Party in 1917, and litigation proceedings resulting from Mrs. Frank Leslie's bequest of one million dollars to the organization. The subject file includes important material on the official organ of the association, the Woman's Journal, 1907-1949. Among the printed items in the Miscellany series is a set of indexed scrapbooks prepared by Ida Porter Boyer which document activities in the woman's rights movement as reported in the nation's newspapers and periodicals during the years 1893-1912. Related Material The NAWSA records are closely linked by provenance and subject matter with the Blackwell family papers, and with the papers of Carrie Chapman Catt, who served as president of NAWSA. These three collections held by the Manuscript Division have been known collectively as the "Suffrage Archives." Also related by provenance is the National American Woman Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 3 Suffrage Association Collection, a library of seven to eight hundred titles collected between 1890 and 1938 by members of NAWSA and donated to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress by Catt in 1938. Organization of the Papers The collection is arranged in three series: • General Correspondence, 1839-1961 • Subject File, 1851-1953 • Miscellany, 1890-1950 Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 4 Description of Series Container Series BOX 1-36 General Correspondence, 1839-1961 REEL 1-24 Letters sent and received, with related material such as magazine articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed matter, photographs, press releases, receipts, and telegrams. Arranged alphabetically. BOX 37-80 Subject File, 1851-1953 REEL 24-58 Minutes, press releases, resolutions, correspondence, subscription lists, telegrams, printed matter, newsletters, notes, telegrams, and scrapbook pages relating mainly to state and local suffrage organizations and leaders in the movement. Includes a large number of published writings and photographs. Arranged alphabetically. BOX 81-98 Miscellany, 1890-1950 REEL 58-73 Miscellaneous material including reports, speeches, typescripts, photographs, minutes, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets; scrapbooks compiled by Ida Porter Boyer; and printed matter. Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 5 Container List Microfilm edition available. Shelf no. 18,404 Container Contents BOX 1-36 General Correspondence, 1839-1961 REEL 1-24 Letters sent and received, with related material such as magazine articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed matter, photographs, press releases, receipts, and telegrams. Arranged alphabetically. BOX 1 Adadourian, Haig REEL 1 Adadourian, Honora A. Adams, Alva Adams, Charles Follen Adams, Ellen F. Adamson, Ethel Addams, Jane Adkinson, Florence M. Adkinson, June Alabama suffrage associations Alaska suffrage associations Aldrich, Louisa G. Algeo, Sara M. 1911-1950 (5 folders) BOX 2 Undated REEL 1-2 Allen, Corinne M. Allen, Florence E. Allen, Lucy E. Allen, Marguerite L. Allen, Mary W. Allen, Viola Alphonse, E. C. American Association of University Women American Press Association American Purity Alliance Ames, Charles G. Ames, Isaac Ames, Mary Anderson, Elizabeth G. Anderson, Frances Anderson, Mary Andrews, Esther M. Records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 6 General Correspondence, 1839-1961 Container Contents Andrews, Gertrude N. Angell, George T. Anthony, Elisabeth Lyell Anthony, Lucy E. Appel, Doris Arkansas suffrage associations Arnold, Leila Ashby, Margery C. Athol Public Library, Athol, Mass. Atkinson, Mary C. Atwood, Beth H. (2 folders) Avery, Rachel F. BOX 3 Babcock, Maude R. REEL 2-3 Bacon Archaeological