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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7s2027mt No online items Guide to the Women's Suffrage Collection Special Collections Staff Ella Strong Denison Library Libraries of The Claremont Colleges Scripps College 1090 Columbia Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 607-3941 Fax: (909) 607-1548 Email: [email protected] URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/den/ © 2005 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved. Guide to the Women's Suffrage D1940.2 1 Collection Guide to the Women's Suffrage Collection Collection number: D1940.2 Ella Strong Denison Library Libraries of The Claremont Colleges Claremont, California Processed by: Special Collections Staff Date Completed: 2007 Encoded by: Kelley Wolfe Bachli © 2004 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Women's Suffrage collection Dates: 1876-1967 Bulk Dates: 1901-1924 Collection number: D1940.2 Collection Size: 2.75 linear feet(3 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize folder). Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. Ella Strong Denison Library. Claremont, California 91711 Abstract: The collection contains leaflets, flyers, correspondence, and other ephemera documenting the State, National, and International struggle for Woman Suffrage. Includes correspondence and ephemera related to Woman Suffrage pioneers Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt and their National American Women Suffrage Association. Ephemera includes postcards, stickers, a button, and a Susan B. Anthony coin. Physical location: Please consult repository. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection open for research. Publication Rights All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Denison Library. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Women's Suffrage collection. Ella Strong Denison Library, Libraries of The Claremont Colleges. Acquisition Information Gift of Una Winter. Individual items donated by Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. James Richardson, Mrs. E. W. Shirk, and Agnes Dawson. Scope and Content of Collection Although the date of many of the pieces is unknown, the dated material covers the years 1876-1967 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1901-1924. The collection is organized into four series, the bulk of which consists of ephemera and publications that epitomize the stuggle for woman suffrage and equality. Arrangement The collection is organized into five series: Series 1. Correspondence, circa 1909-1967 Series 2. Ephemera, circa 1876-1943 Series 3. Photograph, 1920 Series 4. Publications, circa 1890-1949 Series 5. Writings, circa 1911-1955 Guide to the Women's Suffrage D1940.2 2 Collection Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Women Suffrage Women's rights Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 Series 1. Correspondence circa 1909-1967 Box 2 , Folder 51 Postcard from Alice Park to Miss S.J. Eddy Front: "Votes for Women" 1909 Box 2 , Folder 52 Postcard from A. Haddern to Alice Park Front: "Votes for Women" 1909 Box 2 , Folder 53 Postcard from Ms. F. Holbrook to Alice Park Front shows National Headquarters of the Woman's Party, Washington D.C. 1921 Box 2 , Folder 54 Postcard from Alice Stone Blackwell to Alice Park at Christmas 1909 Box 2 , Folder 55 Postcard from James E. Harris to Alice Park, Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association Front: "Ballots for Both, A Merry Christmas to You and Happy New Year for the Federal Amendment" 1916 Box 2 , Folder 56 Postcard to Alice Park from ? Front: picture of the Richmond Hill, New York Suffrage Club: "Make the World better -- Lucy Stone" undated Box 2 , Folder 57 Postcard to Alice Park Front: cartoon portraying the Suffragette 1909? Box 2 , Folder 58 Postcard from Mary Ringsgrose to Rose French Front: Advertising County Fair - "Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Hotel LaSalle" 1912 Box 2 , Folder 59 Postcard from Alice Stone Blackwell to Alice Park Front: "Votes for Women" and a quotation from Cardinal Gibbons (Jul. 13, 1909) 1909 Box 2 , Folder 74 A letter to Miss Dorothy Drake, Librarian, Denison Library from Una R. Winter, Director, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Library of California written on Memorial Library letterhead 1940 May 4 Box 2 , Folder 76 "List of Issues of Early Newspapers" from Walter S. Dougherty and a thank you note from Sybil N. Fielder, assistant Librarian at Denison Library, for the list 1967 May 22 Box 2 , Folder 77 Letter to Mrs. Winter, Director, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Library of California from Dorothy M. Drake, Librarian, Denison Library 1941 December 15 Box 2 , Folder 78 Letter to Miss Dorothy Drake, Librarian, Denison Library from Una R. Winter, Director, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California 1948 January 9 Box 2 , Folder 79 A letter to "Librarians and Others" announcing a list entitled "Library Collections about Women" and a thank you note to Mrs. Una R. Winter, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Library Committee of California, for the list from ? (possibly Dorothy Drake, Librarian, Denison Library, Sept, 4, 1947) 1947 July 30 Box 2 , Folder 80 Letter to Miss Dorothy Drake, Librarian, Denison Library from Una R. Winter, Director, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Library of California 1947 December 10 Series 2. Ephemera circa 1876-1943 "Should Woman Vote?" by Joseph Gilpin Pyle, pamphlet printed by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, New York undated Box , Folder "The Militant Suffrage Movement in England" by Annie G. Porritt, printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, New York 1911? Box , Folder "Woman's Rights vs. Woman Suffrage" by Mrs. A. J. George, pamphlet printed by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, New York 1910? Box , Folder "Woman Suffrage" by Hon. J. Thomas Helfin of Alabama-- speech given in House of Representatives, pamphlet printed by the United States of America Government Printing Office 1914 May 13 Box , Folder "Noted Neurologist Pours Hot Shot into Suffragist" by Dr. William Hirsch, pamphlet printed by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage undated Box , Folder "'Homo Sum.' Being a Letter to an Anti-Suffragist from an Anthropologist" by Miss Jane Ellen, pamphlet printed by the National College Equal Suffrage League undated Guide to the Women's Suffrage D1940.2 3 Collection Series 2. Ephemera circa 1876-1943 Box , Folder "An Open Letter to U.S. Senator Ransdell Opposing the Federal Amendment for Woman Suffrage" by Harry Gamble (New Orleans), pamphlet printed by Harry Gamble 1918 January 26 Box , Folder "The Woman's Protest Against Woman Suffrage" (vol. 5, no.6), pamphlet printed by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage 1914 October Box , Folder "Nebraska Clergymen Condemn Woman Suffrage", pamphlet printed by the Nebraska Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage 1914 Box , Folder "Woman Suffrage and the Feminist Movement" (two copies), pamphlet printed by the Nebraska Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage undated Box , Folder "Home and State" by Selma Lagerlaf, pamphlet printed by The Woman Suffrage Party, New York undated Box , Folder "The Faith that is in Us" by Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, pamphlet printed by The Woman's Press, London undated Box , Folder "The Women's Social and Political Union -- Eighth Annual Report" pamphlet printed by The Woman's Press, London 1914 February 28 Box 1 , Folder 1 "Song Leaflet", printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio undated Box 1 , Folder 2 " A Few Leading Questions", Political Equality Leaflets (two copies), printed by The Rochester (N.Y.) Political Equality Club, another edition issued by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (4p.) 1903 Box 1 , Folder 3 "Two Lives with a Difference" by Lydia Kingsmill Commander, reprinted from the Comrade, leaflet printed in New York 1901 Box 1 , Folder 4 "Persuasion or Responsibility?" by Florence Kelley, Political Equality Leaflets printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio undated Box 1 , Folder 5 "We Women Would Not Vote" by Mrs. Marshall Flansbury, leaflet printed by Mrs. Marshall Flansbury undated Box 1 , Folder 6 "Women in the Home", flyer printed by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, New York undated Box 1 , Folder 7 "Dorothy Dix on Woman's Ballot" by Dorothy Dix, leaflet printed by the National Suffrage Headquarters, New York 1908 Box 1 , Folder 8 "Record of President Wilson's Administration on Suffrage", flyer printed by the National Woman's Party, Washington, D.C. 1917? Box 1 , Folder 9 "Serviceable Books for Suffragists", flyer printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, New York undated Box 1 , Folder 12 "Woman Suffrage and Prosperity" by Gail Laughlin, Political Equalities Series (v.1, no.8, 4p.), leaflet printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio 1905 Box 1 , Folder 13 "The Working Woman's Need of the Ballot" by Florence Kelley, Political Equality Series (v.3, no.7, 4p.), leaflet printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, New York 1898 Box 1 , Folder 19 Letterhead of Federal Woman's Equality Association 1913 Box 1 , Folder 20 Two banners saying "Votes for Women" undated Box 1 , Folder 22 "Why Equal Suffrage has been a Success" by Thaddeus P. Thomas, pamphlet printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, New York undated Box 1 , Folder 24 "1876 Protest" petition, flyer printed by the National Woman Suffrage Association, Pennsylvania 1876 Box 1 , Folder 25 Program for Convention, National Woman Suffrage Association 1920 June 13-14 Box 1 , Folder 33 "Women Under California Laws" by Alice Park, flyer printed by California Equal Suffrage Association and the Political Equality League (four copies) undated Box 1 , Folder 34 "Yale Students and Women" and "The Social Problem" by Disenfranchised Sister, Political Equality Leaflets printed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio (two copies) undated Box 1 , Folder 35 "The Federal Suffrage Amendment: A Short Cut to the National Enfranchisement of Women", flyer printed by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C. undated Box 1 , Folder 36 "Women Vote Now in .
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