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Clara Bradley Burdette Papers

Description

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, diaries, documents, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the life, activities, and family of Clara Bradley Burdette.

It includes materials on various women's clubs and societies, especially the General Federation of Women's Clubs, California Federation of Women's Clubs, and Alpha Phi Sorority.

There are also materials related to Mills College, Syracuse University, California College in China, the Southwest Museum, Trinity Baptist Church in Los Angeles, including manuscripts and sermons by Robert Jones Burdette, and the Republican party.

Significant persons represented in the collection include: Susan B. Anthony (5 pieces), Robert Jones Burdette (948), Harry Chandler (16), Herbert Hoover (37), Lou Henry Hoover (18), Carrie Jacobs-Bond (23), Melville De Lancy Landon (5), Charles Fletcher Lummis (65), John Steven McGroarty (10), Ralph Palmer Merritt (77), Harrison Gray Otis (25), Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (96), James Whitcomb Riley (23), and Caroline M. Seymour Severance (11).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1843-1954
Call number
mssBurdette papers
Creator
Burdette, Clara Bradley (1855-1954)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Florence A. Walker, 1955 & 1962.
Associated people
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906.)
Burdette, Robert J. (1844-1914.)
Chandler, Harry, (1864-1944.)
Hoover, Herbert, (1874-1964.)
Hoover, Lou Henry, (1874-1944.)
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, (1862-1946.)
Landon, Melville D. (1839-1910.)
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, (1859-1928.)
McGroarty, John Steven, (1862-1944.)
Merritt, Ralph Palmer, (1883-1963.)
Otis, Harrison Gray, (1837-1917.)
Reinhardt, Aurelia Henry, (1877-1948.)
Riley, James Whitcomb, (1849-1916.)
Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (1820-1914.)
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