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Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby papers


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    Binder of transcripts (CC 3); Scrapbook - "S.B.A. Womans Tribune clippings 1883-1891"

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists primarily of letters and a few documents related to the activities of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing woman suffrage, and the general philosophy of the suffragist movement. There is also a 333-page scrapbook containing clippings from the Woman's Tribune from 1883 to 1891. Significant persons represented in the collection include Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, James Gowdy Clark, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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    Correspondence

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists primarily of letters and a few documents related to the activities of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing woman suffrage, and the general philosophy of the suffragist movement. There is also a 333-page scrapbook containing clippings from the Woman's Tribune from 1883 to 1891. Significant persons represented in the collection include Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, James Gowdy Clark, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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    Susan B. Anthony letters

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists primarily of letters and a few documents related to the activities of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing woman suffrage, and the general philosophy of the suffragist movement. There is also a 333-page scrapbook containing clippings from the Woman's Tribune from 1883 to 1891. Significant persons represented in the collection include Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, James Gowdy Clark, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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    Colby, Clara Dorothy Bewick, 1846-1916

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the papers of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert. Chiefly correspondence, the collection also contains manuscripts (including diaries, address books of woman suffrage workers, poetry and music), printed matter and ephemera, large scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, some photographs, and an extensive collection of pamphlets and broadsides on the topic of woman suffrage.

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    Alice Park papers

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    The collection contains primarily correspondence about Alice Park's reforming interests, centering on the cause of women's rights and including papers related to the passage of the constitutional amendment granting suffrage to women. The collection also includes her autobiography [PK 7] and a biographical sketch of Katherine Marie ("Kitty") Marion [PK 128].Significant items found in the collection include: Letters to and from horticulturalist Luther Burbank (1849-1926), establishing March 7, Burbank's birthday, as Bird and Arbor Day; a 1925 letter from the office of architect Myron Hunt (1868-1952); correspondence from author Mary Austin (1868-1934), explaining her background and offering the use of her name towards women suffrage activities; letters from American novelist and socialist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968); and a 1925 letter from Park to birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). The collection also contains various pieces of printed material (1798-1807).

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    William Harman Black, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C

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    Typescript letter signed. Is sending a copy of a constitutional amendment proposal. Includes typescript copy of response from John M. Hancock on behalf of Bernard Baruch, 1943 October 20; typescript signed of Black's amendment proposal with notes, 1943 October 15; and typescript letter signed of Black's response to Hancock, 1943 October 31. (9 pages total)

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