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35 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Reformers.

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  1. John Robert Procter papers, 1867-1903

    2,800 items. 15 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Geologist and civil service reformer. Kentucky state geologist from 1880 to 1893 and chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission from 1893 to 1903. Chiefly correspondence relating to Procter's service as chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission and efforts to reform the civil service.

  2. J.L.M. Curry papers, 1637-1939

    3,900 items. 30 containers. 6.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Statesman, author, clergyman, diplomat, and educator. Diaries, correspondence, printed matter, clippings, memorabilia, notes and memoranda, legal papers, accounts, lectures and sermons, essays, scrapbook, manuscript of autobiography, speeches, and articles, and catalog of Curry's library. Includes autographs of presidents, Confederate leaders, Spanish noblemen, royalty, and writers, jurists, diplomats, educators, historians, scientists, reformers, artists, statesmen, literary figures, clergymen, and military men of the United States and Europe.

  3. Ben B. Lindsey papers, 1838-1957

    95,000 items. 320 containers plus 35 oversize. 142 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Judge and social reformer. Correspondence, notebooks, journals, lectures, memoranda, legal papers, briefs, legislative matter, campaign literature, family papers, scrapbooks, and other material documenting Lindsey's judicial, political, and literary career.

  4. Moreton Frewen papers, 1823-1934

    16,500 items. 47 containers. 18.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Anglo-Irish reformer, economist, author, and inventor. Correspondence and other material documenting Frewen's activities in business ventures or government service in England, the American West, Hyderabad, Kenya, Ireland, Mexico, China, Canada, and Australia.

  5. Henry William Parsons papers, 1871-1986

    45 items. 2 containers. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    English Congregational minister and temperance advocate. Diaries and correspondence documenting his temperance work for the International Order of Good Templars with African Americans in North Carolina, as well as his ministerial work in England and the United States, and his travels with the Fisk Jubilee Singers during their European tour of 1878.

  6. Elizabeth Allen Smart papers, 1924-1961

    6,000 items. 18 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Lobbyist for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Correspondence, reports, legislative proposals, writings, printed material, newsletters, and newspaper clippings reflecting the organization’s political objectives.

  7. Susan B. Anthony papers, 1846-1934

    500 items. 7 containers. 3 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Reformer and suffragist. Correspondence, diaries, daybook, speeches, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Anthony's writings, lectures, and other efforts on behalf of women's suffrage and women's rights. Includes material pertaining to the National Woman Suffrage Association, after 1890 the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and to the New York State Woman Suffrage Association.

  8. James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959

    7,000 items. 39 containers plus 12 oversize. 22 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers of the family of James Wadsworth (1768-1844) and his brother, William Wadsworth (1761-1833), who settled in Geneseo, N.Y., in 1790 and endowed schools and libraries there.

  9. Margaret Sanger papers, 1900-1966

    130,000 items. 256 containers plus 59 oversize. 133.6 linear feet. 145 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Nurse, leader of the birth control movement, and author. Correspondence, diaries (1914-1953), articles, speeches, lectures, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and organizational records relating to Sanger's extensive activities on behalf of birth control in the United States and throughout the world.

  10. Elizabeth Cady Stanton papers, 1814-1946

    1,000 items. 10 containers plus 1 oversize. 4.3 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Reformer, feminist, and suffragist. Correspondence, speeches, articles, drafts of books, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Elizabeth Cady Stanton's career as an advocate for women's rights. Includes material on her efforts on behalf of women's legal status and women's suffrage, the abolition of slavery, rights for African Americans following the Civil War, temperance, and other nineteenth-century social reform movements.

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