Blackwell family papers, 1759-1960

Collection Summary

Title	Blackwell family papers, 1759-1960
Inclusive Dates	1759-1960
Bulk Dates	1845-1890
ID No.	MSS12880
Creator	Blackwell family
Extent	29,200 items
Extent	97 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	40.4 linear feet
Extent	76 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998003
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78012880
Summary	Family members include author and suffragist Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950); her parents, Henry Browne Blackwell (1825-1909) and Lucy Stone (1818-1893), abolitionists and advocates of women's rights; her aunt, Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the first woman to receive an academic medical degree; and Elizabeth Blackwell's adopted daughter, Kitty Barry Blackwell (1848-1936). Includes correspondence, diaries, articles, and speeches of these and other Blackwell family members.
Online Content	The papers of the Blackwell family are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000092. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.