Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Carrie Chapman Catt were given to the Library of Congress by Alda Wilson, executrix of Catt's estate, in 1947, and by Edna Lamprey Stantial, archivist of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, in 1960.
Processing History
The papers of Carrie Chapman Catt were processed by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen in 1974. The finding aid was revised in 1999, and additional changes were made in 2006 to reflect the renumbering of oversize material.
Related Material
The Carrie Chapman Catt papers are closely linked by provenance and subject matter with the Blackwell family papers and with the records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). These three collections held by the Manuscript Division have been known collectively as the Suffrage Archives. Also related by provenance is the Library of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and its president Carrie Chapman Catt, a library of seven to eight hundred titles collected between 1890 and 1938 by members of NAWSA and donated to the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division by Catt in 1938.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of these papers is available on eighteen reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Online Content
The papers of Carrie Chapman Catt are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000077. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Carrie Chapman Catt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.