Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association were given to the Library of Congress in 1961 by Edna Lamprey Stantial, archivist of the association.
Processing History
The records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association were processed by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen in 1974. The finding aid was revised in 1999.
Related Material
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) records are closely linked by provenance and subject matter with the Blackwell family papers and with the Carrie Chapman Catt papers. 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 seventy-three 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 records of the National American Woman Suffrage Association are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000083. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition. A transcription dataset from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Records is available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2023446331.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, National American Woman Suffrage Association Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.