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Subject Source: Itoamc

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

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Susan B. Anthony Papers

Identifier: MSS11049
Abstract

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.

Dates 1846-1934; Majority of material found within 1846-1906
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Edward William Bok Papers

Identifier: MSS13128
Abstract

Author, editor, reformer, and philanthropist. Correspondence, autograph albums featuring prominent American literary, military, and political figures, and writings by Bok. Also included is a manuscript by Jessie Benton Frémont relating to the death of her husband, John C. Frémont.

Dates 1880-1926; Majority of material found within 1920-1925
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Charles J. Bonaparte Papers

Identifier: MSS13151
Abstract

Lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, articles, speeches, memoranda, notes, personal miscellany, legal records, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating mainly to Bonaparte's public service and political career.

Dates 1760-1921; Majority of material found within 1874-1921
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Clarence Darrow Papers

Identifier: MSS17756
Abstract

Author, lecturer, lawyer, and reformer. Correspondence, legal records, and writings by Darrow as well as notes, correspondence, and printed matter collected by Irving Stone while writing a biography of Darrow.

Dates 1894-1941; Majority of material found within 1910-1935
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Anna E. Dickinson Papers

Identifier: MSS18424
Abstract

Lecturer, reformer, actor, and author. Correspondence, speeches, writings, plays, legal files, financial papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed material relating to Dickinson's activities on behalf of abolition and women's rights and suffrage and to her career in the theater.

Dates 1859-1951; Majority of material found within 1859-1911
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Samuel W. Dike Papers

Identifier: MSS18499
Abstract Congregational minister and social reformer. Correspondence, speeches, articles, book drafts, an unfinished autobiography, lecture notes, family papers, reports, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating chiefly to Dike's correspondence with members of the National Divorce Reform League (later known as the National League for the Protection of the Family) and others pertaining mainly to business matters and social and family problems. Also included are reports, published material, and...
Dates 1870-1913; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1913)
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Walter L. Fisher Papers

Identifier: MSS20669
Abstract

Lawyer, municipal reformer, and U.S. secretary of the interior. Correspondence and memoranda, letterbooks, speeches and articles, scrapbooks, photographs, subject files, clippings, and printed matter chiefly related to Chicago, Illinois, municipal matters and to Fisher's term as United States secretary of the interior.

Dates 1871-1963; Majority of material found within ( 1909-1920)
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Abraham Flexner Papers

Identifier: MSS20834
Abstract

Educational reformer and author. Correspondence, research files, speeches and writings, and miscellany pertaining to Flexner's work in medical education and administration of educational foundations.

Dates 1865-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1900-1959)
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Frances Wright Papers

Identifier: MSS46615
Abstract

Social reformer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence (1820s) from Wright as well as family correspondence, diaries (1849-1854), notes, and printed matter related to the D'Arusmont family.

Dates 1820-1896; Majority of material found within 1824-1855
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Moreton Frewen Papers

Identifier: MSS21592
Abstract

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.

Dates 1823-1934
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Arthur Gleason Papers

Identifier: MSS18382
Abstract Journalist, editor, and social reformer. Family and general correspondence, writings, subject files, clippings, and printed matter relating to Gleason's editorial work with Cosmopolitan, The Survey, and Collier's Weekly; his experiences as a journalist and medic in World War I; his activities on behalf of the British labor movement, Bureau of Industrial Research, United Mine Workers, and...
Dates 1863-1931; Majority of material found within 1900-1923
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Julia Ward Howe Papers

Identifier: MSS26609
Abstract

Author and reformer. Chiefly speeches and writings, with correspondence, notes, and printed matter pertaining to education, immigration, prison reform, race relations, religion, and women's rights.

Dates 1845-1917
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John Adams Kingsbury Papers

Identifier: MSS28662
Abstract

Social worker and social reformer. Includes correspondence, journals and diaries, family papers, autobiographical material, travel notes, manuscripts of Kingsbury's books, speeches and articles, news releases, legal and financial papers and documents his activities as a social reformer and public health advocate such as his efforts to improve the conditions of public institutions in New York and Eastern European relief work.

Dates 1841-1966; Majority of material found within 1906-1939
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Ben B. Lindsey Papers

Identifier: MSS30254
Abstract

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.

Dates 1838-1957; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1943)
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Benjamin Clarke Marsh Papers

Identifier: MSS31443
Abstract

Lobbyist and reformer. Correspondence, articles, extracts, legislative documents, memoranda, minutes, press releases, reports, speeches, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and clippings, mostly relating to activities of the People's Lobby, Inc., which Marsh served as executive secretary for many years.

Dates 1910-1950
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Alexander Jeffrey McKelway Papers

Identifier: MSS32235
Abstract

Clergyman, reformer, and Southern secretary of the National Child Labor Committee. Correspondence, telegrams, speeches, articles, notes and drafts of a biography of St. Clair McKelway, longtime editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and uncle of Alexander, family papers, financial material, printed matter, a scrapbook, and other papers relating mainly to child labor legislation and to the McKelway family.

Dates 1814-1942; Majority of material found within 1900-1918
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National Consumers' League Records

Identifier: MSS34215
Abstract

Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, project and program files, legal files, scrapbooks, printed material, and other records relating to the league's efforts toward reform in public health, consumer protection, public welfare, and fair labor standards.

Dates 1882-2003; Majority of material found within 1920-1990
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Maud Wood Park Papers

Identifier: MSS58784
Abstract

Suffragist, social worker, reformer, and author. Family papers, correspondence, subject files, speeches and writings, an autograph collection, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Park's activities on behalf of women's suffrage and her associations with the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National League of Women Voters.

Dates 1844-1979; Majority of material found within ( 1886-1951)
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Henry William Parsons Papers

Identifier: MSS85562
Abstract

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, his ministerial work in England and the United States, and his travels with the Fisk Jubilee Singers during their 1878 European tour. Includes family correspondence with annotated transcriptions and genealogical material.

Dates 1871-1986
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John Robert Procter Papers

Identifier: MSS36954
Abstract

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.

Dates 1867-1903
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Jacob A. Riis Papers

Identifier: MSS37903
Abstract

Journalist, author, and humanitarian. Correspondence, drafts and printed copies of articles, speeches and lectures, and other material relating chiefly to Riis's work as a journalist and author.

Dates 1870-1990; Majority of material found within 1887-1913
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Charles Edward Russell Papers

Identifier: MSS38570
Abstract

Author and journalist. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating principally to Russell's writings and to his activities on behalf of various progressive reform causes.

Dates 1864-1941; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
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Margaret Sanger Papers

Identifier: MSS38919
Abstract

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.

Dates 1900-1966; Majority of material found within ( 1928-1940)
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Carl Schurz Papers

Identifier: MSS39156
Abstract

United States cabinet officer, diplomat, senator from Missouri, Union army officer, journalist, and reformer. Correspondence, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and scrapbooks pertaining to Liberal Republicanism, tariff reduction, civil service reform, anti-imperialism, election campaigns, and the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes in which Schurz served as secretary of the interior.

Dates 1837-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1906
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Elizabeth Allen Smart Papers

Identifier: MSS85949
Abstract

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.

Dates 1924-1961; Majority of material found within 1940-1955