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Title: Therese Walling Seabrook papers
Identifier/Call Number: 2012.101.r
Contributing Institution:
Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(8 folders)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1888-1908
Date (inclusive): 1877-1936
Location note: Leatherby Libraries
Language of Materials note: The materials in this collection are in English.
Abstract: A small archive of letters, ephemera, speeches, newspaper articles and personal documents from Therese Walling Seabrook. Seabrook
was very active in the women's suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th century as well as the temperance movement,
being a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Keyport, New Jersey.
Preferred Citation note
[identify item], Therese Walling Seabrook papers (2012.101.r), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives,
Chapman University, CA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
This collection of papers was purchased from William Hutchison, rare book dealer on 10/6/2012.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
Therese Walling Seabrook (1821-1899), a resident of Keyport, New Jersey, was an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union of New Jersey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a champion of woman suffrage. She was also active with
the U.S. Sanitary Service during the American Civil War.
"In the early days, Mrs. Therese W. Seabrook stood almost alone in the W.C.T.U. in her advocacy of woman suffrage and it required
ten years of effort to secure a franchise department of which she was the first supervisor." -
History of Woman Suffrage, 1902, v. 4, p. 827
Arrangement note
This collection is organized in series:
Series 1, Women's suffrage
Subseries 1, Correspondence, women's suffrage
Subseries 2, Writing, women's suffrage
Subseries 3, Ephemera, women's suffrage
Subseries 4, Print material, women's suffrage
Series 2, Women's Christian Temperance Union
Subseries 1, Correspondence, temperance
Subseries 2, Public speaking, temperance
Subseries 3, Ephemera, temperance
Subseries 4, Records, business
Related Archival Materials note
The Vera Conover (1896-1977) Collection, 1749-1977 contains material on her maternal grandparents Therese Walling Seabrook
and her husband, Henry Hendrickson Seabrook (1813-1872). The collection is held by the Monmouth County Historical Association
and the finding aid can be accessed at:
http://www.monmouthhistory.org/Sections-read-19.html
Scope and Contents note
A small archive of letters, ephemera, speeches, newspaper articles and personal documents from Therese Walling Seabrook. Seabrook
was very active in the women's suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th century as well as the temperance movement,
being a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Keyport, New Jersey.
A highlight of the collection is a letter from Susan B. Anthony (February 22, 1888) to Seabrook thanking her for a monetary
donation and comments on her visit to Washington D.C., note by Florence Howe Hall, co-signed by Emma Blackwell and a letter
by Clara Bewick Colby.
Women Suffrage Related:
Correspondence:
8 letters, personal, women's suffrage
5 speeches, women's suffrage
Writing:
1 article, Stout family history
Ephemera:
1 postcard to Senator Henry E. Ackerson, Keyport, New Jersey
1 transcript, published, Hearing before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, U.S. Senate, April 2, 1888
1 program, Semiannual Convention of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association, July, 1904
1 advertisement, Woman Suffrage Mass Meeting, Carnegie Hall, December 4, 1908
3 membership cards, National Woman-Suffrage Association, 1887-1889
1 pamphlet, National American Women's Suffrage Association meeting, January 31, 1895
Temperance Related:
Correspondence:
3 letters, personal, temperance
Ephemera:
1 card, delegate, National Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention, October 22-25, 1884
1 program, W.C.T.U. of New Jersey, portrait bust dedication, October 25, 1931
1 program, 50th Spring Institute and Golden Anniversary W.C.T.U. of New Jersey, May 14, 1936
1 handout, "Appeal to the teachers of the people of New Jersey"
Personal Records:
1 receipt, Keyport Temperance Alliance, May 7, 1877
1 bill of sale, building sale to W.C.T.U from Seabrook, December 27, 1879
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Seabrook, Therese W., (Walling), 1821-1899?
Temperance -- United States -- History
Women -- Suffrage