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Title: Anthony Family Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1844-1945
Collection Number: mssAF 1-82
Creator:
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
Extent: 162 pieces in 5 boxes.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection primarily contains letters and some manuscripts concerning the family affairs and women's suffrage activities
of
the family of American women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906).
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Anthony Family Collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Gifts of Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California, 1944-1953.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
- Clara Bradley Burdette Papers, 1843-1954 (Call number: mssBurdette papers)
- Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby Papers, 1882-1914 (Call number: mssCC 1-49)
- Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Papers, 1863-1925 (Call number: mssHarbert papers)
- Maude Anthony Koehler Correspondence, 1940-1950 (Call number: mssHM 42561-42572)
- Alice Park Papers, 1798-1953 (Call number: mssPK 1-338)
- Una Richardson Winter Papers, 1895-1954 (Call number: mssUW 1-102)
Various members of the family of American women's rights activist Susan B. (Susan
Brownell) Anthony were active nineteenth- and twentieth-century
reformers, but she stood out among them. Although early involved in the temperance
and anti-slavery movements, her main concern became woman suffrage. Most of her time
was spent in lecturing and campaigning. She was also an officer in the National
Woman Suffrage Association and the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was the daughter of Daniel Anthony (1794-1862) and Lucy Read Anthony (1793-1880).
Her siblings included Guelma Anthony McLean (1818-1873); Hannah Anthony Mosher (1821-1877); Daniel Read Anthony (1824-1904);
Mary Stafford Anthony (1827-1907); Eliza T. Anthony (1832-1834); and
Jacob Merritt Anthony (1834-1900).
The collection of 162 pieces contains primarily letters and some manuscripts
concerning Anthony family affairs and woman suffrage activities, dating from 1844 to
1945. This group of papers was assembled by Una R. Winter, Director, and Alice L.
Park, Associate Director, of the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California.
There are four large letterbooks which contain letterpress copies of approximately
1372 pages of correspondence written by Susan B. Anthony's cousin Joseph Anthony (Box 3B). There is also an autograph
speech of Susan B. Anthony (AF 79) and a manuscript by Joseph Anthony titled "A Trip to the
Bahama Islands" (AF 76). Other subjects included in the collection are the Battle of
Osawatamie and ideas and discussion about populism, racism, and religion. There are
several letters which discuss a bust of Susan B. Anthony by the artist Lorado Taft,
and one letter promoting a recent volume of
The History of
Woman Suffrage
(AF 28).
Anthony Family members represented in the collection include Susan B. Anthony and her relatives: cousin Jessie Anthony (1856-1918)
and Jessie's father, Joseph
Anthony (1829-1897), and grandfather John Anthony (Susan's uncle); niece Lucy E. Anthony (1859-1944); second cousin Katherine
Boyles; niece Maude Anthony Koehler (1865-1950);
and nephew Frank Anthony Mosher.
Significant figures related to the history of woman suffrage represented in the
collection include: Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Alice Stone Blackwell, and Carrie Chapman Catt. There are also some letters to and
about the artist Lorado Taft and one letter by Frederick Douglass.
Note: 49 original letters [AF 18 (1-43) and AF 24 (1-6)] written by Susan B. Anthony
to Jessie Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt were removed and placed in Box 4, which is
restricted. Typewritten copies of these letters have been filed in Box 1 of the
collection for research use.
In Box 3A, there are two loose-leaf binders and one envelope of typescripts of Susan
B. Anthony letters from collections held in other libraries. These materials are
from the Anna Dann Mason collection (47 letters), Sophia Smith collection (58
letters) and Alma Lutz collection (52 letters).
Notable Persons Represented in the Collection
The individuals listed below are represented in the correspondence section (Boxes
1-2) of the Anthony Family collection. Authors and addressees found in the copies of
letters in Box 3A and in the letterpress books in Box 3B are not included in this
list.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
- As Author: AF 14-28
- As Addressee: AF 29, 40, 44, 66, 68-69
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950.
- As Author: AF 30
- As Addressee: none
Boyles, Katherine [second cousin of Susan B. Anthony]
- As Author: AF 31
- As Addressee: AF 9 (1-6), 35, 42, 50-53, 54, 59, 67, 72-73
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947.
- As Author: AF 35-39
- As Addressee: none Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895
- As Author: AF 43
- As Addressee: none
Koehler, Maude Anthony.
- As Author: none
- As Addressee: AF11 (1-5), 27 (1-3), 36, 55, 58
McCrackin, Josephine Woempner Clifford, b. 1838.
- As Author: AF 49
- As Addressee: none
Mosher, Frank Anthony [nephew of Susan B. Anthony]
- As Author: AF 51
- As Addressee: AF 39
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977
- As Author: AF 54
- As Addressee: none Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
- As Author: AF 60-63
- As Addressee: none
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.
- As Author: AF 66
- As Addressee: AF 24 (1-6)
Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936.
- As Author: none
- As Addressee: AF 22 (1-3), 46, 71
The collection is arranged in the following manner:
- Correspondence, 1844-1897 (Box 1)
- Correspondence, 1900-1945 (Box 2)
- Oversize items, bound volumes, copies of correspondence (Box 3A)
- Joseph Anthony letter books (Box 3B)
- Selected original Susan B. Anthony letters not available for research use (Box 4 - restricted)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Anthony, Lucy E.,
1861-1944 -- Archives.
Anthony, Susan B.
(Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 -- Archives.
Blackwell, Alice
Stone, 1857-1950 -- Correspondence.
Catt, Carrie Chapman,
1859-1947 -- Correspondence.
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977
-- Correspondence.
Shaw, Anna Howard,
1847-1919 -- Correspondence.
Stanton, Elizabeth
Cady, 1815-1902 -- Correspondence.
Taft, Lorado,
1860-1936 -- Correspondence.
National American Woman
Suffrage Association.
National Woman Suffrage
Association (U.S.)
Feminists -- United States --
Archives.
Suffragists -- United States --
Archives.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States --
History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Women's rights -- United
States.
Family papers -- United States.
Letter books -- United States.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States.
Anthony family.
Anthony, Lucy E., 1861-1944.
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950.
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977.
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.