Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby papers, 1882-1914

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Summary

Creators:
Colby, Clara Dorothy Bewick, 1846-1916
Abstract:
A collection of material related to Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby, American suffragist.
Extent:
2.91 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists primarily of letters and a few documents related to the activities of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing woman suffrage, and the general philosophy of the suffragist movement. There is also a 333-page scrapbook containing clippings from the Woman's Tribune from 1883 to 1891. Significant persons represented in the collection include Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, James Gowdy Clark, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Biographical / historical:

Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby (1846-1916) was an early and active member of the woman suffrage movement. She served as president of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association and edited the influential feminist newspaper, Woman's Tribune. In her later years she was active as a lecturer in the international suffrage movement.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California, 1956.
Custodial history:

This collection forms part of the Susan B. Anthony Memorial collections, which were started by a group of California women who collected all types of material about the life and work of Susan B. Anthony. This group, the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California, was headed by Una Richardson Winter, Director, and Alice L. Park, Associate Director. They donated the manuscript and printed materials now known as the Susan B. Anthony Memorial collections to the Huntington Library between 1945 and 1956.

Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff in approximately 1960; in May 2024, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically; box 3 arranged by format.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

RESTRICTED. Box 2: Susan B. Anthony letters. Use typewritten reproductions in binder (CC 3) in Box 3.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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