Clara Bewick Colby Papers, 1821-1985 (bulk 1860-1916)

Summary Information

Title: Clara Bewick Colby Papers, (bulk 1860-1916)
Inclusive Dates: 1821-1985

Creator:
  • Colby, Clara Bewick, 1846-1916
Call Number: Mss 379; M92-172; PH 1403

Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet (8 archives boxes); plus additions of 0.4 cubic feet and 14 photographs

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers, mainly 1860-1916, of Clara Colby, a feminist, founder/editor of the Woman's Tribune, and officer of the Federal Suffrage Association, which document her personal life, her suffrage activities, her work as a lecturer and newspaper editor, and her interest in New Thought. Included are clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, photographs, printed materials, speeches, and a few records of the Federal Suffrage Association. Prominent correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Olympia Brown, Belva Lockwood, Marilla Ricker, Ellen Sabin, and officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and other state and international suffrage organizations.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00379
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