Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Woman Suffrage Association of New York State
- Extent:
- 3 linear feet and 5 boxes, 14 volumes in 6 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Woman Suffrage Association of New York State and Woman Suffrage Party of New York City records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The records comprise the archives of the Woman Suffrage Association of New York State, 1869-1917, and the Woman Suffrage Party of New york City, 1910-1919. Included are minute volumes of the two organizations as well as other related materials such as constitutions, membership lists, pamphlets, clippings, photographs and other printed materials. There are a few letters, but the collection is chiefly documents of the organizations.
- Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--League of Women Voters, New York City. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1955. Accession number--M-55.
Gift of the League of Women Voters (N.Y.C.), 1955.
Gift of Estelle Wald, 1970.
- Processing information:
This collection was processed by the staff of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Finding aid written by Bernard Crystal in August, 1976.
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.
- Arrangement:
Arranged by organizations.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) -- New York
Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State)
Social problems
Civil rights -- Societies, etc
Women -- Social conditions
Feminism
Women -- New York (State) -- Societies and clubs
Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies and clubs
Politics, Practical
Representative government and representation
Suffrage
Women -- Political activity
Feminists
Suffragists
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Constitutions
Lists (document genres)
minutes (administrative records)
Photographs - Names:
- League of Women Voters of the City of New York
Woman Suffrage Party of New York City - Places:
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
New York (State) -- Social life and customs
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located on-site.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Woman Suffrage Association of New York State and Woman Suffrage Party of New York City records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu