Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hays, Elinor Rice, 1901-1994
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of copies of correspondence, articles, diaries, memoirs, and other manuscripts by and about the Blackwell family. Also, a small group of papers, including correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed papers, about the Rice family of New York.
- Extent:
- 1 linear feet and 2 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Elinor Rice Hays papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Copies of correspondence, articles, diaries, memoirs, and other manuscripts by and about the Blackwell family. The most prominent members of the Blackwell family were Elizabeth (1821-1910) and Emily (1826-1910), among the earliest women doctors and founders of the New York Infirmary and College for Women; their brother Henry Browne Blackwell (1825-1909), his wife Lucy Stone (1818-1893), and their daughter Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), known for their leading roles in the abolition, woman suffrage, and prohibition movements; and their sister-in-law Antoinette Louisa (Brown) Blackwell (1825-1921), wife of Samuel Charles Blackwell (1823-1901), the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States and an active speaker on behalf of abolition, women's rights and prohibition. These copies were originally compiled for Alice Stone Blackwell's biography of her mother, Lucy Stone (LUCY STONE, PIONEER OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS. Boston, Little, Brown & Co. [c1930]). The material was later used by Elinor Rice Hays for her biography of Lucy Stone (MORNING STAR. New York, Harcourt Brace & World, c1961) and again for her history of the Blackwell family (THOSE EXTRAORDINARY BLACKWELLS. New York, Harcourt Brace & World, 1967). There is also the typescript setting copy of her book on the Blackwell family.
1992 Addition: A small group of her family papers, the Rice family of New York, including correspondence (1912-1930), documents (1864-1924), photographs, and printed materials (1900-1956).
- Biographical / Historical:
Author. She was married to Judge Paul R. Hays and she died in 1994.
- Acquisition information:
Papers on Blackwell family: Source of acquisition--Hays, Elinor Rice. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/06/91. Accession number--M-91-07-06.
Rice family papers: Source of acquisition--Hays, Elinor Rice. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/06/92. Accession number--M-92-04-06.
- Custodial history:
Gift of Elinor Rice Hays, 1991 & 1992.
- Processing information:
Papers on Blackwell family Processed HR 01/29/92.
Rice family papers Processed HR 06/26/92.
- Arrangement:
Arranged. Box 1: Blackwell family materials; Box 2: Rice family materials.
- 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:
- Civil rights -- United States
Family records
Medicine
Prohibition -- United States
Suffrage -- United States
Temperance -- United States
Women -- United States -- History
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Women -- Suffrage -- United States
Women's rights -- United States
Money
Authors, American
Women clergy
Abolitionists
Biographers
Businessmen
Clergy
Physicians
Prohibitionists
Social reformers
Suffragists
Women abolitionists
Women physicians
Women social reformers
Addresses
Announcements
Articles
Bills (legislative records)
Business cards
Visiting cards
Certificates
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Dance cards
Diaries
Essays
Greeting cards
Handbills
Invitations
Licenses
Lists (document genres)
Manuscripts (documents)
Memoirs
Menus
Notes (documents)
Obituaries
Passports
Photographs
negatives (photographs)
Programs (documents)
Receipts (financial records)
Tintypes (photographs) - Names:
- Association for the Advancement of Women
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York Infirmary for Women and Children
Oberlin College
Blackwell family
Rice family
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
Blackwell, Anna, 1816-1900
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921
Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910
Blackwell, Emily, 1826-1910
Blackwell, George Washington, 1832-1912
Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909
Blackwell, Kitty Barry, 1848-1936
Blackwell, Samuel Charles, 1823-1901
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893 - Places:
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- 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:
-
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Elinor Rice Hays papers; 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