Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Winner, Julia Hull, 1904-1980
- Extent:
- .5 cubic foot
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains about 500 manuscript pages of Lockwood's various lectures, including some from the time of her campaign for president; newspaper clippings about her; an 1879 diploma presented to Lockwood when she was allowed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court; and an 1889 passport.
- Biographical / Historical:
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917), a noted lawyer and a National Equal Rights presidential candidate, was a native of the Town of Royalton, Niagara County, New York. She ran for president of the United States in the election of 1884, becoming the first woman to run a full-scale presidential campaign.
- Acquisition information:
Gift; Julia Hull Winner, Gasport, NY; 1971; FM-60.71
Lockwood's grandson, DeForest L. Ormes of Washington, D.C., presented this collection to Mrs. Julia Hull Winner of Gasport, N.Y., Town of Royalton Historian, who was writing a biography of Lockwood. The biography was published by the Niagara County Historical Association in 1969. In 1971, Mrs. Winner donated the collection to the New York State Historical Association.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Coll. No. 213: Belva Ann Lockwood Papers: The Ormes-Winner Collection is open for research according to the regulations of Fenimore Art Museum Library.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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