| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1918-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919). | | | | Call #: | MS 3565 | | | | Extent: | 4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers) | | | | Subjects: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Emily Newell Blair Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Blair, Emily Newell Family | | | | Dates: | 1785-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Emily Newell Blair was a suffragist, feminist, Democratic Party official, mother and writer. During World War I she worked in the press department of the Missouri Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, eventually becoming vice chair. Representing Missouri on the Democratic National Committee, Blair was chosen national vice chair responsible for organizing women voters and women's activities, and eventually rose to first vice president, organized 2,000 plus Democratic women's clubs, and helped found the Woman's National Democratic Club. In 1935, she was appointed to the Consumers' Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration, and, in 1942, was appointed chief of the Women's Interest Section of the War Department's Public Relations Bureau. Her husband, Harry Wallace Blair, was U.S. Assistant Attorney General in the Land Div. of the Justice Dept. in the 1930s and later served with the President's Loyalty Review Board. The collection consists of personal, professional and family correspondence, published and unpublished writings by and about Emily Blair, diaries, speeches, personal and family memorabilia, and clippings. Series I and II form the bulk of the collection, Series II being largely Emily Blair's personal writings, such as diaries, speeches, published articles, typescripts of fiction and non-fiction, and typescripts of her autobiography. Blair family material consists of the papers of Harry Wallace Blair (husband), Harriet Blair Forsythe (daughter), James Patton and Anna Gray Newell (parents), and her McDowell family ancestors of Pennsylvania, particularly the correspondence of Alexander McDowell. The collection is useful for researching the history of women and the family in the early 20th century, the issues of feminism and women's suffrage, and the emergence of women as politicians within the Democratic Party. Notable correspondents include Cordell Hull, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. McDowell family materials chronicle pioneer life on the 18th-century Pennsylvania frontier. | | | | Call #: | MS 4342 | | | | Extent: | 7.50 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Blair, Emily Newell, b. 1877 -- Archives. | Blair family. | Newell family. | McDowell family. | United States. Council of National Defense. Woman's Committee. | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Feminists -- United States -- Archives. | Authors, American -- United States -- Archives. | Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Women in politics -- United States. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs. | Journalism, Consumer -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Venango County. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Florence Ellinwood Allen Papers
| | | | Creator: | Allen, Florence Ellinwood | | | | Dates: | 1856-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) was a lawyer and judge, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical and genealogical material, articles by or about Judge Allen, awards, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Includes material on women's suffrage, outlawry of war, Tennessee Valley Authority case, and rights to outer space. Correspondents include Nancy Astor, Newton D. Baker, Catherine Drinker Bowen, John Bricker, Carrie Chapman Catt, Frank Davis, Jr., Learned Hand, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Frances Kellor, Frank J. Lausche, Salmon C. Levinson, Maude Wood Park, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Harriet Taylor Upton, and Stephen M. Young. | | | | Call #: | MS 3287 | | | | Extent: | 14.00 linear feet (29 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966. | Allen family. | Tennessee Valley Authority. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Women judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | War (International law) | Outer space.
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