Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was an internationally recognized suffragist, feminist, and political activist. This collection contains six of Catt’s personal photograph albums, circa 1840 to 1940. The albums contain approximately 815 photographs related to the women's suffrage movement, including portraits and records of parades, demonstrations, conferences, and other events. The albums cover both the American and international suffrage movements. Notable figures depicted include: Louisa May Alcott, Dr. Josephine Baker, Carrie Chapman Catt, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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Suffragist workers
Title:
Suffragist workers
Description:
(a) Mrs. Learned Hand, contributor and worker for suffrage. (b) Mrs. Willard Straight. As Dorothy Whitney and as Mrs. Straight she worked for suffrage. (c) Rev. Marie Jenny Howe. Ardent speaker and worker for woman suffrage.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission
Title:
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission
Description:
Mrs. Leslie left the residue of her estate to Mrs. Catt to be used for suffrage work. Mrs. Catt organized Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission to expend this fund. (a) Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, 1917. Seated: Alice S. Blackwell, Mrs. Catt, Mrs. Raymond Robbins. Standing: Jean Norris, Harriet Upton, Mary G. Hay, Gratea Goller. (b) Portrait of Mrs. Leslie.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portraits of regional chairmen in New York
Title:
Portraits of regional chairmen in New York
Description:
These five women were Regional Chairmen in N.Y. State's final campaign for woman suffrage. (a) Miss Katherine Starbuck. (b) Mrs. George Norman. (c) Miss Mary Garrett Hay. (e) Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Norrie.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portraits of Kentucky suffragists
Title:
Portraits of Kentucky suffragists
Description:
(a) Mrs. Samuel Henning Cong. Chairman for Kentucky. (b) Sarah Clay Bennett. President Ky. S.A. (c) Mrs. Murray Hubbard Ft. Thomas, Ky. Congressional Chairman for Kentucky. (d) Mrs. Desha Beckenridge. S. Leader (e) Miss Laura Clay, President Ky. Equal Rights A.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portraits of Florida suffragists
Title:
Portraits of Florida suffragists
Description:
(a) Mrs. Celia Myrover Robinson, Pensacola, Florida. (b) Mrs. Caroline E. Merrick, President Louisiana Woman Suffrage Association (c) Miss Kate Gordon, President La. E.S.A. (d) Rev. Mary A. Safford of Florida. (e) Miss Belle Kearney, of Balfour, Miss. Woman Suffrage Association (f) Miss Jean Gordon, President, New Orleans Equal S. Association.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage in New York
Title:
Suffrage in New York
Description:
(a) N.Y.C. Borough Chairmen of New York State Woman Suffrage Party. (b) Mrs. James L. Laidlaw, Chairman of the Borough of Manhattan, of New York City.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage in New York
Title:
Suffrage in New York
Description:
(a) Mrs. Norman De R. Whitehouse, President N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Association when state suffrage was won. (b) Mrs. Marianna Chapman, President, N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Association. (c) Mrs. Frank Vanderlip, President N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Association and N.Y. State League of Women Voters. (d) Mrs. Gertrude Foster Brown. President N.Y. State S.A. when Nat. S. was won.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Chicago suffrage parade
Title:
Chicago suffrage parade
Description:
(a) "Jennie" and her 9 mo. old son "Chin-Chin" who marched in the 1916 Chicago Suffrage Parade. (b) Suffrage parade, Chicago, June, 1916. The line of umbrellas extended along Michigan Ave. for more than a mile.
Date:
1916-06-07
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt opens convention
Title:
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt opens convention
Description:
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt opens "Big Victory Suffrage Convention" Chicago, January 1920.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage leaders at Victory Convention
Title:
Suffrage leaders at Victory Convention
Description:
(a) Suffrage leaders at Victory Convention, in Chicago, in 1920, inaugurated plans for launching new voting league. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Henry W. Rogers, of Conn. Esther Ogden, of N.J. Mrs. J.C. Cantrill, of Ky. Mrs. R.E. Edwards, of Ind. Mrs. Geo. Gellhorn, of Mo. Mrs. G.A. Piersol, of Pa. Mrs. C.H. Brooks. of Kan, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, of Tenn. Seated, Mrs. Shuler, Miss Hay, of N.Y. Mrs. S. McCormic, of Miss. Mrs. Catt, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Brown of N.Y. Mrs. Gardner, of Wash. D.C. (b) Mrs. Livermore and Mary Garrett Hay.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Jubilee Convention Delegation
Title:
Jubilee Convention Delegation
Description:
Jubilee Convention Delegation, Mms. Shuler, Hay, Gellhorn, Brown and Rogers. Chicago, Jan. 1920.
Date:
1920-01
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portraits of Iowa suffragists
Title:
Portraits of Iowa suffragists
Description:
(a) Rev. Eleanor Gordon, of Des Moines, President I.E.S.A. (b) Mrs. Anna B. Lawther, President Iowa Equal Suffrage A. (c) Mrs. Mary J. Cogeshall, Des Moin[sic] (d) President of Iowa New Yorkers. (e) First Suffrage Convention Mrs. Catt attended, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1887. (f) Evelyn M. Belden, Pres, Iowa Woman Suffrage Association
Date:
1887
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portraits of Kansas suffragists
Title:
Portraits of Kansas suffragists
Description:
(a) Mrs. W.A. Johnston, President Kansas E.S.A. (b) Mrs. Katharine A. Hoffman, President Kansas-Equal S.A. at time of Federal Amendment. (c) President Kansas, S.A. (d) Mrs. C.H. Brooks. (e) Laura Gregg (f) Annie L. Diggs, President Kansas. A. (g) Mrs. Henry Ware Allen, Wichita.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Portrait of Mrs. Frank J. Shuler
Title:
Portrait of Mrs. Frank J. Shuler
Description:
Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, corresponding secretary and campaigner of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage in New York
Title:
Suffrage in New York
Description:
(a) Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay cast their first ballots, 1918. (b) Mrs. Ogden Reid of N.Y. Herald Tribune, Treasurer N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party, 1918.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
New York Suffragists
Title:
New York Suffragists
Description:
(a) Mrs. O. Garrison Villard, N.Y.C. (b) Mrs. M. Hirons 21st A.D. Manhattan. (c) Mrs. Thomas Welles. (d) Mrs. Katrina Tiffany. (e) Mrs. James B. Gear 18th Assembly Dist, Manhattan. (f) Mrs. Charles N. Edge, District Leader.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragist portraits
Title:
Suffragist portraits
Description:
(a) Mrs. Haryot Holt Day, member Empire State Campaign Comm. (b) Mrs. Florence Finch Kelly President National Consumers League. (c) Dr. Valeria Parker, President National Council of Women. (d) Mrs. Ella A. Boole, President National W.C.T.U. (e) Miss Lillian Wald, N.Y.C. Head of Henry St. Settlement.
Date:
1905
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragist portraits
Title:
Suffragist portraits
Description:
(a) Mrs. Richard E. Edwards. (b) Miss Mary Garrett Hay, N.S. Association (c) Prominent suffragist, mother of Lew Wallace. (d) Mrs. Antoinette D. Leach Lawyer, Sullivan, Indiana. (e) Mrs. G.M. Henderson, Secretary of Indiana State W. Franchise League.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragist portraits
Title:
Suffragist portraits
Description:
(a) Mrs. Eliza Heaton Hunter, Des Moines, Iowa, pioneer suffragist. (b) "In memory of our grandmother, biography of Margaret W. Campbell. (c) Margaret W. Campbell, Des Moines, Iowa.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Rainy day parade in Chicago
Title:
Rainy day parade in Chicago
Description:
(a) "Rainy day" suffrage parade, Chicago, 1916. (b) Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse leading New York's Delegation, June 1916.
Date:
1916-06-07
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

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