Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers

Facets: Backus, Helen H. (Helen Hiscock), -1906

Family papers of Mariana Wright Chapman. Includes her correspondence received while she was active in suffrage activities in New York State, 1893-1900, family letters, particularly between Mariana and Noah, and the correspondence of the Wrights, the Chapmans, and of her son, A.Wright Chapman. 

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Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
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Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. Discusses renting a space from the YWCA for organizational use.
Date:
1893-01-05
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. She asks Mariana Wright Chapman to read over a speech she sent and to make suggestions and corrections.
Date:
1893-1896
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. She thanks Mariana Wright Chapman for her suggestions accompanying Mrs. Lynch's letter, adding that she believes Mrs. Howland would be an excellent person to do the work indicated. She also discusses club business.
Date:
1891-1900
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. She has just returned home. Mentions strategy for an upcoming business meeting on January 16; wants to gain enough signatures to ratify an action before this meeting. In particular, might secure a signature from a Democrat; this "would weigh much politically."
Date:
1895-01-06
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen Backus Brooklyn Woman's Club minutes
Title:
Helen Backus Brooklyn Woman's Club minutes
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. Discusses an invitation to send a representative to the National Convention of Isabella Study Clubs in Chicago; there was a unanimous decision to send Mariana Wright Chapman as a friendly visitor.
Date:
1892-1893
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. She writes that she is thinking of Mariana Wright Chapman and her "martyrdom at Albany with the greatest sympathy." She discusses planning "the breakfast."
Date:
1891-1900
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Helen H. Backus letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Helen H. Backus was President of the Brooklyn Woman's Club from 1892-1893. She describes traveling to the mountains where she feels rejuvenated. She is mourning the deaths of several people. She also discusses poetry, her recent activities, and "the Club."
Date:
1896-09-03
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College