Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers

Facets: Chapman, Mariana W. (Mariana Wright), 1843-1907

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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Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
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Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. Extends regrets that he was unable to attend the Prison Reform Committee meeting.
Date:
1891-04-21
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. Includes information about the upcoming National Purity Congress. Invites Mariana Wright Chapman to give a speech at the congress on the topic of "Equal Suffrage as Related to the Legal Aspects of the Purity Movement." Mentions a possible upcoming conference in New York in December and invites Mariana Wright Chapman to also give the same speech there. Apologizes for declining an invitation and discusses the upcoming Canada Conference Committee meeting.
Date:
1895-07-30
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. Encourages Mariana Wright Chapman, as well as Louisa Stabler, to go to an event. Discusses and encloses a description of a "very objectionable bill which has been sent to Albany by the so called 'Law & Order Society' of this City." Adds that "Our Alliance has already protested against its passage" (enclosure no longer attached).
Date:
1896-04-13
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. He asks Mariana Wright Chapman to present on prison reform to the "Half Year Meeting" and "Philanthropic Session."
Date:
1897-10-24
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. He thanks Mariana Wright Chapman for her paper on the Peace Movement in Europe and the United States which she has provided to the Half Yearly Meeting Philanthropic Session.
Date:
1897-11-08
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Aaron M. Powell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer. He asks Mariana Wright Chapman to speak on the subject of "The New Militarism and Purity" at the annual meeting of the American Purity Alliance. He specifically asks that she talk about "the women of the native race" and "equality of rights for women in general." He adds that if she is unavailable on the day he listed for the meeting, then they may be able to reschedule to accommodate her.
Date:
1898-12-15
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alice Stone Blackwell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Alice Stone Blackwell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Alice Stone Blackwell was a suffragist, journalist, and human rights advocate. Written on Woman's Journal stationery. Apologizes for accidentally printing someone else's article rather than an article by Chapman on the same subject.
Date:
1895-05-17
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alice Stone Blackwell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Alice Stone Blackwell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Alice Stone Blackwell was a suffragist, journalist, and human rights advocate. Written on Woman's Journal stationery. She regrets to inform Chapman that her mother, Lucy Stone, is too ill to accept her invitation and too ill for Blackwell to leave her.
Date:
1893-09-25
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Condolence letters to the family of Mariana W. Chapman
Title:
Condolence letters to the family of Mariana W. Chapman
Description:
Condolence letters from friends and relatives regarding Mariana W. Chapman's recent death. Includes one newspaper obituary clipping. The letters beginning on pages 28 and 35 are in reference to Chapman's mother Mary Willets Wright, who died in 1904.
Date:
1904-1907
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Francis Wait Comstock letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
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Francis Wait Comstock letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Frances Wait Comstock writes that their league is at last established and has fourteen members. She hopes to meet Chapman someday.
Date:
1897-02-18
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Fannie Tod Helmuth letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
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Fannie Tod Helmuth letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Fannie Tod Helmuth writes that she would like to meet with Chapman and discuss women's suffrage.
Date:
1897-1898
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Florence Howe Hall letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
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Florence Howe Hall letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Florence Howe Hall was a writer, critic, and lecturer on women's suffrage. Invites Mariana Wright Chapman to give a speech at a convention she is planning. Notes that Carrie Chapman Catt suggested Hall's speech might be needed at a convention Mariana Wright Chapman is planning, and asks whether she may give it.
Date:
1898-04-14
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf, who was the President of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association at the time of the letter, expresses happiness that Mariana Wright Chapman is running for president of the NYSWSA. Describes the schedule and program for the upcoming state convention in Rochester set to take place November 17-19th, 1896.
Date:
1896-09-01
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf, who was the President of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association at the time of the letter, ask Chapman to stand as a candidate for presidency of the NYSWSA. Though she acknowledges herself as an equally qualified person to be president, Greenleaf states that she must take care of her husband and his work, so she cannot "give such attention to my official duties as I ought."
Date:
1891-1897
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Jean Brooks Greenleaf was a suffragist who served as president of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Congratulates Chapman on her re-election as president of the NYSWSA and expresses regret that she could not attend to cast a ballot.
Date:
1897-11-09
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a progressive reform leader, best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. She is requesting Mariana Wright Chapman to read two bills aloud at a meeting, as she is chairman of the organization.
Date:
1899-11-23
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a progressive reform leader, best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. She accepts an invitation from Mariana Wright Chapman to meet for lunch and asks directions to her house.
Date:
1894-12-20
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a progressive reform leader, best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. She insists Mariana Wright Chapman to meet with a Mrs. Curtis and hear what she has to say.
Date:
1893-11-25
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a progressive reform leader, best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. She invites Mariana Chapman Wright to attend a meeting discussing a new law that will allow the New York police board to appoint "matrons" to station houses.
Date:
1890-03-06
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Hillard Loines letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Mary Hillard Loines letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Mary Hillard Loines was an activist for women's suffrage and prison reform. She discusses a potential upcoming hearing with Mariana Wright Chapman and says she is "ready to take the offensive."
Date:
1891-1907
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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