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Benjamin Lundy letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Benjamin Lundy letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Benjamin Lundy recounts his experience being in a Philadelphia prison and expresses his hope that his friends outside of prison do not give up on their cause and allow his fate to put a damper on their happiness.
Date:
1835-09-19
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee record book
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee record book
Description:
Record book of the Women's Prison Reform Committee (New York Chapter), documenting meeting minutes and the Committee's actions. Anna M. Jackson was the Chairman of the Committee. Includes a lists of members' names and addresses.
Date:
1894-1897
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Prison Reform Committee record book
Title:
Prison Reform Committee record book
Description:
Record book of the Women's Prison Reform Committee (New York Chapter), primarily documenting the Committee's actions and petitions to police/prison administrators. Anna M. Jackson was the Chairman of the Committee. Includes a list of members' names and addresses.
Date:
1897-1907
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Describes Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Has received a letter regarding a governor's recent veto of a bill, and discusses the veto in relation to the topic of prisons.
Date:
1889-07-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Phebe C. Wright letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Phebe C. Wright letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Phebe C. Wright was a Quaker who was involved in peace and suffrage movements. Summary of Wright's impressions of women's prisons. Believes "there ought to be a school for nursing in every Reformatory for women." Discusses upcoming meetings on women's suffrage and education.
Date:
1894-06-26
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Augusta L. Curtis letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Augusta L. Curtis letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Is traveling in Germany and comments on universal military service and the difficulties in visiting German prisons.
Date:
1897-03-19
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mariana Wright Chapman essay on prisons and prison reform
Title:
Mariana Wright Chapman essay on prisons and prison reform
Description:
Discusses the history of prisons and prison reform through the time of writing. Begins with a brief overview of current theories of the history of religion and crime.
Date:
1890-1899
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mariana Wright Chapman remarks on prison reform
Title:
Mariana Wright Chapman remarks on prison reform
Description:
Rough draft of remarks on recent developments in New York and Indiana prisons presented at the 1898 Friends Union for Philanthropic Labor in Richmond, Indiana.
Date:
1898
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash and family
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash and family
Description:
Offers her sympathies over the death of her brother-in-law Samuel Shinn Ash. Discusses recent events including visiting a jail, saying "I can do more good there than at church."
Date:
1911-01-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas W. Hynes letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Thomas W. Hynes letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Thomas W. Hynes was a New York City Commissioner of Corrections. Probably addressed to Anna M. Jackson. Encloses a prison visiting pass and mentions multiple institutions Jackson may tour. Appreciates the Committee on Prisons' interest in the Department of Correction.
Date:
1903-01-23
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College