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Group photograph of participants in National League of Women Workers convention. Inscribed on photo: "National League of Women Workers' Eleventh Biennial Convention; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA June 10-13, 1920." Inscribed in bottom corner: "Keystone Photo Studios 817 S Broad St Philada. PA"

Journal of Julia Wilbur containing brief entries summarizing personally significant events, dated May 1, 1844 to December 31, 1862; there are corresponding entries in her larger journals where content is elaborated upon. Documents Wilbur's teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings, work on the Underground Railroad, and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; family relationships, particularly with her niece Alfreda Bigelow; and work during the Civil War aiding Contraband (fugitive slaves who escaped to Union territory during the war).

Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Wants Lockwood to represent the Universal Peace Union at the upcoming N.O. Exposition and attend the Pennsylvania Army [sp] meeting. Asks her about Alex D. Anderson and discusses the publishing of Grant's writing. Asks her if she did anything with his writing draft about arbitration for President Grover Cleveland.

The first page is an 1888 electoral ticket of the Equal Rights Party for the state of Kentucky, listing Belva Lockwood for president and Alfred H. Love for vice-president. The second page is a newspaper clipping titled "The First National Convention" reporting an 1888 convention of the Equal Rights Party.

Gives a brief overview of the history of the peace movement, with a focus on international congresses.

Written in part from Roadside. Mott discusses the recent death of her cousin Ruth Bunker Chase, Chase's will, and other recent news about friends and family, including the education of some of her younger relatives. She also talks about current politics, including recent pieces by William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, William Seward, and Maria Weston Chapman; whether her health will allow her to attend the approaching New York State Woman's Rights Convention in Albany; her esteem for the theology of Frederick Joseph Foxton; a niece of Benjamin Franklin who had recently passed away; and a party to celebrate the christening of one her Irish servant's children. May be a fragment.

Samuel May asks Lucretia Mott and her husband to attend the Woman's Rights Convention in Syracuse and invites them to stay at his house.

Written from Roadside. Describes recent holiday events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses her aiding John Beeson, who has been advocating for Native American rights at local speaking events, as well as promoting his book "A Plea for the Indians"; Mott says he "thinks there is more virtue among the Indians in the far Interior, than among the boasting civilized whites." Talks about Henry Thomas Buckle's "History of Civilization." Enjoyed a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson on "The Law of Success" and discusses moral philosophy; Emerson told her, I got some leaves out of your book. Recounts the events of the twenty-third Anti-Slavery Fair of Pennsylvania and the Convention. Mentions her interest in attending lectures by Thomas Starr King, a recent lecture given by Horace Mann, upcoming lectures by Jessie White Mario, a speech of William H. Seward, and the opinions of Emma Parker Wood (1817-1898) on women's rights. Briefly discusses prisoner rights.

Fragment, perhaps to Mott's sister Martha Coffin Wright. Date inferred. Mott discusses the funeral of her cousin Ruth Bunker Chase, her travel plans for the New York State Woman's Rights Convention in Albany, grief over a death of a relative, and other news of friends and family. She also discusses a sermon by Rachel Moore, ideas of starting a Hicksite college, and essays on theology recently published in "The Atlantic."

Written from her son-in-law Edward Hopper's home. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Yearly Meeting and the National Woman's Rights Convention in New York that Martha Coffin Wright, Ellen Wright Garrison, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jones, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others attended. Shares the opinions of individuals concerning Stanton's speech and resolutions. Discusses a Quaker who came to stay with her.