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Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Mary Anna Longstreth was Rebecca Collins's niece. Primarily discusses news concerning family/friends, and describes her participation in the Prison Committee. Also discusses the correspondence, reading material, and personal journal entries that Collins shared with her.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Mary Anna Longstreth was Rebecca Collins's niece. Primarily discusses their ongoing correspondence while Collins has been abroad, and the emerging tensions within the Society of Friends relating to John Wilbur.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Mary Anna Longstreth letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Mary Anna Longstreth was Rebecca Collins's niece. Discusses reading material and personal journal entries that Collins shared with her. Shares news about herself, others, and recent events, including her participation in the Prison Committee.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Thanks Gibbons for the documents concerning the conditions of the Washington Jail. Woolsey's brother-in-law Col. Joseph Howland (the New York State Treasurer) has written a letter to Senator Morgan about the jail but doesn't feel optimistic about their efforts to instigate reform. Discusses ideas for aid and employment services for working class women.
Date:
1867-02-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane C. Hoge was a Civil War nurse and social activist. Wishes to discuss the treatment of criminals and corporal punishment with Abby. Reminisces about spending time caring for the "wretched and outcast" with her in New York. Asks Abby to use her influence with the press to help bring publicity to her book.
Date:
1867-09-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna M. Jackson letter to William L. Strong
Title:
Anna M. Jackson letter to William L. Strong
Description:
William Lafayette Strong served as the 90th Mayor of New York City. On behalf of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, requests an interview with Strong concerning the work of police matrons.
Date:
1895-1897
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frederick D. Grant letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Frederick D. Grant letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Frederick D. Grant, son of President Ulysses S. Grant, was a military official and diplomat. Reflects on his time as police commissioner of New York City and his work with the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Encloses newspaper a clipping reporting his resignation from police commissionership.
Date:
1897-12-22
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frederick D. Grant letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Frederick D. Grant letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Frederick D. Grant, son of President Ulysses S. Grant, was a military official and diplomat who served as the police commissioner of New York City. Acknowledges Jackson's request and works to arrange a meeting between her Committee (probably the Women's Prison Reform Committee) and the Police Board.
Date:
1896-11-30
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station report
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Describes her research into the Eldridge St. police station prisoner records. Reports that the police matrons have noticed a decrease in prisoners and improved prisoner conduct since the Excise law. Recommends that the Committee not take the time to review records of accepted candidates.
Date:
1895-12-04
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station visitation report
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners.
Date:
1895-05-04
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee letter to Police Commissioners extract
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee letter to Police Commissioners extract
Description:
Extract of a letter sent to Police Commissioners concerning the employment of police matrons across New York City, written on Women's Prison Reform Committee stationary. Based on inspections of police stations employing matrons in 1894, the Women's Prison Reform Committee recommends the transfer of current matrons to locations with higher rates of women prisoners and more need for their services.
Date:
1897-02
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Fragment. Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, including Lowell, Anna M. Jackson, Mrs. Davis (probably Katharine B. Davis), and Mrs. Curtis.
Date:
1895-05-07
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Tallack letter to Aaron M. Powell
Title:
William Tallack letter to Aaron M. Powell
Description:
William Tallack was a prison reformer who who served as Secretary of the Howard Association. Aaron M. Powell was a Quaker social reformer who helped found the American Purity Alliance. Asks Powell if his branch of Friends could influence Southern States to abolish the chain gang system. Written on the back of Howard Association stationary. Possibly a copy; note written in pencil (possibly by Phebe C. Wright) at the top states that the letter was forwarded to a committee.
Date:
1870-1901
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell and Anna M. Jackson were prominent social reformers and members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. States the Committee's recommendations for the Chairman to enforce certain regulations. Includes notes and a letter to the Board of Police concerning the inappropriate conduct of a matron name Caroline M. Fox, whom the Committee opposed receiving a pension.
Date:
1899-11-08
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the Seventh Precinct police station on Madison Street and its holding facilities, which could be fitted to hold women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee.
Date:
1895-02-24
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, including Lowell, Anna M. Jackson, Mrs. Davis (probably Katharine B. Davis), and Mrs. Curtis.
Date:
1895-05-06
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, 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
Charlton T. Lewis letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Charlton T. Lewis letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Charlton T. Lewis was a prominent lawyer, author, and lexicographer. He writes about the efforts for prison reform in the southern states and mentions the National Prison Association.
Date:
1899-05-16
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E.H. Crosby letter to Mrs. Lowell
Title:
E.H. Crosby letter to Mrs. Lowell
Description:
Likely addressed to prominent social reformer Josephine Shaw Lowell. Discusses the injustices of the fine and bail system, which he says punishes the poor more severely than the rich.
Date:
1898-05-11
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belle de Rivera letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Belle de Rivera letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Belle de Rivera was a suffragist involved in multiple women's societies and organizations. Thanks Jackson for the invitation but is too tired to attend. Would like to receive occasional Woman's Municipal League reports and suggestions for her Prison Reform Committee work.
Date:
1897-1920
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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