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Call No.: A-107
Repository: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Creator: Rose Arnold, 1876-1961
Title: Papers, 1922 - 1961
Quantity: 5 file boxes, incl. 10 v.
Abstract: Correspondence, journals, articles, etc., of Rose Arnold Powell, who worked to memorialize Susan B. Anthony.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

Rose Arnold Powell's journals, correspondence and articles show how indefatigably she worked to have Susan B. Anthony memorialized in many ways. There is a large section of material on Susan B. Anthony, and on Mrs. Powell's attempts to have S.B.A. represented at Mount Rushmore, including correspondence with Gutzon Borglum.

CONTAINER LIST

• Box 1: folders 1-11, volumes 1-9
• Box 2: folders 12-34
• Box 3: folders 35-54
• Box 4: folders 55-79
• Box 5: folders 80-102, volume 10

INVENTORY

• 1. Biographical and personal

• 2. Photograph 1927 or 1928 195-?

• Volumes 1-9: Journals and daybook
  • 1. Nov. 12, 1924-May 2, 1935
  • 2. June 1, 1935-Dec. 31, 1937
  • 3. Dec. 31, 1940-Aug. 18, 1943
  • 4. Aug. 19, 1943-June 1, 1946
  • 5. Aug. 23, 1946-June 3, 1950
  • 6. June 9, 1950-May 31, 1955
  • 7. June 1, 1955-Oct. 30, 1957
  • 8. Oct. 31, 1957-Jan. 11, 1961
  • 9. Daybook 1934

• 3-11: Articles, etc.
  • 3. Miscellaneous articles 1925 -
  • 4. Letters to the Editor
  • 5. Articles published in Equal Rights 1931-1936
  • 6. "Do Women Advertise Themselves Enough?" 1933
  • 7. "Highlights from the 'Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony' by Ida Husted Harper"
  • 8. "Susan B. Anthony, Apostle of a real democracy" 1957
  • 9. "Susan B. Anthony, Daughter of temperance"
  • 10. "What America owes to Women Pioneers" 1958
  • 11. "Susan B. Anthony and a Century of Progress"

• 12-21: General correspondence
  • 12. Correspondence, 1924-1932
  • 13. Correspondence, 1933- 1934
  • 14. Correspondence, 1935
  • 15. Correspondence, 1936
  • 16. Correspondence, 1937-1938
  • 17. Correspondence, 1939
  • 18. Correspondence, 1940-1943
  • 19. Correspondence, 1944-1949
  • 20. Correspondence, 1952-1955
  • 21. Correspondence, 1956-1960

• 22-63: Correspondence with organizations and individuals
  • 22. American Assoc. of University Women 1925-1941
  • 23. Anthony, Susan B. II 1948
  • 24. Barney, Nora Stanton, 1945, 1956
  • 25. Blackwell, Alice Stone 1945-1949
  • 26. Boyles, Katherine (relative of S.B.A.) 1942-1948
  • 27. Beard, Mary R. 1935-1957
  • 28. Borglum, Gutzon 1933-1940: Sculptor-Director, Mount Rushmore Memorial Commission
  • 29. Borglum, Lincoln 1941-1947, 1960: Director, Mount Rushmore National Monument
  • 30. Capper, Senator Arthur 1934-1948
  • 31. Case, Senator Francis 1957-1959
  • 32. Catt, Carrie Chapman 1932-1941
  • 33. Christian Science Monitor 1934-1959" Erwin D. Canham; Jessie Ash Arndt; Millicent Taylor
  • 34. Daughters of the American Revolution 1934-1954
  • 36. General Federation of Women's Clubs 1932-1939: Grace Morrison Poole; Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle; Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson; Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar
  • 37. General Federation of Women's Clubs 1940-1959: Mrs Saidie Orr Dunbar; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson; Mrs. Hiram Houghton, Jr.; Sara A. Whitehurst; Mrs. R. I. C. Prout; Miss Chloe Gifford
  • 38. Hall of Fame, N. Y. University 1925-1950
  • 39. Hall of Fame, N.Y. University 1954-1959
  • 40. Johnson, Adelaide 1895, 1935-1955
  • 41. League of Women Voters 1932-1955: Belle Sherwin; Marguerite M. Wells; Percy Maxim Lee
  • 42. Libraries 1931-1954: Public Library, Washington, D. C.; Library of Congress; American Library Association
  • 43. Lutz, Alma 1944-1960
  • 44. Morgan, Joy Elmer 1924-1960
  • 45. National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1933-1955
  • 46. National Council of Women 1932-1953: Lena Madesin Phillips; Dr. Louise C. Ball
  • 47. National Education Association 1928-1957; Mildred Sandison Fenner
  • 48. National Federation of Business and Professional; Women's Clubs 1932-1948; Geline MacDonald Bowman
  • 49. National Women's Christian Temperance Union 1934-1959
  • 50. National Women's Party 1933-1960: Florence Bayard Hilles; Edith Houghton Hooker; Ethel Adamson
  • 51. Paul, Alice 1933-1960
  • 52. Quota Club 1937-1950: Bertha E. Dick
  • 53. Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Eleanor 1931-1949, 1955
  • 54. State Departments of Education 1933-1941: School Superintendents
  • 55. Susan B. Anthony Forum 1934-1937
  • 56. Susan B. Anthony Foundation 1924-1934: includes reports of membership and education committees 1932, 1933; resolutions; newsclippings
  • 57. Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California 1940-1953: Una R. Winter, Director
  • 58. Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc., N.Y. 1941-1959: Mrs. George Howard
  • 59. Wagner, Senator Robert F. 1936-1940
  • 60. Williams, Charl 1922-1959
  • 61. Woolley, Mary E. 1936-1941
  • 62. World Women's Party 1952
  • 63. Zonta International 1939-1945

• 64-83: Susan B. Anthony
  • 64. Photographs and autographs
  • 65. Susan B. Anthony: copy of letter to Mrs. Zeptha J. Canfield, 1871
  • 66. Bibliographies
  • 67. Birthday-Calendars, incl. correspondence 1941-1950
  • 68. Susan B. Anthony Day-Feb. 15: incl. correspondence 1941-1959 bills and resolutions newsclips, etc.
  • 69. Comics
  • 70. Congressional record eulogizing Susan B. Anthony 1934-1938
  • 71. Exhibit items: also R. A. Powell's notes on S.B.A. scrapbooks in Library of Congress
  • 72. Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. Reports, 1954-1960
  • 73. Portraits
  • 74. Schools named in honor of Susan B. Anthony in Minneapolis, Minnesota tree named in her honor
  • 75. Stamps 1935-1959: incl. correspondence, newsclips, etc.
  • 76. "Susan B. Anthony" by Amanda Mathews Chase, 3 ms.; also corres. and copy of her "Santa Susanna"
  • 77. "Susan B. Anthony, Apostle of Freedom" by Mildred S. Fenner
  • 78. "Third Great Emancipator" by Mrs. George Howard; "Susan B. Anthony in the Hall of Fame" by Mrs George Howard
  • 79. Magazine articles about Susan B. Anthony
  • 80. Miscellaneous mimeographed items re: S. B. A. mainly by R. A. Powell
  • 81. Newsclips
  • 82. Radio addresses re: Susan B. Anthony; Mary R. Beard 1937; Mrs. Harold V. Milligan 1941; Grace Morrison Poole 1934; Mrs. O. Curtis and Mrs. Powell 1952
  • 83. Summary of R. A. Powell's work of recognition of S.B.A. in Minnesota

• 84-90: Mount Rushmore
  • 84. R. A. Powell's notes etc. re Mt. Rushmore struggle
  • 85. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Commission U.S. Congress-bills and hearings 1929-1940
  • 86. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Commission Annual reports 1934-1940
  • 87. Correspondence 1923-1957
  • 88. Letters in response to 1940 Rushmore appeal
  • 89. Inscription
  • 90. Publicity, newsclips, etc.

• 91-102: Miscellany
  • 91. Carroll, Anne Ella: corres. re. A. E. Carroll and article
  • 92. Catt, Carrie Chapman: Eulogy at Susan B. Anthony's funeral service; List of women cited...at Women's Centennial Congress, N.Y. 1940; newsclips re C.C. Catt
  • 93. Equal Rights : "Declaratory Act..." by Rose Arnold Powell 1943
  • 94. Equal Rights Amendment 1936, 1943-1957: corres. with Mr. Summers, 1943, 1936; corres. with Nat'l Women's Party 1943- ; other correspondence; 1946 Congressional Record no. 142, etc.
  • 95. Harper, Ida Husted 1851-1931: Powell notes on "A Great Little Woman"; letters, obit.
  • 96. Johnson, Adelaide, sculptress: article about her Susan B. Anthony bust and stamp from bust radio addresses
  • 97. Lists of notable women
  • 98. Lutz, Alma; articles by and about
  • 99. Resolutions 1876, 1924-1952
  • 100. Sanford, Maria L. 1836-1920
  • 101. Seneca Falls Centennial Celebration 1948
  • 102. United Nations-Status of women

• Volume 10. Rose Arnold Powell scrapbook,especially her published "Letters to the Editor"

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