Susan Brownell Anthony Papers

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Susan Brownell Anthony papers
Creator: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Call Number: A.A62
Dates: 1846-1943
Physical Description: 6 boxes, 1 volume
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Table of Contents:

Revision Information
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Related Materials
Content List
Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Photographs
Subseries I: Photographs of Susan B. Anthony
Subseries II: Photographs of others
Series III: Printed material
Series IV: Susan B. Anthony-related memorabilia
Collection Overview
Title: Susan Brownell Anthony papers
Creator: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Call Number: A.A62
Dates: 1846-1943
Physical Description: 6 boxes, 1 volume
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Scope and Content
The Susan Brownell Anthony Papers consist mainly of Anthony's letters to Harriet Taylor Upton, a prominent Ohio suffragist who spent much of her time working in political circles to secure the vote for women. Most of the letters were written between 1889 and 1893 and discuss Mrs. Upton's efforts to secure Congressional support for the cause of women's suffrage.

Also included in the collection are 11 postcards written by Rachel Foster Avery to Susan B. Anthony. In 1883 Anthony and Avery spent several months in Europe and while Avery toured the continent, Anthony mostly remained in Britain. Avery's postcards kept Anthony informed of her travels. Anthony wrote one of the postcards from Paris to her sister Mary in Rochester; later postcards are to Anthony and Ida Husted Harper from individuals in England and Europe.

A chronological list of all the correspondence is included in this register. All of the correspondence has also been indexed.

Subject(s):
Women--Suffrage
Women's rights
Correspondence
Photographs
Postcards
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Upton, Harriet Taylor
Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters to Harriet Taylor Upton were purchased from Adeline Roberts in 1939. Other letters were acquired by gift and purchase. The postcards were the gift of Jeffrey H. Miller, February 22, 2001.Access
The Susan Brownell Anthony papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], Susan Brownell Anthony papers, A.A62, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
Manuscript material from and about Susan B. Anthony is found in a number of other RBSCP collections.

Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. Papers

Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. Papers Addition

Anthony-Avery papers

Ida Husted Harper collection of letters and autographs

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Emma Biddlecom Sweet Papers

Unitarian Church, Rochester New York Papers

Material from this and other Anthony collections are included in the online exhibition, Susan B. Anthony Celebrating "A Heroic Life" .


Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation staff
Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Address:
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Second Floor, Room 225
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
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Revision Information
2017-04: EAD revision

Content List
Series I: Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 1Undated, 1853-1870
Susan B. Anthony to unknown recipient, undated
Partial letter

Susan B. Anthony to Miss Buell, undated
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, undated
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, undated
Anna Howard Shaw autograph sentiment, undated
Anna Howard Shaw to Mary S. Anthony, undated
Anna Howard Shaw to Anna E. Dann, undated
Envelope addressed to Anna (Dann) Mason, undated
Susan B. Anthony to George W. Jonson, November 21, 1853
Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Oakes (Prince) Smith, September 18, 1854
Susan B. Anthony to Anson Bingham, June 20, 1855
Letter includes a detached Call for the Saratoga Women's Rights Convention

Wendell Phillips to Susan B. Anthony, June 5, 1860
Susan B. Anthony to John Whitbeck Hasbrouck, July 28, 1860
Susan B. Anthony to Edwin A. Studwell, August 20, 1866
Susan B. Anthony to "Dear Cousin", August 7, 1867
Susan B. Anthony to C.D. and P.T.M. Campbell, August 28, 1868
Jacob Merritt Anthony to Mary Almina (Luther) Anthony, December 27, 1868
Susan B. Anthony to Isabella Grant Meredith, July 31, 1869
Susan B. Anthony to Katy J. Jackson, January 1, 1870
Box 1, Folder 21872-1886
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Young Friend", November 12, 1872
Susan B. Anthony to Francis S. Rew, January 24, 1873
Susan B. Anthony to "Dear Friend", November 18, 1876
Susan B. Anthony to Helen Louise (Mosher) James, June 4, 1877
Susan B. Anthony to Eugene Mosher, October 4, 1877
Susan B. Anthony to Ella Sargent, December 3, 1880
Susan B. Anthony to Ellen (Clark) Sargent, November 8, 1881
Susan B. Anthony to Helen Louise (Mosher) James, September 3, 1883
Mary Stafford Anthony to Eugene Mosher, Helen Louise (Mosher) James, Wendell Phillips Mosher, November 26, 1883
Susan B. Anthony to Helen Louise (Mosher) James, December 19, 1883
Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, January 27, 1884
Mary Stafford Anthony to Eugene Mosher, Helen Louise (Mosher) James, Wendell Phillips Mosher, February 6, 1884
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Friend" [Elizabeth Cady Stanton], March 18, 1885
Susan B. Anthony to Rose Cleveland, February 4, 1886
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, May 23, 1886
Box 1, Folder 31887-1890
Susan B. Anthony to Ellen (Clark) Sargent, August 21, 1887
Envelope only - no letter.

Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, September 6, 1887
Susan B. Anthony to Anna Howard Shaw, October 25, 1887
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, August 25, 1888
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, January 14, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Ezra Booth Taylor and Harriet (Taylor) Upton, January 28, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, February 15, 1889
Mary Stafford Anthony to Helen Louise (Mosher) James, March 4, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, May 25, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, June 13, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 10, 1889
Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Mellen, January 18, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 11, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 12, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 31, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Jane H. Spofford, June 7, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, June 10, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, August 20, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, September 1, 1890
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, September 5, 1890
Box 1, Folder 41891-1892
Susan B. Anthony to E. C. Colby, Mechanics Institute, Rochester NY, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 8, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, April 4, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, May 7, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, October 22, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, November 16, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Helen Potter, November 28, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 9, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 10, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 25, 1891
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, January 1, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, February 20, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Adelaide Johnson, February 24, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, February 24, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 14, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, March 29, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, April 16, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, June 1, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, July 24, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, August 16, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, October 21, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 2, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 22, 1892
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, December 26, 1892
Box 1, Folder 51893-1900
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, June 20, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, July 5, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, July 24, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, August 3, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, August 14, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to Harriet (Taylor) Upton, October 5, 1893
May (Wright) Sewall to Susan B. Anthony, December 11, 1893
Susan B. Anthony draft note to Annie Osborne Anthony? on verso

Susan B. Anthony to Augusta (Oakes) Smith, December 16, 1893
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Friend" [Emma Haskins White], July 25, 1894
Susan B. Anthony to Lettie M. Lott, November 25, 1894
Susan B. Anthony to Levi P. Morton, April 15, 1895
Susan B. Anthony to Ellen (Clark) Sargent, December 29, 1895
Susan B. Anthony to Dr. Kate J. Jackson, January 5, 1896
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Co-worker" [Clara Bewick Colby], January 12, 1897
Susan B. Anthony to Mr. Elwood, May 11, 1898
Susan B. Anthony to Miriam Landsberg, February 12, 1899
Susan B. Anthony to Dr. Elizabeth Sargent, April 8, 1899
Susan B. Anthony to Miss von Seydewitz, July 11, 1899
Susan B. Anthony to Hamilton Holt, February 1, 1900
Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Gould, April 9, 1900
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Young Friend", April 11, 1900
Anna Howard Shaw to Anna E. Dann, July 23, 1900
Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Lathrop, July 29, 1900
Box 1, Folder 61901-1903
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, May 27, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, June 9, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, June 23, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, August 2, 1901
Back of letter contains partial draft letter from Susan B. Anthony to the Hon. J. B. Romans, July 31, 1901.

Anna E. Dann to Susan B. Anthony and Mary S. Anthony, August 8, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, September 17, 1901
Ida (Husted) Harper to Susan B. Anthony, October 17, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, October 27, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Rabbi Max Landsberg, November 27, 1901
Susan B. Anthony to Mary S. Anthony, February 17, 1902
Ida (Husted) Harper to Susan B. Anthony, June 19, 1902
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, June 20, 1902
Sarah J. Eddy to Susan B. Anthony, June 27, 1902
Envelope address to Minette (Cheshire) Hair, Care Democrat & Chronicle Office, Rochester, N.Y., July 3, 1902
Minette (Cheshire) Hair was an editor and journalist at the Democrat and Chronicle.

Anna Howard Shaw to Anna E. Dann, September 7, 1902
Susan B. Anthony autograph sentiment, September 18, 1902
Susan B. Anthony to Anna E. Dann, December 9, 1902
Susan B. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 20, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to Sarah J. Eddy, June 18, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to Rachel (Foster) Avery, August 17, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to Emma (Biddlecom) Sweet, September 14, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to Daniel Read Anthony, October 9, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to Emma K. (Haskins) White, November 20, 1903
Susan B. Anthony to "My Dear Friend" [J. D. Walsh?], November 21, 1903
Box 1, Folder 71904-1943
Susan B. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, January 24, 1904
Susan B. Anthony autograph sentiment, January 27, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to "Librarian, Rochester University" [Charles Hoeing], March 31, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to "Dear Sir" [Charles Hoeing], April 4, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to Alice _________, May 11, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, June 15, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to Minette (Cheshire) Hair, July 3, 1904
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, November 14, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to "Dear Friends assembled at the home of Mrs. Sarah Willis", November 15, 1904
Susan B. Anthony to Gilbert Mason, January 20, 1905
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 15, 1905
Mary S. Anthony to Reverend J.D. Walsh, November 17, 1905
Susan B. Anthony to Reverend J.D. Walsh, December 7, 1905
Susan B. Anthony to Reverend J.D. Walsh, January 9, 1906
Susan B. Anthony to Reverend J.D. Walsh, January 17, 1906
Mary S. Anthony to Gilbert T. and Anna (Dann) Mason, March 19, 1906
Mary S. Anthony appreciation of sympathy card

Mary S. Anthony to Ellen (Clark) Sargent, March 19, 1906
Mary S. Anthony appreciation of sympathy card

Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, Feburary 9, 1907
Envelope contains two pledge cards for the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Association

Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, December 31, 1908
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, October 13, 1926
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 28, 1938
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 13, 1940
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 27, 1940
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, February 3, 1943
Lucy E. Anthony to Anna (Dann) Mason, March 19, 1943
Box 1, Folder 8Postcards, 1876-1913
Lydia S. Becker (Manchester, England) to Susan B. Anthony (Philadelphia), August 8, 1876
Susan B. Anthony (Tenafly, NJ) to Clara Barton (Dansville, NY), December 9, [1881]
Susan B. Anthony (Paris) to Mary S. Anthony (Rochester), May 26, 1883
William Henry Channing (London) to Susan B. Anthony (London), June 20, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Antwerp) to Susan B. Anthony (London), July 9, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Antwerp) to Susan B. Anthony (London), July 11, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Antwerp) to Susan B. Anthony (London), July 12, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Antwerp) to Susan B. Anthony (London), July 15, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (St. Goar's, Germany) to Susan B. Anthony, (Edinburgh), July 17, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Heidelberg) to Susan B. Anthony (Edinburgh), July 24, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Friberg) to Susan B. Anthony (Edinburgh), July 27, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Basel) to Susan B. Anthony (Oban, Scotland), August 9, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Lucerne) to Susan B. Anthony (Edinburgh), August 17, 1883
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Milan) to Susan B. Anthony (Steamship Servia, Queenstown, Ireland), November 14, 1883
Unsigned [Elizabeth Cady Stanton] (Sorize [Sorèze], Tarn, France) to Susan B. Anthony (Rochester), September 25, 1887
Postcard is unsigned, but the writer gives their address as "Jacournassy, par Sorize, Tarn, France". This is the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's son Theodore Stanton. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was in France in April 1887.

Josephine Shatz (Berlin) to Susan B. Anthony (Rochester), October 6, 1900
Josephine Shatz (Berlin) to Susan B. and Mary S. Anthony (Rochester), December 10, 1900
Emily Jones (London) to Ida (Husted) Harper (Rochester), May 12, 1902
Henni Forchhammer (Dresden) to Ida (Husted) Harper (Rochester), May 19, 1902
Helen Blackburn (London) to Ida (Husted) Harper (Rochester), May 20, 1902
Arnold de Lisle (Dudley, England) to Susan B. Anthony (Rochester), October 23, 1902
Rachel (Foster) Avery (Corfu) to Susan B. Anthony (Rochester), November 19, 1905
Lucy E. Anthony (Moylan, Pennsylvania) to Anna (Dann) Mason (Rochester), January 1, 1913
Series II: Photographs
Subseries I: Photographs of Susan B. Anthony
Box 2, Folder 1Photographs, 1848
Box 2, Folder 2Photographs, 1856
Box 2, Folder 3Photographs, 1866?
Hand-colored albumen print on carte de visite mount by J. W. Hurn, No. 1319 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Two cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp adhered on back. Conservation treatment, October 2019: Object was surface cleaned, washed in water while exposed to artificial light. After washing, photograph and stamp were re-adhered with wheat starch paste.

Box 2, Folder 4Photographs, 1874
Albumen print on cabinet card by Mosher. Conservation treatment, October 2019: Surface cleaned, washed object in water, bleached the image and the front of the card mount with artificial light (while bathing in water), flattened.

Box 2, Folder 5Photographs, 1877
Box 2, Folder 6Photographs, 1887
Albumen print on cabinet card by Veeder, Albany, New York. Two copies, one signed "E.B. Sweet" on back. Conservation treatment October 2019: mounts cleaned with erasers; the photographs with moisture.

Box 2, Folder 7Photographs of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1888
Box 2, Folder 8Photographs of Susan B. Anthony and Emily Gross?, 1893
Box 2, Folder 9Photographs, 1895
Box 2, Folder 10Photographs, 1896
Box 2, Folder 11Photographs, 1899
Box 2, Folder 12Photographs, 1901
Box 2, Folder 13Photographs, circa 1890-1906
Box 2, Folder 14Photographs not in index, 1896
Box 2, Folder 15Photograuves, engravings
Box 2, Folder 16Proofs of photographs taken of Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, Mary Garrett Hy, Emma B. Sweet and others by Theodore C. Marceau in San Francisco, 1896
Box 2, Folder 17Envelope for Theodore C. Marceau photographs
Box 2, Folder 18Reproduction of Susan B. Anthony portrait painted by Sarah James Eddy, 1901
Box 2, Folder 19Reproductions of photographs related to Susan B. Anthony
Box 3, Folder 1Reproduction prints of Susan B. Anthony photographs in Library and other collections
For circa 1890s Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton photograph, see also: Susan B. Anthony: Celebrating a Heroic Life

Subseries II: Photographs of others
Box 3, Folder 2Reproduction prints of Theodore C. Marceau photographs
Box 3, Folder 3Photograph: Daniel Anthony
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 4Photograph: Lucy Read Anthony
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 5Photograph: Mary Stafford Anthony
3 photographs

Box 3, Folder 6Photograph: Amelia Bloomer
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 7Photograph: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 8Photograph: Mary Post Hallowell (?)
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 9Photograph: Hester Jeffrey
2 photographs

Box 3, Folder 10Photograph: Anna Howard Shaw
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 11Photograph: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
4 photographs

Box 3, Folder 12Photograph: Emma Biddlecom Sweet
1 photograph

Box 3, Folder 13Photograph: Unidentified
1 photograph

Series III: Printed material
Box 3, Folder 13aDeed of sale, 11 Gregory Street, 1866
Box 3, Folder 14Printed material related to Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1899
Issue of the Anti-Slavery Standard with remarks by Anthony (housed with unbound newspapers), March 20, 1858
Ticket for lectures by George Francis Train, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony at Corinthian Hall, December 2, 1867
Prospectus for The Revolution, 1868
Facsimile?

Copies of The Revolution, 1868-1870.
Shelved in Rare Books stacks, HN 51.R454

Handbill for Susan B. Anthony speech, "Work and Wages" given at Washington Hall (no city) on November 5 (no year), 1870-1880?
Souvenir copy of the poem "The Susan" by Phoebe Cary read at the celebration of Susan B. Anthony's 50th birthday, 1870 February 15, 1870.
"Perpetual Contract for Repairs", 1885 August 10, 1885
Certifying that Mt. Hope Cemetery received from Daniel [Read] Anthony and A[aron]. M. McLean $50.00 for the purpose of "keeping in order" all of Lot No. 93 in Section C. Dated August 10, 1885 . Printed and manuscript. Also a letter from Lucy E. Anthony to Daniel Read Anthony II (January 14, 1940) regarding the contract.

Handwritten sentiment: "Perfect equality of rights for women civil and political- is the demand of Susan B. Anthony Rochester-U.S., 1889
Handwritten autograph sentiment, signed, which reads: "Equal rights for civil and political- is the demand of your sincerely, Susan B. Anthony. Rochester, NY", August 14, 1882
Included are two, three-cent Susan B. Anthony stamps.
This item was purchased in May 2015.

Card requesting response to invitation to Susan B. Anthony's 70th birthday celebration (?) from May Wright Sewall and Rachel Foster Avery, 1890?
Poster for Lewis County [NY] Constitutional Amendment Mass Meeting, Lowville Opera House, April 20-21, 1894
Listed speakers are Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, and Mary G. Hay.
Facsimile of original in New York State Library
Filed in Alcove 4 map case, Drawer 2

"The Status of Woman, Past, Present, and Future" by Susan B. Anthony, 1897
Published in The Arena (May, 1897). Inscribed by Anthony.
Reprint.

Prospectus for volumes 1 and 2 of The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony by Ida Husted Harper., 1898
Souvenir program for the "Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Woman's Rights Convention", 1898 April 28, 29, 1898.
Box 3, Folder 15Printed material related to Susan B. Anthony, 1900-1905
Souvenir copy of the poem "Love's Rosary" by Lydia Coonley Ward, written for Susan B. Anthony's 80th birthday celebration, 1900
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her life-long friend and co-worker Susan B. Anthony on her eightieth birthday, February 15, 1900"
Printed souvenir. 3 copies.

Souvenir printed for Susan B. Anthony's 80th birthday with two pictures of Anthony and quote, 1900
3 copies

Printed greeting to Susan B. Anthony from Harriot Stanton Blatch on behalf of her mother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton at Anthony's 80th birthday celebration at Lafayette Opera House, Washington, D.C., February 15, 1900
"The Anthony Home Calendar with Selections from the Letters and Speeches of Miss Anthony. Illustrated by Frances B. Johnston", 1901
This item was purchased in March 2015.
2 copies, both inscribed by Susan B. Anthony.

Image of Susan B. Anthony on her 80th birthday, 1900
Box 3, Folder 16Printed material related to Susan B. Anthony, 1906-1911
Souvenir booklet for Susan B. Anthony's 85th birthday celebration held in Rochester at the home of William and Mary Gannett
2 copies.

Autograph invitation to Susan B. Anthony's Birthday Party, hosted by Miss Kate Gleason, February 2, 1906
Program for Susan B. Anthony's funeral service at Central Church, Rochester, NY, March 15, 1906
4 copies.

Program for "A Memorial Meeting of the Citizens of Rochester, N.Y. An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony" held at East High School, April 23, 1906
2 copies.

April bulletin for Unitarian Church, Rochester, NY with tribute to Susan B. Anthony, 1906
2 copies.

Printed invitation from the Rochester Political Equality Club to attend a lecture by Anna Howard Shaw in commemoration of Susan B. Anthony's birthday at the Second Baptist Church, February 15, [1911]
Box 3, Folder 17Printed material: Postcards of Susan B. Anthony
Miss Susan B. Anthony at 36 years
5 copies

Susan B. Anthony with sentiment ("If moral power has any value…")
Colored

Miss Susan B. Anthony at her desk
5 copies

Susan B. Anthony, circa 1900
4 copies

Failure is impossible. Susan B. Anthony with sentiment ("If I have lived to any purpose…), circa 1906
2 copies

Susan B. Anthony chromotone photo postcard, 1955
Box 3, Folder 18Printed material: Postcards related to Susan B. Anthony and the suffrage movement
Parents of Miss Susan B. Anthony
3 copies

Birth place of Miss Susan B. Anthony
4 copies

Madison St. home of Miss Susan B. Anthony
5 copies.

Portraits of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Votes for women, c1914
Illustrated with Kewpie doll

Susan B. Anthony postcard, designed and printed by Dellarious of Rochester, New York
This item was donated by Eileen Fay, 2015.

Traffic box painting of Susan B. Anthony, by Mollie Wolf, photograph taken by Susan Strickland
This item was donated by Karl Kabelac, 2015

Photograph of Susan B. Anthony's gravestone, photograph taken by Susan Strickland
This item was donated by Karl Kabelac, 2015.

"I voted today because of women like HER," Susan B. Anthony sticker
This sticker was created by the City of Rochester, NY in 2016 when Hillary Clinton ran for President, as the first woman on a major party ticket.
This item was donated by Tyler Dzuba, a River Campus Libraries staff member in 2016.

Box 3, Folder 19Typescript describing a trip to Susan B. Anthony's birthplace in Adams, Massachusetts, unidentified author, 1903
1 page

Box 3, Folder 20Printed material about Susan B. Anthony
Pamphlet: "Susan B. Anthony apostle of freedom" by Mildred Sandison Fenner and Eleanor C. Fishburn
Washington, D.C., National Education Association, third printing, undated
2 copies

Pamphlet: "Susan B. Anthony" by Adelaide Howe Sisson
Reprinted from February, 1937 issue of D.A.R. Magazine.

Box 3, Folder 21Printed material related to 50th anniversary of Seneca Falls and Rochester woman's rights conventions
"The first convention ever called to discuss the civil and political rights of women, Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19, 20, 1848", 1898
Published pamphlet of the "Declaration of Sentiments," "Resolutions," and excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's address. Printed for the 50th anniversary celebration(?)
2 copies, 1 copy inscribed by Susan B. Anthony: "These, now, so very mild & tame shocked the world from Maine to Louisiana—the extent of our union fifty years ago—S.B.A."

Souvenir program for the "Fiftieth anniversary of the First Woman's Rights Convention held in Rochester, N.Y Central Church, Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29", 1898
2 copies

"Our roll of honor containing all the signatures to the 'Declaration of Sentiments' set forth by the First Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20, 1848", 1898
Perhaps published for the 50th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention.

Box 3, Folder 22Printed material related to suffrage organizations
Program: "The world's congress auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893", 1893
Handbill: "The following are the planks adopted by three of the political parties of the state of California: Adopted May 5th, 1896", 1896
Handbill: "To voters!…A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California…in relation to the right of suffrage", 1896
Program: "The Thirty-First Annual Convention of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association…St. Cecilia Club House Grand Rapids, Mich., April 27, 28, 29, 30 & May 1, 2, 3, 1899", 1899
Program: "The Thirty-Second Annual Convention of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association at The Church of Our Father…Washington, D.C., February 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14, 1900", 1900
2 copies

Program: "The Thirty-fifth Convention of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association Hornellsville, October 20, 21, 22, 23, 1903", 1903
Program for February 8: "The Thirty-Eighth Annual Convention of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association Baltimore, MD, February 7 to 13, 1906", 1906
2 copies

Program: "The College Evening of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Held in Baltimore, February 8, 1906", 1906
Box 3, Folder 23Postage stamps
Elizabeth Blackwell, block of 18¢ stamps
Woman Suffrage 50th Anniversary, block of 6¢ stamps, [1976]
Box 5, Volume 1Copy of volume 4 of History of Woman Suffrage inscribed by Susan B. Anthony to Fannie R. Bigelow, 1903
Volume 2Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from or related to the woman suffrage movement, 1870s
Many deal with the 1873 trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting in the election of 1872. The clippings are glued into a copy of State of New York, in the Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District (NY: B.R.Barlow, Printer, 1850).

Drawer Map Case, Alcove 4Death notice
Account of Susan B. Anthony's death, The Post Express, Rochester, NY, March 15, 1906
Account of Susan B. Anthony's funeral, The Rochester Herald, Rochester, NY, March 16, 1906
3 pages of a scrapbook with articles about Susan B. Anthony's life, death, and funeral, 1906
Series IV: Susan B. Anthony-related memorabilia
Box 4, Object 1Tea cup and saucer from a set of china believed to have been given by Susan B. Anthony to her mother
Box 4, Object 2Handkerchief given to Emma B. Sweet by Susan B. Anthony
Box 4, Object 3Chatelaine given to Susan B. Anthony by Dr. Aletta Jacobs
Box 4, Object 4Cameo pin with image of Susan B. Anthony cut by Pio Siotto of Rome and set in gold by the London jeweler George Blogg & Co.
Inscribed on verso to Mary S. Anthony

Box 4, Object 5Needle case believed to have been made by Susan B. Anthony when she was 15 years old
Box 4, Object 6Hand painted dress buttons believed to have been owned by Susan B. Anthony
5 buttons

Box 4, Object 7Hat pin box with 3 hat pins given by Susan B. Anthony to William Channing Gannett and Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett
Box 4, Object 8Fruit knife with S. B. Anthony engraved on handle
Box 4, Object 9Souvenir sterling silver spoon with embossed image of Susan B. Anthony and words "Political Equality" on stem; designed and produced by Mrs. M. B. Logan, Rochester, NY
Box 4, Object 10Souvenir sterling silver pierced bonbon spoon with embossed image of Susan B. Anthony and words "Political Equality" on stem; may also have been produced by Mrs. M. B. Logan
Box 6, Object 1-3Susan B. Anthony dollar
One Susan B. Anthony Dollar coin, 1979
One coin commemorating Dollar for Dollar Campaign to support the Susan B. Anthony House, 1994-1995
Susan B. Anthony bronze medallion, 1963
This item was purchased in 2016.

Box 7Section of horse chestnut tree from Susan B. Anthony's property on Madison Street
The 150-year-old horse chestnut tree which stood outside Anthony's residence on Madison Street was present for many key events in the suffragist's life, including her 1872 arrest for voting and the crowds gathered to mourn her death in 1906. The tree died over the winter of 2017, and the City of Rochester had it removed for safety reasons in June 2018. Most of the tree's lumber was milled with the intention that it be used for special projects in support of the mission of the Susan B. Anthony Museum. This debarked section was too small and badly fissured to be used for lumber, and would have been otherwise discarded. It was donated to the collection by a member of the City of Rochester Forestry Department. More details about the tree and subsequent projects can be found on the Susan B. Anthony House's website .



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