Emma Biddlecom Sweet papers
Creator: Sweet, Emma Biddlecom, 1862-1951
Call Number: A.S97
Dates: 1808-1951
Physical Description: 5 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Table of Contents:

Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Related Materials
Content List
Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Photographs and prints
Series III: Printed material and manuscripts
Series IV: Suffrage movement in Rochester and Monroe County, NY
Collection Overview
Title: Emma Biddlecom Sweet papers
Creator: Sweet, Emma Biddlecom, 1862-1951
Call Number: A.S97
Dates: 1808-1951
Physical Description: 5 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Biographical/Historical Note
Emma Biddlecom Sweet (1862-1951) was a distant cousin of Susan B. Anthony and intermittently served as her secretary from approximately 1895 to1906. She also held various executive positions in the Political Equality Club, Rochester, NY, and its successor, the Woman Suffrage Party of Monroe County, Inc. In 1896, she accompanied Susan B. Anthony to California to work on the campaign to add a suffrage amendment to the state's constitution. Here she met Carrie Chapman Catt who became a personal friend.

Scope and Content
The Emma Biddlecom Sweet Papers includes correspondence from her friend, Carrie Chapman Catt, as well as other correspondents, including Lucy E. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Mary T. L. Gannett, William Channing Gannett, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Maud Nathan, Rush Rhees, Anna Howard Shaw and Booker T. Washington. Many of the letters are in connection with a lecture series sponsored by the Political Equality Club. Other material in the collection consists of manuscript and printed records of the national and local suffrage movement and photographs. Suffrage pamphlets that were also part of the collection are now cataloged and shelved with the Department's book collection. Also found in the collection are personal legal papers, financial records, and photographs related to Emma B. Sweet, her family, and her husband Fred G. Sweet, who was an employee of the City of Rochester.

Subject(s):
Women--Suffrage
Women's rights
Correspondence
Photographs
Pamphlets
Sweet, Emma Biddlecom, 1862-1951
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Anthony, Lucy Elmina
Anthony, Mary S.
Gannett, Mary T. L.
Gannett, William C. (William Channing), 1840-1923
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935
Nathan, Maud, 1862-1946
Rhees, Rush, 1860-1939
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919
Woman Suffrage Party of Monroe County (N.Y.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the Estate of Mrs. Emma B. Sweet, February 18, 1952 and April 7, 1952. Emma B. Sweet also donated material related to the woman's rights movement to the First Unitarian Church and those materials can be found in the Papers.Access
The Emma Biddlecom Sweet 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], Emma Biddlecom Sweet papers, A.S97, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
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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

Unitarian Church, Rochester New York Papers


Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Address:
Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
rarebks@library.rochester.edu
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