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Phebe Post Willis papers
Creator: Willis, Phebe Post
Call Number: A.W73
Dates: 1808-1938
Physical Description: 1 box
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
Content List
Collection Overview
Title: Phebe Post Willis papers
Creator: Willis, Phebe Post
Call Number: A.W73
Dates: 1808-1938
Physical Description: 1 box
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Biographical/Historical Note
Mrs. Willis (Phebe Post Willis), a sister of Isaac Post, was active in the women's rights movement.
Scope and Content
The collection inclues correspondence and family records of the Henry Willis family of Rochester. The collection contains an autograph copy of the minutes of the Woman's Rights Convention held in Rochester, August 2, 1848. Of special interest are the letters of Lucretia and James Mott, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison.
General correspondence folders, 1808-1870, include a receipt signed by William Lloyd Garrison, a letter signed by Frederick Douglass, and 18 letters from Lucretia and James Mott, all of which have been indexed.
Subject(s):
New York (State)--Rochester
Women's rights
Correspondence
Willis, Phebe Post
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889
Mott, James, 1788-1868
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henry Willis, June 26, 1945.Access
The Phebe Post Willis 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], Phebe Post Willis papers, A.W73, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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
URL:
Content List
Creator: Willis, Phebe Post
Call Number: A.W73
Dates: 1808-1938
Physical Description: 1 box
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
Content List
Collection Overview
Title: Phebe Post Willis papers
Creator: Willis, Phebe Post
Call Number: A.W73
Dates: 1808-1938
Physical Description: 1 box
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Biographical/Historical Note
Mrs. Willis (Phebe Post Willis), a sister of Isaac Post, was active in the women's rights movement.
Scope and Content
The collection inclues correspondence and family records of the Henry Willis family of Rochester. The collection contains an autograph copy of the minutes of the Woman's Rights Convention held in Rochester, August 2, 1848. Of special interest are the letters of Lucretia and James Mott, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison.
General correspondence folders, 1808-1870, include a receipt signed by William Lloyd Garrison, a letter signed by Frederick Douglass, and 18 letters from Lucretia and James Mott, all of which have been indexed.
Subject(s):
New York (State)--Rochester
Women's rights
Correspondence
Willis, Phebe Post
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889
Mott, James, 1788-1868
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henry Willis, June 26, 1945.Access
The Phebe Post Willis 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], Phebe Post Willis papers, A.W73, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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
URL:
Content List
Box 1, Folder 1Correspondence, 1808-1818
Box 1, Folder 2Correspondence, 1819-1833
Box 1, Folder 3Correspondence, 1834-1835
Box 1, Folder 4Correspondence, 1836-1837
Box 1, Folder 5Correspondence, 1838-1839
Box 1, Folder 6Correspondence, 1840
Box 1, Folder 7Correspondence, 1841-1842
Box 1, Folder 8Correspondence, Includes undated material
Box 1, Folder 9Family records
Account (written in Biblical style) of the 1804 wedding of Townsend and Amy Rushmore
Copy of obituary notice concerning Andrew Underhill who died on January 20, 1823
Certificate of merit in penmanship, presented to Isaac Willis, 1836
Receipt related to the settlement of Henry Willis's estate, 1870
Two copies of Memorandum of Partnership between Edmund P. Willis, James E. Spencer and Hallowell and Willis, 1871
An indenture between Mr. and Mrs. Edmund P. Willis and the Robbins and Willis Co., 1877
Box 1, Folder 10Elias Hicks photograph
Box 1, Folder 11Miscellaneous
Box 1, Folder 12Women's Rights Convention, 1848
Manuscript and typescript of the minutes taken at the Women's Rights Convention held in Rochester, NY on August 2, 1848. Probably in the hand of Amy Post.