Overview
Correspondence and printed materials of Clementina Rhodes Hartshorne, suffragist and member of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1959
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Clementina Rhodes Hartshorne is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.63 linear feet ((1+1/2 file boxes) plus 1 folio folder)These papers contain correspondence related to Hartshorne's work with the Pennsylvania Limited Suffrage League and with various branches of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters. The collection also contains clippings, bulletins, and fliers related to suffrage activities and the League of Women Voters.
The collection has two major sections: Hartshorne's correspondence and printed matter. The first is mostly business correspondence, filed alphabetically by subject, sender, or addressee; clippings and pamphlets are occasionally included. The publications include bulletins, pamphlets, and fliers related to women's suffrage, state and local campaigns, and voter enrollment. The rest of the collection contains minutes, recipes, etc.
BIOGRAPHY
Hartshorne served the Pennsylvania Limited Suffrage League as treasurer (1911-1912) and corresponding secretary (1911-1915), resigning in December 1915 in a disagreement with the governing board of the league. In her later years she was active in the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters. She was married to Edward Yarnall Hartshorne and had two daughters, Emily and Clementina.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 90-M104
This collection of Clementina R. Hartshorne's papers was given to Schlesinger Library by her daughter Emily H. Mudd in July 1990.
SEPARATION RECORD
Donor: Emily H. Mudd
Accession number: 90-M104
Processed by: Elizabeth Phillips
The following item was transferred to Schlesinger Library book collection:
- Frances M. Bjorkman and Annie G. Porritt. Woman Suffrage: History--Arguments--Results. Revised edition, January 1917.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-10, 12-17
- Box 2: 18-19
Processing Information
Processed: November 2001
By: Elizabeth Phillips
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Hartshorne, Clementina Rhodes, 1871-1970. Papers of Clementina Rhodes Hartshorne, 1910-1959: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00079
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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