Papers of Grace H. Harte in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1890-1945
Overview
Series III of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1945
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. ORIGINALS CLOSED. USE MICROFILM. REQUEST AS: M-133, REEL E-12.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Grace H. Harte as well as 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
13 foldersThis series includes half-tone portraits and directories of women lawyers in Illinois, and articles, clippings, correspondence, and printed journals about them. Most of the biographical sketches appear to have been written by Grace H. Harte for a chapter on lawyers in a proposed book by Catharine (Waugh) McCulloch about eminent Illinois women. There is little information in this series or elsewhere about Harte herself.
BIOGRAPHY
Chicago attorney Grace H. Harte was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1912. In general practice, she specialized in real estate law. Harte was a member of the Women Lawyers' Association (WLA), the Lawyers' Association of Illinois, and president of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAL). In the 1930s and 40s, Harte wrote articles for the WLA publication, the Women Lawyers' Journal. She was active in the WBAL's successful 1930s campaign to make mandatory the inclusion of women on juries. Harte apparently had a special interest in preserving and writing the history of women lawyers, perhaps in the hope of encouraging more women to become lawyers.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 56-121
Processing Information
Reprocessed: June 1990
By: Kim Brookes, Bert Hartry, Katherine Kraft, Jane Ward
Subject
- Dillon, Mary Earhart (Person)
- Title
- Harte, Grace H.. Papers of Grace H. Harte in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1890-1945: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00406
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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