Papers of Caroline I. Reilly in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1907-1941
Overview
Writings, correspondence, etc., of writer and suffragist Caroline I. Reilly.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1941
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. ORIGINALS CLOSED. USE MICROFILM. REQUEST AS: M-133, REEL E26.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Caroline I. Reilly 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
3 foldersThis series consists of correspondence, certificates, clippings, articles, and a speech; it provides information about Caroline I. Reilly and Anna Howard Shaw, and some insight into the activities of the Council of National Defense and the League of Women Voters. Little biographical information about Reilly is available from these papers.
BIOGRAPHY
Writer and suffragist Caroline I. Reilly served as chairman of the Press Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and assistant to Anna Howard Shaw on the Council of National Defense (1919). In 1921, Reilly was executive secretary of the League of Women Voters in Washington, D.C.
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
- Catt , Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 (Person)
- Dillon, Mary Earhart (Person)
- Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955 (Person)
- Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 (Person)
- Title
- Reilly, Caroline I.. Papers of Caroline I. Reilly in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1907-1941: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01000
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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