Papers of Ida Porter Boyer in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1853-1940
Overview
Letter, notice, portrait, etc., of Ida Porter Boyer, suffragist and educator. These papers are part of the Woman's Rights Collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1940
Creator
- Boyer, Ida Porter, 1859-1952 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; use microfilm M-133, reel C8.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Ida Porter Boyer 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
1 foldersBIOGRAPHY
Ida Porter Boyer was born in Middleport, Pennsylvania. She served as field secretary of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, manager of the woman suffrage campaign in Oklahoma, and organizer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She was also active in suffrage campaigns in Oregon and Ohio. Boyer was married to Alvah H. Boyer and had one son, Richard Porter Boyer, born in 1885. For additional biographical information, see Woman's Who's Who of America, 1914-1915 (New York: American Commonwealth Co., 1914).
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers of Ida Porter Boyer fill one folder of the Woman's Rights Collection, which was given to Radcliffe College in August 1943 and formed the nucleus of the Women's Archives, later the Schlesinger Library. The material in this folder was prepared for microfilming in May 1989 by Janet Hayashi. It was microfilmed as part of a Schlesinger Library/University Publications of America project.
Creator
- Boyer, Ida Porter, 1859-1952 (Person)
- Title
- Boyer, Ida Porter, 1859-1952. Papers of Ida Porter Boyer in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1853-1940: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01013
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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