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Collection Data
- Description
- The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers of Rosika Schwimmer (1877-1948), Lola Maverick Lloyd (1875-1944) and their associates relating to their work for the European and American feminist movements, woman suffrage, World War I mediation efforts, international peace and world government. Correspondents include hundreds of notable Americans and Europeans such as Jane Addams, Anita Augspurg, Emily G. Balch, Mary R. Beard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Albert Einstein, Lida Gustava Heymann, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Aletta Jacobs, Alice Paul, Anna Howard Shaw, Baroness Bertha von Suttner, and Count Michael Karolyi. The papers of Rosika Schwimmer contain photographs of feminists and suffragists and the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) Congresses, with a particular focus on the 1913 Budapest Congress.
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1890 - 1960
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 2703
- Topics
- Suffragists
- Genres
- Scrapbooks
- Photographs
- Diaries
- Physical Description
- Extent: 1650 linear feet (1361 boxes)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Still image
- Identifiers
- RLIN/OCLC: NYPW88-A24
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16081539
- MSS Unit ID: 2703
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e789350-c5dc-012f-1163-58d385a7bc34
