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Container
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Title
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Mss 379
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Part 1 (Mss 379): Original Collection, 1860-1957
3.0 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)
: Papers, mainly 1860-1916, of Clara Colby, a feminist, founder/editor of the Woman's Tribune, and officer of the Federal Suffrage Association, which document her personal life, her suffrage activities, her work as a lecturer and newspaper editor, and her interest in the New Thought religious philosophy. Included are clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, photographs, printed materials, speeches, and a few records of the Federal Suffrage Association. Prominent correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Olympia Brown, Belva Lockwood, Marilla Ricker, Ellen Sabin, and officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and other state and international suffrage organizations. Personal papers concern Colby's experiences as a University of Wisconsin student (1865-1869), her marital separation and divorce, and her adopted Sioux Indian daughter.
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Series: Biographical Material
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Biographical material, 1878-1916, 1957, undated
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Colby lecture announcements, women's organizations, 1882-1915
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Certificates and memorabilia, 1872-1915
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Box
1
Folder
2-6
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Series: Diaries, 1868, 1909, 1913-1915
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Anthony, Susan B., 1887-1901
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Brown, Olympia, 1889-1892, 1903-1906, 1910
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Lockwood, Belva A., 1891-1916
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Personal correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
10-13
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1860-1879
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Box
2
Folder
1-6
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1880-1916
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Box
2
Folder
7-10
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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1887-1902, undated
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Box
3
Folder
1-5
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Suffrage and other activities, 1880-1916
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Series: Federal Suffrage/Equality Association
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Account book, 1912-1916
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Correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1903, 1909, 1914-1915
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1915-1916
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Printed material, reports, testimony, 1904, 1913-1916
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Series: Woman's Tribune
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1888-1910
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Writings by others, 1886, undated
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Series: Writings
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Box
4
Folder
5-6
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College essays and papers, 1867-1869, undated
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Manuscripts
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Box
4
Folder
7
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“Child in Hungary,” undated
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Christmas and Easter customs, 1914, undated
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Box
4
Folder
9
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“Compulsory arbitration,” 1901, undated
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Box
4
Folder
10
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England, 1914, undated
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Box
4
Folder
11
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“Flowers and soul-force”
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Fuller, Margaret, 1895, 1903, 1910, undated
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Great women, 1891, 1901, undated
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Box
5
Folder
2
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History of Ireland, undated
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Box
5
Folder
3
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History of the Netherlands, undated
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Box
5
Folder
4
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“Human rights the foundation of government,” undated
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Hus, John, undated
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Box
5
Folder
6
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“The liquor question, and can it be settled,” undated
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Box
5
Folder
7-8
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“London Past and Present,” 1914
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Box
5
Folder
9-10
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“Old Louisiana,” undated
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Rabrindranath Tagore, undated
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Box
5
Folder
12
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“Special correspondence to the (Oregon) Journal,” 1910-1911
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Various subjects, 1908, 1914
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Women in literature and religion, undated
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Box
6
Folder
2
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“Women in the building of America,” undated
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Box
6
Folder
3
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“Women's suffrage in England,” undated
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Women's suffrage and suffrage leaders, undated
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Notebooks, circa 1869-1914, undated
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Unnumbered volume, circa 1869
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Box
6
Folder
6-10
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Numbers 1,4,5,8,9
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Box
7
Folder
1-4
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Numbers 13,16,24,25
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Box
7
Folder
5-7
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Unnumbered Volumes
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Notes
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Box
7
Folder
8
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“History and Spiritual Significance of Women's Suffrage,” undated
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Philosophy and religion, undated
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Various subjects, 1914, undated
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Women, 1903-1907, 1913, undated
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Women in literature, undated
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Poetry, undated
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Printed articles, 1881, 1902, 1910-1913, undated
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Speeches
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Centennial Exposition, 1892-1893
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Women's rights, suffrage leaders, undated
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Lecture announcements, Women's organizations, 1882-1915
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Certificates and Memorabilia, 1872-1915
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M92-172
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Part 2 (M92-172): Additions, 1821-1985
0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 9 photographs (1 folder)
: Additions, 1821-1985 (mainly 1868-1878), concerning Clara Colby's ancestry and family life, and her activities as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1868. Included is correspondence between members of the Bewick and Chilton families; letters from Leonard Colby, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; and several chapters of the “Women's Bible” and a manuscript titled “Women Do Not Wish to Vote,” both in Stanton's hand. There are also transcribed excerpts from correspondence between Colby and her grandparents and from her 1868 diary; her marriage certificate and divorce papers; a journal of psalms and poetry (some written by friends); photographs of Clara and her daughter Zintka; biographical/genealogical accounts of the Bewick, Sabin, and Espenett families; and a signed note from William T. Sherman.
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PH 1403
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Part 3 (PH 1403): Additions, circa 1875-1920
5 photographs (1 folder)
: Photographs of Colby, her ancestors, and residence in Beatrice, Nebraska, circa 1875-1920.
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