Title: Bertha D. Knobe Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1901-1929

Creator:

• Knobe, Bertha D.

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 25

Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Bertha Knobe, a journalist and social activist who advocated for women's suffrage. Contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs.

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Language: English

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Bertha Damaris Knobe was born in Franklin, Indiana, in 1869. She was the adopted daughter of Baptist minister and humorist, Robert J. Burdette. Knobe also lived in New York, Chicago, and California. She was a journalist who wrote on women’s rights, suffrage, and social reform. Some of the publications she wrote for include Harper’s Weekly and the Chicago Times-Herald. Knobe died in 1930.

The collection consists of personal correspondence, photographs, and clippings. Correspondence is from individuals such as Jane Addams, Helena Modjeska, Dorothy Dix, Art Young, Leon Dabo and many other noted personalities and social activists of the early twentieth century. Photographs are of many of the same people; some are autographed while others are unidentified.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by personal name or subject, then chronologically within each folder.

Knobe, Bertha D., Papers, 1901-1929, Collection 25. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Grace G. Lincoln Papers. Local History Manuscript Collection 4.

• League of Women Voters, Milwaukee Chapter, Records. Local History Manuscript Collection 100.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to Milwaukee Public Library by Mrs. Gertrude Kronshage in 1954. It was accessioned as a Local History Manuscript Collection.

Processing Information

Described by Jeffrey K. Carlin-Bartel, Volunteer Archivist, 2012. Processed by Bob Jaeger, 2018.

Box   1 Folder   1	Addams, Jane, 1907-1911
Box   1 Folder   2	Burdette, Robert and Clara, 1901-1922, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Clippings, 1926-1928, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Dabo, Leon, 1905
Box   1 Folder   5	Debs, Eugene V., 1918, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Dix, Dorothy, 1909
Box   1 Folder   7	Gilder, Jeannette L., 1907
Box   1 Folder   8	Gilman, Charlotte P., 1904
Box   1 Folder   9	Held, Anna, 1902
Box   1 Folder   10	Henrotin, Ellen M., 1904
Box   1 Folder   11	Hubbard, Alice, 1914
Box   1 Folder   12	Jenness-Miller, Vivian, 1922-1925
Box   1 Folder   13	Mead, Frank, 1903
Box   1 Folder   14	Miller, Joaquin, 1902
Box   1 Folder   15	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1904-1926, undated
Box   1 Folder   16	Modjeska, Helena, 1902
Box   1 Folder   17	Page, Water H., 1916
Box   1 Folder   18	Photographs, undated
Box   1 Folder   19	Stead, William T., 1905-1912
Box   1 Folder   20	Young, Art, 1917-1929