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Collection of materials related to Clara Adams, Marian Anderson, and women's rights

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190522

Content Description

Includes five items. Materials include a studio portrait signed by Marian Anderson (1940s) and a promotional poster of her for Ebony magazine (1947), a souvenir belonging to Clara Adams from the maiden voyage of the Hindenburg (1936), an illustrated broadside written by Charlotte Perkins titled "Which way are women going?" (1920), and two pamphlets including "The twenty-second annual report" of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (1881) and "Electoral disabilities of women", a lecture by Milicent Garrett Fawcett [sic, Millicent Garrett Fawcett] (1871).

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Acquired May 2019.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1871 - 1940s

Creator

Extent

0.308 Cubic Feet (Two legal-sized folders, two flat folders, and one specialty box)