Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers
Overview
Correspondence and papers of the American social reformer Fanny Garrison Villard.
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1928
Creator
- Villard, Fanny Garrison (1844-1928) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and German.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
11 linear feet (23 boxes)Consists of correspondence written in English and German with various members of the Garrison and Villard families, among others. Includes many letters of condolence on the death of her son Hilgard in 1890 and on the death of her husband Henry in 1900. Also contains condolence letters addressed chiefly to Oswald Garrison Villard on the death of Fanny Garrison Villard in 1928. Papers include her diaries, speeches, and other material, chiefly concerning the woman's suffrage movement.
Biographical / Historical
Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, was a social reformer and champion of woman's suffrage and international peace. She married the journalist Henry Villard in 1866. After her husband's death in 1900, she devoted herself to the NAACP, Diet Kitchen Association, and Women's Peace Society.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters from various correspondents
- II. Letters from the Garrison family
- III. Letters from Fanny (Garrison) Villard
- IV. Papers
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*52M-228A. Bequest of Oswald Garrison Villard; received: 1949.
Creator
- Villard, Fanny Garrison (1844-1928) (Person)
- Title
- Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928. Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00296
Repository Details
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