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SERIES Identifier: MC 411

Series II. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND HANNAH (LANE) BLACKWELL, 1833-1981 (#16-640)

Scope and Contents

Series II, Children of Samuel and Hannah (Lane) Blackwell, 1833-1981 (#16-640), contains correspondence between the siblings and their parents, writings, financial papers, diaries, and biographical material about the Blackwell siblings and their spouses. There are also correspondence and papers of English cousins: Kenyon Blackwell and Marie Blackwell, later Mme. Droussart, and Samuel H. Blackwell, and correspondence and papers of relatives of Emma Stone (Lawrence) Blackwell. The series is arranged in fifteen subseries, with each child or relative's papers arranged together, and listed in birth order.

Dates

  • Creation: 1831-1981

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Originals closed; use digital images.

Extent

55.13 linear feet ((128 file boxes, 1 card file box, 1 folio+ box) plus 4 folio folders, 23 folio+ folders, 13 oversize folders, 4 supersize folders, 46 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, 4 negative boxes, 1 audiocassette)

Physical Location

Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.

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