Overview
Scrapbooks of Marietta Harkness Pratt, member of the Massachusetts and Boston Leagues of Women Voters.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1925
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the scrapbooks created by Mariette Harkness Pratt may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Scrapbooks may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.42 linear feet (1 file box)The scrapbooks contain correspondence, programs, and clippings about Mariette Harkness Pratt's charitable and social activities; one volume pertains to the "Atlantic City Boardwalk," a 1922 charity bazaar held in Boston in which the state League of Women Voters participated.
BIOGRAPHY
Mariette Harkness Pratt was a member of the Massachusetts and Boston League of Women Voters and of Boston society.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Walter M. Pratt. Transferred from Women's Rights Collection, 1961.
Subject
- League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (Organization)
- Title
- Pratt, Marietta Harkness. Scrapbooks of Mariette Harkness Pratt, 1921-1925: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00861
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.