mnsss94 Isabel Howland Papers, 1888-1903 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by mnsss. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Laura Cutter. 2003-06-12 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mnsss94 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Isabel Howland Papers, 1888-1903 Finding Aid MS 78 Revised 2002 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Howland, Isabel, 1859-1942 Isabel Howland Papers1888-1903 MS 78 2 boxes (.75 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Suffragist and social Reformer. Papers consist of correspondence plus other materials related to her position as corresponding secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Women and of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Subjects include women's suffrage, women's rights, and other reform movements such as temperance and anti-slavery. English. Biographical Note

Isabel Howland, undated

Isabel Howland was born to a Quaker family in Sherwood, New York in 1859. She earned a B.A. from Cornell University in 1881. The niece of suffragist, abolitionist and educator Emily Howland, Isabel was involved in similar causes. She was corresponding secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Women in the 1880s and involved in the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. From 1884 to 1885, she accompanied her aunt Emily Howland on European travels. She lived in Paris for much of the 1930s to care for her invalid brother, Herbert. She died in 1942.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Isabel Howland Papers date from 1888 to 1903 and consist mainly of correspondence plus other materials related to her position as corresponding secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Women and of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Subjects include women's suffrage, women's rights, and other reform movements such as temperance and the battle for the abolition of slavery. Notable correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Alida Avery, Alice Stone Blackwell, Carrie Chapman Catt, William Lloyd Garrison, Adele Hutchinson, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Booker T. Washington, Frances E. Willard, and Julia Ward Howe.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

I. Biographical Information II. Correspondence Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Isabel Howland Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

History of the Collection

The Isabel Howland Papers were obtained by purchase.

Finding aid revised in 2002 by Brook Hopkins, intern.

Search Terms Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906--Correspondence Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950--Correspondence Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947--Correspondence Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Correspondence Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910--Correspondence Howland, Emily, 1827-1929 Howland, Isabel Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919--Correspondence Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902--Correspondence Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893--Correspondence Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Correspondence Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898--Correspondence Association for the Advancement of Women--History--Sources Antislavery movements--United States--History--Sources New York State Woman Suffrage Association--History--Sources Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Sources Suffragists--United States--Correspondence Women--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century--Sources SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS 1 1 Memorabilia, 1888-98, n.d. 1 2 Photographs, n.d. 1 Microfilm reel guide to Emily Howland Papers at Cornell University SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (to Isabel Howland unless otherwise noted) 1 3 Anthony, Lucy and Mary, 1897-98 1 4 Anthony, Susan B., 1892-1903 1 5 Aikens, Amanda L., 1891 1 6 Anagnos, Michael, 1892 1 7 Avery, Alida C., 1888-90 1 8 Avery, Susan Look (also to M. Jacobs), 1890-91 1 9 Babcock, Elnora M., 1897 1 10 Bagg, Mary E., 1889-90 1 11 Barnes, Catherine Weed, 1891 1 12 Barrows, Isabel C., 1892 1 13 Bates, Octavia W., 1891-94 1 14 Benson, Louise, 1892 1 15 Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1890-97 1 16 Blackwell, Antoinette Brown, 1889-91 1 17 Blackwell, Henry B., 1892 1 18 Blackwell, Sarah Ellen, 1891 1 19 Boole, Ella A. to Mrs. L.G. Robinson, 1893 1 20 Booth, Mary A., 1890-91 1 21 Bouland, Clara, 1891 1 22 Bowser, Anna C. (also to M. Jacobs), 1890-91 1 23 Bray, Maria H. to Miss Peckham, 1889 1 24 Brown, Charlotte Emerson, 1891 1 25 Campbell, Helen, 1888 1 26 Cardwill, Mary E., 1888 1 27 Carmichael, Margaret, 1890 1 28 Catt, Carrie Chapman to Emily Howland (aunt of Isabel), 1895-96, 1901-03, 1911 1 29 Catt, Carrie Chapman to Mrs. Hannah L. Howland, 1896, 1901 1 30 Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1895 1 31 Chapin, A.J., 1891 1 32 Cheney, Ednah Dow (also to M. Jacobs), 1889 1 33 Clapp, Romelia L., 1891 1 34 Cobb, Mary E.R., 1891 1 35 Colby, Clara B. (includes photograph), 1892-99 1 36 Comstock, Anne, 1891 1 37 Conway, Clara (also to Julia Ward Howe), 1890 1 38 Croly, Jane Cunningham to Julia W. Howe, 1891 1 39 Curtis, Elizabeth Burrill, 1894, 1898 1 40 Dickenson, M.L., 1895 1 41 Dietrick, Ellen B., 1891, 1894 1 42 Dodge, Grace H., 1891 1 43 Donlevy, Alice, 1887-88 1 44 Easby, Gertrude K., 1891 1 45 Eastman, Annis Ford, 1897-98 1 46 Eastman, Mary E., 1889-92 1 47 Eddy, Sarah, 1889 1 48 Edwards, Louise, 1895 1 49 Elliott, Maud Howe, n.d. 1 50 Erol, Helen G., 1894 1 51 Fairchild, S., 1892 1 52 Fleming, Jennie to Mrs. Hamilton, 1890 1 53 Fletcher, Alice C., 1890 1 54 Franklin, C. Ladd, 1890 1 55 French, Annie D., 1888-90 1 56 Frisbee, E.S., 1892 1 57 Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1895 1 58 Galt, Eleanor, n.d. 1 59 Gannett, M.T. Lewis, 1890 1 60 Garrison, Francis J.,1892 1 61 Garrison, William Lloyd (II), 1895 1 62 Gleason, Rachael, 1897 1 63 Greenleaf, Jean Brooks, n.d. 1 64 Gregg, David, 1892 1 65 Grew, Mary, 1892 1 66 Grubbs, S.J., 1890-91 1 67 Hale, Edward Everett, 1891, 1897 1 68 Hale, Lucretia P., 1885 1 69 Hallowell, Sarah C.F., 1888 1 70 Hamilton, Henrietta, 1890 1 71 Hazard, Rebecca, 1889 1 72 Hoffman, Sophia C., 1890-91 1 73-74 Howe, Julia Ward, 1888-94, n.d. 1 75 Howell, Mary Seymour, 1892, 1897-98 1 76 Howland, Herbert, 1920 1 77 Hufford, Lois G. to A.B. Blackwell, n.d. 1 78 Hultin, Ida C. to M. Jacobs, 1890 1 79 Huntington, Anna S., n.d. 1 80 Hutchinson, Adele S.,1891-92 1 81 Irving, Carrie E.S., 1895 1 82 Jenkins, Helen, 1890 1 83 Kennard, Caroline A.,1889-90 1 84 Kirk, Eleanor, 1895 2 1 Landen, Jean M., 1890 2 2 Lapham, Ella C., 1888-90 2 3 Lawler, Fanny, 1889 2 4 Lazenby, William R., 1891 2 5 Leonard, Georgia L., 1890-91 2 6 Love, Alfred H., 1889, 1893 2 7 Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1889, 1899 2 8 Lozier, Jennie, 1892 2 9 McCowen, Dr. Jennie, 1890-91 2 10 McGillvray, Alice, 1890 2 11 Mark, Nellie V., 1890-91, 1894 2 12 Merrell, Ina B., 1891 2 13 Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1892 2 14 Miller, Olive, 1895 2 15 Mills, Charles De B., 1889, 1892 2 16 Mills, Harriet May, 1920 2 17 Mitchell, Ellen, 1891-92 2 18 Mittermair, Dr. Wolfgang, 1898 2 19 Moore, Sarah Wool, 1889-92 2 20 Mowry, Martha H. (also to M. Jacobs), 1890 2 21 Newton, Mary A., 1891 2 22 Noble, Lydia, 1892 2 23 Parker, Frank Stuart, 1890 2 24 Parks, Isabella W., 1888 2 25 Peck, Annie S., 1892, 1895 2 26 Peckham, Mary C. (also to Mrs. Hazard), 1889 2 27 Perry, Belle S., 1890 2 28 Phelps, Minnie L. to Mrs. Peckham, 1889 2 29 Pierce, Charlotte L., 1888 2 30 Pillsbury, Parker to Miss Putnam, 1896 2 31 Rich, Ellen W., 1890 2 32 Ripley, Mary A., 1889-92 2 33 Rockwell, Kate W., 1889 2 34 Roe, J.E., n.d. 2 35 Rogers, Mary F., 1891 2 36 Rogers, May, 1888 2 37 Sargent, Ellen W., 1891 2 38 Sayles, Lita B., n.d. 2 39 Sayles, Lita B., 1888-91 2 40 Shurman, J.G., 1892-93 2 41 Searing (?), A., 1894, 1898 2 42 Searls, W., 1888 2 43 Severance, Caroline, 1890 2 44 Sewall, May Wright, 1889 2 45 Shaw, Anna Howard to Emily Howland, 1903-10, 1916 2 46 Shaw, Dr. Anna Howard, 1899, 1909 2 47 Shield, Helen S., 1889 2 48 Skinner, M.P., 1890 2 49 Slocum, Jane M., 1899 2 50 Smiley, Louise M., 1890 2 51 Smith, Hannah W.. 1888 2 52 Smith, Lucy W.1888 2 53 Snow, B.B., 1891 2 54 Soper, Grace, 1892 2 55 Spear, C.S. Brown to M. Jacobs, 1890 2 56 Stebbins, Catherine, 1891 2 57 Stevenson, T.E. to M.C. Peckham, n.d. 2 58 Stone, Lucy, 1892 2 59 Stowe, Emily to M. Jacobs, 1890 2 60 Sunderland, Eliza, 1891 2 61 Talbot, Marion, 1891 2 62 Tappan, Eva March, 1890 2 63 Thomas, Elizabeth, 1895 2 64 Thomas, Martha Carey, 1885, 1892 2 65 Thorne, Elizabeth F. to Margaret Grierson about E.H. and I.H., 1958 2 66 Tifft, E. Amelia, 1890, 1893 2 67 Tifft, Elizabeth Lord, 1891, 1893 2 68 Townsend, Harriet A., 1890-94 2 69 Unidentified, 1889 2 70 Walters, Albertine S. to A.A.W., 1887 2 71 Wanamaker, John, 1889 2 72 Warner, Helen G., 1898 2 73 Washington, Booker T., 1897 2 74 Wells, Kate Gannett, 1888-91, n.d. 2 75 Wendell, Caroline R., 1890 2 76 Wentworth, S.E., 1892 2 77 Wetherald, Ethelyn, 1890 2 78 Whiting, Lilian, 1888 2 79 Wilcox, B.M., 1895 2 80 Wilde, Catherine, 1892 2 81 Willard, Frances E., 1887-88, 1896 2 82 Williams, Charlotte to M.C. Peckham, 1889 2 83 Wing, Mary E., 1888-89 2 84 Ward, Frances Fisher, 1890-91 2 85 Wolcott, H.L.T., 1890-91 2 86 Woods, Kate T., 1889-90