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Descriptive Summary Title: Inclusive Dates: 1858-1971 Bulk Dates: 1860-1925 Collection Number: mssharbert1 Creator: Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, 1845- Extent: 19 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Fax: (626) 449-3477 Email: reference@huntington.org URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of feminist, suffragist, author and lecturer Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and her family. Language of Material: The material is in English. Access Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of Item],, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Acquisition Information Purchased from Elizabeth B. Frederick, December 1993. Biography Elizabeth Morrison Boynton Harbert, a feminist, suffragist, author and lecturer, was active from an early age in support of the rights of women to vote and to obtain a higher education. She served for twelve years as president of the Illinois Woman Suffrage Association, corresponded extensively with other prominent feminist leaders, wrote pamphlets and books, and was active in numerous women's, political, religious and philanthropic organizations. In 1870 she married lawyer William Soesbe Harbert. They had three children: Arthur Boynton (d.1900), Corinne Boynton, and Elizabeth Harbert Rowe. The Harberts relocated to Pasadena, California later in their lives and Elizabeth died there in 1925. Scope and Content The addenda consists of correspondence between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, William S. Harbert, and others. It also includes some manuscripts and drafts, materials related to the Harbert family (including letters to and from Arthur B. Harbert and Corinne B. Harbert), and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a scrapbook. Of note is the Civil War era letters and telegrams between Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert (1861-1865). Subjects include: Harbert family, American Civil War, suffrage, women's rights, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Correspondents also include: Carrie Chapman Catt and Susan B. Anthony. Arrangement. Personal Names Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 Harbert, Arthur B. Harbert, Corinne B. mssharbert1 2
Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, 1845- -- Archives Harbert, William S. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 Subjects Feminists -- United States -- Archives Suffragists -- United States -- Archives Women -- Societies and clubs Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Women's rights -- United States Georgraphic Areas United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Genre Clippings Letters (correspondence) -- United States Manuscripts -- United States Personal papers -- United States Scrapbooks -- United States Box 1 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Letters Folder 1 Mills, Frank Moody, 1831- (1919, Apr. 29) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 (1890-1897) Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893 (1893, Feb. 23) Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 (1920, Mar. 15) Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 (1896-1906) Folder 6 Declaration of the Rights of the Women of the United States (1876, July 4) Before Suffrage - What? [approximately 1868] Folder 8 Regarding Nomination for Republican Ticket (1894) Folder 9 Newspaper Articles by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1906-1920) Folder 10 The Union Signal: Francis E. Willard (1905, Feb. 9) Folder 11 Letter to Arthur Harbert and clipping re: Kites (1896) A Call to Colors: song by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1920) Folder 13 Rear Admiral Schley (1896-[1953]) Folder 14 Ramey, William B. (1900-1919) Folder 15 Boynton, Mellie (1882, Sep. 15) Folder 16 Harbert, Corinne Boynton (1889-1914) Folder 17 Harbert, Arthur (1880-1906) Folder 18 Ramey, Abigail (1870, Aug. 28) Folder 19 Miscellaneous letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William Harbert (1859-1909) 0 Miscellaneous letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1875-1923) Box 2 William S. Harbert Letters Folder 1 William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1866-1914) William S. Harbert letters to Arthur Harbert (1867-1900) Solomon Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1870-1879) Amadine Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1870-1906) Corinne Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1884-1912) Folder 6 William S. Harbert letters to Corinne Boynton Harbert (1882-1914) Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters to William S. Harbert (1880-1914) Folder 8 From Friends to William S. Harbert (1898-1914) Folder 9 Arthur Harbert to William S. Harbert (1887-1900) Folder 10 Memorabilia: William S. Harbert (1861-1912) Folder 11 Memorabilia: Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1878-1906) mssharbert1 3
Container List Box 3 Corinne B. Harbert and Miscellaneous Folder 1 Corinne B. Harbert letters to family (1889-1929) Corinne B. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe [undated] Corinne B. Harbert letters to/from Friends and Relatives (1888-1928) Memorabilia: Corinne B. Harbert (1889-1957) Corinne B. Harbert Poetry [undated] Folder 6 Corinne B. Harbert Notes on South American Trip [approximately 1929] Miscellaneous Box 4 Arthur B. Harbert Letters and Related Material Folder 1 Arthur Harbert - Highlights of Life (1881-1900) Arthur Harbert letters to/from Friends and Relatives (1900) Arthur Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe (1897-1900) Arthur Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe and Corinne B. Harbert (1881-1900) Arthur Harbert letters to Family (1899-1900) Folder 6 Arthur Harbert - Sympathy Letters and Obituaries (1900-1902) Arthur Harbert - Photos, Articles, Announcements, Clippings, etc. (1898-[approximately 1900]) Folder 8 Arthur Harbert Miscellaneous (1898-1900) Folder 9 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Rowe Obituary (1950, Jan. 15) Box 5 William S. Harbert Letters: Civil War Folder 1 Correspondence 1861 (1861) Correspondence 1862 (1862) Correspondence 1863 (1863) Correspondence 1864 (1864) Correspondence 1865 (1865) Folder 6 Mary McCone (?) letter to William S. Harbert [undated] Mrs. A. Ramsey letters to William S. Harbert (1863) Folder 8 William S. Harbert Civil War Documents (1864-1920) Folder 9 William S. Harbert letters to/from family (1861-1864) Folder 10 Walter C. Lyman Letters (1861-1862) Folder 11 William P. Black Letters (1861) Facts and Reminisence of Prison Life during our Late Civil War by William S. Harbert [undated] Folder 13 Mollie Binford Letter (1865, Feb. 27) Folder 14 T.W. Fry, Jr. (?) Letter (1863, Sep. 4) Folder 15 William S. Harbert Grand Army of the Republic Transfer Card (1907, Dec. 16) Folder 16 Incomplete and undated Civil War Letters [1863] Box 6 Boynton E. Harbert Rowe Letters Folder 1 Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1886-1922) Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and Corinne B. Harbert (1904-1919) Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters to William S. Harbert and Arthur Harbert (1888-1899) Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters from/to Friends and Family (1889-1920) Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe letters to Friends and Family (1887-1915) Folder 6 Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe Memorabilia (1889-1919) Box 7 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Letters and Manuscripts Folder 1 Letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert from Will B. Ramey (1907-1917) Letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert from Cousins (1878-1918) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to/from Family (1864-1919) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to/from Abigail Ramey (1880-1885) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Miscellaneous Manuscripts (1897-1923) Folder 6 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Manuscript - Amore [before 1892] Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Manuscript - Golden Fleece [before 1867] Folder 8 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Manuscrtips, Songs, Speeches, etc. (1896) Box 8 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Miscellaneous Manuscripts mssharbert1 4
Container List Folder 1 The Triangle Club by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] The Statesman of Women by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert ([approximately 1884]-1896) Man's Right to the Statesmanship of Women by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] A Man - A Good Thing to have in the Home by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] A Perplexing Proposition by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] Folder 6 Men's Rights and Needs by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] Home Making and the Objects of the National Household Economics Association by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1909) Folder 8 Truth - Religion Manuscripts by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] Folder 9 Newspapers re: William S. Harbert (1911) Folder 10 Wisconsin and Walworth County [undated] Folder 11 Religion, the Soul, and Unity (1906) Box 9 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Miscellaneous Manuscripts Folder 1 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Drafts by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1900) Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Drafts by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [1890s] Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Drafts by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1902) Box 10 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Miscellaneous Manuscripts Folder 1 Miscellaneous Manuscript Draft Pages by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] Box 11 William S. Harbert Letters to Wife and Children Folder 1 William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1882-1899) William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1900-1903) William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1904-1905) William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1906-1907) William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1908-1909) Folder 6 William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1910-1913) William S. Harbert letters to Wife and Children (1914-1917 and undated) Box 12 William S. Harbert Letters to Wife and Children Folder 1 William S. Harbert letters to Corinne B. Harbert (1887-1914) William S. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe (1894-1902) William S. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe and Ashley D. Rowe (1905-1906) William S. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe and Ashley D. Rowe (1907-1918 and undated) William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1873-1879) Folder 6 William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1880-1889) Box 13 William S. Harbert Letters to Wife and Children Folder 1 William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1894-1899) William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1908-1910) William S. Harbert letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1912-1919) William S. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe (1872-1905) William S. Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe (1906-1918) Folder 6 Letters from Friends to William S. Harbert (1858-1919) Box 14 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Letters to William S. Harbert Folder 1 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1881-1889) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1890-1899) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1900-1909) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert (1910-1919) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert - undated and/or incomplete ([1863]-1920) Folder 6 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Amadine Harbert (1862-1906) Letters from Family to William S. Harbert (1862-1919) Box 15 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Letters to Family and Friends Folder 1 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Abigail Ramey (1880-1884) mssharbert1 5
Container List Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe (1886-1924) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Boynton Elizabeth Harbert Rowe and Ashley D. Rowe (1906-1913) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Corinne B. Harbert (1890-1924) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to William S. Harbert and Children (1884-1920) Folder 6 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to Arthur Harbert (1888-1900) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert letters to "Aunt Mary" (1865-1874) Folder 8 Letters re: Passing of William S. Harbert (1919) Folder 9 Letters re: Passing of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1925) Folder 10 Obituaries of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert (1919-1925) Folder 11 Miscellaneous letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1875-1924) Miscellaneous ephemera related to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and Suffrage (1874-1916) Box 16 Miscellaneous Activities of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert Folder 1 The World's Columbian Commission invitation to William S. Harbert (1892, Oct.) Newspaper clippings re: Elizabeth Boynton Harbert living in Pasadena (1908, Feb. 16) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Organizations (1884-1913) Letters from and re: Women Suffrage Workers (1867-1901) Miscellaneous ephemera related to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and Suffrage (1884-1971) Folder 6 Carnival Herald: newspapers (1879, Apr.) Box 17 Miscellaneous Activities of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert Folder 1 Material written by and/or about Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1884-1909) An Open Letter to Truth Seekers by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [undated] Miscellaneous Printed Material (1878-1916) Material re: Suffrage (1869-1920) Material re: Other Women's Issues (1878-1906) Folder 6 Miscellaneous Photographs and Ephemera (1866-1919) Articles by or about Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1867-1911) Folder 8 Kate Virginia Way McCullen (1897-[after 1915] Folder 9 Letter by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert to the National American Woman Suffrage Association's Executive Committee (1890, Jan. 28) Folder 10 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Poetry (1868-1881) Folder 11 Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Music (1920) Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Author (1867-1913) Box 18 Miscellaneous Activities of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and William S. Harbert and Letters Folder 1 Essay about World's Columbian Exposition by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert [1892] Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Columnist and Press, Inter Ocean (1877-1911) Chautauqua (1903-1915) Personal letters to and from Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1866-1920) James Hunt Cook letters to Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1904-1906) Folder 6 Inter Ocean newspaper Clippings (1877-1884) The Woman Citizen journal (1925, May 16) Folder 8 The Woman's Tribune with article by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1888, Mar. 30) Folder 9 Phrenology (1867-1970) Folder 10 World's Unity League (1896-1908) Folder 11 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings (1864-1929) Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings [undated] Box 19 Printed Item and Scrapbook Item 1 Printed: Women Citizens of the United States resolution to the Republican Party in the Presidential Convention (1880, June 2) Item 2 Scrapbook (1883-1920) mssharbert1 6