Sarah M. Severance Scrapbook 1915

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Summary

Extent:
0.01
Creator:
Severance, Sarah M., b. 1835 arrangement
Abstract:
Scrapbook of Sarah M. Severance (b. 1835) documenting her visit to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California through postcards and detailed description.
Language:
The papers are in: English

Background

Scope and content:

Scrapbook of Sarah M. Severance (b. 1835) documenting her visit to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California through postcards and detailed description.

Biographical / historical:

Sarah M. Severance was born in New York State in 1835. During the later part of the 19th century she lived in Santa Clara and San Jose, CA where she was a teacher and actively involved in the California Suffrage Movement. She also authored several publications on women's rights, like 'Andromeda Bound" (1886), and "The Devolution and Evolution of Women." Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Sarah M. Severance">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Sarah M. Severance</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 10/14/2009.
Physical description:
1 volume.