Howard Sutherland, Senator, Women's Suffrage Papers

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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No special access restriction applies.

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Howard Sutherland, Senator, Women's Suffrage Papers, A&M 2503, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
4.2 Linear Feet 4 ft. 2 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator:
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
Abstract:
A collection of 400 letters, cards, petitions, telegrams, printed, and other similar items received and sent by U.S. Senator and Representatives Howard Sutherland (1865-1950) of West Virginia. The papers are part of Sutherland's constituent mail and are all concerned with the question of women's suffrage. The period covered is 1914-1919, and correspondence regarding both the Bristow-Mondell House Resolution, considered in Jan. 1915, and the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, voted upon 5 June 1919, is included. About one-third of the collection is anti-suffrage in sentiment; the other two-thirds is made up of material from suffrage supporters. The collection is arranged chronologically, with carbon copy replies from Sutherland attached to the letters to which they reply. Among supporters of women's suffrage may be found the National American Women Suffrage Association, the National Woman's Party, the West Virginia Equal Suffrage League, the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, various West Virginia chapters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, individual professional women and housewives, the West Virginia chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Victory Union, the Women's Home Missionary Society of Wheeling, West Virginia, the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc., various labor groups, including the West Virginia Federation of Labor, numerous professional and business men, the Woman's Republican Club of New York City, and various other non-West Virginia state women's suffrage organizations. Anti-suffrage correspondents include the American Constitutional League, numerous individual professional and business men, housewives, and various state and local associations opposed to women's suffrage. Especially important among the pro-suffrage correspondence are letters signed by Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Howard Shaw, and Maud Wood Park of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. These letters are dated 25 Sept. 1918, and 17 Feb. and 13 June 1919. Further description of the collection, including excerpts from some letters, may be found in the inventory folder for the Howard Sutherland Papers.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Howard Sutherland, Senator, Women's Suffrage Papers, A&M 2503, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Anthony, Susan B. Amendment (19th Amendment) -- Women's suffrage
Women -- Suffrage -- Bristow-Mondell Resolution
Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan.
Coal mining -- Strikes
Coal mining.
Draft resisters -- World War, 1914-1918
Elections
Immigration.
Lumber trade
Politics and government.
Primary election law - WV.
Prohibition -- United States -- History
Railroads - West Virginia Central Railroad.
Universities and colleges
West Virginia - primary election law.
Women -- Suffrage -- Bristow-Mondell Resolution
Women -- Suffrage -- Opposition
Anthony, Susan B. Amendment (19th Amendment) -- Women's suffrage
World War, 1914-1918 -- Draft resisters
Alien Property Custodian.
Names:
American Constitutional League
American Victory Union
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.)
Daughters of the American Revolution. West Virginia Chapters
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
West Virginia. Legislature
Republican Party (W. Va.)
West Virginia Equal Suffrage League
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Westminster College
Women's Christian Temperance Union - West Virginia Chapters.
Women's Home Missionary Society (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Women's Republican Club of New York City
Linthicum family - Genealogy
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Fred Killingworth.
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955
Penrose, Boies, 1860-1921
Shaw, Anna Howard.
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
Whetzel, Jesse.
Whetzel, Will.
White, A.B.
Places:
Elkins (W. Va.)
Logan County.
Missouri
Moorefield (W. Va.)
Randolph County (W. Va.)
Washington (D.C.)
Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Women's Home Missionary Society