vircu00079Wellford, Roberta, collection of Women's Rights ephemeraA Guide to the Roberta Wellford collection of Women's Rights ephemera, 1915-1956 M 86A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 86B. Pittman and Susan King VCU James Branch Cabell Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-15 15:37:43 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard VCU James Branch Cabell Library The Roberta Wellford collection of Women's Rights ephemera Wellford, Roberta, 1873-1956 M 86 /repositories/5/resources/277 53 Items 1915-1956 English . Arrangement

Collection is arranged alphabetically.

 Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Scope and Contents

This collection compiled by Roberta Wellford consists of 53 items of women's suffrage and civil rights ephemera from the early 20th century. Included in this assortment are 2 copies of an address by Carrie Chapman Catt before the League of Women Voters (1920); National League of Women Voters (NLWV) pamphlets, booklets, and notes from the 1921, 1922, 1923 conventions, and 4 copies of organization by-laws (n.d.); a NLWV booklet: "A Record of Four Years...1920-1924"; 2 copies of a booklet entitled "The Eight-Hour Day for Women" (1915), and 1 organization bulletin (1918) from the National Women's Trade Union League.

 Preferred Citation

The Roberta Wellford collection of Women's Rights ephemera, Collection # M 86, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

 Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

 Biographical / Historical

Roberta Wellford was a charter member, secretary, and director of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia and worked to push the organization of the Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) in the 1920s. She participated in the World War I war effort. She did work with the YMCA for troops in Paris and in Germany. As a member of the VLWV, she actively promoted public education in Virginia and supported the League of Nations and the World Court. Wellford was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Woman's Club, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She was active in the preservation of Virginia antiquities, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Valentine Museum. Wellford was born in 1873, in Greenville, South Carolina and was the daughter of Maj. Philip Alexander Wellford C.S.A. and Belle Street Wellford. She died on December 28, 1956 in Richmond and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery. (Richmond Times Dispatch, 29 December 1956; Richmond News Leader, 28 December 1956)

 Women -- Suffrage -- Virginia. Suffragists -- Virginia Women -- Suffrage -- United States. National League of Women Voters (U.S.) Wellford, Roberta, 1873-1956 Boston League of Women Voters/repositories/5/archival_objects/35537192111Scope and Contents

A flyer and a play program

League of Women Voters/repositories/5/archival_objects/35538192012Scope and Contents

Address by Carrie Chapman Catt and a pamphlet

Maryland League of Women Voters/repositories/5/archival_objects/35539192213Scope and Contents

Menu

Massachusetts League of Women Voters undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/3554014Scope and Contents

Pamphlet on education

Miscellaneous, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/3554115Scope and Contents

3 items

National League of Women Voters, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/355421920-192416Scope and Contents

25 items

National League of Women Voters A Record of Four Years...1920-1924, /repositories/5/archival_objects/35543192417Scope and Contents

Booklet

National League of Women Voters Lessons for the Study of Citizenship, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/3554418National League of Women Voters, Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/35545192119Scope and Contents

Notes

National Women's Trade Union League/repositories/5/archival_objects/35546undated, 1915, 1917, 1918110Scope and Contents

10 items

News Clippings, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/35547111Scope and Contents

2 items

New York State League of Women Voters The Next War, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/35548112Scope and Contents

Pamphlet