SYLVIA D. HOFFERT:
An Inventory of Her Jane Grey Swisshelm Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
Creator: | Hoffert, Sylvia D., compiler. | |
Title: | Jane Grey Swisshelm research files. | |
Dates: | 1994-2003. | |
Language: | Materials in English. | |
Abstract: | Photocopies of newspaper clippings, legal documents, and correspondence (1840-1894) from various archival repositories relating to journalist, newspaper publisher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate Jane Grey Swisshelm, as well as a card file calendar containing information about newspapers published by Swisshelm or with which she was associated in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. The material was compiled by historian Sylvia D. Hoffert in the course of researching her biography Jane Grey Swisshelm: an unconventional life (2004). | |
Quantity: | 0.7 cubic feet (2 boxes, including 1 microfilm reel). | |
Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright in photocopied documents from other repositories resides with those repositories.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hoffert, Sylvia D. Jane Grey Swisshelm Research Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,722
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, March 2013
Catalog ID number: 990076620310104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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P2835 | 1 | Obituaries of Swisshelm from various Minnesota and national newspapers, 1884. |
Court and legal documents concerning lawsuits and property disputes involving James Swisshelm, or James and Jane Swisshelm; Jane Swisshelm's will (1884), 1840-1884. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: Allegheny Department of Court Records, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
Swisshelm divorce documents, 1860-1861. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: Allegheny Department of Court Records, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
Swisshelm letters to Charles Sumner, 1858. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The Charles Sumner Papers. Houghton Library, Harvard University. |
Swisshelm letter to Horace Greeley, 1858. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The Horace Greeley Papers. New York Public Library. |
Recommendation for Swisshelm's appointment to a clerkship in the Quartermaster's Office; request for a leave of absence; miscellany, 1863-1865. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: Consolidated Correspondence File. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General (Record Group 92), National Archives. |
Orphan home controversy, 1864-1894. | |||||||||||
Letters and documents relating to the management by Mary Mann of a Washington, D.C. Orphans' Home for Colored Children. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: Primarily from the Robert L. Straker Collection of Horace Mann Letters. Kettering Library, Antioch University. |
Letters and miscellany, 1868-1874. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The Jane G. Swisshelm Papers. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. |
Swisshelm correspondence with George Julian, 1877. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The Joshua Giddings and George Julian Papers. Library of Congress. |
Letters by or about Jane G. and Zo Swisshelm, undated and 1863-1878. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The Holt-Messer Papers. Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library. |
Swisshelm letters to Will McClelland and miscellaneous notes, 1876-1882. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The McClelland Family Papers. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania: |
The Reconstructionist, February 10 and March 3, 10, 24, 1866. Photocopies. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: Various repositories. |
The Reconstructionist, February 10, 1866. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. | |||||||||||
Location of Originals: The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. |
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147.L.11.4 | 2. | Calendar of Swisshelm newspapers, 1994-2003. 1 card file box. | |||||||||
A set of 4 x 6 cards, one or more for each issue of each newspaper published by Swisshelm or with which she was associated, listing the articles appearing in that issue, or summarizing the issue's contents. Newspapers covered include the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor (1847-1854), Family Journal Saturday Visitor (1855), St. Cloud Visitor (1857-1858), St. Cloud Democrat (1858-1863), and The Reconstructionist (1865-1866). |
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Persons:
- Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, 1815-1884.
- Document Types:
- Microforms.