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- Description:
- Guest speaker Patricia Heyden shares a biography of economist, suffragist, and author Sarah Vander Vort Emery, with a focus on 19th century currency and banking scandals, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Notes:
- The Russell scrapbook was compiled by Clara Comstock Russell (1866-1935), a key figure in the women's suffrage movement in Michigan. It contains clippings relating to the suffrage movement in Grand Rapids as well as the political activities of her husband, Huntley Russell (1858-1928). Both were active in several political, social, religious, and business organizations. Clara was Vice-president of the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association and later served as chair of the Republican Women's State Executive Committee. She also helped manage the family's business interests. Huntley Russell was a Republican State Senator, State Land Commissioner, and real estate developer.
- Date Created:
- [1896 TO 1920]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Emily Burton Ketcham's correspondence ranging from 1898-1905. The correspondence included is largely between Emily Burton Ketcham and her husband Smith G. Ketcham. Smith often refers to Emily "Bird."
- Date Created:
- [1898 TO 1905]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Emily Burton Ketcham's personal collection of suffrage and political ribbons.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Emily Burton Ketcham, (1838–1907), was a leading Michigan suffragist who began her work for women’s suffrage in 1873. Ketcham’s scrapbook includes numerous newspaper clippings detailing her and other suffragists’ work on the local and national level as well as various correspondence with other suffragists. A prominent founder of several Grand Rapids’ suffrage groups, Ketcham served as president of the state organization four times. Ketcham’s influence was both local and national allowing her to develop lasting relationships with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
- Date Created:
- [1889 TO 1907]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The early pioneers scrapbook includes clippings of prominent Grand Rapids leaders and their various contributions to early life in Grand Rapids and Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1811 TO 1893]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This collection largely contains Clara Comstock Russell’s correspondence with her two children Charles and Francis Russell. Included throughout are letters from her time as a student at St. Margaret's School (1880-1883) as well as various miscellaneous items like baptismal records, calling cards, and letters received from unknown/illegible authors.
- Date Created:
- [1880 TO 1930]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Issue of The Michigan Suffragist newsletter, published between 1914 and 1917 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1914 TO 1917]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This scrapbook documents the participation of Alde Louise Tuck Blake (1857-1925) in the women's suffrage movement and in state and local politics. In 1899, Blake ran for (and won) a seat on the Grand Rapids School Board--the only elected office open to women. She became the third woman to serve and her success made many headlines. Blake was also involved in the suffrage movement. She served as an officer for the League of Women Voters as well as the Republican State Central Committee. In 1920 she ran for the state legislature. The scrapbook was compiled by Alde's daughter Dorothy. The original is located in the collections of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1876 TO 1920]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Guest speaker Patricia Heyden shares a biography of economist, suffragist, and author Sarah Vander Vort Emery, with a focus on 19th century currency and banking scandals, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series