Detroit Public Library
Finding Aid for Clara B. Arthur papers,
1885-1915
02971
02971
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library
- Creator
- Arthur, Clara Blanche.
- Title
- Clara B. Arthur papers,
- ID
- 02971
- Date
- 1885-1915
- Extent
- 4.7 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (9 boxes, 1 volume)
- Abstract
- Include correspondence, speeches, material relating to her interest in woman suffrage, social and reform movements, concerning bath houses child labor, playgrounds and tuberculosis sanitariums.
Biographical/Historical note
Born in St. Johns, New Brunswick on October 25, 18,58 to Alexander and Martha Nevers. he was a teacher until her marriage to James Arthur, a photographer, in 1882. She care to Detroit with her husband and became involved in the equal suffrage movement in 1885. Mrs. Arthur was involved in child labor groups and was a member of the board that built the Detroit Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Arthur died in Detroit on October 26, 1929. (from Detroit News, October 31, 1929) (blue index cards)
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library
Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Arthur, Clara Blanche
Genre(s)
- Correspondence -- aat
Subject(s)
- Social services -- United States
- Suffragists -- United States
- Women social reformers -- United States
- Womens suffrage -- United States.
Other finding aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
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Correspondence, 1874 - November 1907 |
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Correspondence, December 1907 - June 1908 |
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Correspondence, July 1908 - May 1909 |
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Correspondence, June 1909 - January 1913 |
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Correspondence, March 1913 - 1927; undated. |
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Lectures, etc., A-B. |
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Lectures, etc., C-Industrial Corr. |
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Lectures, etc., Mich. Equal Suff. Assn. |
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M5 Lectures, etc., R-W, 1906-1909. |
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Unpublished Manuscript. |
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