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Florence Kelley papers

Title
Florence Kelley papers, 1836-1932 (bulk 1881-1932).
Author
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.
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Additional Authors
  • Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
  • Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895.
  • Hicks, Margaret.
  • Kelley, Augusta Maverick.
  • Kelley, Caroline Bonsall.
  • Kelley, John Bartram.
  • Kelley, Margaret Dana.
  • Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965.
  • Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890.
  • Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903.
  • Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
  • Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
  • Kelly family.
  • Pugh family.
  • National Consumers' League.
Description
6.5 linear feet (16 boxes).
Summary
The Florence Kelley papers contain correspondence, writings, address books, clippings, financial and legal documents, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter and ephemera documenting Kelley's personal life and her professional commitment to social reform, from her time at Hull House in Chicago to her tenure as General Secretary of the National Consumers' League.
Subject
  • Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
  • Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
  • African Americans > Employment
  • Child labor
  • Feminists > United States > Political activity
  • Labor laws and legislation > United States
  • Quakers
  • Social legislation
  • Women's rights
  • Working class > United States
  • United States > Social conditions
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Ephemera.
  • Manuscripts for publication.
  • Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Florence Kelley was an activist, lawyer, and sociologist who worked at the vanguard of urban and social reform movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and headed the National Consumers' League for thirty-four years.
Call Number
MssCol 6303
OCLC
85856966
Author
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.
Title
Florence Kelley papers, 1836-1932 (bulk 1881-1932).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Biography
Florence Kelley was an activist, lawyer, and sociologist who worked at the vanguard of urban and social reform movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and headed the National Consumers' League for thirty-four years.
Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Related collections include the Nicholas Kelley Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.
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Finding Aid
Occupation
Lawyers.
Pacifists.
Social reformers.
Socialists.
Sociologists.
Added Author
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895.
Hicks, Margaret.
Kelley, Augusta Maverick.
Kelley, Caroline Bonsall.
Kelley, John Bartram.
Kelley, Margaret Dana.
Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965.
Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890.
Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903.
Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
Kelly family.
Pugh family.
National Consumers' League.
Research Call Number
MssCol 6303
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