Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Martyn, Edith How.
2. Birth Control International Information Centre (London, England).

Description

1. 1.3 linear feet (2 boxes).

Summary

1. The Kitty Marion papers reflect her personal and professional life, her activism as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union during the British suffragette movement, and her later activism and work on behalf of the American Birth Control League and the Birth Control International Information Centre.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.

Subject

1. Suffragists > Great Britain
2. Actresses > Great Britain
3. Scrapbooks
4. Photographs
5. Memoirs
6. Clippings
7. Women > Suffrage > Great Britain
8. Government, Resistance to
9. Birth control
10. Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
11. American Birth Control League
12. Marion, Kitty

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Memoirs.
3. Photographs.
4. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 6263

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Kitty Marion (1871-1944), born Katharina Schafer in Germany, was an actress and activist in the British suffragette and American birth control movements. She died a naturalized U.S. citizen in New York City.

Language (note)

1. Marion's autobiography is present in both English and German language drafts.

Author

1. Marion, Kitty.

Title

1. Kitty Marion papers, 1908-1939, n.d.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Kitty Marion (1871-1944), born Katharina Schafer in Germany, was an actress and activist in the British suffragette and American birth control movements. She died a naturalized U.S. citizen in New York City.

Language

1. Marion's autobiography is present in both English and German language drafts.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Location of other archival materials

1. Typescript autobiographies of Kitty Marion are also held by The Women's Library (London, England) and the Museum of London.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Actresses Great Britain.
2. Suffragists Great Britain.

Added author

1. Martyn, Edith How.
2. Birth Control International Information Centre (London, England).

Research call number

1. MssCol 6263