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Florence Kelley papers

Title
  1. Florence Kelley papers, 1836-1932 (bulk 1881-1932).
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.

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Additional authors
  1. Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
  2. Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895.
  3. Hicks, Margaret.
  4. Kelley, Augusta Maverick.
  5. Kelley, Caroline Bonsall.
  6. Kelley, John Bartram.
  7. Kelley, Margaret Dana.
  8. Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965.
  9. Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890.
  10. Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903.
  11. Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
  12. Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
  13. Kelly family.
  14. Pugh family.
  15. National Consumers' League.
Description
  1. 6.5 linear feet (16 boxes).
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Sociologists
  2. Socialists
  3. Social reformers
  4. Pacifists
  5. Lawyers
  6. Scrapbooks
  7. Photographs
  8. Manuscripts for publication
  9. Ephemera
  10. Diaries
  11. United States > Social conditions
  12. Working class > United States
  13. Women's rights
  14. Social legislation
  15. Quakers
  16. Labor laws and legislation > United States
  17. Feminists > United States > Political activity
  18. Child labor
  19. African Americans > Employment
  20. Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
  21. Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
Genre/Form
  1. Diaries.
  2. Ephemera.
  3. Manuscripts for publication.
  4. Photographs.
  5. Scrapbooks.
Call number
  1. MssCol 6303
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  1. 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.
Author
  1. Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.
Title
  1. Florence Kelley papers, 1836-1932 (bulk 1881-1932).
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Biography
  1. 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
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Location of other archival materials
  1. Related collections include the Nicholas Kelley Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Lawyers.
  2. Pacifists.
  3. Social reformers.
  4. Socialists.
  5. Sociologists.
Added author
  1. Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
  2. Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895.
  3. Hicks, Margaret.
  4. Kelley, Augusta Maverick.
  5. Kelley, Caroline Bonsall.
  6. Kelley, John Bartram.
  7. Kelley, Margaret Dana.
  8. Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965.
  9. Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890.
  10. Lloyd, Henry Demarest, 1847-1903.
  11. Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
  12. Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
  13. Kelly family.
  14. Pugh family.
  15. National Consumers' League.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 6303
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