Box 1
Container
Contains 61 Collections and/or Records:
Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women's Suffrage Movement
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 108
Scope and Contents
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1860 - 1913; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1895
Biographical information on Paulina T. Merritt, 1881 - 1892
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 108, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1881 - 1892
Photograph of Paulina T. Merritt, 1881
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 108, File 8, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1881
Handwritten biographical information on Paulina T. Merritt, 1892
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 108, File 8, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1892
Information pertaining to George Merritt, particularly his involvement with parks in Indianapolis, circa 1873-1906
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
circa 1873-1906
Note of introduction of George Merritt, from A. P. Morton to Prof. F. Hayden, 1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1873
Typescript, “Care of Children in Parks”, circa 1897
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
circa 1897
Typescript, “History of Play ground in Military Park”, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
undated
Typescript, Resolution by the Department of Public Parks, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
undated
Letter, Bookwalter, Charles A. to George Merritt, September 24, 1906
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
September 24, 1906
Clipping,”Ground on the Banks of the Canal is Suggested”, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 6
Identifier: MSP 108, File 9, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
undated