Research Catalog
Florence Kelley papers
- Title
- Florence Kelley papers, 1836-1932 (bulk 1881-1932).
- Author
- Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Available Online
Details
- 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.
- Subjects
- Sociologists
- Socialists
- Social reformers
- Pacifists
- Lawyers
- Scrapbooks
- Photographs
- Manuscripts for publication
- Ephemera
- Diaries
- United States > Social conditions
- Working class > United States
- Women's rights
- Social legislation
- Quakers
- Labor laws and legislation > United States
- Feminists > United States > Political activity
- Child labor
- African Americans > Employment
- Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
- Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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