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{"value"=>"1712916", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1904-1947", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1904/1947"}
{"value"=>"1915-1947", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1915/1947"}
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1904
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1947
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1904
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1904
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1947
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{"value"=>"General Correspondence"}
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- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The majority of letters document Catt's efforts on behalf of world peace during the 1920s and 1930s, and include correspondence with peace organizers, members of the scholarly community, and various religious and women's groups. Letters from this period also reflect Catt's powerful sense of justice. There is a draft of her article attacking the DAR for circulating pamphlets accusing Jane Addams and others of being Bolsheviks, correspondence on behalf of a family who believed their son had been denied acceptance to medical school because he was Jewish, and correspondence with peace activists who believed tales of Nazi atrocities were exaggerated to bring the U. S. into the war. Letters regarding woman suffrage fall into two main categories - a small collection of correspondence with Presidents and other famous people reflecting Mrs. Catt's efforts on behalf of suffrage, and a large collection of letters from the late 1930s and 1940s related to the history of the suffrage movement. Included in the latter are letters from Catt soliciting books and photographs for a gift to the Library of Congress; letters to Catt from suffragists and their relatives, and letters from biographers asking questions. Correspondence with Earl Conrad, Harriet Tubman's biographer, falls into this category and is quite extensive, considering that Catt said she had never heard of Tubman. Scattered throughout the correspondence series are letters from acquaintances and admirers. There are no letters from members of Catt's family, and few from close friends.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters received and copies of letters sent, interfiled in chronological order, with an index.</p>"}
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2 boxes