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Lucy Gearhart papers, approximately 1834-1961
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gearhart, Lucy
- Title
- Lucy Gearhart papers
- Dates
- approximately 1834-1961 (inclusive)18341961
- Quantity
- 2.87 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 package)
- Collection Number
- 0558 (Accession No. 0558-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a female temperance advocate from Tacoma, Washington
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The papers are open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Lucy Gearhart (Mrs. John W.) was a Tacoma, Washington, civic leader involved with the temperance and woman suffrage movements. During the 1950s she took a keen interest in writing about the temperance movement in the West. In particular, Mrs. Gearheart researched and wrote extensively on George Cotterill's (1865-1958) temperance activities and his lengthy career with the International Order of Good Templars. Gearhart was both a friend and admirer of Cotterill, a Seattle Democratic politician and advocate of temperance and prohibition. As an expression of her interest, Gearhart assembled a collection of temperance materials, which included books, original documents, ephemera, songbooks, medals, and even commemorative china. Gearhart also gathered bibliographies on the subject and took extensive notes from published and unpublished sources. She hoped to publish a history, either in the form of articles or a book, but apparently never accomplished this. In 1965 and 1966, she donated her temperance collection and her research notes to the University of Washington Libraries so that other researchers could use them.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Lucy Gearhart papers document Gearhart's interest in the temperance movement. The Temperance materials series contains original documents, ephemera, artifacts, and other materials that comprised part of Gearhart's temperance collection. The Personal papers series contains Gearhart's personal correspondence, primarily with dealers, her writings, notes, bibliographies, and other research materials. Some files contain transcriptions of original documents and verbatim copies from books in Gearhart's own hand.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have not been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Lucy Gearhart papers are arranged in two series:
- Temperance materials, approximately 1834-1961
- Personal papers, approximately 1884-1960
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lucy Gearhart, July 28, 1965, and June 8, 1966.
Processing Note
Processing completed in 1993.
Separated Materials
Portions of Lucy Gearhart's collection were relocated to other divisions of the University of Washington Libraries. Fifty books went to the Libraries' main collection. Songbooks, temperance cards, and medals were relocated to the Special Collections Division's collections of published materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Temperance materials, approximately 1834-1961Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Dolge (Alfred) and Son, pianoforte materials,
Dolgeville, New York |
1894 |
| 1/1 | Good Templars, International Order of, Grand Lodge of
England |
1910 |
| 1/1 | Gough, John B. |
1884 |
| 1/1 | Leonard, Mary |
1846 |
| 1/1 | Moulton, H. P. |
1866 |
| 1/1 | National Women's Suffrage Association |
1888 |
| 1/1 | Stone, Lucinda H. |
1890 |
Women's Christian Temperance Union (National)
|
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Greenwood, Elizabeth |
1892 |
| 1/1 | Livingston, Deborah |
1913 |
Women's Christian Temperance Union (World) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/2 | Sanderson, Mary E. |
1907 |
| 1/2 | Slack, Agnes E. |
1906 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/2 | Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, Board of Women
Managers, Frances A. Marlette |
1893 |
| 1/2 | Postcard, unidentified |
1908 |
Publications |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | Miscellaneous |
1890, 1903 |
| 1/4 |
Christian Herald
Almanac
|
1913, 1914 |
| 1/5 | The Flying Squadron of America |
undated |
| 1/6 |
A Loud Call, to the Citizens of this
Nation...
|
1842 |
| 1/6 | Mad Dogs and the Liquor Traffic (tract) by W. Jennings
Demorest |
1886 |
| 1/6 | Pierce County Women's Christian Temperance Union
directory and yearbook |
1923 |
| 1/7 |
Purpose and Policy of Prohibition in All
Its Phases
|
undated |
| 1/7 |
Journal of the Proceedings of the Sons
of Temperance of North America
|
1853 |
| 1/8 |
Temperance Almanac
|
1834 |
Reports |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/9 | American Temperance Society report |
1835 |
| 1/9 | "Temperance Report" |
1852 |
| 1/9 | U.S. War Department report: "A Report on a Plan for
Transporting Wounded Soldiers by Railway in Time of War" |
1875 |
| 1/9 | "Report of Delegates from the General Aid Society for
the Army and the Agencies of the U.S. Sanitary Commission" |
1862 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/10 | News releases |
undated |
Subject files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/11 | Cotterill, George |
undated |
| 1/12 | Evangelism and temperance (E. Tennyson Smith and J.A.
Jewel) |
1905-1914, 1954-1959, undated |
| 1/13 | Suffrage |
1909, 1915, 1961, undated |
| 1/14 | White Shield Home, Tacoma |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/15 | Diploma |
1864 |
| 1/16 | Autograph cards |
undated |
| 1/17 | Commemorative memorabilia |
1917, 1925,undated |
| 1/18 | Photographs |
1924, 1930 |
| 1/19 | Cards |
undated |
| package | ||
| 8 | Sheet music |
1866, undated |
| Box | ||
| 7 | Ceramic tableware
Contains a cup, saucer, ornamental dish, and six plates.
|
undated |
| 3 | Temperance medals 4 items
|
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1-3 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 2/4-9 | Clippings |
1874-1916 |
Personal papers, approximately 1884-1960Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/10 | Incoming letters from dealers |
1937-1959 |
| 2/11 | Incoming letters - miscellaneous |
1955-1960 |
Speeches and writings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/12 | "The Beginning of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Western Washington" |
undated |
| 2/13 | Untitled |
undated |
Research files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/14 | Biographies |
undated |
| 2/15 | Biographies, Hill and others |
undated |
| 2/16 | Blue Ribbon League, Olympia |
1879 |
| 3/1 | Cedar River |
undated |
| 3/2 | Cotterill, George |
undated |
| 3/3 | Early temperance history |
undated |
| 3/4 | Gay Nineties |
undated |
| 3/5 | How the West Was Won |
undated |
| 3/6 | Lee, Jason and Rose |
undated |
| 3/7 | Loyal Temperance Legion |
undated |
| 3/8 | Minutes of Western Washington Women's Christian
Temperance Union |
1884-1893 |
| 3/9 | Pioneer schools |
undated |
| 3/10 | Powell, L. J. |
undated |
| 3/11 | Railroad - Tacoma |
undated |
| 3/12 | Social studies |
undated |
| 3/13 | Temperance in early Lima, Ohio |
undated |
| 3/14 | Willard, Frances |
undated |
| 3/15 | Women's work - anti-slavery, temperance,
sufferage |
undated |
| 3/16 | World's Temperance Center Congress, Durkee |
undated |
| 3/17 | World's Temperance Congress:
Temperance in All
Nations
|
1893 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Research notes |
undated |
| 4/2-3 | Notebooks |
undated |
| 4/4-7 | George Cotterill and temperance |
undated |
| 4/8-9 | Temperance ephemera |
undated |
| 4/10-11 | Publications |
1951, 1958, undated |
| 4/12 | Bibliographies |
undated |
| 4/13 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 4/14 | Miscellany |
undated |
| 5/1-4 | Clippings |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 6 | Notecards
Originally organized with rubber bands dividing the cards into
groups. The bands have been removed, and the original divisions marked with
blue paper.
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Temperance--United States--Societies, etc
- Temperance--West (U.S.)
- Women civic leaders--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Archives
- Women--Suffrage--United States
- Women--Suffrage--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Cotterill, George F. (George Fletcher), 1865-
- Gearhart, Lucy--Archives
Corporate Names
- International Order of Good Templars
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Western Washington
