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Nellie Mitchell Fick papers, approximately 1900-1953

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Fick, Nellie Mitchell
Title
Nellie Mitchell Fick papers
Dates
approximately 1900-1953 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.8 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection Number
0123 (Accession No. 0123-001)
Summary
Scrapbooks, correspondence and clippings of a Suffragette leader of Seattle, Washington
Repository
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

No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Suffragette leader of Seattle, Washington.

Born ca.1881 - died 1960. Organizer and first president of the Seattle Suffrage Club. Helped organize League of Women Voters in Seattle and was state president in 1920.

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Content Description

The Nellie Mitchell Fick papers document the political activism of Seattle, Washington women's suffrage movement organizer Nellie Mitchell Fick. Materials include correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, fliers, pamphlets, and programs that document Fick's role in the Seattle Suffrage Club and the Seattle and Washington chapters of the League of Women Voters. Also included is a collection of theater programs and playbills.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged according to the type of record.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Fick Estate, 9/14/1960

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Scrapbooks

    • Description: Scrapbook of theater programs and playbills
      Dates: approximately 1920-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1
    • Description: Scrapbook about Nellie Mitchell Fick's political career
      Dates: 1900-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 2
  • Correspondence

    • Description: American Red Cross
      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
    • Description: Boyle, Frank E.
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
    • Description: Johnson, Adelaide
      Dates: 1936-1937
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
    • Description: Landes, Bertha regarding Landes' re-election campaign for mayor
      Dates: approximately 1926-1928
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
    • Description: League of Women Voters
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
    • Description: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
      Dates: 1938-1944
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
    • Description: Whitehead, Reah M.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
    • Description: Personal correspondence
      Dates: approximately 1910-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
    • Description: National American Woman Suffrage Association
      Dates: 1913-1916
      Container: Box/Folder 3/20
  • Subject files

    • Description: Newspaper clippings about Nellie Mitchell Fick
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 1
    • Description: Newspaper clippings about the League of Women Voters
      Dates: 1920-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
    • Description: Newspaper clippings about the Mothers' Training School in Seattle, Washington
      Dates: 1913-1916
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
    • Description: Newspaper clippings about the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
      Dates: 1937-1943
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
    • Description: Newspaper clippings about women in military service during World War II
      Dates: 1942-1944
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
    • Description: Newspaper clippings about the women's suffrage movement and other topics
      Dates: approximately 1910-1945
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13-15
    • Description: Photograph of Nellie Mitchell Fick and other women's suffrage organizers at reunion event and family photograph
      Dates: 1930, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/16
    • Description: Issues of "The Women's Tribune" published in Washington DC and Portland, Oregon
      Dates: 1902, 1909
      Container: Box/Folder 3/17
    • Description: Fliers, programs, and pamphlets about the women's suffrage movement and various cultural events Fick attended
      Dates: 1937-1939
      Container: Box/Folder 3/18
    • Description: Fick's membership cards to various political and cultural groups
      Dates: 1930-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 3/19

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Subject Terms

  • Suffrage--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women--Suffrage--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Fick, Nellie Mitchell--Archives
  • Landes, Bertha Knight, 1868-1943

Corporate Names

  • National American Woman Suffrage Association
  • Seattle Suffrage Club

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Boyle, Frank E (creator)
    • Johnson, Adelaide (creator)
    • Whitehead, Reah M (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • American Red Cross (creator)
    • League of Women Voters (U.S.) (creator)
    • Seattle Symphony Orchestra (creator)

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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