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Rose Gartner Payson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Payson

Scope and Content of the Collection

Scrapbook, loose pamphlets, and a pin owned by Rose Gartner (Mrs. George W.) Payson. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings of Payson's activities in Chicago clubs, a couple of photographs, and a couple of letters. Pasted in the back of the scrapbook is Payson's wedding announcement. Pamphlets on suffrage and voting relate to passing women's suffrage in Illinois, and to its aftermath. There is a program from a conference of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and a program from the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, both from 1931. The pin is her local chairman pin and ribbon from the 8th annual National Convention of the League of Women Voters in 1928. Attached to that pin is a second ribbon for the second annual Women's World Fair, held in Chicago in 1926.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1938

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Rose Gartner Payson Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Rose Gartner Payson Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Biography of Rose Gartner Payson

Illinois suffragist, active in various women's and charitable clubs.

Rose Gartner was born August 12, 1876, in Dallas, Texas. She married Mr. George W. Payson on June 16, 1898, in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was around that time that the Paysons must have moved to Chicago, as the inside front cover of Payson's scrapbook indicates Rose Payson joined Chicago's Auburn Park Thirty Club in 1898. Among the other clubs listed in which she was active are Woodlawn League of Women Voters (1910); South Shore League of Women Voters (1928); Woodlawn Women's Club (1916), Red Cross Club (1910s), and Woodlawn Mothers Round Table (1937). Clippings indicate she was active also with the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs. She was honored for her service with a medal as a pioneer member of the Woodlawn Women's Club, for helping to sell liberty bonds and war savings stamps during the first World War. Payson died on July 17, 1946 and is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Abstract

Scrapbook, loose pamphlets, and a pin owned by Rose Gartner (Mrs. George W.) Payson (1876-1946). Payson was active in several Chicago women's clubs, including being the treasurer of the Associated Clubs of Woodlawn and chairman of the public welfare department of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1910s. Women's suffrage and temperance were two of her causes, and the pin is her local chairman pin and ribbon from the 8th annual National Convention of the League of Women Voters in 1928. Attached to that pin is a second ribbon for the second annual Women's World Fair, held in Chicago in 1926.

Arrangement

Papers arranged alphabetically by type of material.

Collection Stack Location

1 27 2

Provenance

Separated from the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago Records, Newberry Library, Chicago.

Processed by

Alison Hinderliter, 2019.

Title
Inventory of the Rose Gartner Payson Papers, 1896-1938
Status
Completed
Author
Alison Hinderliter
Date
©2019.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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