urn:taro:houpub.00072 Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers: An Inventory of her Microfilmed Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
500 McKinney St. Julia Ideson Building, 2nd Floor Houston, Tx 77002 832-393-1665
Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., February 2003. Finding aid written in English. September 2006Updated to reflect transfer of collection to University of Houston and receipt of microfilm by Amber Seely. December 3, 2004 Additional editing performed by Andrew Hempe. November 19, 2004 Proofread by Andrew Hempe June 2004 Edited with XMetaL 3 by Susan Lindberg, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Cunningham, Minnie Fisher Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers 1914-1944 1914-1920Materials are in English. Mss 0074 9 rolls of microfilm Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Biographical Note

In 1915 Minnie Fisher Cunningham, an active clubwoman and popular speaker, became President of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association. It was a major step in the lifetime of reform movements and political involvement at both state and national levels that included participation in the organization of the League of Women Voters, management of the Women's National Democratic Club, and a candidacy for governor of Texas in 1944.

 Scope and Contents

The Cunningham Papers contain extensive correspondence and records of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association from efforts to amend the state constitution to the campaign for ratification of the 19th amendment and all the local and county crusades in between. The collection is invaluable to the study of the women's movement in Texas from 1915 to 1920. T.E.S.A. and Mrs. Cunningham also initiated such projects in support of World War I as Liberty Loan drives and food conservation and they vigorously contributed time and money to state wide anti-vice efforts. The papers include a chronicle of these projects as well as materials related to the promotion of several political candidates. The impeachment of Jim Ferguson and the subsequent election of William P. Hobby to the governorship in 1918 were due in part to the work of Mrs. Cunningham and the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.

 Arrangement

In an effort to provide the most useful organization for the researcher, arrangement is primarily topical and may include several types of materials within a grouping. The papers begin with national, then state, suffrage correspondence and materials and these make up the major portion of the collection. Under the heading of Texas Equal Suffrage Association there is general and city correspondence, correspondence by county, correspondence with speakers and organizers, correspondence concerning specific state and federal amendment efforts, and correspondence with T.E.S.A. officers. Political, anti-vice, war programs and several miscellaneous subjects follow. The researcher is advised that although a division by topics seemed the most manageable approach, much overlapping of campaigns and purposes requires careful consideration of the container list and perhaps a search of more than one subject area. Political materials, for example, are often closely associated with suffrage efforts.

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Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

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Completed by Pam Barron May 31, 1978.

 Index Terms Subjects Brewers--Texas Democratic National Convention (1920: San Francisco) Elections--Texas Prison reformers--Texas Prohibition--Texas Prostitution--Texas Suffragists--Texas--Houston United States--Constitution--19th Amendment Vice control--Texas Women Labor Union Members--Texas Women--Suffrage--Texas World War, 1914-1918--War work--Texas Organizations Democratic Party (Tex.) Houston Equal Suffrage Association National American Woman Suffrage Association Texas Social Hygiene Association Texas Woman Suffrage Association National Council of Defense Anti-Saloon League of Texas Texas Women's Democratic League Women's Christian Temperance Union (Tex.) Other Names Ames, Jessie Daniel Beveridge,Edna Blanton, Annie Webb Blanton, Thomas Brackenridge, Eleanor Briggs, Clay Stone Cade, Anna B. Catt, Carrie Chapman Cunningham, Minnie Fisher Curtis, Nannie Webb Eagle, Joe H., 1870-1963 Elkins, J. A. Engle, Lavinia Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 Green, Rena Maverick Hobby, William P. Hogg, Will McCallum, Jane Y. McLemore, Jeff Metcalfe, C. B. Neff, Pat Pennybacker, Anna J. Potter, Elizabeth Herndon Reppert, Vernice W. Sells, Cato Sheppard, Morris Speer, Elizabeth Speer, Ocie Thomasen, R. E. Ward, Hortense Microfilm

The Cunningham collection was microfilmed as part of a cooperative effort between the Houston Metropolitan Research Center and the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives. As part of the project, the University of Houston produced these microfilm copies for use by HMRC patrons. The original documents in this collection are available through the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives.

Roll 1: Folders 1-31

Roll 2: Folders 32-65

Roll 3: Folders 66-110

Roll 4: Folders 111-148

Roll 5: Folders 149-198

Roll 6: Folders 199-247

Roll 7: Folders 248-293

Roll 8: Folders 294-337

Roll 9: Folders 338-359

 Detailed Description 1 1 National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), general correspondence: 1915-1916. 1 2 National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1917. 1 3 National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1918. 1 4 National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1919. 1 5 National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1915-1916. 1 6 National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1917. 1 7 National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1918-1919. 1 8 National American Woman Suffrage Association: correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt, 1916-1917. 1 9 National American Woman Suffrage Association: correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt, 1918-1919. 1 10 Leslie Woman Suffrage Comission: correspondence, 1917. 1 11 Leslie Woman Suffrage Comission: correspondence, 1918-1919. 1 12 The Woman Citizen: correspondence relating to subscriptions and information for publication, 1917-1919. 1 13 National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company: general correspondence, 1916-1919. 2 14 National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1916. 2 15 National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1917. 2 16 National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1918. 2 17 National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1919. 2 18 National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases, undated. 3 19 National American Woman Suffrage Association: constitution; suffrage publications; outlines. 3 20 National American Woman Suffrage Association: suffrage campaign material. 3 21 National American Woman Suffrage Association: convention programs, reports, songs, ballot, 1915-1917. 3 22 National American Woman Suffrage Association: convention programs, reports, addresses, 1918-1920. 3 23 National suffrage organizations: Literature, Men's League for Woman Suffrage; miscellaneous printed materials. 3 24 Printed speeches on woman suffrage. 3 25 Photographs: Mrs. B. Burke and Miss R. Richardson 3 26 Suffrage clippings: national 3 27 Suffrage clippings: Congressional consideration of federal amendment. 3 28 Record of Congressional voting: federal amendment, Jan. 10, 1918; Presidential suffrage friends and enemies. 3 29 State Suffrage Associations: Alabama, Arkansas, California - correspondence. 3 30 State Suffrage Associations: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana - Correspondence. 3 31 State Suffrage Associations: Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri - correspondence, press releases. 3 32 State Suffrage Associations: New York, Oklahoma - correspondence, press releases. 3 33 State Suffrage Associations: South Dakota, Virginia, West Virgina, Wisconsin - correspondence. 3 34 Suffrage clippings: state. 4 35 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "A". 4 36 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "B". 4 37 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Eleanor Brackenridge, 1917-1920. 4 38 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "C". 4 39 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Anna B. Cade, 1916-1919. 4 40 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Belle C. Crichett, El Paso, 1917-1919. 4 41 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, 1917-1919, "D". 4 42 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Mrs. John Davis, correspondence concerning finances of organization, 1917-1919. 4 43 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "E". 4 44 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "F". 4 45 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917-1919, "G". 4 46 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Lena Gardner, Ft. Worth, correspondence, 1917-1918. 4 47 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Rena Maverick Green, San Antonio, correspondence, 1917-1918. 4 48 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Wilhelmina M. Guirard, Houston, correspondence, 1917. 4 49 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917-1918, "H". 4 50 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Francis E. Heafer, Amarillo; Kate Hunter, Palestine, correspondence, 1917-1918. 5 51 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917, "J". 5 52 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "K". 5 53 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "L". 5 54 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "M". 5 55 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "Mc". 5 56 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Jane McCallum, Austin; Elizabeth Maury, San Antonio, correspondence, 1917-1918. 5 57 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "N". 5 58 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1916-1918, "P". 5 59 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Elizabeth Herndon Potter, correspondence concerning federal amendment and personal to MFC, 1917. 5 60 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Elizabeth Herndon Potter, correspondence concerning federal amendment and personal to MFC, 1918-1919. 5 61 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "Q". 5 62 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "R". 5 63 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "S". 5 64 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1918, "S". 5 65 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "T". 5 66 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "U-V". 5 67 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1916-1919, "W". 5 68 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Writer's Bureau, correspondence, 1915. 5 69 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "Y-Z". 6 70 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Austin Association, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 71 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Dallas Association, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 72 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: El Paso Association, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 73 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Houston Association, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 74 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Huntsville and Laredo Associations, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 75 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: San Marcos and Waco Associations, correspondence, 1917-1918. 6 76 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence, Anderson County, 1918-1919. 6 77 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Angelina County, 1918-1919 Aransas County, 1918-1919 Archer County, 1918-1919 6 78 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Armstrong County, 1918-1919 Atascosa County, 1918-1919 Austin County, 1918-1919 Bailey County, 1918-1919 6 79 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Bandera County, 1918-1919 Bastrop County, 1918-1919 6 80 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Baylor County, 1918-1919 Bee County, 1918-1919 Bell County, 1918-1919 6 81 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Bexar County, 1918-1919 Blanco County, 1918-1919 Borden County, 1918-1919 6 82 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Bosque County, 1918-1919 Bowie County, 1918-1919 Brazoria County, 1918-1919 6 83 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Brazos County, 1918-1919 Brewster County, 1918-1919 Briscoe County, 1918-1919 6 84 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Brooks County, 1918-1919 Brown County, 1918-1919 Burnet County, 1918-1919 Caldwell County, 1918-1919 Calhoun County, 1918-1919 6 85 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Callahan County, 1918-1919 Cameron County, 1918-1919 Cass County, 1918-1919 6 86 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Castro County, 1918-1919 Chambers County, 1918-1919 Cherokee County, 1918-1919 Childress County, 1918-1919 Clay County, 1918-1919 Cochran County, 1918-1919 Coke County, 1918-1919 6 87 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Coleman County, 1918-1919 Collin County, 1918-1919 Collingsworth County, 1918-1919 Colorado County, 1918-1919 Comal County, 1918-1919 Comanche County, 1918-1919 6 88 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Concho County, 1918-1919 Cooke County, 1918-1919 Coryell County, 1918-1919 6 89 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Cottle County, 1918-1919 Crockett County, 1918-1919 Crosby County, 1918-1919 Culberson County, 1918-1919 7 90 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Dallam County, 1918-1919 Dallas County, 1918-1919 Dawson County, 1918-1919 Deaf Smith County, 1918-1919 Delta County, 1918-1919 De Witt County, 1918-1919 Dimmit County, 1918-1919 Donley County, 1918-1919 7 91 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Duval County, 1918-1919 Eastland County, 1918-1919 Ector County, 1918-1919 Edwards County, 1918-1919 Ellis County, 1918-1919 7 92 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence El Paso County, 1918-1919 Erath County, 1918-1919 7 93 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Falls County, 1918-1919 Fannin County, 1918-1919 Fayette County, 1918-1919 Fisher County, 1918-1919 Floyd County, 1918-1919 Fort Bend County, 1918-1919 Franklin County, 1918-1919 7 94 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Freestone County, 1918-1919 Frio County, 1918-1919 Gaines County, 1918-1919 Galveston County, 1918-1919 7 95 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Garza County, 1918-1919 Gillespie County, 1918-1919 Glasscock County, 1918-1919 Goliad County, 1918-1919 Gonzales County, 1918-1919 Gray County, 1918-1919 Grayson County, 1918-1919 Gregg County, 1918-1919 7 96 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Grimes County, 1918-1919 Guadalupe County, 1918-1919 Hale County, 1918-1919 Hall County, 1918-1919 Hamilton County, 1918-1919 Hansford County, 1918-1919 Hardeman County, 1918-1919 Hardin County, 1918-1919 7 97 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Harris County, 1918-1919 Harrison County, 1918-1919 Hartley County, 1918-1919 Haskell County, 1918-1919 Hays County, 1918-1919 7 98 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Hemphill County, 1918-1919 Henderson County, 1918-1919 Hidalgo County, 1918-1919 Hill County, 1918-1919 7 99 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Hockley County, 1918-1919 Hood County, 1918-1919 Hopkins County, 1918-1919 Houston County, 1918-1919 Howard County, 1918-1919 7 100 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Hunt County, 1918-1919 Jack County, 1918-1919 Jackson County, 1918-1919 Jasper County, 1918-1919 Jeff Davis County, 1918-1919 Jefferson County, 1918-1919 Jim Hogg County, 1918-1919 Jim Wells County, 1918-1919 7 101 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Johnson County, 1918-1919 Jones County, 1918-1919 Karnes County, 1918-1919 Kaufman County, 1918-1919 7 102 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Kendall County, 1918-1919 Kerr County, 1918-1919 Kimble County, 1918-1919 Kleberg County, 1918-1919 Knox County, 1918-1919 Lamar County, 1918-1919 7 103 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Lamb County, 1918-1919 Lampasas County, 1918-1919 La Salle County, 1918-1919 Lavaca County, 1918-1919 Lee County, 1918-1919 Leon County, 1918-1919 7 104 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Limestone County, 1918-1919 Lipscomb County, 1918-1919 Llano County, 1918-1919 Loving County, 1918-1919 Lubbock County, 1918-1919 8 105 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Lynn County, 1918-1919 McCulloch County, 1918-1919 McLennan County, 1918-1919 Madison County, 1918-1919 Marion County, 1918-1919 Martin County, 1918-1919 8 106 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Mason County, 1918-1919 Matagorda County, 1918-1919 Maverick County, 1918-1919 Medina County, 1918-1919 8 107 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Menard County, 1918-1919 Milam County, 1918-1919 Mills County, 1918-1919 Mitchell County, 1918-1919 Montague County, 1918-1919 Montgomery County, 1918-1919 Moore County, 1918-1919 8 108 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Motley County, 1918-1919 Nacogdoches County, 1918-1919 Navarro County, 1918-1919 Newton County, 1918-1919 Nolan County, 1918-1919 Nueces County, 1918-1919 Ochiltree County, 1918-1919 8 109 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Oldham County, 1918-1919 Orange County, 1918-1919 Palo Pinto County, 1918-1919 Panola County, 1918-1919 8 110 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Presidio County, 1918-1919 Rains County, 1918-1919 Randall County, 1918-1919 Real County, 1918-1919 Red River County, 1918-1919 Reeves County, 1918-1919 Refugio County, 1918-1919 8 111 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Roberts County, 1918-1919 Robertson County, 1918-1919 Runnels County, 1918-1919 Rusk County, 1918-1919 8 112 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Sabine County, 1918-1919 San Augustine County, 1918-1919 San Patricio County, 1918-1919 San Saba County, 1918-1919 San Jacinto County, 1918-1919 Schleicher County, 1918-1919 8 113 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Scurry County, 1918-1919 Shackelford County, 1918-1919 Shelby County, 1918-1919 Sherman County, 1918-1919 8 114 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Smith County, 1918-1919 Somervell County, 1918-1919 Starr County, 1918-1919 Stephens County, 1918-1919 Stonewall County, 1918-1919 8 115 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Sutton County, 1918-1919 Swisher County, 1918-1919 Tarrant County, 1918-1919 Taylor County, 1918-1919 Terrell County, 1918-1919 Terry County, 1918-1919 8 116 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Throckmorton County, 1918-1919 Titus County, 1918-1919 Tom Green County, 1918-1919 Travis County, 1918-1919 8 117 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Tyler County, 1918-1919 Trinity County, 1918-1919 Upshur County, 1918-1919 Upton County, 1918-1919 Uvalde County, 1918-1919 Val Verde County, 1918-1919 Van Zandt County, 1918-1919 8 118 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Victoria County, 1918-1919 Walker County, 1918-1919 Waller County, 1918-1919 Ward County, 1918-1919 8 119 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Washington County, 1918-1919 Webb County, 1918-1919 8 120 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Wharton County, 1918-1919 Wheeler County, 1918-1919 Wichita County, 1918-1919 Wilbarger County, 1918-1919 8 121 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence Williamson County, 1918-1919 Wilson County, 1918-1919 Winkler County, 1918-1919 Wise County, 1918-1919 Wood County, 1918-1919 Yoakum County, 1918-1919 Zavalla County, 1918-1919 9 122 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - Outline for County Campaign; Lists of County Chairmen; Suffrage Associations by Counties; Record of County Population; Map. 9 123 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County Chairmen, Texas Democrat; List of addresses; Status of County Chairmen; Mailing list; Senatorial District List. 9 124 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational Materials - Lists of state newspapers; Lists of Men Supporting Suffrage; List of Texas Women interested in "Forward Movements"; Misc. lists. 9 125 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - City lists of Men opposed to Suffrage amendment. 9 126 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Armstrong-Floyd. 9 127 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Hale-Lubbock. 9 128 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Martin-Pecos. 9 129 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men opposed to state suffrage amendment, Patten-Wheeler. 9 130 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - Lists regarding distribution of literature. 9 131 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - State Advisory Committee; Texas Senatorial Districts; Senatorial District Chairmen; Mailing list, Ratification committee; Mailing list, City presidents. 9 132 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Legislative Report, 1918; List of Board Members; Constitution. 9 133 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Lists of Suffrage literature; Misc. lists. 9 134 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, primarily concerning county suffrage efforts. 9 135 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, primarily concerning local suffrage efforts. 10 136 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Marie B. Ames, 1919. 10 137 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Edna H. Beveridge, 1919. 10 138 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Frances E. Brewer, 1919. 10 139 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Lavinia Engle, ca. 1917-1918. 10 140 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Augusta Hughston, 1919. 10 141 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Mona S. McMahon, Alma Sasse, 1919. 10 142 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Lala Trax, Gertrude Watkins, 1919. 10 143 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, A-B, 1919; Reports, April 7-May 23, 1919. 10 144 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, C, 1919. 10 145 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, D-G, 1919. 10 146 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, H-K, 1919. 10 147 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, L-M, 1919. 10 148 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, N-P, 1919. 10 149 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, R-T, 1919. 10 150 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, W, 1919. 11 151 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence with legislators, 1919. 11 152 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, form letters, 1919. 11 153 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence and lecture information, 1917-1918. 11 154 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Ames, Beveridge, Brewer, 1919. 11 155 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Cunningham, Hughston, 1919. 11 156 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Sasse, Tips, Trax, others, 1919. 11 157 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, clippings. 11 158 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, list of county chairmen. 11 159 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Headquarters Expenditures, 1918-1919. 11 160 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Financial Statements, 1918-1919. 11 161 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, newspapers, The Dallas News, Galveston News , Houston Chronicle, Houston Post, 1917-1919. 11 162 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, newspapers, relating to distribution of suffrage supplement, 1919. 11 163 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence and records, newspapers, relating to distribution of Texas Democrat, 1919. 11 164 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Newspaper records by county; correspondence, Texas Press Clippings Bureau. 11 165 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Galveston News. 11 166 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Houston Chronicle. 11 167 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Houston Post. 12 168 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1915-1916. 12 169 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1917. 12 170 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1918. 12 171 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1919. 12 172 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, undated. 12 173 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, December 1917, general correspondence, circular letters. 12 174 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, 1918, general correspondence, circular letters. 12 175 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, January 1918, telegrams. 12 176 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, miscellaneous correspondence, 1919.

(for correspondence with E. H. Potter concerning federal amendment efforts see Folders 59-60)

 12 177 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, correspondence, May 1919. 12 178 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment, ratification, correspondence, June 1919. 12 179 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence relating to Texas constitutional amendment referendum, May 1919. 12 180 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence relating to legislative efforts to amend election laws, June 1919. 12 181 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Miscellaneous materials relating to campaigns for federal and state suffrage amendments. 12 182 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Information concerning congressional districts and Texas congressmen. 12 183 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings concerning federal and State Suffrage amendments, 1917-1919. 13 184 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, general correspondence, 1918. 13 185 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, materials. 13 186 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, correspondence relating to the injunction to prevent Texas women from voting, 1918. 13 187 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, clippings relating to threatened injunction and to voter registration, 1918. 13 188 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Vernice W. Reppert, 1917-1918. 13 189 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Vernice W. Reppert, 1918-1919. 13 190 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Anna J. Pennybacker, 1917-1918. 13 191 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Jesse Daniel Ames, 1918. 13 192 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, pamphet; contract, Donna Roberts, 1917-1918. 13 193 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Hortense Ward, 1917-1918. 13 194 Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Clippings and photographs, Hortense Ward. 13 195 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence and materials relating to Mississippi Valley Conference, 1917and 1918; Correspondence relating to Chautaugua, 1918. 13 196 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, materials relating to state conferences, May 1915, May 1916, May 1917, May 1918, October 1919. 13 197 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Report, Sept. 1, 1916 - November 1, 1917; Outline of the History of Woman Suffrage in Texas. 13 198 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Suffrage lists. 13 199 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Suffrage resolutions. 13 200 Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Miscellaneous materials, notes, unidentified correspondence. 14 201 Political correspondence: Jess Baker; Carlos Bee, 1916-1918. 14 202 Political correspondence: Eugene Black, Thomas Blanton, 1916-1919. 14 203 Political correspondence: W. J. Bryan; J. P. Buchanan, 1917-1919. 14 204 Political correspondence: B, 1916-1919. 14 205 Political correspondence: M. M. Crane; Tom Conally; C. A. Culberson, 1917-1919. 14 206 Political correspondence: Henry Clark; C; D; 1917-1919. 14 207 Political correspondence: Joe Eagle; 1917-1919. 14 208 Political correspondence: J. A. Elkins, 1918-1919. 14 209 Political correspondence: F; G, 1917-1919. 14 210 Political correspondence: W. L. Hill; W. C. Hogg; H, 1917-1919. 14 211 Political correspondence: Marvin Jones; Thomas King, 1917-1919. 14 212 Political correspondence: L, 1917-1918. 14 213 Political correspondence: C. B. Metcalfe; J. C. McNealus, 1917-1919. 14 214 Political correspondence: Jeff McLemore; M; P, 1917-1919. 14 215 Political correspondence: Morris Sheppard, 1917-1919. 14 216 Political correspondence: Ocie Speer; Hatton V. Summer, 1917-1919. 14 217 Political correspondence: S, 1917-1919. 14 218 Political correspondence: T; U, 1917-1919. 14 219 Political correspondence: W, 1917-1919. 14 220 Political correspondence: Y, 1917-1919. 15 221 Political correspondence: Legislative replies to Jane McCallum's request for support for suffrage, December 1918. 15 222 Political contests: Childers - Chambliss, correspondence and campaign materials, October - November, 1918. 15 223 Political contests: Clay Stone Briggs - W. L. Hill, correspondence, campaign materials, July 1918. 15 224 Political contests: Glasscock - Parr, correspondence, campaign materials, October 1918. 15 225 Political contests: Annie Webb Blanton, correspondence with Miss Blanton, 1917-1918. 15 226 Political contests: Annie Webb Blanton, correspondence, reports, materials relating to campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1918. 15 227 Political contests: James Ferguson, correspondence and materials relating to, 1917-1918. 15 228 Political contests: James Ferguson, clippings. 15 229 Political contests: William P. Hobby, campaign correspondence, April - August, 1918. 15 230 William P. Hobby: General correspondence, 1914-1919. 15 231 Political contests: William P. Hobby, Galveston campaign materials, minutes of campaign committee meetings. 15 232 Political contests: William P. Hobby, campaign petitions. 15 233 Political contests: William P. Hobby, miscellaneous campaign material, lists of Ferguson supporters. 15 234 Political contests: William P. Hobby, publicity materials. 15 235 Political contests: William P. Hobby, clippings, 1918. 16 236 Political contests: Correspondence, various candidates, 1918. 16 237 Political contests: Reports on candidates, 1918. 16 238 Political contests: Publicity materials, various candidates, 1918. 16 239 Political contests: Clippings, various candidates, 1918. 16 240 Political lists: Texas legislators - voting records, etc. 16 241 Political lists: County chairmen - various campaigns. 16 242 Political lists: Congressional Districts. 16 243 Political lists: Congressional Districts. 16 244 Political lists: U.S. Congressional suffrage vote, 1917; miscellaneous lists. 16 245 Miscellaneous political materials: Suffrage endorsements; campaign instructions; Legislative bills; Resolutions. 16 246 Suffrage handouts and literature. 16 247 Miscellaneous suffrage materials. 16 248 Suffrage poems and songs. 16 249 Miscellaneous suffrage correspondence. 17 250 Anti-vice: Correspondence, outlines and reports - Brownsville and Texas border, Dallas, 1917. 17 251 Anti-vice: Correspondence, lists and reports - Ft. Worth, Galveston, 1917. 17 252 Anti-vice: Correspondence, reports - Houston, San Antonio, 1917. 17 253 Anti-vice: Correspondence, lists of prostitutes and panderers, reports - Waco, other towns, 1917. 17 254 Anti-vice: General correspondence, A-C, 1917. 17 255 Anti-vice: General correspondence, D-G, 1917. 17 256 Anti-vice: General correspondence, H-L, 1917. 17 257 Anti-vice: General correspondence, M-P, 1917. 17 258 Anti-vice: General correspondence, R-T, 1917. 17 259 Anti-vice: General correspondence, Elizabeth Speer, 1917-1918. 17 260 Anti-vice: General correspondence, War Department, 1916-1918. 17 261 Anti-vice: General correspondence, V-Z and anonymous letters, 1917. 17 262 Anti-vice: General correspondence, Mary D. Woodson, 1917-1918. 17 263 Anti-vice: General correspondence, Chicago Law and Order League; Council of Jewish Women, 1917. 17 264 Anti-vice: General correspondence, Texas Social Hygiene Association, 1917-1918. 17 265 Anti-vice: Constitution, reports, outlines - Texas Social Hygiene Association. 17 266 Anti-vice: General correspondence, Texas Congress of Mothers, 1917. 18 267 Anti-vice: Circular letters. 18 268 Anti-vice: Financial statements. 18 269 Anti-vice: Lists. 18 270 Anti-vice: Reports, resolutions, outlines, minutes. 18 271 Anti-vice: Laws 18 272 Anti-vice: Photographs - saloons, San Antonio inspection house. 18 273 Anti-vice: Pamphlets, literature. 18 274 Anti-vice: Pamphlets, literature. 18 275 Anti-vice: Clippings. 18 276 Anti-vice: Clippings. 18 277 Anti-vice: Clippings. 18 278 Anti-vice: Miscellaneous materials. 19 279 WCTU - correspondence with Nannie W. Curtis, 1917-1918; Anti-Saloon League - correspondence. 19 280 Prohibition materials. 19 281 Prohibition clippings. 19 282 Child Welfare: General correspondence, 1918-1919. 19 283 Child Welfare: Circular letters - Council of National Defense and Dept. of Labor. 19 284 Child Welfare: Materials and literature. 19 285 Labor: General correspondence with Women's Trade Union League and other labor organizations, 1917-1919. 19 286 Labor: Press releases - National Women's Trade Union League. 19 287 Labor: Press releases - U.S. Dept. of Labor; National Federation of Federal Employees. 19 288 Miscellaneous correspondence: Prison reform; education; Texas Women Bankers Assn. 20 289 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1917. 20 290 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, circular letters, 1917. 20 291 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1918. 20 292 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, circular letters, 1918. 20 293 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, financial records. 20 294 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, organizational materials. 20 295 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1919, undated correspondence, miscellaneous notes. 20 296 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, literature. 20 297 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, state reports. 20 298 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, Texas report and index. 20 299 War Efforts: Liberty Loan, clippings. 20 300 War Efforts: National Surgical Dressings Committee, correspondence, 1917; War Work Council, 1918. 20 301 War Efforts: Food Conservation, general correspondence and correspondence with Mary E. Gearing, State Organizer, 1917-1918. 20 302 War Efforts: Food Conservation, organization outline and literature. 20 303 War Efforts: Thrift Committee, miscellaneous materials. 20 304 War Efforts: Conservation and Thrift, clippings. 21 305 War Efforts: Council of National Defense, correspondence and miscellaneous materials. 21 306 War Efforts: Council of National Defense, Newsletters, Women's Committee. 21 307 War Efforts: War Savings Committee, correspondence, 1917-1918. 21 308 War Efforts: War Saving Committee, materials. 21 309 War Efforts: Women's Overseas Hospital Unit, correspondence and other material. 21 310 War Efforts: Americanization materials. 21 311 War Efforts: Miscellaneous materials. 21 312 War Efforts: Clippings; copy of Reconnaissance. 21 313 Democratic Party: Woodrow Wilson, correspondence, 1918. 21 314 Democratic Party: Woodrow Wilson, clippings. 21 315 Democratic Party: Miscellaneous materials, 1916-1918. 21 316 Texas Woman's Democratic League, correspondence, 1918. 21 317 Democratic Party: Gubernatorial Candidates, 1920 - Correspondence, materials, concerning Pat Neff. 21 318 Democratic Party: Pat Neff, clippings. 22 319 Democratic Party: 1920 Gubernatorial Candidates - R. E. Thomason, correspondence with MFC, 1917-1920. 22 320 Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, 1920. 22 321 Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, 1920. 22 322 Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, concerning campaign organization, 1920. 22 323 Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, clippings and handouts. 22 324 Democratic National Convention, 1920, correspondence. 22 325 Democratic National Convention, 1920, campaign literature. 22 326 Democratic National Convention, 1920, campaign literature and speeches. 22 327 Miscellaneous correspondence: Women's organizations; Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. 22 328 Miscellaneous Materials: Women's organizations; Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. 22 329 Miscellaneous correspondence: University matters, 1917. 22 330 Clippings: University matters, 1917. 22 331 Miscellaneous correspondence: Cato Sells, 1919. 22 332 Miscellaneous correspondence: Anna Shaw Tribute; Good Roads Committee, other. 22 333 Miscellaneous correspondence: League of Women Voters. 22 334 Miscellaneous materials: League of Women Voters. 22 335 Miscellaneous correspondence: Cunningham. 23 336 Miscellaneous materials: Labor. 23 337 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - plays, speeches, etc. 23 338 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - issues of Woman Citizen, Maryland Suffrage News. 23 339 Miscellaneous materials: political - issues of Bob Schuler's Free Lance concerning Ferguson, Hobby or suffrage. 23 340 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns. 23 341 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns. 23 342 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns. 23 343 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns. 23 344 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - Legislative petitions, Galveston, Dallas counties. 23 345 Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - Legislative petitions, Bexar, Anderson counties. 23 346 Miscellaneous materials: American Red Cross, Block organization, League to Enforce Peace, Military Welfare Commission, etc. 24 347-353 Miscellaneours clippings. 25 354-358 Miscellaneous clippings. 25 359 Scrapbook: M. F. Cunningham's gubernatorial campaign, 1944.