Curtis family.

The Curtis family of Boston, Mass., is represented in this collection by Greely Stevenson Curtis, civil war veteran, his wife Harriot Appleton Curtis and their five sons and five daughters. The papers of their daughters Frances, Isabella, Harriot, and Margaret are of particular interest. Frances Greely Curtis (1867-1957) was active in civic and international affairs, served on the board of Associated Charities of Boston, as secretary of the Boston Cooperative Building Company, on the State Board of Charities, and from 1912 to 1924 as a member of the Boston School Committee. In 1925 she was the first woman to run (unsuccessfully) for mayor of Boston. She was also interested in adult education and was a supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Foreign Policy Association, and the United Nations Association. Isabella Curtis (1873-1966) and Harriot Sumner Curtis (1881-1974) raised funds for African-American schools in the South and Harriot served as dean of women at Hampton Institute (1927-1931). Margaret Curtis (1883-1965) worked for the Family Welfare Association and organized relief for French refugees in France (1916-1919). She remained active in relief work with the American Red Cross in Eastern Europe and Greece, served on the International Migration Service, and ran the Boston office of the War Production Office during World War II.