Emily Newell Blair papers, series II, 1896-1951.

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Emily Newell Blair papers, series II, 1896-1951.

Consists of family correspondence. It includes letters (1896-1900) from Harry Wallace Blair, Jasper County (Missouri) court stenographer, to Emily Newell prior to their marriage in 1900, while she was a school teacher in Sarcoxie, Missouri. The collection also includes letters (1933, 1937-1940) from Emily and Harry Blair to their daughter Harriet Blair Forsythe, of Evanston and Kenilworth, Illinois.

.4 linear ft.

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Blair, Harry W.

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Blair family.

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Malin, Patrick Murphy, 1903-1964

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Blair, Emily Newell, 1877-

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Emily Newell Blair was a suffragist, feminist, Democratic Party official, mother and writer. During World War I she worked in the press department of the Missouri Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, eventually becoming vice chair. Representing Missouri on the Democratic National Committee, Blair was chosen national vice chair responsible for organizing women voters and women's activities, and eventually rose to first vice president, organized 2,000 plus Democratic women's clubs...

Forsythe, Harriet Blair.

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