Ames Family Papers, 1812-2004.

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Ames Family Papers, 1812-2004.

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Genealogical and biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, artwork, writings, photographs, and printed materials. The bulk of the collection pertains to suffragist and early birth control advocate, Blanche Ames Ames, and to her father, Adelbert Ames, Civil War general and Provisional Governor of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era; the papers of their daughter, Pauline Ames Plimpton, are also considerable in volume. Blanche Ames Ames' papers include materials about the early birth control movement, especially the Massachusetts Birth Control League, the New England Hospital for Women and Children, Smith College, plus artwork, a small amount of material about the suffrage movement (notably political cartoons by Ames and others), and writings, which include drafts, and other materials pertaining to her book, Adelbert Ames, 1835-1933. Papers of Oakes Ames, Benjamin Butler, Sarah Hildreth Butler, Blanche Ames Ames's children and her grandchildren are also included in the collection.

60.5 linear ft. (148 boxes; oversize materials)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555096

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Ames, Blanche Ames, 1878-1969

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Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was an American artist, political activist, inventor, writer, and prominent supporter of women's suffrage and birth control. Born Blanche Ames in Lowell, Massachusetts, Ames was the daughter of Adelbert Ames, a West Point graduate who became a Civil War General and Mississippi Governor, and Blanche Butler Ames, who attended the Academy of the Visitation and enjoyed painting and the arts. The fourth of six children, she was the sister of Ad...

Ames (Family : Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950, and Ames, Blanche Ames, 1878-1969)

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Members of the Plimpton and Ames families, ca. 1935 The Ames Family Papers span six generations and include two separate families with the surname "Ames," which came together in 1900 with the marriage of Blanche Ames and Oakes Ames. The Butler family is also represented to some extent, notably by Civil War general Benjamin Franklin Butler and his wife, Sarah Hildreth Butler. The following biographical sketches pertain to some, but not all, of the individuals whose pap...

Ames, Blanche Butler, 1847-1939

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Blanche Butler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the second child and only daughter of Sarah Jones (née Hildreth) and Benjamin Franklin Butler, who would also serve as a general in the Civil War. She attended school in Lowell until she was sent to the Academy of the Visitation in Washington, D.C. at age 13, where she described the sectional tension between northern and southern students on the eve of the Civil War. Blanche met Adelbert Ames, who had served under her father in the Army of t...

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

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Adelbert Ames was born in 1835 in the town of Rockland (then known as East Thomaston), located in Knox County, Maine. He was the younger of two sons of Jesse Ames, a sea captain who would later purchase what became the Ames Mill (renowned as the producers of Malt-O-Meal) in Northfield, Minnesota, and Martha Bradbury Ames. Adelbert Ames also grew up to be a sailor and became a mate on a clipper ship, and he also served briefly as a merchant seaman on his father's ship. On July 1, 1856, he ente...

Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1901-

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Plimpton, Francis T. P. (Francis Taylor Pearsons), 1900-1983

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Lawyer. A.B. Amherst m.c.l. 1922, L.H.D. (hon.) 1973; J.D. Harv. Law School 1925. In law practice with firm Root, Clark, Buckner and Ballantine, New York City, 1925-1932. General Solicitor, RFC, Wash., D.C., 1932-1933. Partner in N.Y. law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton, 1933-1961, 1965-1983. Served with United Nations, 1961-1965. First vice-president and member of administrative tribunal, United Nations, 1966-1980. Author of magazine articles; contributor to As We Knew Adlai (1965). ...

New England Hospital for Women and Children

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Founded by women in 1862 as the New England Hospital for Women and Children, until the 1950s the Hospital was staffed exclusively by women. In 1951 the name was changed to New England Hospital since men were also being admitted as patients. In 1969 the Hospital's name was changed to Dimock Community Health Center. From the description of Records, 1914-1954 (inclusive), 1950-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006762 The New England Hospital, formerly th...

Plimpton, George.

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Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950

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Born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874, Oakes Ames was the son of Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1898, followed by a master's degree in 1900. Ames had a lengthy and distinguished career as a botanist, including serving as supervisor of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927-1937 and as the Arboretum's second director from 1937 to 1945. He was also a professor of botany at Harvard University. Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 30,...

Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Plimpton family.

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Butler, Sarah Hildreth, 1816-1876

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Butler family.

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