Wittenmyer, Annie papers, 1861-1901.

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Wittenmyer, Annie papers, 1861-1901.

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Papers, mainly Civil War correspondence, of Keokuk woman who worked to coordinate local and national relief efforts of women during the Civil War. Correspondence concerns the distribution of relief stores, hospital conditions, and the operation of Diet Kitchens in military hospitals. Also many letters from volunteer nurses and kitchen workers seeking employment. Frequent correspondents include Enoch J. Mathis, Wittenmyer's assistant; Mary E. Shelton and Mrs. W.H. Cole, relief workers; and N.K. Brainard, military secretary to Iowa governor Samuel J. Kirkwood. Other correspondents of note include Samuel J. Kirkwood, Amelia Bloomer, Adjutant General N.B. Baker, William Boyd Allison, and General Marcellus M. Crocker. Miscellaneous materials relate to Wittenmyer's later work with Women's Relief Corps.

2.8 linear ft. (8 archives boxes.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7591101

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Mathis, Enoch J.

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Cole, W. H., Mrs.

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Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894

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Amelia Jenks Bloomer was an early suffragist, editor, and social activist. Bloomer was also a fashion advocate who worked to change women’s clothing styles. Bloomer was born in Homer, New York. With only a few years of formal education, she started working as a teacher, educating students in her community. In 1840, she married David Bloomer and moved to Seneca Falls, New York. Bloomer quickly became active in the Seneca Falls political and social community. She joined a church and volunteered...

Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908

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Iowa legislator; United States House of Representatives, 1863-1871; United States Senate, 1873-1908. From the description of Letter : Dubuque, Iowa, to W[illiam] W[orth] Belknap, Washington, D.C., 1873 Oct. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496685 U.S. Senator and Representative from Iowa. From the description of Papers of William B. Allison, 1862-1916. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148787411 William ...

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Brainard, N. K.

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Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan, 1813-1894

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Iowa governor, Iowa and U.S. Senator, abolitionist, lawyer. Samuel Kirkwood served as a Republican state senator (1856-1859), Iowa governor (1860-1864, 1876-1877), U.S. senator (1866-1867, 1877-1881), and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1881-1882, under President Garfield). He also served as president of the Iowa and Southwestern Railroad Company and the Iowa City National Bank. From the description of Papers, 1841-1894. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id...

Shelton, Mary E.

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Wittenmyer, Annie, 1827-1900

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Annie Turner Wittenmyer was born in Ohio in 1827. In 1850 she moved with her husband to Keokuk, Iowa, where she became an advocate for public education. Three of her brothers served in the Civil War and she was one of the first Iowans to organize civilian relief efforts for soldiers. With Mrs. J.B. Howell she organized the Keokuk Ladies Aid Society and began visting military camps and hospitals in April 1861. She coordinated Iowa efforts to provide food, clothes, and medical supplies to soldiers...

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Crocker, Marcellus Monroe, 1830-1865

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Crocker was born in Franklin, Indiana. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1847, but left at the end of his second year. He subsequently studied law and practiced in Des Moines, Iowa. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the army as the captain of the 2nd Iowa Infantry in May 1861. He was promoted to colonel of the 13th Iowa Infantry on December 30, 1861. Crocker fought with distinction in the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, where he assumed command of a brigade during ...