Adelaide Staves Reeder papers
Scope and Contents
The F. Adelaide Staves Reeder Papers consist of a small quantity of general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, legislative materials, miscellany, a scrapbook of clippings kept by Reeder reflecting her activities, and a scrapbook of clippings kept by Reeder's brother-in-law P.W. Reeder on miscellaneous topics.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1902
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
F. Adelaide Staves was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the 1860s. She graduated in 1881 and became a teacher of elocution. In the early 1890s she moved to Dillon, Montana, where she taught public school and, in 1892, ran unsuccessfully for county superintendent of schools as a Democrat. She returned to Iowa for more formal training in education, and in 1896 received a bachelor's of philosophy and a normal school diploma from Cornell College in Iowa. Staves returned to Montana, settling in Helena, and taught at Montana Wesleyan University. She soon became dissatisfied with teaching and decided to study law. She read law and worked as stenographer for Helena attorney Ella Knowles Haskell from 1899 to 1900. Adelaide Staves became active in the women's suffrage movement during her stay in Helena and served as secretary of the local organization. She also was active in other political activities which encouraged women's participation in community affairs. In January 1902, she married Herman E. Reeder, also a Cedar Rapids native and a compositor for The Helena Independent.
Extent
0.5 linear feet
Abstract
Adelaide Reeder was a Helena, Montana, teacher and suffragist. This collection (1882-1902) consists of general correspondence, miscellany, and two scrapbooks of clippings, one dealing with her own life; and one consisting of articles written by her brother-in-law P.W. Reeder concerning prohibition, foreign travels, crossing the plains, the California gold rush, and the annexation of Hawaii.
Arrangement
Arranged by series.
Physical Location
5:6-7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to Photo Archives. See inventory below for more information.
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Adelaide Staves Reeder papers 1882-1902
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
- Date
- 2004)
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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