Lenna Lowe Yost, Suffragist, Papers , A&M 1851

West Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 1851

Title

Lenna Lowe Yost, Suffragist, Papers 1913-1959

Quantity

2.3 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 3 1/2 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Creator

Yost, Lenna Lowe, 1878-1972

Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Language

English

Abstract

Papers of Lenna Lowe Yost, prominent leader of West Virginia's suffrage movement and the first woman to chair a major political party national convention. She was born in Basnettville, Marion County in 1878, the daughter of Jonathan S. and Columbia Basnett Lowe; died in Washington, D.C. in 1972, at the age of 94. Papers include clippings of articles by Yost, correspondence, biographical material, speeches, and other material. Subjects include prohibition, West Virginia State College (including 1929 bulletin with photographs), Republican committees and conventions, the State Board of Education, and West Virginia University. An addendum of 2003/10/23 includes correspondence, clippings, and other material documenting Yost's work in facilitating ratification of the equal suffrage amendment in the state of West Virginia in the period July 1919 - March 1920. See control folder for item level contents lists and transcriptions of material in the addendum.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lenna Lowe Yost, Suffragist, Papers, A&M 1851, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boyd, Betty, b. 1922
Neptune, Virginia Brock.
Women -- Suffrage
Yost, Lenna Lowe, 1878-1972

Series 1. Correspondence

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 1917-1931

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
1919-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
1919-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Governor John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West Virginia
1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Governor John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West Virginia
1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Mr. Clement L. Shaver, Chair, West Virginia Democratic State Committee
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Mr. Clement L. Shaver, Chair, West Virginia Democratic State Committee
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Mrs. Yost
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Mrs. Yost
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etc
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etc
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etc
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etc
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Clergy
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Editor and Newspaper Publishers
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Educators
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Educators
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
State Advisory Committee, Refusals
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
State Advisory Committee, Refusals
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & Refusals
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & Refusals
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & Refusals
1919
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Correspondence
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
State Advisory Committee, Responses to February 10, 1920
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
State Advisory Committee, Responses to February 21, 1920
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Senator Jesse Bloch
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Mrs. Ida Harper Husted
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Republican Party
1920-1931

Series 2. Printed Material

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 1916-1920

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Leaflets, circulars, etc
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Leaflets, circulars, etc
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Suffrage Pamphlets & Circulars
1916-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Newspaper clippings
1918-1920

Series 3. Biographical Material

Mixed Materials Box: 2 undated

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Biographical notes
undated