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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82026484
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The collection of Charlotte Everett Hopkins, civic leader, philanthropist, and social reformer, relating to the National Civic Federation, Woman's Department, District of Columbia Section, was deposited in the Library of Congress by Charlotte Everett Hopkins in 1927.
The collection of Charlotte Everett Hopkins was arranged and described circa 1950. The finding aid was expanded and revised in 2010.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Charlotte Everett Hopkins is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The collection of Charlotte Everett Hopkins is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charlotte Everett Hopkins Collection of National Civic Federation, Woman's Department, District of Columbia Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Charlotte Everett Hopkins was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on
June 7, 1851. She married Archibald Hopkins of Williamstown, Massachusetts on
November 14, 1878. A civic leader, philanthropist, and social reformer in the
District of Columbia, Hopkins was a prominent crusader for the betterment of
the working and living conditions of the District's poor and working class
citizens. Hopkins was chairman of the Woman's Department of the National Civic
Federation, District of Columbia Section; president of the Home for Incurables,
Washington, D.C.; board member of the United States Hospital for the Insane,
Washington, D.C.; chairman of the D.C. Housing Commission, Washington, D.C.;
and a trustee of the Society for the Preservation of Places of Historic
Interest and Natural Beauty, Washington, D.C. Hopkins fought to eradicate alley
slums in the District of Columbia. She is credited with educating First Lady
Ellen Axson Wilson on this issue, resulting in Wilson's support of the Ellen
Wilson Memorial Homes. She was also instrumental in the formation of the
Washington Committee on Housing (later the Washington Planning and Housing
Association) and the passage of the Alley Dwelling Elimination Act in 1934. She
published with Elizabeth Christophers Hobson,
The National Civic Federation, founded in 1900, was an organization of business and labor leaders that sought progressive reform by mediating disputes between industry and organized labor. The District of Columbia Section's activities included improving the welfare and working conditions of District residents, improving jail conditions, supporting public schools and libraries, and preventing communicable diseases. After the outbreak of World War I, the Woman's Department focused on aiding the war effort through clothing, surgical dressing, and materials drives as well as providing support services for returning servicemen. The organization worked in cooperation with the American Red Cross, National Patriotic Relief, and the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense (Washington, D.C.).
The collection of Charlotte Everett Hopkins (1851-1935) relating to the National Civic Federation, Woman's Department, District of Columbia Section spans the years 1900-1926 with the bulk of the material dating from 1910-1918. The collection includes correspondence, bulletins, circulars, reports, clippings, and printed matter. The material represents Hopkins's work as chairman of the Woman's Department of the National Civic Federation, District of Columbia Section.
The bulk of the collection is correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, with members of the Woman's Department including Gertrude Beeks, Nannie Helen Burroughs, and Maude A. K. Wetmore. Other notable correspondents include Steven B. Ayres, Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer, Jacob H. Gallinger, Natalie Harris Hammond, Thomas Jesse Jones, and Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Notable organizational correspondents include the Alley Improvement Association, Washington D.C.; Associated Charities of the District of Columbia; Colored Settlement Association (Washington, D.C.); Council of National Defense (Washington, D.C.) Woman's Committee; National American Woman Suffrage Association; National Committee on Prison Labor, New York, N.Y.; and the National Surgical Dressings Committee, Washington, D.C.
A subject file includes circulars, minutes, and reports from the Council of National Defense and the National Civic Federation. Authors include Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw from the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense (Washington, D.C.). This file also contains reports from various committees covering health education efforts, veteran support services, and the physical condition and safety of jails, schools, hospitals, and workplaces.
Miscellany files in the collection include clippings, invitations, notes, and educational pamphlets.
Although many of the correspondents are prominent, much of the correspondence itself is not extensive. Portions of the correspondence are in fragments or lack pages. There are only a few papers relating to the Ellen Wilson Memorial Homes project. The strength of the collection lies in the report material for municipal reform efforts in the areas of war relief, housing, garbage collection, health, diet, pure milk, juvenile delinquency, playgrounds, and working conditions of District citizens.
This collection is arranged type of material and therein alphabetically.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82026484