Louise Stevens Bryant Papers, 1885-1963
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Louise Stevens Bryant Papers
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Time of Creation of Louise Stevens Bryant Papers
Bryant, Louise Stevens, 1885-1956
Biographical History for: Louise Stevens Bryant Papers
Biographical Note Louise Stevens Bryants' publicity photo for Girl Scouts, 1919-23 Public health specialist, editor, and publicist Louise Stevens Bryant (1885-1956) received a B.S. from Smith College in 1908 and a PhD in Medical Science from the University of Pennsylvania. She promoted dispensary development and edited a pioneer medical study and publicity program in the field of human fertility. She was associated at various times with the Russell Sage Foundation, the Girl Scouts of America, the Pennsylvania School for Social Service and Health, and the War Industries Board. She was the American representative of Havelock Ellis and wrote books and many articles on applied psychology and maternal health. She was the editor and publicist of the United Hospital Fund and National Committee on Maternal Health, New York City, from 1923 to 1937, and publicist for the American Association of University Women from 1938 to 1952. Her other interests included art, poetry, and animals. In 1909, she married Arthur Bryant, whom she divorced in 1912. Her longtime companion was Lura Beam.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Louise Stevens Bryant Papers consist of personal and professional material. They include a typescript of Bequest from a Life (privately printed), a biography of Bryant written by her companion, Lura Beam, and excerpts from correspondence to Beam from Bryant. The collection also contains Bryant's diaries, notebooks, and professional reports concerning public health and social work issues; subject files; and correspondence, including letters from Havelock Ellis and others generated from Bryant's work negotiating the U.S. publication of Ellis's Studies in the Psychology of Sex." There is related material about Louise Stevens Bryant in the Smith College Archives. The Lura Beam Papers are housed in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.
Birth control--United States--History--Sources
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Children--Health and hygiene--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Eugenics--United States--History--Sources
Female friendship--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Maternal health services--United States--History--Sources
Public health--History--Sources
Social work administration--History--Sources
Women in the professions--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Beam, Lura Ella, 1887-
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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
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SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Contents
Marriage certificate and divorce papers, 1908-12
Photographs, 1867-1956
Smith College: photograph, booklet, and invitation, 1908
University of Pennsylvania: correspondence and booklets, 1912-14
Memorial gifts and keepsakes, 1930-56
Miriam Stevens (mother), 1908-36
Illness: medical reports, charts, and insurance policy, 1917-26
Louise Stevens Bryant Fellowship, 1963-64
Passport and related material, 1931-37
Childhood: poem and correspondence, 1889-92
Social Security: card and award, 1939-52
Obituary, 1956
Funeral materials, 1936-63
Memorials: receipts and programs, 1956-60
Last Will & Testament, 1925-53
Animal pictures, 1919-55
Family history: notes and family tree, 1957
Correspondence with Lura Beam, 1922-38
Bequest from a Life by Lura Beam
Typescript, n.d.
Reviews and correspondence, 1960-64
Permissions, 1962
Williams & Wilkins Co., and Waverly Press, 1962-66
Distribution, 1963-66
Manuscripts and proofs, 1960-63
Personal memorabilia
American Museum of National History, 1935
Books: description by Lura Beam, 1962
[see Books on Shelf]
Contribution receipts, 1953-56
Church, 1945-57
Humorous pieces, 1910-28
Myths of Plato, 1907
Paintings and sculpture clippings, 1949-53
Poetry, 1828-1953
Clippings, 1945-54
Prose clippings, 1929-56
Vacations: photographs and postcards, 1923-60
SERIES II. PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
Clippings
Animals, 1935-56
Birds, 1936-55
Buildings, 1938-55
Children, 1936-55
Landscapes and flowers, 1938-56
Negroes, 1936-56
Obituaries, 1931-54
Paintings, photography, and cartoons, 1937-56
Poetry, 1921-34
Reptiles and insects, 1948-55
Sculpture, 1922-56
Women, 1938-56
Notebooks
"Psychology of Social Work, Principles and Techniques of Case Work, and Public Health and Hygiene," 1915-17
Education course, 1907
Physiology course, 1913-14
Calendar: A Calendar of Good Thoughts to Companion Every Day, n.d.
Diaries, 1921-55, n.d.
SERIES III. CORRESPONDENCE
Aronovici, Dr. Carol, 1941-44
Ayres, Colonel Leonard (Dr. May Ayres, Mrs. Randolph Burgess), 1911-43
Blank, Dr. Fritz, 1940-45
Bryant, Arthur, 1904-14
Bucky, Dr. Gustav, 1941-43
Bucky, Frida Sarsen, 1941-42
Carleton, Baldwin, 1939-56
Carleton, Ernest, 1938-54
Carleton, Dr. Spencer, 1933-54
Churchill, Alfred Vance
Building a Collection, 1941-42
Mid-western, 1944-51
German songs, 1941-43
Churchill, Marie, 1953-55
Cyon, Fran?oise Lafitte, 1935-54
Dickinson, Dr. Robert L., 1928-50
Ellis, Havelock, 1934-39
F.A. Davis Co., 1934-35
Emerson Books, 1935-46
Ishill, Joseph, 1936-54
McFarlane, Ward, McFarlane Inc., 1935
Random House: Bennett Cerf, 1934-39
Virginia Quarterly Review, 1939-42
Miscellaneous, 1936-39
Elwyn, Dr. Adolf, 1936-42
Fay, Harriet, 1933-42
Furse, Katherine Dame, 1939-52
Guy, Gerda, 1945-56
Hartman, Dr. Carol, 1935-54
Hirschberg, Dr. Alexandre, 1942-53
Hillyer, Marion, 1936-38
Hine, Lewis & Sara, 1930-41
Hodson, Mrs. Cora, 1939-56
Kent, Elizabeth & Frederick, 1914-46
Kerr, Rose, 1921-45
Kopp, Dr. Marie, 1940
Lord, Isabel Ely, 1940-54
Nourse, Charlotte, Constance, and Mary, 1938-59
Norton, Grace Fallow, n.d.
Patients - referrals to doctors, 1921-54
Schaffner, Alice & Arthur, 1937-56
Simonson, Ethel Bruce, 1923-55
Miscellaneous, 1914-56
Re: Betsy Ross (dog), 1938-50
Letters of condolence, 1956
SERIES IV. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Notes
"The Precardial Arteries of Squalus Acanthias," 1908-11
"Dante and a World Empire," 1908
"Nietzche," n.d.
Philosophy II paper, n.d.
"Postural Patterns," 1936-37
"Special Class for Defectives," 1908
Mabel Ellsworth Todd
Correspondence, 1920-37
Published writings, 1920-27
National Committee on Maternal Health, 1932-34
Miscellaneous pamphlets and publications, 1923-31
Writings
Girl Scouts, 1921-23
Correction, 1915-63
School feeding, 1910-13
Miscellaneous, 1910-18
Nutritional Survey of Washington School Children, 1913-18
Subjects
American Association of University Women
Correspondence, 1940-50
Exhibitions, 1947-50
Girl Scouts
Job hunting
U.S. Army
World food supply
World War I
Health and hygiene
Articles, topics for
Eyestrain in childhood
Maternal mortality
Malnutrition and incidence of disease among school children
Medical inspection in the public schools
Mothers' Assistance Fund, Pennsylvania
National Committee on Maternal Health
Psychological Clinic, University of Pennsylvania
School feeding
School feeding in Europe
Sterility
Work history
Records in social service
Social Work
Abortion
Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics
Committee on Dispensary Development
Hospital Social Service
Municipal Court of Philadelphia
Organization
Philadelphia Conference on Illegitimacy
Publication
Studies: reports and articles
Unstable diabolic blood pressure and feeblemindedness
Weekly reports
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Girls' House of Refuge, Philadelphia: photograph album, 1908-09
A Child's Primer of Natural History by Oliver Herford, 1899
BOOKS ON SHELF
By Louise Stevens Bryant
Better Doctoring - Less Dependency: A Study of the Relations Between Medical and Non-medical Agencies With Special Reference to Clinic and Family Services, 1927
Municipal Court of Philadelphia: Report, 1915
School Feeding: Its History and Practice at Home and Abroad, 1913
By others
Campward Ho!: A Manual for Girl Scout Camps by Girl Scouts, Inc., 1920
Clinics, Hospitals, and Health Centers by Michael M. Davis, 1927
Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene: Transactions: Vol. V: Papers, 1913
Human Sex and Anatomy by Robert Latou Dickinson, 1933
Human Sterility: Causation, Diagnosis and Treatment by Samuel Raynor Meaker, M.D., 1934
Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts, Inc., 1920
Seventy Birth Control Clinics by Caroline Hadley Robinson, 1930
Songs For Our Darlings, edited by Uncle Willis, 1889
The Special Class For Backward Children by Lightner Witmer, 1911
Time of Ovulation in Women by Carl G. Hartman, 1936
The War With Germany: A Statistical Summary by Leonard P. Ayres, 1919