May Arkwright Hutton Collection
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
May Arkwright Hutton operated a boarding house in the Coeur d’Alene mining district. She and her husband, Levi, invested in the Hercules Mine, and when it struck silver ore in 1901 they found themselves suddenly very wealthy. They moved to Spokane in 1906 and attended their investments, while May identified herself with politics, especially the women’s suffrage movement. She wrote and lectured tirelessly, organizing and campaigning towards the state election of 1910, which brought the ballot to Washington women. While she was outspoken and colorful in expression, she was nevertheless astute in shunning radical activity, preferring to plan strategies and tactics.
The collection consists of a varied and consistently detailed group of personal letters relating to suffrage activities, social and political events, and family matters, and manuscripts for speeches on equal rights – all written in May Arkwright Hutton’s own energetic, forceful style. Also included are photographs and scrapbooks.
Correspondents:
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- Fuller George Mrs
- Gilson Eliza
- Gleason Helen
- Gordon Kate
- Green Ella
- Griffith CR
- Grinnell May
- Grombacher Eliza
- Hamar Congressman
- Hauser Elizabeth
- Hay Marion
- Hill Carrie
- Hunt Ridgeway Katherine
- Hutchison RA
- Isaacs Lucille Fulton
- Jarmuth Edith DeLong
- Keevy Lillian
- Knight Henry
- Lane Mrs
- Libby ES
- Lindsay Ben
- Lord Elizabeth
- Mallotte Cora
- Matson Sadie
- Mayo Company
- McIsaacs Edna
- Melrose WH Mrs
- Moore Elsie
- Myers Lena
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- Newton Robert Mrs
- Norris Edwin
- Nuruh Ida Wallace
- O'Neil BF
- Oppenheim Benj
- Parker Adella
- Pendelton Dudley Co.
- Reeves Jean
- Reynolds Minnie
- Rockefeller John
- Ross MM Mrs
- Shaw Anna
- Shaw Arthur
- Slegman Ruth
- Smith Catherine
- Smith Mary
- Stevens Lena
- Stewart George Mrs
- Sunday William
- Talbot Ethelbert
- Taylor Harriet Upton
- Weldon Myrtle
- Wessells Minnie
- Wiltermood OP
- Wood WW
- Wright Mary
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