Register of the Goodman (Minerva) Papers, 1914-1962
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by
Don Walker
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
Fax: (209) 946-2810
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
© 1998
University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Register of the Goodman (Minerva) Papers, 1914-1962
Collection number: Mss97
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
- University Library, University of the Pacific
- Stockton, CA 95211
- Phone: (209) 946-2404
- Fax: (209) 946-2810
- URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- October 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Goodman (Minerva) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1962
Collection number: Mss97
Creator:
Audrey M. Johnson
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Goodman (Minerva) Papers, Mss97, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Goodman, Minerva (1876-1967)
corporate name
California Equal Suffrage Association
corporate name
Stockton Political Equality Club
corporate name
National Council of Women Voters
corporate name
Wage Earners' Suffrage League
corporate name
Washington Equal Suffrage Association
subject
Suffragists -California -Stockton
subject
Women physicians -California -Stockton
corporate name
Red Cross -California -Stockton
Biography
Trained as a physician at the University of Minnesota, Minerva Goodman (1876-1967)worked
with the Chinese, the poor and the elderly of Stockton (Calif.) from 1904 until she
retired in 1962. Goodman was instrumental in establishing x-ray testing for tuberculosis
in Stockton. She served the College of the Pacific as physician to women students for
thirty-eight years (1924-1962). Minerva Goodmn was also active in the woman suffrage
movement. She was, at different times, President, Secretary and Public Relations Officer
for the Stockton Political Equality Club (1904-1911), an affiliate of the California
Equal Suffrage Association.
Scope and Content
The Minerva Goodman Collection consists principally of correspondence, minutes and flyers
relating to various California and Stockton woman suffrage organizations (1904-1911).
Container List
BOX 1: GOODMAN (MINERVA) PAPERS
1.1: Biographical information
1.2: Correspondence: National Council of Women Voters, 1911 [1 item, 3 pp.]
1.3: Correspondence: Calif. Equal Suffrage Assn., 1909-1911 [21 items]
1.4: Correspondence: Stockton Political Equality Club, 1908-1911 [6 items]
1.5: Correspondence: Political Equality League, LA, 1911 [1 item, 2 pp.]
1.6: Correspondence: Wage Earners Suffrage League, SF, 1911 [2 items, 3 pp.]
1.7: Correspondence: Washington (state) Equal Suffrage Assn., 1911 [2 items]
1.8: Correspondence: Audrey M. Johnson, 1961-1962 [4 items; pertaining to involvement of Quakers in suffrage movement; incl.
letter from Dr. Goodman]
1.9: Correspondence: Alice Park, 1911 [6 items]
1.10: Stockton Political Equality Club member list, etc. [3 items]
1.11: Suffrage flyers & pamphlets
1.12: Clippings re Minerva Goodman & other California suffragists
1.13: Minerva Goodman. "Settling back on the farm without funds," The Red Cross Courier (Dec. 1933)
1.14: Stockton Red Cross TB Camp history [on back of program for performance of Shakespeare's 12th Night at Yosemite Theatre,
Stockton, 1910]
1.15: Stockton Political Equality Club Minutebook, 1904-1911
