South Central Regional Library Council has awarded a $1,000 Women’s Suffrage Grant to digitize the Cannon Collection and the Delhi Women’s Suffrage Club Records held by the Delaware County Historical Association. The two collections document the role of women in Delaware County in the efforts to achieve women’s suffrage. The Cannon Collection includes two scrapbooks of about 30 pages each with news clippings related to women’s suffrage in Delaware County and New York State, as well as several photographs and letters. The Delhi Women’s Suffrage Club Records includes an 8 ½ x 11 handwritten minute book and treasurer’s book. These items will be accessible online and via New York Heritage and the Digital Public Library of America.

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