Correspondence, 1881-1904
Scope and Contents
This series consists of letters written by Charlotte and Mary Ely between 1881-1915 and two letters to Charlotte Ely from Mary D. Uline dated May 8 and June 25, 1913. The Ely correspondence includes original letters and copies of letters printed in newspapers and missionary periodicals. These documents are usually addressed to relatives and friends, including a cousin, Grace A. Ely, and a Mount Holyoke classmate, Anna C. Edwards, Class of 1859. The letters describe the Ely's work at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, Bitlis, and comment on social and political conditions in Turkey, such as an earthquake in 1907 and Turkish attacks on Armenians from the 1890s through 1915. The Elys also mention the work of other missionaries in the region, including several Mount Holyoke alumnae: Grace H. Knapp, Class of 1893, Lizzie Cobleigh Cole, x-Class of 1870, Frances A. and Helen Norton, Class of 1863, and Martha W. Tinker Raynolds, Class of 1859.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1904
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (2 boxes (10 linear in.))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Letter from Mary A. C. Ely '61 to Miss Edwards (Anna Cheney Edwards '59), with biographical information about the Ely sisters; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary A. C. Ely '61 to Miss Edwards (Anna Cheney Edwards '59); written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary A. C. Ely '61 to Miss Edwards (Anna Cheney Edwards '59); written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter and envelope from Mary Annie C. Ely '61 to her cousin, Grace A. Ely
- Letter from Mary Ely '61 to her uncle and aunt; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary A. C. Ely '61 to Miss Edwards (Anna Cheney Edwards '59); written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from M. Annie C. Ely '61 (Mary Ann Caroline Ely) to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from M. Annie C. Ely '61 (Mary Ann Caroline Ely) to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary A. C. Ely '61 to Miss Edwards (Anna Cheney Edwards '59); written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary Ann Caroline Ely '61 to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary Annie C. Ely '61 to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Moosh (Muş), Turkey
- Letter from Mary Ely '61 to Mrs. Hitchcock, written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary Annie Ely '61 to Mrs. Hitchcock; written at "Hope Lodge," Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Annie Ely '61 (Mary Ann Caroline Ely) to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from M. Annie Ely '61 (Mary Ann Caroline Ely) to Mrs. Hitchcock; written at "Hope Lodge" Mountain Encampment, near Bitlis, Turkey
- Letter from Mary Ann Caroline Ely '61 to Mrs. Hitchcock; written in Bitlis, Turkey
Repository Details
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