Articles, sketches, and letters, 1895-1913
Scope and Contents
This information includes newspaper articles, articles from missionary publications and other journals, a biographical sketch by Anna Hunt Knapp published in 1917, several published and unpublished letters written by associates of the Elys, and notes about the sisters and their school compiled by Anna C. Edwards. The articles and the notes by Edwards date from about 1892-1910 and include quotations or excerpts from letters and other writings by the Elys. The letters primarily concern Mary Ely's final illness and death in 1913 and events in Turkey in 1914-1915. Correspondents include Grace H. Knapp, Mary D. Uline, and Edwin St. John Ward. This series also includes a number of documents published after 1917, such as a lengthy article about Mount Holyoke Seminary in Bitlis from the Spring 1990 issue of "Armenian Review."
Dates
- Creation: sketches, and letters, 1895-1913
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (2 boxes (10 linear in.))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Letter from Dr. Edwin St. John Ward to Grace A. Ely, cousin of Mary Ely
- Letter from Grace H. Knapp to Grace A. Ely, sent via Lottie Whitley; written in Bitlis, Turkey
- Copy of card from Grace Knapp '93 to Frances Ely, mentioning photographs of heavy snow in Bitlis, Turkey
- Accounts of the illness, death, and funeral of Mary A. C. Ely '61 in Beirut, Syria, by Mary D. Uline
- Postcard with the towers of Constantinople, from Grace H. Knapp '93 to Grace A. Ely, cousin of Charlotte and Mary A. C. Ely '61
- Letter from Mary D. Uline to friends, concerning Mary Ely's death and Charlotte Ely's accident; written in Bitlis, Turkey
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
