Scott-Shumway-Sibley family papers
Scope and Contents
Chiefly diaries of Priscilla Shumway Scott describing social life and activities as a student at Mount Holyoke College, courtship and marriage, married life and family affairs. Also includes a small collection of diaries, correspondence and other papers, 1908-1960, of her husband Harry Fisher Scott; 1869 diary of her mother, Louise Richards Shumway; diaries of her sister Sara Shumway Sibley, 1931-1938; and numerous family photographs, ca. 1905-1955.
Dates
- 1869-1962
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Louise M. Richards was born on April 21, 1838. In 1859 she married Austin L. Shumway. They had nine children, including Sara Shumway Sibley and Priscilla Shumway Scott. Louise Shumway died on October 15, 1922. Priscilla Shumway was born on June 24, 1881 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1906, and married Harry Fisher Scott on June 15, 1910. Harry Scott died in 1960, and Priscilla Shumway Scott died in 1962.
Extent
6 boxes (1905 Shumway)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Scott-Shumway-Sibley family. Austin L. Shumway and Louise Richard Shumway, 1838-1922. Papers consist of diaries written by their daughter, Priscilla Shumway Scott, 1881-1962, primarily describing her social and academic activities at Mount Holyoke. Also containing a small collection of diaries and correspondence between her mother Louise Richards Shumway, husband Harry Fisher Scott, d. 1960, and sister Sara Shumway Sibley.
- College students -- Massachusetts -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Holyoke (Mass.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Biography Subject Source: Local sources
- Mount Holyoke College -- Student life -- 1903-1906 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Transportation and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women college students -- Massachusetts -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Scott-Shumway-Sibley family papers, 1869-1962.
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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
