Stafford correspondence
Scope and Contents
The Cynthia Miranda Abram Stafford Correspondence contain two letters discussing her expenses as a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and her plans for the future, 1859; three letters written during and after an overland journey to Oregon, 1861-1862; and one letter written by Cyrus G. Stafford, describing his wife's work as a teacher, her final illness and death.
Dates
- 1859-1863
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Cynthia Mirandia Abram was born on June 3, 1835 in Parishville, New York to Margaret Haslem and William Abram. She attended Mount Holyoke Seminary from 1859-60 (x-Class of 1862), and married Cyrus Stafford in 1861. She taught at St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York, and in the local school in Auburn, Oregon. She died on March 24, 1863, in Auburn.
Extent
3 folders (x1862 Abram)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Stafford, Cynthia Mirandia Abram, 1835-1863; Teacher. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1859-1860. Papers consist of two letters listing her expenses at Mount Holyoke, three letters about her journey to Oregon on the Oregon Trail and one written by her husband, Cyrus G. Stafford, describing her life.
- Death Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diseases Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family -- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Alumni and alumnae -- Teachers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Student expenses -- 1859 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Student life -- 1859 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Faculty -- History Subject Source: Local sources
- Oregon -- History -- 1859 -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers -- Oregon -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880 -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Stafford correspondence, 1859-1863.
- 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
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8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
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