Talcott correspondence
Scope and Contents
Chiefly letters to Talcott from relatives and friends giving her family news and discussing people and events in her hometown of Vernon, Connecticut. Includes letters from her parents Allyn and Martha G. Talcott, and sister, Martha, as well as letters from former classmates at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and from several young men, principally concerning their work as teachers and their travels in New England, New York, the south and elsewhere in the United States. Also includes several letters by Talcott, dated 1853-1855, describing her life as a Mount Holyoke student.
Dates
- 1849-1861
- Majority of material found within 1852 - 1857
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Sarah Goodrich Talcott was born in 1835 to Allyn and Martha G. Robbins Talcott. Her sister Martha Robbins Talcott graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1866. Sarah graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1855, and taught in South Hadley for a short time. She died in 1862.
Extent
1 boxes (1855)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Talcott, Sarah Goodrich, 1835-1862; Teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1855. Papers contain letters written between Talcott and her family, primarily describing hometown events and her experiences at Mount Holyoke.
- Connecticut -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family -- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Independence Day -- 1853, 1854 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Curricula Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Religious life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Student life -- 1853-1855 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
- Teachers -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- Description and travel -- 1848-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vernon (Conn.) -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Talcott correspondence, 1849-1861 (bulk 1852-1857)
- 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
