Herron papers
Scope and Contents
The Mary L. Herron Papers contain correspondence, dated 1849-86, family material, biographical material and a published letter. The letters are primarily written by Herron to her family and discuss missionary life in India. Some family letters were written after her death and discuss family issues. The family material includes histories written by John C. Herron, Mary's grandson. The biographical material includes alumnae surveys and a newspaper clipping. The published letter was included in the February 1972 issue of "News Circle," a magazine of the American Women's Club in Delhi.
Material from this collection is available in an online digital format.
Dates
- 1849-1886
- Majority of material found within 1855 - 1863
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Mary Louise Browning was born on July 18, 1834, in Petersham, Massachusetts to Asaph and Lois Hastings Browning. She attended public schools in Springfield, Massachusetts and taught in Chelsea. She attended Mount Holyoke Seminary in 1855 (x1857). She did not graduate, but sailed for India as a missionary in July of 1855. She married David Herron in April of 1857, and they had four children in India. She founded a school which became the United Church of North India Girls High School in Dehra Dun, where she died on November 25, 1863.
Extent
1 boxes (x1857 Browning)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Herron, Mary Louise Browning 1834-1863; Missionary and Teacher. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1855. The papers contain correspondence, family material, biographical material and a published letter. The letters are. The papers primarily document missionary life in India. The collection also includes some family materials written after her death discussing family issues.
- Agra (India) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Death Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dehra Dun (India) -- Description and travel 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
- India -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- India -- Social conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries -- India -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mount Holyoke College -- Student life -- 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
- Spouses of clergy -- United States -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers -- India -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Voyages and travels Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women missionaries -- India -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women teachers -- India -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women teachers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Herron papers, 1849-1886 (bulk 1855-1863)
- 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
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
