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Teachers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Fidelia Fiske papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0536
Abstract

Fiske, Fidelia, 1850-1895; Teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1842. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1858-1864. Papers contain letters and her book entitled, "Recollections of Mary Lyon." Primarily consisting of letters regarding her journey to Persia and her founding of a girls' school while a missionary there.

Dates: 1841-1866

Harriet Johnson Hale papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 0560
Abstract

Hale, Harriet Johnson, d. 1865; student and teacher. Ipswich Female Seminary graduate, 1837. Papers contain a notebook of penmmanship examples and letters to family members concerning primarily her schedule, studies, and activities as a student at Ipswich with frequent references to Zilpah P. Grant Banister, Mary Lyon, and to her own ideas about women's education.

Dates: 1830-1837

Herron papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0548
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.

Dates: 1849-1886; Majority of material found within 1855 - 1863

Sarah Locke Stow papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0591
Abstract

Stow, Sarah Deborah Locke, 1836-1927; College teacher and author. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1859. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1859-1868 and 1877-1889. Papers contain letters, compositions, writings, and biographical material. Primarily documenting her academic and social experience as both a student and teacher at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1852-1927