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Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:

Sarah Ford correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0537
Abstract

Ford, Sarah Elizabeth, 1836-1916; Secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1857. Papers contain correspondence from family members and classmates, primarily describing social activities, family life and health.

Dates: 1853-1874

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

Sarah Packard Holden papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0715
Abstract

Holden, Sarah Daniels Packard, 1827-1907; Student. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1846. Papers contain journals, correspondence, notebooks, biographical information, a diploma, and photographs. Primarily pertaining to her daily activities and social events at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1838-1907; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1864

Schelkunoff papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0583
Abstract

Schelkunoff, Jean Gardiner Kennedy, 1901-1979; New York State government official. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1923. Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, articles, biographical information, and photographs. Primarily documenting her trip to China and the British Isles and her marriage to Sergei A. Schelkunoff.

Dates: 1904-

Scott-Shumway-Sibley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0584
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.

Dates: 1869-1962

Selsam papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0759
Abstract

Selsam, Georgia Elizabeth Kauffman, 1902-1997; student and secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1924. Papers contain correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs primarily documenting her daily activities while at Mount Holyoke and special events.

Dates: ca. 1919-1997; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1924

Sheppard papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0802
Abstract

Sheppard, Priscilla Merrifield Spaulding, 1898-1991; student and businesswoman. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1919. Papers consist of a scrapbook, correspondence, memorabilia, a Mount Holyoke College pin, biographical information and photographs; primarily contains photographs and mementos from her time as a student at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1915 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1919

Sherman-Levine papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0804
Abstract

Sherman-Levine, Diane Finn, b. 1928; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1950. Papers contain a photograph and course records consisting of papers written for English language and literature courses at Mount Holyoke College.

Dates: 1946-1950

Shurcliff, Merrill and Footit records

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS 0662
Abstract

Shurcliff, Merrill and Footit; Boston, Massachusetts landscape architects. Founded by Arthur Asahel Shurcliff (1870-1957) with his son, Sidney Nichols Shurcliff (b.1906). Later partners were Vincent N. Merrill, and Douglas B. Footit. Records contain correspondence, architectural drawings and plans, aerial photographs, cost estimates, bills, receipts, lists, and memoranda reflecting the firm's work at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts from 1933-1975.

Dates: 1933-1975; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1973

Sigourney correspondence

 Collection — Friends and Benefactors Pf-Z, Folder: Sigourney, Lydia H. (1-2)
Identifier: MS 0586
Abstract

Sigourney, Lydia Howard Huntley, 1791-1865; American author. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary benefactor. Letters to Mary Lyon, founder and principal of Mount Holyoke, concerning Sigourney's visits and gifts to the school.

Dates: 1839-1846

Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0588
Abstract

Smith family. Edward Smith, 1830-1865, and Georgiana Smith Smith, 1830-1885, and one daughter. Papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, biographical information and photographs. Primarily documenting the experiences of Clara Eliza Smith, 1865-1943, their daughter, while a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1882-1885.

Dates: 1862-1954

Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0587
Abstract

Smith, Edith Huntington Reed, 1878-1924; Teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1901. Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, and photographs. Primarily documenting her work and travels to Japan and India.

Dates: 1904-1924

Somes correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0609
Abstract

Somes, Gertrude E.; Student. Attended Mount Holyoke Seminary and College, 1888-1889. Papers consist of correspondence and one note from her time at Mount Holyoke. Primarily describing her daily life with an emphasis on her dislike of the domestic work system.

Dates: 1888-1889; Majority of material found in 1888 - 1888

Sophia D. Hazen Stoddard papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: Biographical Files: Whitman, Mary C. to Mead, Elizabeth Storrs], Folder: Stoddard, Sophia D. (4)
Identifier: MS 0867
Abstract Stoddard, Sophia D. Hazen, 1820-1891; teacher and college principal. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1841, teacher, 1841-1850, Associate Principal, 1849-1850, and Acting Principal, 1865-1867. Papers consist of correspondence, memoirs of her first husband, David Tappan Stoddard, biographical information about Stoddard and her brother-in-law, Charles Stoddard, and a photograph of her. The materials concern both her personal life and her work at Mount Holyoke and include a letter...
Dates: 1849 - 1891

Soule papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0728
Abstract

Soule, Annah May, 1861-1905; college teacher/historian. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1896-1905. Papers contain student papers, writing and research notes, correspondence, memorabilia, bibliographical information, and photographs. Primarily documenting her teaching career at Mount Holyoke and her concern with political economy. Also includes two letters from Susan B. Anthony.

Dates: 1896-1907

South Hadley State election returns

 Collection — Manuscripts (not separately boxed) - 2
Identifier: MS 0031
Abstract

South Hadley (Mass. : Town), state election returns, 1799, 1810, 1812. Includes numbers of votes cast for Governor, Lieut. Governor, and/or Senators.

Dates: 1799, 1810, 1812

Spafford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0717
Abstract

Spafford, Mary Otis Preston, 1857-1929; Teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1879. Papers contain correspondence, biographical information, memorabilia, and a photograph. Primarily documenting her experience as a teacher at the Huguenot Seminary, South Africa.

Dates: 1879-1933; Majority of material found within 1882 - 1889

Sperry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0613
Abstract

Sperry, Adeline Eliot Stone, 1887-1941; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1908. Papers contain correspondence to her family regarding her social and academic life at Mount Holyoke, and a notebook for an astronomy course.

Dates: 1904-1907

Stafford correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0589
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.

Dates: 1859-1863

Steiner, Irene G. - Papers relating to a saltbox house

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 0018
Abstract

Steiner, Irene Gillette, 1913- ; housewife. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1935. Papers consist of scrapbooks documenting the history of her saltbox house, originally built in Hadley, Massachusetts ca. 1700.

Dates: 1692-1992

Stifler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0590
Abstract

Stifler, Susan Martha Reed, 1884-1987; Historian and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1907. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1926-1934. Papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, and photographs. Primarily consisting of letters to her husband, William Warren Stifler and family regarding her experiences in China.

Dates: 1904-1984

Susan Hitchcock Kalma papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0815
Abstract

Kalma, Susan Martine Hitchcock, 1943-2003; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1965. Papers consist of a scrapbook, journals, correspondence, financial records, course records, memorabilia, biographical information and photographs; concerning primarily her academic and social activities at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1959 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1965

Susan Long Quainton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0860
Abstract

Quainton, Susan Dorothea Long, b. 1936; student and English teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1957. Papers contain correspondence, course records, biographical information, and photographs, primarily documenting her academic and social activities as a Mount Holyoke College student from 1953-1957.

Dates: 1953-1957

Talcott correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0592
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.

Dates: 1849-1861; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1857

Teall papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0593
Abstract

Teall, John Leland, 1926-1979; Historian and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1955-1979. Papers contain correspondence, course records, subject files, writings, research notes, legal documents, biographical material and photographs. Primarily documenting his teaching experiences from various institutions and his research on the Byzantine Empire.

Dates: 1951-1980

The Roxane Hill Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0832
Abstract

Hughes, Roxane Hill, 1939; sales clerk, model, editor and community volunteer. Mount Holyoke graduate 1961. Papers contain a diary and corresondence primarily concerning a trip Hughes took to Europe in 1960 with three of her classmates. This collection also includes writings, biographical information and photographs from events relating to her graduation from Mount Holyoke College

Dates: 1957-1964

The song of songs : the most beautiful of songs / by Solomon ; illustration, calligraphy and binding by Konstanin Kalinovich

 Item — Volume BS 1483 T63 1994
Identifier: MS 0053
Abstract

Kalinovitch, Konstantine, b. 1960, artist. Unique edition of the Song of Solomon with calligraphy and watercolors by the artist. Bound in silk and leather with an inset wooden apple on the front cover.

Dates: 1994

Thomas correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0594
Abstract

Thomas, Belle (Isabella) Collins, 1838-1918; student and housewife. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary student, 1864-1865. Papers consist of letters to her husband, Walter S. Thomas, a soldier in the United States Civil War. Primarily describing her preparations to attend Mount Holyoke and her experience as a student.

Dates: 1864-1865

Thyra Jane Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0836
Abstract Foster, Thyra Jane Meyers, 1898-1984; secondary school teacher, author, and archivist. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1921. Papers contain course records, a scrapbook, writings by Foster, correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs. Primarily concern her friends and social activities as a Mount Holyoke student and alumna as well as her childhood, family members, and Quaker history. Include Christmas cards, notes, and photographs from Marion Kendall Parsons, Mount...
Dates: 1917-1984

Trabulsi papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0711
Abstract

Trabulsi, Sally Lee Pomeroy, ; College administrator. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1986. Mount Holyoke College staff member, 1974-1993. Papers contain course records, which include syllabi, notes, exams, and papers, and biographical information. Primarily documenting her academic work as a student at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1977-1993