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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 0873
Abstract

Allen Family. Luella Mary Allen, Winifred Shirley Allen, and their relatives. Collection consists of letters, photographs, and transcriptions of the letters prepared by a descendent. Letters include some written from mid-nineteenth century California mining fields, and many detailing student life at Mount Holyoke College in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Dates: 1825-1937, 2010-2011

Edling correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0529
Abstract

Edling, Leila Childs, 1895-1976; Nurse and missionary. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1917. Papers consist of correspondence, primarily documenting her travels to Africa and her subsequent work as a mother and medical missionary in Angola.

Dates: 1918-1960; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1924

Frost family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0541
Abstract

Frost family: Daniel Frost, Marietta Sherwood Frost (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1847) and five children. Papers consist of letters describing family activities, education and health, documenting primarily family life in a clergyman's household in New England in the 1850s. Also include references to the experiences of Marietta Sherwood Frost's father, William Sherwood, as a gold miner in California.

Dates: 1849-ca. 1860

Grace Mellen journals

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0570
Abstract

Mellen, Grace Temple, b. 1877; Housewife. Papers consist of journals commenting on her life as a mother and living on a farm. Chiefly describing the work of her husband on the farm owned by Joseph Skinner and the mental illnesses of her mother and husband, Archie C. Mellen.

Dates: 1897-1958

Grant family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0543
Abstract Grant family. Elijah Grant and Elizabeth Phelps Grant, 1784-1866, and eight children. Papers consist of letters to Martha Grant, 1824-1847, compositions and journal. Primarily documenting the health of Martha, attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1842-1844 and activities of the family including mission work, education, and activities of her siblings, Joel, 1816-1873, John, 1822-1878, and Mary Zilpah Grant Burgess, 1811-1842, and in-laws, Susan Boyd Grant, b. 1815 and Abigail Fidelia...
Dates: 1836-1874

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

Letter from Fidelia Fiske '42 to a friend (Miss H. W. Lyman)

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms0536-s01-b01-f06-i011

Letter from Fidelia Fiske '42 to a friend (Miss H. W. Lyman)

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms0536-s01-b01-f06-i006
Dates: 1864-01-08 - 1864-01-11

Letter from Fidelia Fiske '42 to a friend (Miss H. W. Lyman)

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms0536-s01-b01-f06-i012

Letter from Fidelia Fiske '42 to Miss H. W. Lyman

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms0536-s01-b01-f06-i010

Mary Ella Spooner Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0510
Abstract

Brown, Mary Ella Spooner, 1851-1946; College teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1872. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1872-1884. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical information, and photographs. Primarily containing her autobiography and also containing letters from Mary E.Woolley and original songs and poems.

Dates: 1872-1946

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

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

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

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

Welch papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0775
Abstract

Welch, Elizabeth Mary Bell, 1829-1876; student. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1847. Papers consist of a commonplace book of sermons, a journal, drawings, and memorabilia documenting primarily her daily academic and social activities and her religious life while a student at Mount Holyoke.

Dates: 1846-1848

Zilpah P. Grant Banister papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0506
Abstract

Banister, Zilpah Polly Grant, 1794-1874; Educator. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical sketches, maps and charts, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs. Primarily containing correspondence to family and colleagues pertaining to her work at Adams Female Academy and Ipswich Female Seminary.

Dates: 1803-1971