Contents
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
Lillie Mae Bernice Alston, 1931-: memoir of
her childhood in Mississippi,
1972
Lucinda Andrus: commonplace book,
1837-40
Mason Daniel Barrett
Cornelia Middagh Birdsall, 1835- : memoir of
life in Brooklyn and Quebec Province,
[?]-1861
Alice H. Burbank
Joan Brumley Cooper: scrapbook
Clara E. Cotter: commonplace book,
1850-56
Ellen Downes: letters
Alice Morse Earle: correspondence,
1900-10, n.d.
Annie C.S. Fenner: Scrapbook
Carolyn Galbraith
Martha Diman Gardner: Diaries,
1816-1892
Ophelia Hoefling Gleason: memoir, photographs
(mostly photocopies), and memorabilia,
1896-
Louise (Dodge) Goodwin, Household Account
Book,
1914-1917
Amanda Harwood Ferry Hall,
1828-1916?:
memoir, begun 1906, and related material
Julia Ward Howe: letters to Eliza Middleton,
5 Mar 1838; and 1 Feb and 4 Mar 1839
Lucy Hunting [?]: Diary of a Girl,
1887
H. Louise Johnson: book of quotes and diary,
circa 1960
Janet Krogh: Scrapbook
Fanny H. Lackey: commonplace book, circa
1863-85
Levi Lamb: commonplace book, circa
1835-42
Harriet McNeil: correspondence,
1814-19
Hedwig Meerman: letters to Margaret St. Julien Childs, and NACHRICHTEN (newsletter),
1981-87
Sarah Parkhurst: letters to her husband,
William H. Parkhurst,
Apr-Oct 1846
Marian Prior: "In the Office" (typescript), and photographs
Katie Putnam: diary,
1863
Clara M. Reed: European travel journals (2
vols.),
Jun-Oct 1890
Mrs. L.C. Robinson: letters and notes on
religious religion,
1850-62
Adaline Shaw: letter to Daniel Shaw,
28 May 1848
Genevieve Bowen Shaw: correspondence (annual Christmas letters), biographical information, memorabilia, and photographs, circa
1916-62
Lucille Tillinghad, personal account book,
1930-35
Mary Ulery, diary exerpt,
1867
Westerberg, Lila Angell, Peace Corp
Correspondence (Ghana),
1964-1966
Joan Brumley Cooper: scrapbook of cross-U.S.
trip,
1928
Ellen Downes: letters to Leila Wilson and
Downes' mother from Japan, Washington, DC, and Moscow,
1938-48
Annie C.S. Fenner: scrapbook of original
correspondence and published version of Rules for Good
Living (WCTU,
1895)
Anonymous family photographic
album
Janet Krogh (Smith 1934): World War II
Scrapbook,
1943-1945
Flynn, Hulda Rees: Psychologist and Social Activist, Smith 1931
Mason Daniel Barrett: correspondence
1927-45
Alice H. Burbank: correspondence to Esma W. Brown re: travel in Italy
1938-39
BOOKS ON SHELF
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Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1814-2005 (ongoing)
Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
| | | | | Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection | | Dates: | 1814-2005 (ongoing) | | Abstract: | This collection documents various aspects of the daily lives and activities of both famous and unknown women from diverse backgrounds. Materials include biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, genealogies, photographs, memoirs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and travel journals. A few well-known figures represented in the correspondence include Susan B. Anthony, Alice Stone Blackwell, Edward Hale, Julia Ward Howe, Frances Willard, Booker T. Washington, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Also included is a photo of Harriet Beecher Stowe; and autographed quotations by William Lloyd Garrison, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | | Extent: | 9 boxes; 3 volumes(3 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 226 |
Pages from Clara M. Reed's Dresden travel journal, September 1890The Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection consists of
biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, genealogies,
photographs, photograph albums, memoirs, memorabilia,
postcards, scrapbooks, and travel journals dating from 1814
to 1987. This material documents various aspects of the daily
lives and activities of women from diverse backgrounds. This
collection is made up of individual items or groups of items
that are too small to stand on their own as separate
collections, but are otherwise unrelated. About half of the collection dates from the nineteenth
century and consists primarily of correspondence, diaries,
and unpublished memoirs from unknown, or little known, women.
Also included are a few letters from well-known figures such
as Susan B. Anthony, Alice Stone Blackwell, Alice Morse
Earle, Edward Everett Hale, Julia Ward Howe, and Frances
Willard; a photo of Harriet Beecher Stowe; and autographed
quotations by William Lloyd Garrison, Isabella Beecher
Hooker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The twentieth century material is more varied. In addition
to correspondence, diaries and memoirs, it includes many
photographs (both loose and in albums), some genealogical
material, and other miscellaneous memorabilia. Well-known
figures represented in the correspondence include Booker T.
Washington and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. The letters of Ellen
Downes, a Naval secretary, written from Japan, Washington
D.C., and Moscow between 1937 and 1948, are accompanied by
photos and are very descriptive. A family photo album
belonging to a woman identified only as "Gertrude" contains
many interesting photographs, including some of Native
Americans and some of cross-dressed women, taken in
California, Albuquerque, and Canada, circa 1905 to 1913. Return to the Table of Contents
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Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 1 | Lillie Mae Bernice Alston, 1931-: memoir of
her childhood in Mississippi,
1972 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 2 | Lucinda Andrus: commonplace book,
1837-40 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 3 | Cornelia Middagh Birdsall, 1835- : memoir of
life in Brooklyn and Quebec Province,
[?]-1861 |
Box |
|
| | 1 |
| Joan Brumley Cooper: scrapbook |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 4 | Clara E. Cotter: commonplace book,
1850-56 |
Box |
|
| | 1 |
| Ellen Downes: letters |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 5 | Alice Morse Earle: correspondence,
1900-10, n.d. |
Box |
|
| | 1 |
| Annie C.S. Fenner: Scrapbook |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 6 | to friends from Grenfell Mission,
Labrador,
1926-27, n.d. |
| 7 | from teachers and students at Grenfell
Mission, Labrador,
1926-35 |
| 8 | Photographs and memorabilia,
1920-27, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 9 | Martha Diman Gardner: Diaries,
1816-1892 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 10 | Ophelia Hoefling Gleason: memoir, photographs
(mostly photocopies), and memorabilia,
1896- |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 11 | Louise (Dodge) Goodwin, Household Account
Book,
1914-1917 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 12 | Amanda Harwood Ferry Hall,
memoir, begun 1906, and related material
1828-1916?: |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 13 | Julia Ward Howe: letters to Eliza Middleton,
5 Mar 1838; and 1 Feb and 4 Mar 1839 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 14 | Lucy Hunting [?]: Diary of a Girl,
1887 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 1 | H. Louise Johnson: book of quotes and diary,
circa 1960 |
Box |
|
| | 2 |
| Janet Krogh: Scrapbook |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 2 | Fanny H. Lackey: commonplace book, circa
1863-85 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 3 | Levi Lamb: commonplace book, circa
1835-42 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 4-5 | Harriet McNeil: correspondence,
1814-19 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 6 | Hedwig Meerman: letters to Margaret St. Julien Childs, and NACHRICHTEN (newsletter),
1981-87 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 7 | Sarah Parkhurst: letters to her husband,
William H. Parkhurst,
Apr-Oct 1846 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 7a | Marian Prior: "In the Office" (typescript), and photographs
|
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 8 | Katie Putnam: diary,
1863 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 9 | Clara M. Reed: European travel journals (2
vols.),
Jun-Oct 1890 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 10 | Mrs. L.C. Robinson: letters and notes on
religious religion,
1850-62 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 11 | Adaline Shaw: letter to Daniel Shaw,
28 May 1848 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 12 | Genevieve Bowen Shaw: correspondence (annual Christmas letters), biographical information, memorabilia, and photographs, circa
1916-62 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 13 | Lucille Tillinghad, personal account book,
1930-35 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 14 | Mary Ulery, diary exerpt,
1867 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 15 | Westerberg, Lila Angell, Peace Corp
Correspondence (Ghana),
1964-1966 |
Box |
|
| | 3 |
| Joan Brumley Cooper: scrapbook of cross-U.S.
trip,
1928 |
Box |
|
| | 3 |
| Ellen Downes: letters to Leila Wilson and
Downes' mother from Japan, Washington, DC, and Moscow,
1938-48 |
Box |
|
| | 4 |
| Annie C.S. Fenner: scrapbook of original
correspondence and published version of Rules for Good
Living (WCTU,
1895) |
Box |
|
| | 5 |
| Anonymous family photographic
album |
Box |
|
| | 6 |
| Janet Krogh (Smith 1934): World War II
Scrapbook,
1943-1945 |
Box |
|
| | 7 |
| Flynn, Hulda Rees: Psychologist and Social Activist, Smith 1931 |
| 1 | Biographical information, articles, and correspondence,
1938-2005 |
| 2-5 | FBI file,
circa 1943-71 |
Box |
|
| | 8 |
| Mason Daniel Barrett: correspondence
1927-45 |
Box |
|
| | 9 |
| Alice H. Burbank: correspondence to Esma W. Brown re: travel in Italy
1938-39 |
|
| Earle, Alice Morse, Customs and Fashions in
Old New England
(1893) |
|
| Home Life in Colonial Days
(1900) |
|
| The Sabbath in Puritan New England
(1891) |
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