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Florence Ada Cross Boughton Papers, 1883-1982Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteFlorence Ada Cross was born in South West Hoosick, New York, the daughter of Emma Gifford Cross and Ebenezer Cross. She graduated from Hoosick Falls High School in1902, and studied piano in Paris and traveled in Europe from 1907 to 1908. She married Arthur Clennam Boughton in Nagasaki, Japan in 1913, and lived in Shanghai, China from 1913-15. The Boughtons had one child, Elizabeth Cross Boughton Noll, born in 1921. Florence Boughton was an accomplished concert pianist and performed extensively throughout her life. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Florence Ada Cross Boughton Papers contain 2 scrapbooks of programs for concerts by Florence Ada Cross Boughton, an accomplished concert pianist; 1 scrapbook of photographs, clippings and memorabilia pertaining to the life of Florence Ada Cross before her marriage in 1913 to Arthur Clennam Boughton; and 1 scrapbook pertaining to the life of Arthur Clennam Boughton. The scrapbooks contain many photographs, as well as extensive biographical and genealogical information provided by the donor. The remainder of the collection consists of correspondence, including letters written while the Boughtons lived in China from 1913 to 1915; diaries, including Florence Ada Cross's diary from 1901, when she was 15; financial information; obituaries, condolences and testimonials; programs for concerts that Florence attended in Europe during her sojourn there from 1907 to 1908; and information about China, the State of Kansas, and Boughton family history. NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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