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Ferguson papers, 1881-1952.Finding AidEncoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2004
Biographical NoteElizabeth Eudora Tuttle was born in Vermont on September 8, 1861. She was living in Holyoke, Massachusetts by 1878 and attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1878/79, 1880/81, 1881/82, and 1883/84, graduating in 1884. She married Robert Muir Ferguson in 1885 and had three children. The Fergusons lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, Spokane, Washington, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her husband died in 1907 and she died in Tulsa during the summer of 1952 at the age of ninety. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Elizabeth Eudora Tuttle Ferguson Papers consist of correspondence, compositions, photo and post card albums, memorabilia, newspaper clippings and photographs. The collection documents the academic work produced by Ferguson in a first-year English course and her travels in the Caribbean and to a lesser extent France, Austria and Russia. Of particular note are two photograph albums compiled by Edmund Otis Hovey and an album of postcards. The Hovey albums chiefly contain photographs taken on the islands of St. Vincent and Martinique after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902 and subsequent volcanic activity in 1903. They also contain four photographs of volcanic activity in Guadeloupe and St. Kitts, five photographs of people and scenery in France, a photograph labeled "Russian transportation" (horse-drawn wagon), and one labeled "King Edward visits Vienna," all dating from 1903. Also included in the collection are an album of post cards that reflect Ferguson's travels in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Michigan, Indiana, and visits to Niagara Falls and the International Exposition in Chicago in 1934. The correspondence consists primarily of letters and cards to and from staff members of the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association. The collection also includes some clippings about Ferguson, and several photographs of her taken between 1884 and 1934. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into six series: Return to the Table of Contents Contents ListCorrespondence, 1920-1952 1 folderThis series consists of brief letters and birthday cards. Correspondents include John Ferguson, the Clement sisters (Clara, Florence, and Louise), Mrs. M.W. Raymond, Mary A.E. Avery, and the Alumnae Association. Letters concern alumnae duties, family deaths, and Ferguson's health. Arranged chronologically.
Compositions, 1881-1884 2 foldersThis series consists of twelve compositions written as a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The composition titles and dates are: "Our Third Room-mate," January 26, 1884; "Devil's Lake," April 19, 1884; "Dr. John," January 12, 1884; "Dr. John," December 15, 1883; "Our Foreign guests," May 6, 1882; "A Good Orator," Nov.3, 1883, "Fire," Mar. 25, 1882; "Shakespeare," October 13, 1883; "Henry W. Longfellow," April 22, 1882; "The Kind Uncle," December 10, 1881; "The Chinese Students," February 4, 1882; and "The Year Just Finished," January 21, 1882. Arranged chronologically.
Albums, 1902-1934 3 foldersThis series contains two photograph albums compiled by Edmund Otis Hovey and an album of postcards. The Hovey albums chiefly contain photographs taken on the islands of St. Vincent and Martinique after the eruption of Mount Pele in 1902 and subsequent volcanic activity in 1903. They also contain four photographs of volcanic activity in Guadeloupe and St. Kitts, five photographs of people and scenery in France, a photograph labeled "Russian Transportation" (horse-drawn wagon), and one labeled "King Edward Visits Vienna," all dating from 1903. Most of the postcards reflect Ferguson's travels in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Michigan, Indiana, and visits to Niagra Falls and the International Exposition in Chicago in 1934. Arranged chronologically.
Memorabilia, 1884, circa 1934 1 folderThis series consists of Ferguson's Mount Holyoke diploma, a graduation pin for the class of 1884 at Mount Holyoke, and a silver painted woven palm fan probably used for the Class Reunion in 1934. Arranged chronologically.
Biographical Information, 1902-1952 1 folderThis series chiefly consists of biographical forms that Ferguson returned to the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association between 1914-1946. This series also includes a form pledging financial support to the Association, 1902, copies of notes about Ferguson from issues of the "Mount Hoyoke Alumnae Quarterly," 1918-1952, and an article about her from a Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper, 1941. Arranged chronologically.
Photographs, circa 1884, 1890, 1934 1 folderThis series consists of two formal portraits of Ferguson, probably taken just before her graduation from Mount holyoke Female Seminary in 1884. Two snapshots are also included one labelled "Massachusetts 1890" showing Ferguson and other women in a horse-drawn buggy, and the other a snapshot of Ferguson with classmates and their husbands at the fifteenth reunion of the Class of 1884 at Mount Holyoke College, 1934. Arranged chronologically.
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