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Almy family. Papers, 1649-1984 (inclusive), 1832-1984 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1649-1984 (inclusive), 1832-1984 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, financial records, genealogical charts, composition books, speeches, poems, examinations, reports, photos, articles, pamphlets, clippings, and other material. Bulk of collection is correspondence among members of the Almy, Jackson, and Cabot families. The diaries and correspondence describe daily activities of individual women and the social network among upper-class Boston families. Civil War letters from Samuel Cabot, Jr., to his family, and courtship lettrs to Elizabeth Almy (1914-1916) are also included. Correspondents include Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Charles W. Eliot, Ellen Tucker Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, and Charles Sumner. Also included is material on the Massachusetts Conference on Social Work, civil service in Massachusetts, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mothers' Discussion Club, Monday Lunch Club, and other organizations.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122407290 View

Additional papers, 1832-1984

Title: Additional papers, 1832-1984

Addenda to the papers (MC 235) of the Almy family from New England, including correspondence, financial documents, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.; (3 cartons, 1 folio folder, 1 folio+ folder, 3 oversize folders, 4 slides, 1 microfiche, 2 motion pictures)

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Almy family. Additional papers, 1832-1984 (inclusive).

Title: Additional papers, 1832-1984 (inclusive).

Collection consists mostly of correspondence, financial documents, and photographs. The early correspondence features the letters of Samuel Cabot to his son Samuel Cabot, Jr., and the latter's letters to his wife, Hannah Lowell (Jackson) Cabot, and their children; also of interest are letters from Theodore Parker, written while traveling abroad the year before his death. Civil War letters from Samuel Cabot, Jr., to his family, and courtship lettrs to Elizabeth Almy (1914-1916) are also included. The rest of the correspondence focuses on Elizabeth (Almy) Cobb Hall, and includes four generations: her parents, Charles and Helen Jackson (Cabot) Almy; two of her children, Sidney Cobb and Helen (Cobb) Solomon White; and her grandchildren. Also included is material on the Massachusetts Conference on Social Work, civil service in Massachusetts, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mothers' Discussion Club, Monday Lunch Club, and other organizations.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (3 cartons, 1 folio folder, 1 folio+ folder, 3 oversize folders, 4 slides, 1 microfiche, 2 motion pictures)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/539585100 View