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Hamilton correspondence MS 0545., 1849-1893.

Title: Hamilton correspondence 1849-1893.

Hamilton, Gail, (b. Mary Abigail Dodge) 1833-1896; Secondary school teacher and writer. Papers consist of correspondence to a cousin, primarily describing her activities as a teacher in Hartford, Connecticut and comments on the cities of Hartford and Washington D.C. while living with the family of politician James G. Blaine.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878. Letter, 1835 March 28, Hartford, Conn., to John Olmstead, Hartford, Conn.

Title: Letter, 1835 March 28, Hartford, Conn., to John Olmstead, Hartford, Conn.

States that bills incurred in the purchase of winter clothing for a student in her care at the Hartford Female Seminary are the responsibility of the student's father, Mr. Ehringhaus.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40547720 View

Hamilton, Gail, 1833-1896. Correspondence, 1849-1893.

Title: Correspondence, 1849-1893.

Chiefly letters to her cousin, Eunice Cowles, concerning her experiences as a teacher in a Hartford public school and the Hartford Female Seminary and her subsequent activities while living with the family of politician, James G. Blaine, in Washington, D.C. Includes comments on her reading, descriptions of Hartford and Washington, D.C., and discussions about political events, especially those involving Blaine.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31327028 View

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.). Hartford Female Seminary Collection, 1823-1890.

Title: Hartford Female Seminary Collection, 1823-1890.

Correspondence, financial records, and other information pertaining to the Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded by Catharine Beecher in 1823 and in existence for approximately 60 years, the school had a number of prominent alumnae. The collection contains information on the sale of stock in the late 1820s and the dissolution of the organization in the late 1880s, treasurer's accounts, correspondence signed by Catharine Beecher, and other items such as student grades.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298323723 View

Diary of a trip to Philadelphia, 1826, July 15-August 9.

Title: Diary of a trip to Philadelphia, 1826, July 15-August 9.

Diary kept by an unknown merchant, whose last name may have begun with Ro, possibly from Maine, of a business trip to Philadelphia in July and August 1826. On his way to Philadelphia, he stopped briefly in Hartford, Connecticut, to visit his daughter, who was attending Catharine Beecher's Hartford Female Institute. In Philadelphia, he attended to getting a ship ready for a voyage and selling goods, especially saltpeter, indigo, and silks, which had already been imported. He seemed to be in partnership with John W. Perit, a member of the merchant firm Perit & Cabot. The diarist had tea one day with Mr. Chaloner, a man he had met while both were in Canton, China, in 1809. He socialized with others as well. He regularly attended church on Sunday, usually more than one service. He attended Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches, and went to hear the Wyandot chiefs speak at St. George's Methodist Church, but found the church so crowded that he did not stay, perhaps because of the heat. The news of the deaths of a former servant and of a ship captain he had seen earlier in the year in Norfolk led him to meditate upon the shortness of life. On July 24, the city held a memorial service for former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom had died on July 4. The diary ends after his ship has sailed, with the diarist still in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (10 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261235616 View

Caulkins, Elizabeth, 1819-1902. Friendship album, 1833-1838.

Title: Friendship album, 1833-1838.

Poetry and prose selections copied by friends at Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Conn.; includes sketch of the monument at Fort Griswold.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42077165 View

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.). Diploma, 1843.

Title: Diploma, 1843.

Testimonial to scholarship and deportment of Carolyn Eliza Wadsworth signed by J. Hawes and Ann Maria Crocker.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. : ill. ; 28 x 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45658047 View

Wadsworth, Anna B., 1844-1864. Annie B. Wadsworth autograph book, ca. 1862

Title: Annie B. Wadsworth autograph book, ca. 1862

An autograph book containing photographs and signatures, primarily of Annie Wadsworth's classmates at the Hartford Female Seminary. Wadsworth was a member of the class of 1862.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/472181075 View

Fessenden, Jennie M. Jennie Fessenden compositions, 1851-1856.

Title: Jennie Fessenden compositions, 1851-1856.

Compositions written by Jennie Fessenden, probably written while she was attending the Hartford Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704901635 View

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.). Hartford Female Seminary records, 1827-1890.

Title: Hartford Female Seminary records, 1827-1890.

Records of the Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. Includes records of incorporation, charter, and minutes.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668411860 View

Reynolds, Catherine. Catherine Reynolds notebook, undated.

Title: Catherine Reynolds notebook, undated.

History notebook kept by Catherine Reynolds while attending the Hartford Female Seminary, prior to 1830.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

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Phoenix family papers 1776-1884 1808-1814 Phoenix family papers

Title: Phoenix family papers 1776-1884 1808-1814 Phoenix family papers

The Phoenix family papers contain correspondence and documents relating to the firm Phoenix, Ingraham & Nixon and its failure in 1811, resulting in Alexander Phoenix's imprisonment for debt. They also include 11 letters from Harriet Beecher to Elizabeth Phoenix, dating to the late 1820s and 1830s.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

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Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.). Seminary Class of 1865 reunion correspondence and memorabilia, 1865-1915.

Title: Seminary Class of 1865 reunion correspondence and memorabilia, 1865-1915.

Seminary catalog, 1865; letters from alumnae in 1875, 1892 and 1915 addressed to Mrs. Sarah Brown Fowler; and a scrapbook and newspaper clippings about the 1915 reunion.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230330267 View

Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton Papers MS 117., 1805-1982

Title: Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton Papers 1805-1982

Author, journalist, columnist, children's author, and humorist. Sara Payson Willis wrote for several small Boston magazines under the name Fanny Fern; numerous newspapers soon published her pieces. She had a regular weekly column in the New York Ledger and was one of the first woman columnists. Ethel Parton, granddaughter of Sara Willis and James Parton, worked as a writer and literary assistant, and at age 70 began writing children's books. Materials include extensive writings, correspondence, sketches, albums, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes; (7 linear ft.)

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Brace and Bunce family. Brace and Bunce family papers, 1813-1859.

Title: Brace and Bunce family papers, 1813-1859.

A collection of correspondence sent among members of the Brace and Bunce families. Arranged chronologically, letters were sent to and from Frances Ann Brace Bunce, her aunts Electa Kimberly and Fanny Brace Hall, grandparents Jonathan and Ann Brace, her mother Lucy Brace, her husband James Bunce, and others. Other pieces of interest within the collection include a catalog of students and faculty at Hartford Female Seminary, 1829, and school work from Frances' time at the Litchfield Female Academy. Frances' letters were written from Hartford and Litchfield. Her Aunt Fannie wrote from Middlebury, Vermont. Later letters were sent by Bunces in Oswego, New York and Boston.

ArchivalResource: 0.50 linear foot (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741354466 View

Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872. Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton Papers, 1828-1920.

Title: Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton Papers, 1828-1920.

The Fanny Fern materials consist of writings in manuscripts, transcript, and printed forms; correspondence to and from Fern and her family describing her activities, interests, and New York Ledger career. Also included are family sketches; legal and business papers; a school album and memorabilia book; ca. 15 daguerreotypes; and 20 photographs. Writings include selected clippings, New York Ledger articles, several biographical studies, and a descriptive bibliography entitled "List of Articles by Fanny Fern." Materials relating to Ethel Parton include writings in manuscript and published form; biographical material; correspondence to and from her family, business associates, and friends; clippings; financial records; memorabilia; photographs; published and unpublished articles; poems; short stories; and books.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48273407 View

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn). Catalogue, 1853.

Title: Catalogue, 1853.

Catalogue of courses and list of teachers and pupils, annotated by Caroline E. Day.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Fessenden, Jennie M. Jennie Fessenden schoolwork, undated.

Title: Jennie Fessenden schoolwork, undated.

A book of general questions compiled by Jennie Fessenden while attending the Hartford Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

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Pettibone, Charlotte, b. ca. 1824. Charlotte Pettibone diary, 1841-1843.

Title: Charlotte Pettibone diary, 1841-1843.

Diary kept by Charlotte Pettibone of Hartford, Connecticut. She began the diary the day she completed her studies at Hartford Female Seminary, April 20, 1841. She intended for the volume to help her remember incidents long after they had occurred. While traveling in April 1842, Pettibone recorded that she was eating breakfast with Henry Clay who had just finished a term as Senator from Kentucky. In Hartford, Pettibone often heard Rev. Horace Bushnell preach. She noted many of the visits she made to friends in the city.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722850870 View

Connecticut Historical Society. Diplomas and certificates of merit, Female seminaries.

Title: Diplomas and certificates of merit, Female seminaries. 1829-1865.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder (14 items) ; 59 x 45 cm. or smaller.

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Royce, Emma Gratia Hollister. My personal recollections of the Beecher family / by Emma Gratia Hollister Royce, 1932.

Title: My personal recollections of the Beecher family / by Emma Gratia Hollister Royce, 1932.

Reminisces about her African-American playmates on a visit to Alabama, discussions as a young teacher with Catharine Beecher, principal of the Hartford Female Seminary and the reactions of Henry Beecher's congregation to the Tilton scandal.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (9 p.) ; 24 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42403192 View

Rhodes, Augusta. Autograph/photo album, 1857-1861.

Title: Autograph/photo album, 1857-1861.

A keepsake of autographs and photographs from school friends of Kittie or Katie, at both the Hartford Female Seminary, Hartford, Conn., and the Abbot Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, just prior to the Civil War. The album consists of class photos and sentimental autographs, with a poem and autograph of Augusta Rhodes.

ArchivalResource: 0.10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22588321 View

Waldo family. Waldo and Hyde families papers, 1811-1914.

Title: Waldo and Hyde families papers, 1811-1914.

Loren P. Waldo of Tolland, Connecticut, married Frances Elizabeth Eldredge. Loren gave speeches on the history of Tolland, and eventually published a book on the topic. Speeches, which may have been drafts of the book, are among his papers. His correspondence includes incoming business letters and outgoing letters to his wife Frances and his granddaughter Emma Hyde. Frances was area representative of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, raising money to preserve the home and build a monument. Frances' papers include incoming correspondence regarding the Association, and a petition of support signed by men. Of particular note in Frances' papers is her "Thoughts upon the death of our little son, Ebenezer Elderkin [Waldo], March 19, 1833." Frances Elizabeth Waldo married Alvan P. Hyde of Stafford, Connecticut. She is represented by several letters. He corresponded extensively with his mother Sarah while he attended Yale, 1841-1846. There are two inventories of Alvan Hyde's estate, 1875-1885, which may be Alvan P's father. Zachariah Waldo's estate records, inlcuding the distribution and an inventory are in the collection as well. Among the other family papers are diary entries from 1895 made by Alvan Waldo Hyde, and a speech by William Waldo Hyde on Jeffersonian Democracy, 1914. Among the unattributed items is a diary, 1846, 1849, 1850, written by a young woman attending the Hartford Female Seminary, taught by Helen A. Swift and Marion Jewell.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (1 box).

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Billings-Stanton correspondence 1811-1852 1826-1852 Billings-Stanton correspondence

Title: Billings-Stanton correspondence 1811-1852 1826-1852 Billings-Stanton correspondence

The Billings-Stanton correspondence largely consists of incoming correspondence to Abby Billings Stanton from her family and acquaintances, who wrote about their lives in New York and Ohio. Incoming personal letters to Fanny Stanton of Wethersfield, Connecticut, her sister-in-law, are also present.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2637ibil?rgn=main;view=text View

Miller, Annie C., d. 1942. Annie Miller papers, 1855-1935.

Title: Annie Miller papers, 1855-1935.

Correspondence, school work, estate administration documents, letters of introduction, and other items collected by Annie C. Miller. Born in Hartford, Annie later lived in Massachusetts. The school work is from her time at the Hartford Female Seminary. Includes items from settling the estate of her mother, Martha Webster Miller. Letters were sent from both Martha Miller and Annie's father, Henry Louis Miller. Flowers Annie collected from the castle at Heidelberg are also in the collection. A few pieces belonging to her sister, Alice Miller, including a drawing for a bronze tablet in Alice's memory. Some family history is in the collection, particularly from her mother's side. Annie Miller is buried at Old North Cemetery.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Phoenix family. Phoenix family papers, 1776-1884, bulk 1808-1814.

Title: Phoenix family papers, 1776-1884, bulk 1808-1814.

The Phoenix family papers contain correspondence and documents relating to the firm Phoenix, Ingraham & Nixon and its failure in 1811, resulting in Alexander Phoenix's imprisonment for debt. They also include 11 letters from Harriet Beecher to Elizabeth Phoenix, dating to the late 1820s and 1830s.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707972765 View

Stillman, Julia Ann Goodwin, 1815-. Friendship album, 1833-1835.

Title: Friendship album, 1833-1835.

Album containing verses and prose written by friends, some of them students at the Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Conn.; includes copy of statement by Catharine Beecher on the influence women have on "the sages that shall govern and renovate the world."

ArchivalResource: 1 v., 1 folder ; 25 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37438949 View

Shultas, Carrie B. Carrie Shultas autograph book, 1858-1861.

Title: Carrie Shultas autograph book, 1858-1861.

An autograph book kept by Carrie Shultas while a student at the Hartford Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729400367 View

Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Autograph book, 1860.

Title: Autograph book, 1860.

Autograph book kept by a student at the Hartford Female Seminary in 1860. Includes autographs from classmates and others, including Lydia Huntley Sigourney. Some of the girls' photographs are in the volume as well.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/710807940 View

Connecticut Historical Society. Schools ephemera.

Title: Schools ephemera. 1837-1998.

Collection comprises material produced by Connecticut public and private, primary and secondary schools, as well as schools of music, dance, elocution, etc. Includes programs (graduation, class day, exhibitions, anniversaries, music presentations, etc.), report cards, examination sheets and booklets, promotional materials, descriptive booklets, announcements, invitations, and rules. Among the report cards are seven for L.G. Welles, signed by Gideon Welles, from Hartford Public High School. Schools include the Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Conn.), Gilbert School (Winsted, Conn.), Connecticut Literary Institution (later Suffield Academy, Suffield, Conn.), Hopkins Grammar School (New Haven, Conn.), Miss Porter's School (Farmington, Conn.), American School for the Deaf (Hartford, Conn.), Collins Street Classical School (Hartford, Conn.), Hartford Female Seminary, Miss Draper's Seminary (Hartford, Conn.), Nursery and Kindergarten for the Blind (Hartford, Conn.), Oxford Academy (Oxford, Conn.), McLean Seminary (Simsbury, Conn.), and the State Trade Education Shop (Bridgeport, Conn.), as well as public schools. All schools are arranged alphabetically by town.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (ca. 1025 items) ; 48 x 32 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53899880 View

Jerome family. Papers ca. 1824-1956 (bulk 1850-1922).

Title: Papers ca. 1824-1956 (bulk 1850-1922).

The Jerome Family Papers consist of a scrapbook; an autograph album; a commonplace book; a spelling book, course records, and school catalogue; biographical and genealogical information; and photographs. The individuals represented are relatives of Jennie Gilbert Jerome, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. The material relates to her grandmother Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome; her aunt Jennie G. Jerome; her mother Elizabeth Maude Jerome; and her brother Gilbert Nelson Jerome. Much of the collection consists of items dating ca.1914-1922 and 1956 that relate to Gilbert Jerome-- a tribute; a biography written by his mother (1920); and pages from the International YMCA College yearbook (1914). There are photographs relating to his military service and death in World War I including images of him with his plane, his funeral and burial sites in France and Connecticut, and the memorial stone and Tiffany window commissioned in his honor for the Plymouth Congregational Church in New Haven. Material for Elizabeth Maude Jerome consists of a scrapbook of small embossed die-cuts (ca.1876), an autograph album (ca.1877-1881) with signatures from Hartford Female Seminary, and her obituary. Material for Jennie G. Jerome dates from 1873-1879 when she attended Hartford Female Seminary, including "A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes" by W.T. Adams (1873), her notes for her studies, and a school catalogue. Material for Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome consists of a commonplace book (1850-ca.1870). Jerome family material consists of a poem written for a relative (1848) and information about Gilbert and Jerome family members as recorded in a Bible ca.1824-1939. Rounding out the collection are two photograph albums from the 1860s to ca.1900 that contain images of Gilbert and Jerome family members and cartes-de-visite of well-known individuals including American presidents and generals and American and English authors.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46516917 View

Todd, Mary. Stone-Welles-Todd family papers, 1744-1976.

Title: Stone-Welles-Todd family papers, 1744-1976.

The Stone-Welles-Todd family papers is a collection of correspondence tracing six generations of a Hartford, Connecticut family. Also includes sermons of Rev. Collins Stone, school notebooks of Jane Naomi Strong, annual reports from the American Asylum at Hartford for the Deaf and Dumb, school reunion materials from Yale College and Hartford Female Seminary, and assorted other printed items. One such printed item is the constitution for the Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard. The collection was obtained in two accessions and the second accession, also family letters, has not been processed. While other correspondents are represented, the majority of the letters were composed by John H. Welles, John I. Welles, Nancy (Hubbard) Welles, Charles Pitkin Welles, Jane Naomi (Strong) Welles, Edward Collins Stone, Mary Catherine (Welles) Stone, Charles T. Stone, Henrietta Ellen (Stone) Todd, Elizabeth "Bessie" Stone, Jane Stone, and Edward C. "Ned" Stone. Terry family correspondence is included as well.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310751507 View

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.). School reports, 1840-1841.

Title: School reports, 1840-1841.

Evaluates accomplishment on lessons and deportment for Mary B. Smith.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22978596 View