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Various. Ipswich, Massachusetts Town Records, 1634-1909.

Title: Ipswich, Massachusetts Town Records, 1634-1909.

Collection includes church, club and society records; property appraisals and tax records; ; and miscellaneous papers pertaining to Ipswich, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (6.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/716203212 View

Johnson, Harriet, d. 1865. Correspondence, 1833-1837.

Title: Correspondence, 1833-1837.

Letters to her father, David Johnson, and other family members in Newbury, Vt., written as a student at Ipswich Female Seminary. Describes Mary Lyon, Zilpah Grant, her studies, life in several boarding houses, trips to Boston and elsewhere in eastern Massachusetts, and her views on why and how women should be educated.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31327085 View

Cowles, Eunice C. (Eunice Caldwell), 1811-1903. Papers, ca. 1821-1903.

Title: Papers, ca. 1821-1903.

The Eunice C. Cowles Papers include correspondence, writings, biographical information, Caldwell and Cowles family papers, and a photograph. Much of this material concerns Cowles' connections to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and to Ipswich Female Seminary, where she spent most of her career. The correspondence, dating from 1833 to 1888, includes letters by and to Cowles. Some early letters in the collection are addressed to friends and family members. Other letters concern Mount Holyoke Female Seminary at its inception, including a March 8, 1838 letter entitled "Washing Day at Mount Holyoke Seminary" that describes the students' weekly cleaning routine. Later letters by Cowles are more general in nature and are addressed mainly to friends. Also included are letters written by Mary Lyon to Cowles. One letter, dated July 3, 1836, concerns Cowles' appointment as Associate Principal at Mount Holyoke. Another, dated November 29, 1855, concerns a student at Ipswich Female Seminary. The writings include two journals that Cowles kept while she was a student at Ipswich Female Seminary 1831-1832. One describes her academic routine and makes reference to Mary Lyon, her teacher at Ipswich. The other journal contains Bible passages. Also included in the writings is a pamphlet by Cowles entitled "Our Maidens," from a lecture she delivered in 1879 at a meeting of the Women's Board of Missions in Boston, Massachusetts. The pamphlet discusses the training of women missionaries and Mary Lyon's role in this field. Also included are documents written by Mary Lyon but apparently copied by Cowles. These documents include spiritual writings, letters, a ledger of cash received from Mount Holyoke for furniture, and some compositions on education. The biographical information consists of an obituary and a biographical note, ca. 1903. The family papers include a notification, dated July 30, 1835, of the drowning death of Cowles' father Captain John Caldwell in the Kennebec River. The series also includes two receipts belonging to Cowles' husband, John Cowles, as well as a short note from Mary Lyon to Cowles' mother, Eunice Caldwell. The photograph is a formal portrait of Cowles, possibly dating from the 1850's; it appears to be a copy of a photograph that was published in a newspaper or magazine.

ArchivalResource: 1 box 2.5 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43069036 View

Brown, Mary E., of Ipswich, Mass. Ipswich Historical Society archives, 1650-1870.

Title: Ipswich Historical Society archives, 1650-1870.

Collections of Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich, Mass., including correspondence, deeds, genealogical notes, notebooks, diaries, account books, and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 4 file cabinets (4 drawers each)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70957950 View

Hale Papers MS 0560., 1830-1837

Title: Hale Papers 1830-1837

Hale, Harriet Johnson, d. 1865; student and teacher. Ipswich Female Seminary graduate, 1837. Papers contain a notebook of penmmanship examples and letters to family members concerning primarily her schedule, studies, and activities as a student at Ipswich with frequent references to Zilpah P. Grant Banister, Mary Lyon, and to her own ideas about women's education.

ArchivalResource: 1 box; ( 2.5 linear in.)

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Ipswich Female Seminary Collection, 1828-[present] (bulk 1828-1875)

Title: Ipswich Female Seminary Collection, 1828-[present] (bulk 1828-1875)

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (7.5 linear in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8970419 View

Banister papers MS 0506., 1803-1971.

Title: Banister papers 1803-1971.

Banister, Zilpah Polly Grant, 1794-1874; Educator. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical sketches, maps and charts, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs. Primarily containing correspondence to family and colleagues pertaining to her work at Adams Female Academy and Ipswich Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes; (1.1 linear ft.)

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Ipswich Female Seminary Collection MS 0556., 1828-[present], 1828-1875

Title: Ipswich Female Seminary Collection 1828-[present] 1828-1875

Ipswich Female Seminary. Founded in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1828. Papers consist of catalogues, circulars and announcements, administrative and regulatory documents, records for the Society for the Education of Females, correspondence, ceremonial records, published materials, and photographs documenting primarily the philosophies of the school, the activities of students and teachers, and the administrative work of Zilpah P. (Grant) Banister and Mary Lyon.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes; (7.5 linear in.)

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Mary Lyon Collection MS 0500., ca. 1778-

Title: Mary Lyon Collection ca. 1778-

Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849; Educator and founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College). Contains correspondence, published and unpublished writings, notes on Lyon's remarks, biographical material and memorabilia, books that were in Lyon's library, material relating to the Lyon family and to Ashfield, Buckland, and Byfield, Massachusetts, portraits and likeness of Lyon, and microfilm of her correspondence and writings. The collection documents aspects of her personal life, including her studies at Byfield Seminary and Sanderson Academy, as well as her work at Ipswich Female Seminary and particularly Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes, 94 volumes; (26.5 linear ft.)

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Dodge, Mary Abigail, 1833-1896. Mary Abigail Dodge Papers, 1834-1896.

Title: Mary Abigail Dodge Papers, 1834-1896.

This collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Hamilton, MA author and poet, who wrote under the pseudonym Gail Hamilton. Also contains her autograph collection and two volumes of poetry and essays written by her (1841-1855).

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608549006 View