Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908
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Biographical notes:
Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood.
Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also journal, as her mother did, and her Civil War diary was published by her daughter in The Philadelphia Magazine of History, in 1978. Her original diaries are preserved at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Links to collections
Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, 1890-1895.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957. Papers, 1729-1957.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. Materials relating to Owen Wister's books [manuscript], ca.1896-1950.
University of Virginia. Library
Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers
Archives of American Art
John Jay Chapman additional papers, 1888-1959.
Houghton Library
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822. Estate papers, 1810-1894 (inclusive), 1846-1891 (bulk).
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
Houghton Library
Additional papers, 1859-1903.
Houghton Library
John Jay Chapman papers
Houghton Library
Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.
Houghton Library
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873,. Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Century Company records
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Butler family. Papers, 1771-1900.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).
Houghton Library
Parkman family papers, 1793-1896
Houghton Library
Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).
Houghton Library
Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence
Houghton Library
Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931.
Houghton Library
Owen Wister Papers, 1829-1966, (bulk 1890-1930)
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Additional papers, 1767-1898.
Houghton Library
Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Correspondence, 1851-1928.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
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Ward, Samuel Gray.
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Ward, Samuel Gray.
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Ward, Samuel Gray.
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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
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Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822.
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Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
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Martin, Edward Sanford, 1856-1939
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Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
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Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957.
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Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
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Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
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Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873,
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Smith, Mary, 1842-1878.
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Ward, Samuel Gray
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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938)
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Butler family.
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Parkman family.
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Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Century Company
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Subjects:
- Civil war
- Women
- Writers
Occupations:
- Writer
Places:
- PA, US
Variant Names
Wister, Owen Butler, 1835-1908.
Wister, Sarah B.
Sarah Bulter Wister (Mrs. Owen J.).
Sarah (Butler) Wister
WISTER, Sarah Butler
Wister, Sarah (Butler)
Wister, Owen Jones Mrs 1835-1908
Butler, Sarah 1835-1908
Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908
Wister, Sarah B.
Wister, Mrs. Owen Jones, 1835-1908