Western Female Seminary
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The Western Female Seminary was founded in 1853 in Oxford, Ohio by Reverend Daniel and Mrs. Tenney. It was one of the original "daughter schools" of Mount Holyoke Seminary. Helen Peabody, student of Mary Lyon, was selected as principal of the Seminary. In 1894 it became The Western, a College and Seminary for Women. In 1904 its name changed again, to Western College for Women. It is now a small liberal arts college.
From the guide to the Western Female Seminary records MS 0599., 1863-1973., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Hopkins family. Hopkins-McVay family papers, 1836-1964. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
referencedIn | Letters, 1862-1878. | Cleveland Public Library, Main Library | |
referencedIn | Putnam Family. Papers 1796-1930. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883. Stephen R. Riggs and family papers, 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869). | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
referencedIn | Stephen R. Riggs and family papers., 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869). | Minnesota Historical Society | |
creatorOf | Western College. Records, 1853-1974. | Smith Library of Regional History | |
creatorOf | Western Female Seminary collection, 1863-1973. | Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library | |
creatorOf | Western Female Seminary records MS 0599., 1863-1973. | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Williston family. Williston family collection, 1681-1991. | Emily Williston Memorial Library |
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associatedWith | Putnam Family. |
associatedWith | Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883. |
associatedWith | Western College for Women - History. |
associatedWith | Western College for Women. |
associatedWith | Western College. |
associatedWith | Williston family. |
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