Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877

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1827-1829 worked as a governess; 1835 founded the Working and Visiting Society in Bristol; 1846 opened first ragged school in Bristol; 1850s work on juvenile delinquency, including conference, parliamentary evidence, publications; 1860s work on female education in India; 1870 founded National Indian Association; also worked on prison reform and the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts

Epithet: social reformer, philanthropist and educationalist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0000f8

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creatorOf Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877. Autograph letter signed Mary Carpenter to: Dear Sir November 16, 1873. Wellesley College
referencedIn Autograph Letter Collection (additional items), c.1810-1975 The Women' s Library
referencedIn Florence Nightingale papers., 1866 British Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877. [Letter to Miss Duffin] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn Autograph Letter Collection: General Women's Movement, 1825-1896 The Women' s Library
creatorOf PP. Letters of the social reformer Mary Carpenter to Miss ― Wareing, chiefly referring to the National Indian Association; 1867-1877, n.d. Purchased from Elizabeth Crawford, May 1999.Paper; ff. 123-133. Various sizes.Mary Carpenter, social reformer..., 1867-1877 British Library
referencedIn Howe family papers, 1819-1910. Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph Letter Collection: Literary Ladies, 1881-1959 The Women' s Library
referencedIn Autograph Letter Collection: Biographical notes by Mrs Billington Greig, c.1950 The Women' s Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877. Autograph letter signed Mary Carpenter to: Dear Sir April 1, 1861. Wellesley College
creatorOf Letter to Miss Duffin, May 12, 1866? University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. John Stuart Mill letters, 1819-1847. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864. Letter to Mary Carpenter. [London, Eng.] [18--] University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Autograph File, C Houghton Library
creatorOf MARGARET ELLIOT CORRESPONDENCE: correspondence of Margaret Elliot (d. 1901), daughter of the Rev. Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol; 1863-1891, n.d. Writers include John Anthony Froude and Mary Carpenter. Partly fragm. Purchased in two lots from John W..., 1863-1891 British Library
referencedIn Dall, Caroline Wells Healey, 1822-1912. Papers, 1829-1956 (inclusive), 1837-1916 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn NIGHTINGALE PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. 214). (1) Typewritten copies of letters to Mrs Georgiana Moore, Mother Superior of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Bermondsey; 1856-1868. ff. 1-57. (2) Letters from Adeline Paulina Irby, traveller; 1870-1879. ff. 58..., 1856-1879 British Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
referencedIn Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887) Houghton Library
creatorOf Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879. Papers, 1840-1965 1841-1878 (bulk). Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Norman Carr Sargant papers., 1807-1877 British Library
referencedIn Autograph Letter Collection: General and Personal, 1800-1972 The Women' s Library
referencedIn Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 Houghton Library
creatorOf Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904,. Correspondence to France Power Cobbe, 1855-1904. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf H. Letter of congratulation from Mary Carpenter, philanthropist, (b.1807, d.1877) to Emily Faithfull on her appointment as Queen's publisher; 2 July 1862. Purchased from A. R. Heath Rare Books and Manuscripts, Bristol, March 2003.Paper; f. 80. 182 x... British Library
referencedIn Clay, John, 1796-1858. Correspondence : 1821-1873. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. John Stuart Mill letters, 1819-1847. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1829-1956 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Mary Carpenter letter, 1865 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Additional correspondence, 1787-1886 Houghton Library
referencedIn William Tallack Correspondence, 1830-1907 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Hosmer, James Kendall, 1834-1927. J. K. Hosmer letter to F. B. Sanborn [manuscript], 1865 September 7. University of Virginia. Library
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associatedWith Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879. person
associatedWith CAROLINE WELLS HEALEY DALL, 1822-1912 person
associatedWith Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Clay, John, 1796-1858. person
associatedWith Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904, person
associatedWith Dall, Caroline Wells Healey, 1822-1912. person
correspondedWith Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 person
associatedWith Hosmer, James Kendall, 1834-1927. person
correspondedWith Howe family. family
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
associatedWith Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. person
correspondedWith Peabody, Marian Lawrence, 1875- person
associatedWith Pierce, Edward Lillie, 1829-1897. person
associatedWith Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864. person
correspondedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
associatedWith Tallack, William, 1831-1908 person
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Birth 1807-04-03

Death 1877-06-14

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