Wead Family Papers 1862-1936

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Wead Family Papers 1862-1936

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Librarian and U.S. Sanitary Commission volunteer. The Wead Family papers consist primarily of correspondence to and from Mary Wead in the course of her work with the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. Correspondents with both Mary and Eunice Wead include Louisa Lee Schuyler, leader in 19th century welfare work; author Amy Lowell; and Letitia Campbell of the Freedman's Union Commission. There is a small amount of correspondence to other Wead family members.

1 box; (.25 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her brother, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, was president of Harvard University. At age 36, Lowell had her first poem published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1912, her first book of poems, A dome of many colored glasses was published. She became associated with the Imagists poets when Ezra Pound, whom she had met on a trip to England, included one of her poems in his anthology, Des imagistes. Lowell wrote critical articles for periodicals in add...

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Wead family

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American Freedman's Union Commission

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Schuyler, Louisa Lee, 1837-1926

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National Freedmen's Relief Association

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Woman's Central Association of Relief

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Wead, Mary Eunice.

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Wead, Mary, 1812-1896

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