Papers, 1618-1976, undated.

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Papers, 1618-1976, undated.

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Correspondence, diaries (1872-1874, 1900) notes, lectures and essays of Mary Newbury Adams and her husband, Austin Adams, and sermons of her father Samuel Newbury. Journal (1872) relates to Mrs. Adams' visit with Amos Bronson Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord, Massachusetts. Other materials contain information on the establishment of a Thoreau rock cairn by Mrs. Adams and the Concord School of Philosophy which she attended. Correspondents include Amos Bronson Alcott, Ednah Dow Cheney, Marcus Hanna, Benjamin W. Lacey, Bertha M.H. Palmer, John Addison Porter, Franklin B. Sanborn, Caroline M. Severance, Emma Ward and Emerson E. White.

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Alcott, A. Bronson (Amos Bronson), 1799-1888

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Adams, Mary Newbury, 1837-1901.

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Newbury, Samuel, 1802-1868.

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Adams, Austin, 1826-1890

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Adams family.

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Mary Newbury Adams: early feminist; third child of Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Newbury, b. in Peru, Indiana; graduated 1857 from Mrs. Willard's Female Seminary in Troy, N.Y.; married Austin Adams 1857; became interested in woman suffrage in 1868 and promoted it through writing and speaking; member of Association for Advancement of Women, American Historical Association, Vice Chair of Women's Branch of World's Congress Auxillary of Columbian Exposition and belonged to numerous literary soci...