Papers, 1858-1951 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1858-1951 (inclusive).

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Bulk of her papers are Wellesley College records and English themes, and a note book Cooke kept from 1882 to 1892 when she was conducting a private school in Rutland, Vermont, but correspondence and poems, 1933-1951, from Laura Spencer Porter Pope are included. Collection also contains diaries, 1858-1866, in which Cooke's grandmother, Mrs. Bardwell describes daily life in Walpole, NH, her travels to Decorah, Iowa in 1862 and 1866 to visit her daughter Sarah, the work of the Soldiers' Aid Society, and the Civil War. Also included is material about the Eastman School and Dana Hall School.

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