Mary Scofield and family papers, 1856-1991 (bulk 1900-1915).

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Scofield, Mary Isobel, 1855-1922. Mary Scofield and family papers, 1856-1991 (bulk 1900-1915).

Mary Scofield and family papers, 1856-1991 (bulk 1900-1915).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313810138

Correspondence (undated, 1856-1923, 1942-1948, 1965-1966); genealogical charts; newspaper obituaries (Aug. 1901 and Dec. 1922) and clippings (undated, 1965-1971); photographs; and an autobiographical typed transcript (1991) documenting the lives of a rural Minnesota family from Cannon Falls (Minn.). Consisting mainly of letters between a mother and daughter, the correspondence focuses on family matters but also portrays Midwestern small-town life in the early 1900s. Topics include the health and upbringing of a premature infant, illnesses, births and deaths, domestic activities, church and social functions, child rearing, business matters, and reactions to new technologies (telephone, phonograph, motion pictures, automobile). The autobiography is by the grandson and son, respectively, of the two principal correspondents.

2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes and 1 oversize folder, unboxed).

Minnesota Historical Society Library