New England Women's Auxiliary Association photograph album, [1862-1866].

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New England Women's Auxiliary Association photograph album, [1862-1866].

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Album containing thirty-nine cartes-de-visite of individuals, mostly women officers, of the New England Women's Auxiliary Association, a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commisstion, and three Sanitary Commission buildings in Newbern, N.C. and elsewhere. The Association provided hygienic and sanitary aid not provided by the government during the Civil War. Among the individuals represented are A.L. Holmes, Annie T. Endicott, L.N. Goodwin, Abby S. Stephenson, Anne D. Sever, and Louisa L. Schuyler. Photographers include Edward L. Allen, James W. Black, and John Adams Whipple, all of Boston. The album contains caption information for most of the photographs and was apparently owned by Abby W. May.

42 photographs in album : cartes-de-visite, b&w ; 10 x 6 cm., in album 14.5 x 9.5 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7379880

Massachusetts Historical Society

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United States Sanitary Commission

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The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming 1865 dollars, $422.66 million in 2021) and in-kind contributions to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers. The president was Henry Whit...

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

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Served with the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1866; Freedmen's Aid Society, 1866-1873; founded the New England Women's Club, 1868; Boston School Committee representative, 1875-1878; member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1879-1888; president of the Massachusetts School Sufrrage Association, 1880-1888; member and president of the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women, 1880-1886; and member of the Association...

Allen, Edward L.,

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Sever, Anne Dana.

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Schuyler, Louisa Lee, 1837-1926

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Goodwin, L. N., d. 1887

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New England Women's Auxiliary Association

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Endicott, Annie Thorndike.

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May, Abby W. (Abby Williams), 1829-1888

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Chairman of the New England Women's Auxiliary Association which was a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The organization provided hygienic and sanitary help not provided by the government during the Civil War. From the description of Copy book, March 22, 1865-March 21, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52751215 Abby W. May was a social reformer living in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Letter of Abby W. May, n....

Stephenson, Abby S.

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Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896

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Illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of F.O.C. Darley [graphic] / J.W. Black. [ca. 1870] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220203675 ...

Holmes, A. L., d. 1888

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