Papers 1879-1933 1882-1889.

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Papers 1879-1933 1882-1889.

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The papers of Mary Otis Preston Spafford consist of correspondence, biographical information, memorabilia, and a photograph of her. Of particular note are letters by her in which she describes her work as "boy's attendant" at the Clarke School for Deaf Mutes in Northampton, Mass., 1880, and her experiences as a teacher at Huguenot Seminary in Wellington, South Africa, 1882-1889. These letters discuss her trip to and from South Africa via London, her many duties at the Seminary, her involvement with temperance work and the local Chautauqua Circle, visits to missionaries (chiefly Mount Holyoke alumnae), and her travels throughout the country. She also makes several references to her relationship with William Swain Spafford, a member of the British Army, whom she married in 1890.

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mary Otis Preston was born in Granby, Mass. on July 20, 1857. Her parents were Calvin Preston, a farmer, and Sarah Montague Moody Preston. After attending local and district schools, she entered Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1876 and graduated in 1879. She then worked as "boy's attendant" at the Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes in Northampton, Mass. for two years. In the summer of 1882 Spafford went to Wellington, South Africa to work at Huguenot Seminary, the first institution for the higher ...

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Holbrook, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1856-1934

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Landfear, M. Emma (Mary Emma), 1851-1914

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