Kate Upson Clark Papers, 1893-1935.

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Kate Upson Clark Papers, 1893-1935.

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Diaries; correspondence; manuscript notes, articles, lectures, and unpublished poems; biographical material and memorabilia. Correspondence from and to family, friends, and students includes intimate letters (1914-22) to her sister, Mary Upson Avery, with references to personal, family, occupational, and financial matters, as well as her activities as Trustee of Wheaton College and persons of varying importance met through lecture engagements, and glimpses into the careers of her sons, Charles Upson and John Kirkland Clark. Her unpublished manuscript of "The Affair of William Strickland & Co.," is an account of charges of "Abolitionist connivance" brought by the booksellers' business in Mobile, Alabama in which her father, Charles Upson, a native of Connecticut, was an associate. Other writings include diaries kept as an adolescent and young woman (1862-68, 1888).

.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Clark, Kate Upson, 1851-1935

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Editor; Trustee, Wheaton College; Suffragist; Journalist; Poet. Catherine (Kate) Pickens Upson was born in Alabama in 1851, to Edwin Upson and Priscilla Maxwell. She graduated from Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College), Norton, Mass., in 1869; married Edward P. Clark in 1874 and had three sons. She contributed articles and columns to various publications including Godey's magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Christian Herald, Harper's; was editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Good Cheer ...

Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.)

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