Papers, 1862-1936 (bulk 1862-1867).

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Papers, 1862-1936 (bulk 1862-1867).

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Papers consist primarily of correspondence received by Mary Wead in the course of her work with the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. There are also bills received for materials she purchased for the Union Army. Correspondents include Louisa Lee Schuyler, leader in 19th century welfare work; author Amy Lowell; and Letitia Campbell of the Freedman's Union Commission. There is a small amount of correspondence to other Wead family members, circa 1911-36.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her brother, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, was president of Harvard University. At age 36, Lowell had her first poem published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1912, her first book of poems, A dome of many colored glasses was published. She became associated with the Imagists poets when Ezra Pound, whom she had met on a trip to England, included one of her poems in his anthology, Des imagistes. Lowell wrote critical articles for periodicals in add...

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...

Schuyler, Louisa Lee

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Social worker. Born 1837; died 1926. From the description of Louisa Lee Schuyler papers, 1852-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981058 ...

Woman's Central Association of Relief

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American Freedman's Union Commission

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The purpose of the commission was to support education projects in the southern states after the Civil War. From the description of American Freedman's Union Commission minute book, 1866-1869. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64757119 ...

National Freedman's Relief Association

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Andersonville Prison, represented in the collection through its hospital records and registers, was located in southwest Georgia and operated for 15 months between 1864 and 1865. The site was used by the Confederate Army as a prisoner-of-war camp for captured Union soldiers. At the time of its closure, almost 13,000 Union soldiers had died at Andersonville. The records were collected by E. P. Hopkins, a captured soldier from Ohio who worked as a steward in the prison hospital. ...

Wead family.

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Librarian; U.S. Sanitary Commission volunteer. Mary K. Wead (1812-1896?) married to Samuel Wead; worked for the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War; and during the 1880s was an inspector for the NY State Charities Association for Franklin County. Little else is known about her. Eunice Wead (1881-1969), believed to be Mary's granddaughter, graduated Smith College, 1902; librarian, Smith College, 1906-11; curator of rare books and professor of library science, Univers...

Wead, Mary Eunice.

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State Charities Aid Association (N.Y.)

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Wead, Mary, 1812-1896

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