Papers, 1820-1853.

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Papers, 1820-1853.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50119310

The Papers focus on three sisters: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894), Transcendentalist, teacher, author, abolitionist and educational reformer; Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (1806-1887), married to educator Horace Mann; and Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871), artist and writer, married to author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Elizabeth Peabody started the first formally organized kindergarten in the U.S., in Boston, 1860, following Friedrich Froebel's kindergarten movement. The Peabodys were well-acquainted with New England intellectuals, artists, and social reformers of the day. The collection consists primarily of letters from the Peabody sisters to their friend Maria Chase, of Salem, Mass., describing their intellectual pursuits and social activities in Massachusetts, circa l820-53. Also included are letters written by Maria's sister, Rebecca Chase Kinsman, to her family while en route to China with her merchant husband, Nathaniel Kinsman, and while living in Macao (1842-46).

1 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Peabody family.

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Artist; Author; Publisher; Teacher; Transcendentalist; Education reformer; Traveler. From the description of Papers, 1820-1853. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50119310 ...

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Chase, Marian Tyler.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...

Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody, 1806-1887

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Educator. From the description of Papers of Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1863-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451614 Mary Tyler Peabody Mann was an active social reformer, educator, and author. Along with her sisters, Elizabeth Peabody and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, she created and maintained vital connections within the Transcendentalist movement. Mary and her husband, educator Horace Mann, were active abolitionists. The sisters's practical application of optimism and hum...

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809?-1871

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Wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1843 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870979 Sophia Hawthorne Peabody was a painter and illustrator as well as the wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She also published her journals and various articles. From the description of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne letters, 1827, 1868. (Middlebury College). WorldCat record id: 654...

Grinnell, Rebecca Chase Kinsman, 1810-1882

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