Emma Hart Willard family papers, 1819-1961 (bulk 1820-1880).

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Emma Hart Willard family papers, 1819-1961 (bulk 1820-1880).

Correspondence and papers related to Emma Hart Willard, her son John Hart Willard, his wife Sarah L. Willard and his daughter Emma Willard Scudder. Also included are papers and correspondence related to Willard Scudder, Henry Joel Scudder and Hewlett Scudder and the Willard, Scudder and Keyes families. There is correspondence from Timothy Dwight, Henry Barnard, A.S. Barnes, Almira Phelps (Mrs. Lincoln Phelps) and L.H. Sigourney.

13 archive boxes, 4 half archive boxes (15 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7652344

Amherst College. Library

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Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Willard, Emma, 1787-1870

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American educator; founder of the Emman Willard School for girls. From the description of Letters of Emma Willard [manuscript], 1818-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996500 Note: The following chronology was prepared by Lucy Townsend and Barbara Wiley for The Papers of Emma Hart Willard, 1787-1870. Guide to the Microfilm Edition . It is based on Emma Willard's memoir addressed to Professor Coggswell (1842), as well as her corr...

Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900

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American educator. From the description of Papers, 1832-1900. (Trinity College Library). WorldCat record id: 50031643 American educator; first US Commissioner of Education 1867-1870. Includes material from Gordon Ford. From the guide to the Henry Barnard letters, 1853, 1856, 1881, 1884, 1888, 1889, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American educationalist; born Hartford, Conn., January 24, 1811; died Hartford, Con...

Willard, John Hart, 1810-

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Barnes, Alfred Smith, 1817-1888

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Scudder, Willard.

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Scudder, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1825-1886

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Emma Willard School (Troy, N.Y.)

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Scudder, Emma Willard, 1835-1893

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Willard family.

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Dwight, Timothy, 1778-1844

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Scudder, Hewlett.

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Keys family.

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Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs., 1793-1884

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Scudder family.

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Willard, Sarah L., 1809-1883

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