Benjamin Kendall Emerson family papers, 1708-1921.

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Benjamin Kendall Emerson family papers, 1708-1921.

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Personal papers and correspondence of members of the Emerson and allied families over several generations, but primarily 1860-1921. There is a single autograph receipt (1708) of Samuel Sewall (1652-1730). There are 29 letters from Edmund Q. Sewall to his father Henry D. Sewall while on a trip to Europe 1844-46. The collection contains the personal correspondence of Dr. Benjamin K. Emerson (1843-1932), while he was Professor of Geology at Amherst College and Assistant Geologist on the U.S. Geological Survey. There are miscellaneous Emerson, Kendall, Hopkins, Allen and Sewall family letters and genealogical information, in particular on the Sewall family. The letters include several letters from and about the family of Emily Dickinson. (Cont'd) The bulk of the collection consists of letters exchanged by Mary A.H. Emerson, 1848-97), and her mother, Charlotte F.A. Hopkins, between 1860-95. There are typed letters, typescript copies, and letters to his wife concerning the service of Dr. (Benjamin) Kendall Emerson (1875-1962), a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps Harvard Medical Unit of the British Army in France, 1916-17. The collection also contains Emerson's typewritten log (26 Feb.-16 Apr. 1919) of a journey by train across Siberia and Manchuria while working for the American Red Cross; and Emerson's letters to his wife from Paris where he was director of the American Hospital and medical director of the American Red Cross in Europe.

23 boxes and 1 oversize folder.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730

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Samuel Sewell was born 28 March 1652 Bishop Stoke England. He arrived in Boston 1661. He was Commissioner of the Company for the Progagation of the Gospel in New England and Parts Adjacent (1699-1730), Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., Overseer of Harvard College, Judge of Probate for Suffolk Co. (1715-1728), and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature (1718-1728). He died 1 January 1729/30 Boston MA. From the description of [Account book of Samuel Sewall,...

Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, 1843-1932

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Emerson was born on December 20, 1843, in Nashua, New Hampshire, the son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Kendall) Emerson. He prepared for college at Tilton Academy in Vermont. He graduated from Amherst College in 1865 with honors and from there he went to Groton Academy to teach chemistry and zoology. In 1867 he went to Germany to study geology and received his Ph. D from Göttingen in 1870. He returned to Amherst where he stayed as Professor of Geology (later Professor Emeritus) for the remainde...

Emerson family.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Sewall family.

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Sewall, Henry D. (Henry Devereux), 1786-1845

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Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Hopkins, Charlotte Frelinghuysen Allen.

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Allen family.

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Hopkins family.

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Emerson, Mary Annette Hopkins, 1848?-

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Great Britain. Royal Army Medical Corps (1914-1918)

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Kendall family.

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Sewall, Edmund Quincy.

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Dickinson family.

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Emerson, Benjamin Kendall

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