Hemenway Family Papers, 1800-1954.

Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893

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Lucy Stone (b. Aug. 13, 1818, West Brookfield, MA–d. Oct. 18, 1893, Boston, MA) was born to parents Hannah Matthews and Francis Stone. At age 16, Stone began teaching in district schools always earning far less money than men. In 1847, she became the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree from Oberlin College. After college, Stone began her career with the Garrisonian Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and began giving public speeches on women's rights. In the fall of 1847, with...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Hemenway, Mary, 1820-1894

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Southwest Indian Expedition.

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Hemenway, Sarah Upton, 1787-1865.

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Hemenway family.

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Muller, William D.

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George W. Bangs and Company.

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Hemenway, Charles P., 1818-1893.

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Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.)

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Boston Normal School

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In 1872 the Boston Normal School separated from Girls High School to become an independent institution that trained teachers for the elementary grades. The Normal School became the Teachers College of the City of Boston in 1924, and, later, Boston State College. Boston State College merged with UMass/Boston in 1982. From the description of Records, 1872-1942 (bulk, 1872-1924). (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52779384 ...

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935

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American painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, NY, to Mr. Schnell, of Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470640 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Childe Hassam letters, [undated] and 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133251 Prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. From the description...

Eustis, Frederic A., 1877-

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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...

Tileston, Thomas.

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Hemenway, Augustus; 1805-1876.

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Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893

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Lucy Larcom wrote poetry about women's factory life in Lowell, Mass. She was a friend and collaborator of John Greenleaf Whittier. From the description of Lucy Larcom letter, poem, and photograph, 1871-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38235776 Poet and writer, from Lowell, Mass. who attended Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. from 1849-1852, and was friends with Henry Spaulding who worked at the Surveyor General's Office in St. Louis. ...

Hemenway, Augustus, Jr., 1853-1931.

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