Emily Howland Family Papers

This collection includes the papers of Emily Howland (1827-1929), a Quaker educator and humanitarian who is particularly remembered for her work with formerly-enslaved African Americans in the South during and after the Civil War. The collection also contains family papers, surnames Howland and Tallcot.

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Emily Howland diary
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Emily Howland diary
Description:
Wanamaker Diary filled out by Howland. Most pages which Howland did not write on have not been scanned; see the indices at the beginning and end for a list of the printed contents. Diary entries chronicle Howland's daily activities.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
Entries chronicle Howland's daily activities. Recurring themes include Howland's involvement with the Sherwood Select School, her visitors, and the deaths of friends and relatives.
Date:
1924
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland botanical notes
Title:
Emily Howland botanical notes
Description:
Discusses plants Howland had seen while in Florida.
Date:
1891-04-24
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland card
Title:
Emily Howland card
Description:
Small card bearing Emily Howland's name and a brief religious poem.
Date:
1837-12-31
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland account book
Title:
Emily Howland account book
Description:
Emily Howland in account with the First National Bank of Aurora, N.Y. Lists people and organizations to whom Howland gave money, as well as sources of income. In chronological order except for expenses for 1916-07-31 through 1916-09-25, which are located in the back of the book. Blank pages not scanned.
Date:
1915-1921
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
Wanamaker Diary filled out by Howland. Most pages which Howland did not write on have not been scanned; see the indices at the beginning and end for a list of the printed contents. Diary entries chronicle Howland's daily activities.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
Entries chronicle Howland's daily activities. Recurring themes include Howland's involvement with the Sherwood Select School, her visitors, and the deaths of friends and relatives. Nettie Ward maintained entries on Howland's behalf during illness. Pages left blank by Howland are not part of this digital facsimile.
Date:
1926
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller portrait
Title:
Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller portrait
Description:
Taken by J. E. Hale. Shows women's rights activist Elizabeth Smith Miller seated at a table, her daughter Anne Fitzhugh Miller standing next to her, and a dog lying at their feet.
Date:
1898-06-06
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
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Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Discusses Howland's time in London. Speaks briefly of Elizabeth Thompson. Describes meeting Queen Victoria in company with other foreign attendees of the International Council of Women. Discusses attending a reception hosted by Lady Aberdeen after the close of the Council; criticizes the tradition of low-necked dresses. Discusses Howland's time in the Netherlands and Belgium, including visting the Huis ten Bosch palace in the Hague. Expresses doubts about the ability of a peace conference at the Hague to "stem the tide of militarism which menaces humanity." Describes a church service in Ghent.
Date:
1899-07-19
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
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Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Describes visiting abolitionist Rebecca Moore, who had written a review of Putnam's recent book. Discusses a reception Moore had recently held for Booker T. Washington and his wife.
Date:
1899-07-30
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
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Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran a school for African Americans in Virginia. Says that she received a letter from British reformer Rebecca Moore and an empty envelope in Putnam's handwriting. Mentions staying up in the hopes of seeing a meteor shower. Discusses Anne F. Miller, who she recently saw at the New York State Suffrage Convention in Dunkirk. Passes on news of the health of her sister-in-law Hannah Letchworth Howland and niece Isabel Howland, who were recently in the Gleason Sanitarium in Elmira. Relates Rebecca Moore's disapproval of the Boer War and compares it to the Spanish-American War. Discusses Putnam's recently published book "A Life for Liberty."
Date:
1899-11-17
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Howland's friend, educator Caroline F. Putnam. Discusses Putnam's friends and gives her advice and instructions on traveling to Sherwood. Mentions that Howland had access to a telephone.
Date:
1898-05-11
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written in part from Susan B. Anthony's home. On National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead; addressed to educator Caroline F. Putnam, who taught at an African American school in Virginia. Comments on the dedication of a monument to Frederick Douglass in Rochester, which Howland attended at the invitation of Susan B. Anthony. Discusses attending the Afro-American Council with Anthony and meeting Helen Pitts Douglass and Ida B. Wells at Anthony's home. Remarks on Mrs. Douglass's desires for her husband's remains. Discusses a misunderstanding between Anthony and Putnam. Mentions that Howland's sister-in-law Hannah and niece Isabel had gone to a sanitarium in Elmira.
Date:
1898-09-14
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written from Gleason Sanitarium; likely addressed to Howland's friend, educator Caroline F. Putnam. Comments on the sciatica that drove Howland to the sanitarium and the treatment she received there. Relays a conversation she had with Capitol marshal named Robbins. Discusses various books, including one Putnam was having published, as well as religious matters.
Date:
1898-11-08
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Addressed to Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who spent most of her life running a school for African Americans in Lottsburg, Virginia. Written from the home of Emma V. Montgomery (nee Brown). Discusses Howland's trip to Washington by steamboat for a wedding that was postponed. Also remarks on visiting the Capitol with Thesta Dana and "the Misses Seaver." Says Howland was "mortified" that Putnam's lifelong companion Sallie Holley had published one of Putnam's private letters in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Mentions Colonel Charles W. Folsom and Mr. Menard.
Date:
1868
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Typescript of an undated letter from reformer Emily Howland to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Mentions Mrs. Gannett and Mrs. Osborne's efforts to erect a building for women students at Rochester University in the memory of Susan B. Anthony. Discusses Howland's eightieth birthday, her attitude towards aging, and her domestic servants. Remarks on the polar exploration controversy between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook).
Date:
1907
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who taught at an African American school in Virginia. Mentions Howland's sciatica and her treatment at the Gleason Sanitarium. Discusses her activities at the sanitarium.
Date:
1898-11-17
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who taught at an African American school in Virginia. Discusses ordering copies of Putnam's book. Passes on news of her sister-in-law Hannah Letchworth Howland's health. Mentions Howland's plan to travel to England with Susan B. Anthony and the death of Dr. Gleason.
Date:
1899-04-12
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Expresses worry over Putnam's health, since Howland had not heard from her in several weeks. Asks after her finances and books Howland had ordered.
Date:
1899-04-25
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Discusses Sallie Holley's book, which Putnam had recently overseen the publication of, and lists people to whom Howland sent copies, including educator Martha Schofield. Alludes to Howland's upcoming trip to England.
Date:
1899-05-31
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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