Martha Schofield Papers

This collection contains biographical information, personal correspondence (1856-1916), and writings (primarily diaries, 1858-1903) by Martha Schofield, a Pennsylvania teacher who taught free blacks in South Carolina and founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S.C. Also included are financial and legal papers and School bulletins, annual reports, and some other papers. Among the correspondents are Martha Schofield's extended family and Susan B. Anthony.

Martha Schofield Papers collection guide
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Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
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Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Elizabeth Dorsey was a prominent teacher and treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Society. Enclosed with a letter from Martha Schofield's mother Mary H. Child (A00182773). Has been too busy traveling to respond to Schofield's letter and hopes to meet with her once Schofield has returned from her own travels. Hopes that Schofield's travels have helped improve her health.
Date:
1868-08-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jane Price was Martha Schofield's maternal aunt. She shares news about family and friends and expresses concern about Schofield's health. She describes collecting clothing for those in need in the South after being assigned to a committee at her Monthly Meeting. She adds that Philena Heald has a desire to go to the South.
Date:
1867-11-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jane Price was Martha Schofield's maternal aunt. She discusses her health, shares news about her family, and thanks Schofield for a letter that was so funny it caused her husband, Paxson Price, to "raise both feet from the floor at once." She wants Schofield to keep her informed of any love affairs she has.
Date:
1869-11-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter draft
Title:
Martha Schofield letter draft
Description:
Probably a letter draft by Martha Schofield; written on "Provost Court: Criminal Docket" paper. Congratulates a couple on their engagement and marriage. Possibly written to Schofield's co-teacher Mary Taylor Stone and her husband Major William Stone, who married in 1869.
Date:
1855-1916
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter draft
Title:
Martha Schofield letter draft
Description:
Rough draft of a letter written by Martha Schofield discussing African Americans in South Carolina, including African American suffrage.
Date:
1865-1916
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Thanks Schofield for spiritual counsel. Discusses the possibility of visiting Schofield in Aiken, South Carolina; mentions that her invalid friend Mary Fields is interested in traveling there. Briefly comments on the failure of the Freedman's Bank.
Date:
1875-09-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Allen." The handwriting resembles that in A00182994. Offers Schofield advice on buying a horse. Explains how he bought a store; asks her for business advice. Expresses great affection for her; asks for a photograph of her. Mentions that her former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey is in town.
Date:
1875-09-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Answers Schofield's questions about a Miss Bradshaw who is interested in boarding with Schofield in Aiken, South Carolina. Discusses mutual friends named Amos and Clem. Expresses dissatisfaction with living in a boarding house. Explains why she cannot go to Aiken with Schofield this fall. Discusses Quaker minister George Truman.
Date:
1868-1877
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Eliza Schofield was Martha Schofield's younger sister. She shares recent news about the family and expresses concern about Schofield's health.
Date:
1865-11-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna Webster Bunting was a close friend of Martha Schofield's. Discusses recent events, her poor health, and how she has fallen out of touch with their mutual friends.
Date:
1868-12-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Fragment. Written by a soldier who tells Schofield about a letter he gave to a woman before leaving for the front. He also discusses his friendship with Schofield.
Date:
1864-08-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield describes in detail her symptoms during a recent bout of breakbone fever. She discusses growing older and is excited that her cousin Abraham Bell is sending her a barrel of apples.
Date:
1880-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Schofield details the struggles of the newly enfranchised African Americans in the South to vote and the violence enacted against them by white men. She also discusses the rampant racism in Aiken and her own struggles as an educator and defender of African Americans. She says that if they see fit, they can submit parts of the letter to be published by the press.
Date:
1880-11-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield writes that she is staying to look after the Schofield School for awhile and is allowing her principal William Rodenbach and his family to travel for the summer. Rodenbach's trip will include a visit with Schofield's sisters. She mourns the death of Marietta Ridgeway Kirk, a distant cousin that Schofield was close to. She also reminisces about her deceased best friend Sadie Bartram and discusses the school's finances.
Date:
1884-06-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Describes the year-end exercises at the Schofield School. Paraphrases speeches given by Alfred Nicholson, a former student who had returned as a teacher, and Jacob H. Posey, another former student and also the brother of former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey. Quotes a poem John Greenleaf Whittier. Discusses her summer plans.
Date:
1887-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Discusses work she has been doing around her house, including buying furniture and having carpets taken up. Thanks her sisters for giving her a camel-hair dress. Discusses people leaving money to her school in their wills. Remarks on Phebe (Taylor's?) engagement. Shares news of her recent activities.
Date:
1887-06-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. Discusses recent events and news concerning family/friends. Writes about attending multiple Quaker Meetings.
Date:
1869-02-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. Passes on news of friends and family. Offers to help Schofield with her will.
Date:
1875-11-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. Discusses a recent visit to Schofield in Aiken with her son Herbert. Passes on news of friends and family. Says she will enclose her photograph for a student named Sophia Dickerson.
Date:
1871-05-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. She describes making a new friend while travelling to Charleston, and then shopping in Charleston with her new friend. She also shares some news about friends and family.
Date:
1869-05-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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