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1911 November 20, Bridgewater Cottage, Hampton, Va, to My very dear friends
Title:
1911 November 20, to My very dear friends
Description:
Sydney, Nova Scotia, is located on the island of Cape Breton. Known as “the Steel City, ” Sydney is the third largest city in the province of Nova Scotia and is home to the Dominion Steel and Coal Company. A number of railway lines travel through Sydney . “Both girls” who join Sibylla in greeting the Cope sisters are Sibylla’s two daughters Annie Sayne and Mary Morris. Her two sons working on the railroads are Frederick Cox Morris and Caleb Carmalt Morris.
Date:
1907-11-20
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1889 February 5, Old Point Comfort, to Grandma
Title:
1889 February 5, to Grandma
Date:
1889-02-05
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1905 August 14, Bridgewater Cottage, to My very dear friends
Title:
1905 August 14, to My very dear friends
Description:
Annotated in pencil. [Hampton, VA] The letter appears to be written to both Caroline Elizabeth and Annette Cope. The Philadelphia Dental College was established in 1863 and operated under that name until 1909, at which time Temple University (which had purchased the school two years earlier) renamed it the Temple University School of Dentistry. Information from various Temple University websites and Jean Barth Toll and Mildred S. Gillan, eds., Invisible Philadelphia: Community Through Voluntary Organizations (Philadelphia: Atwater Kent Museum, 1995).
Date:
1905-08-14
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including attending White House receptions and Congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a list of the year's "principle events, an account of her summer travels, a list of vacations she took between 1876 and 1885, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.
Date:
1885
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1881 March 23, Atlantic City, to Lilly
Title:
1881 March 23, to Lilly
Date:
1881-03-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1906 July 29, Cliff House, to my dear Nettie
Title:
1906 July 29, to my dear Nettie
Description:
Stationery has a picture, says "Cliff House" above and "E. A. & C. H. Smiley Proprietors- Minnewaska, Ulster Co. Ny" below.
Date:
1906-07-29
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1881 March 23, Norfolk, to Lilly
Title:
1881 March 23, to Lilly
Date:
1881-03-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
S.C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S.C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Samuel C. Armstrong was best known as an educator who founded Hampton University in Virginia (originally the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for African Americans) and the Hampton University Museum, which is the oldest African American museum in the country. Written on the stationery of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Praises Schofield's efforts, promises to refund the money she spent sending him several students, and comments on the intelligence of African Americans.
Date:
1872-10-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
S. C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S. C. Armstrong letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
S. C. Armstrong was the principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia. Written to Martha Schofield in response to several letters she wrote describing the social conditions of African Americans in South Carolina which were published in the N.Y. Tribune. Thanks her for what she wrote and invites her to visit his school.
Date:
1877-01-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dennis F. Douglass and Major Mitchel letters to Martha Schofield
Title:
Dennis F. Douglass and Major Mitchel letters to Martha Schofield
Description:
These letters were written by two or three of Schofield's former students of the Aiken School who had just moved to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural School in Hampton, Virginia. They discuss conditions in the children's new home.
Date:
1872-10-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dennis F. Douglass letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Dennis F. Douglass letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Dennis F. Douglass was a student of Martha Schofield's who went on to study at the Hampton Institute, teach at the Schofield School, and serve as principle of the public school in Montezuma, Georgia. Discusses his studies at Hampton. Says he wants to pursue a career as a teacher. Describes the planned school commencement.
Date:
1876-02-20
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sophia Dickerson letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sophia Dickerson letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sophia Dickerson was a former student of Schofield's who transferred to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia. Reminisces about her time at Schofield's school in Aiken and talks about her life at the Hampton Institute.
Date:
1873-11-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland and Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland and Isabel Howland
Description:
Addressed to her sister-in-law and niece. Visited Hampton Normal School. Includes detailed description of the school.
Date:
1881-12-18
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Hollis Burke Frissell letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Hollis Burke Frissell letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Hollis Burke Frissell served as principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for African Americans. Acknowledges Jackson's letter requesting funding for the Laing School and says that the School Board will consider it carefully.
Date:
1907-11-26
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College