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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 her recent activities which included traveling with some friends on a boat; she saw Cornelia Hancock on the same boat, but Hancock did not acknowledge her. She asks if Schofield will consider taking on at the Schofield School a friend of hers named Mary who is unhappy teaching in Mount Pleasant.
Date:
1870-03-20
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 Stone's young child and the family's Christmas celebrations.
Date:
1872-12-29
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 is preparing for her former student, Lawrence Obanyon Posey, to come and stay with her in her sister Carrie Taylor Corbin's home. She and her family are still grieving over the death of her young niece. She is still hopeful that her sister Almira will come stay with her.
Date:
1870-02-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna and Edward Willets ran a school in Harrison, New York, where Martha Schofield was a teacher in the late 1850's. She talks about the health of her children and shares news about some of her family and friends. She mentions having Schofield's close friend Sadie Brouwer over for a visit recently and how Sadie "with tears in her eyes, related some of her troubles, likely in relation to the mischief" Brouwer's father does. She also briefly discusses Quarterly Meeting and wonders if Schofield goes to church with the former slaveholders.
Date:
1867-02-03
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. She writes that her health has improved after a recent illness in time for her birthday and talks about her birthday gifts. She talks about her husband, John Bunting, and how much pressure he is under at work.
Date:
1867-02-08
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. She implores Schofield to write to her since she is her only close friend and she misses her dearly. She shares news about some acquaintances, including the recent death of Rebecca Verlenden's husband, John Verlenden. She also talks about her husband, John Bunting, and discusses their plans for Christmas.
Date:
1866-12-23
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 sister. She discusses the engagement of Sadie Brouwer to Thomas Charkley Bartram and wonders if "Chalk" is deserving of her. She then talks about how all of her closest friends have gotten married and discusses making a silk quilt.
Date:
1869-03-29
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. Reports that Mollie McAllister and Schofield's cousin Lydia might travel to Charleston, South Carolina, to visit her. Discusses recent events and news about family/friends. Mentions the upcoming marriage of Quaker minister Rachel W. Moore. Is sending Schofield a box of supplies.
Date:
1867-04-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Ash and Oliver Howard Ash letters to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Ash and Oliver Howard Ash letters to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah J. Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. Passes on news of family and friends, including their sister Lydia's sad mood and Martha's travel plans. Encloses the first letter her son Howard ever wrote.
Date:
1867-06-09
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. She describes in detail her visit with their aunt and uncle, Jane and Paxson Price, including sledding and ice skating.
Date:
1867-01-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. Describes a recent snowstorm and fabric shopping for Schofield. Discusses the unhappiness of their sister Lydia and a disgraceful event involving Sadie Brouwer's father.
Date:
1867-03-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. She and her husband, Samuel Ash, are very grateful for Schofield's letter. She describes her recent activities, including attending a wedding (possibly that of their brother Benjamin Schofield).
Date:
1866-11-19
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Schofield Normal and Industrial School documents
Title:
Schofield Normal and Industrial School documents
Description:
Miscellaneous documents relating to the Schofield Normal and Industrial School, including a contract for moving the school building, receipts for supplies and books, lists of former students and board members, an appeal for donations, and statements on the school's finances.
Date:
1866-1903
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Grace Bristed letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Grace Bristed letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Grace Ashburner (Sedgwick) Bristed was the daughter of Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight Sedgwick (Mrs. Charles Sedgwick). Complains that it seems like Abby and her daughter Julia have forgotten about her. Describes the hostile post-war atmosphere of Charleston, South Carolina, and looks forward to returning home up north. Discusses multiple people, including the health of Mr. Bristed.
Date:
1868-03-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Samuel Jacques Brun letter to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Title:
Samuel Jacques Brun letter to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Description:
Draft of a letter written to Howland's niece while Howland traveled around the Southern U.S. visiting African American schools with reformer Mary F. Eastman; for the finished letter, see A00186170. Discusses sight-seeing and flower-collecting in Charleston, South Carolina.
Date:
1891-04-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Written to Howland's niece while Howland traveled around the Southern U.S. visiting African American schools with reformer Mary F. Eastman; for a draft of this letter, see A00186169. Discusses sight-seeing and flower-collecting in Charleston, South Carolina. Describes the African American family who lived in the Mount Pleasant lighthouse and with whom Howland and Eastman stayed the night. Also remarks on the African American school at Mount Pleasant.
Date:
1891-04-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family 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. She tells Schofield that she has put in her notice at her school and describes her plans to move into the home of her soon-to-be husband, John Bunting. She also describes the death of a child.
Date:
1865-11-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1889 March 14, Charleston Hotel, to sister
Title:
1889 March 14, to sister
Date:
1889-03-14
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
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 has recently married Major William Stone, and they have been travelling since their wedding. She writes that she is looking for more lucrative employment for Schofield despite Schofield telling her that she expected to teach as long as she stayed in the South. She adds that she longs for the day when "women get paid as they deserve to be." Alludes to having children in the future. She describes her Christmas activities and plans visit Aiken soon.
Date:
1870-01-09
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland who had been vacationing in the Caribbean. Discusses Isabel's trip by boat to New York City from Jacksonville, Florida, via Charleston, South Carolina, with some of her cousins.
Date:
1921-04-24
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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