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S. Ott letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S. Ott letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
S. Ott was likely a trustee for the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. Discusses holding a meeting on the implementation of a county/state tax to fund schools which was unanimously voted down. Wants to resign as a trustee and nominates a replacement candidate.
Date:
1871-11-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rowland Johnson letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Rowland Johnson letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Rowland Johnson was a Quaker abolitionist. Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans, including the Ellenton riot. Discusses the contested presidential election of 1876. Encourages Schofield to send any additional information to abolitionist and newspaper editor Oliver Johnson.
Date:
1876-11-15
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edmund Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Edmund Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Comments on an essay Schofield sent him. Tells her that the Charity Society of Jericho and Westbury Meetings is likely to contribute money to her school for African American freedmen.
Date:
1874-02-24
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
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jane Jackson Price was Martha Schofield's maternal aunt. Farewell letter to Schofield, who is moving to Aiken, South Carolina, to teach African Americans. Discusses recent events and news concerning family/friends. Mentions books/magazines that will be sent to Schofield soon.
Date:
1868-11-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash, Samuel S. Ash, and their children
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash, and their children
Description:
Lydia A. Schofield, Sarah J. Ash, and Samuel S. Ash were Martha Schofield's sisters and brother-in-law, respectively. Envelope addressed to Oliver Howard Ash (b. 1860), the son of Sarah J. and Samuel S. Ash. Lydia was in South Carolina visiting Martha, who was sick. Discusses her travel plans for returning to Pennsylvania and the time she spent substituting for Martha as a teacher.
Date:
1868-04-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield record of witness testimony
Title:
Martha Schofield record of witness testimony
Description:
Possibly a draft of a letter to a newspaper. Record of witness testimony in the trial of southern white men for the murders of African Americans during the Ellenton Riot.
Date:
1877-05-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oliver Otis Howard letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oliver Otis Howard letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oliver Otis Howard was a Union general, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, and founder and president of Howard University. Discusses the heating system at Howard University and assures Schofield that her former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey will have a warm room.
Date:
1873-10-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
I. Price letter to Martha Schofield and others
Title:
I. Price letter to Martha Schofield and others
Description:
Likely written by Isaiah Price, the brother of Martha Schofield's uncle Paxson Price. Addressed to "my dear friends." Discusses Edisto Island and the reclaiming of Confederate property. Advocates giving power to freedmen rather than former plantation owners. Praises Schofield and others working to educate freedmen. Discusses the politics of Reconstruction. Expresses disappointment over the election of Simon Cameron to the Senate.
Date:
1867-01-13
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia and Eliza Schofield were Martha Schofield's sisters. Lydia Schofield describes the new wallpaper in their home in Darby, and Eliza Schofield describes visiting "the Academy" and attending a fair inaugurated by Generals Meade and Grant.
Date:
1865-10-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter
Title:
Martha Schofield letter
Description:
Addressed to one or more of her siblings. Considers building houses and hiring families to work the land around the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. Describes the racial discrimination and violence faced by African Americans when trying to buy houses and vote. Envelope may not be associated with letter.
Date:
1870-1880
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor
Title:
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor
Description:
Draft letter to the editor of a periodical. From her perspective as a Northerner living in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era, Schofield examines the current racist political and social climate of the South. Denounces the old Southern regime of slavery as immoral. Depicts southern white people as full of a misplaced sense of pride and personal victimization, positing that their regressive attitude is hindering post-war social and political progress. Describes the white Southern resentment of Northern migrants, who are pressured to conform to white Southern values, and details white intimidation of black men in positions of political power. Defends the intelligence and potential of African Americans. Emphasizes the necessity of education and acceptance of change in order for the reconstruction of Southern society to succeed. Points out that reformation is a difficult process that is historically met with resistance.
Date:
1877-1878
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor
Title:
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor
Description:
Draft of a letter to the "Journal"; some text is cut off. Recounts the events of a trial where bias and jury intimidation resulted in white men being aquitted for the murders of African Americans; possibly referring to the Ellenton Riot of 1876. Says that "justice would remain shackled, and brutal force triumphant, until every fiber of law was founded on equal rights and universal suffrage."
Date:
1870-1897
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Title:
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Description:
Describes the Ellenton Riot, based on testimony given at the resulting trial.
Date:
1877-05-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield draft letter to the Woman's Journal
Title:
Martha Schofield draft letter to the Woman's Journal
Description:
Partial draft of a letter Schofield published in the 23 June 1877 edition of the Woman's Journal. Reports on the trial of southern whites involved in the Ellenton Riot. Describes the event based on witness testimony. Notes northern apathy towards the incident.
Date:
1877-06-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor of the Republican
Title:
Martha Schofield draft letter to the editor of the Republican
Description:
Sketches the career of Emily Rodney, an African American woman minister from Philadelphia, and describes a sermon she gave in Columbia, South Carolina.
Date:
1871-06-20
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Matilda A. Harris letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Matilda A. Harris letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Matilda A. Harris (b.1855) was one of Martha Schofield's students. Says she enjoys reading the periodicals she receives in the mail and asks Schofield to have more sent to her. Discusses her schooling under a white man named Francis Timmons. Briefly discusses family/friends and asks how Schofield is doing at the Schofield School.
Date:
1876-02-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Matilda A. Harris letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Matilda A. Harris letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Matilda A. Harris (b.1855) was one of Martha Schofield's students. Expresses her love for Schofield, praising her kindness and good advice. Mentions writing to someone named Mr. Warren. Wishes she could continue her education with Schofield. References the periodicals Schofield bought her a subscription to. Discusses teaching bible study, her work as a manual laborer on a farm, and the possibility of getting married. Asks Schofield and teacher William T. Rodenbach to write a speech for herself and one of the boys at her school.
Date:
1876-05-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Addison Hutton letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Addison Hutton letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Addison Hutton was a prominent Philadelphia-area architect. Thanks Schofield for looking after his younger brother Harmon in Aiken. Discusses Harmon's health and sends money for him.
Date:
1874-01-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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