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Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Written from Fort Richardson. Invites Gibbons and her family to visit him in Washington. Mentions Abby's deceased brother John Hopper.
Date:
1865-05-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Gibbons's daughter Sally Emerson is going to visit Dana soon; Dana brings up William David Norris, an African-American boy living with Gibbons, in connection with the visit.
Date:
1866-04-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Discusses a visit from Ella Burke Henry, a resident of the Freedman's Village in Arlington who is concerned over the lack of letters from her brother William C. K. Burke. Briefly mentions the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Date:
1868-05-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George W. Nixon letter to Willie
Title:
George W. Nixon letter to Willie
Description:
Written from Head Quarters De Russy's Division. Offers advice to a boy named Willie. Tells him to take advantage of the opportunities presented to him by the "friends" taking care of him and to lead a moral and Christian life.
Date:
1864-03-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children
Description:
Fragment. Mentions her daughters, and perhaps her son William.
Date:
1863
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Camp Todd in Arlington, a contraband camp. ("Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines.) Talks extensively about the "Home" (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Howland thinks they should ask the government for a supply of rations because the children were orphaned by "military necessity" and not by ordinary circumstances. Mrs. Seward helped her acquire a horse.
Date:
1864-04-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Camp Todd in Arlington, a contraband camp. "Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines. Writes extensively about the "Home" (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Frances Seward, wife of Secretary of State William Seward, is currently at the camp and is trying to influence Colonel Greene to furnish Howland with a horse.
Date:
1864-03-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children (the "Home"), where she was a teacher. She is in distress over the affairs and interests of the Home, particularly the fact that several women are trying to have her ejected. Implores Abby to come to the Home as soon as possible to make her own assessment of the issues and provide counsel.
Date:
1864-02-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Fragment. Is going with a group to Arlington, to take part in an event related to the "Sanitary Campaign." Says she "will attend the convention (as they call it)."
Date:
1864-01-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Likely written to Sally. Mentions a William, likely Sally's husband, William Emerson. Mentions a Senator Wilson, possibly Henry Wilson. A friend left, disgusted, when she spoke truthfully of her experiences at Point Lookout.
Date:
1864-01-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Kate Gilfinar letter to Emily Howland and Karline
Title:
Kate Gilfinar letter to Emily Howland and Karline
Description:
Undated; spelling of names unclear. Passes on news of family and friends involved in the work of the Sanitary Commission.
Date:
1864
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland account book and diary
Title:
Emily Howland account book and diary
Description:
Consists primarily of financial records. Also contains journal entries, lists of students Howland taught, records of supplies she received, and other occasional miscellany, including reports to military officers about her teaching and notes from her medical studies. Most of the contents date from Howland's time working with freedmen in the 1860s, but some parts are later; the financial records in particular often last into the 1870s, with a few reaching into the 1890s. The book was often written in upside down and from back to front. Therefore, in this digital facsimile some pages are presented upside down and should be read from the back of the volume to the front.
Date:
1863-1898
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland account book and notes
Title:
Emily Howland account book and notes
Description:
Primarily contains names of freedmen with whom Howland worked, often along with notes on clothing they needed and the ages and genders of their children. Also contains some records of Howland's expenses and a pair of recipes for diarrhea remedies.
Date:
1866
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Written from Fort Morton to Howland's sister-in-law. Briefly discusses her school for freedmen and another in the area.
Date:
1866-08-29
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Written from Fort Morton to Howland's sister-in-law. Discusses a very sick friend of hers named Susan, possibly Susan Crawley.
Date:
1866-09-20
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Written from Fort Morton to Howland's sister-in-law.
Date:
1866-10-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Written from Fort Morton to Howland's sister-in-law. Briefly discusses her schools for freedmen. Passes on news from Mary Reed. Discusses a soldier's wife looking for homes for two of her daughters.
Date:
1866-10-26
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Written from Fort Morton to Howland's sister-in-law. Discusses the death of her friend Susan (possibly Susan Crawley) after an extended period of illness.
Date:
1866-09-30
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 from Fort Morton to Howland's niece. Discusses Howland's recent activities; says a little about the school she was teaching at.
Date:
1866-08-19
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Exercise Song
Title:
Exercise Song
Description:
Exercise song sung by Howland's students at the Miner Normal School for Colored Girls and at Camp Todd, a freedmen's refugee camp in Virginia.
Date:
1857
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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