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Letter to David Wright
Title:
Letter to David Wright
Description:
Fragment. A letter about the messy engagement of an individual to a woman with another beau.
Date:
1838-06-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sylvia Ann Wood Gould letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Sylvia Ann Wood Gould letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Likely from Howland's cousin Sylvia Ann Wood Gould. May be in response to research enquiries by Howland for a Historical Society article she was writing. Discusses Gould's father Jethro Wood, who invented an improved type of plow. Discusses plows at length.
Date:
1879-12-28
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland account book
Title:
Emily Howland account book
Description:
Emily Howland in account with the First National Bank of Aurora, N.Y. Lists people and organizations to whom Howland gave money, as well as sources of income. In chronological order except for expenses for 1916-07-31 through 1916-09-25, which are located in the back of the book. Blank pages not scanned.
Date:
1915-1921
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Possibly from S. J. Taber. Gives news of the author's travels.
Date:
1875-07-07
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sallie Holley letter
Title:
Sallie Holley letter
Description:
Letter by abolitionist and reformer Sallie Holley, apparently meant for publication in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Consists of dated entries in roughly reverse chronological order. Describes Holley's work as an agent for the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Details her travels around New York State as she gave lectures and signed up subscribers for the Standard. Discusses public opinion of current events in the towns where she stopped. Also discusses Holley's interactions with a number of abolitionists, including Gerrit Smith, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh Birney, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Emily Howland, and Slocum Howland.
Date:
1867-09-01 - 1867-10-28
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
D. E. C. letter to Emily Howland
Title:
D. E. C. letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Signed "D. E. C." Written from Hector, Schuyler County, New York. May be associated with letter A00186033. Answers Howland's research enquiries concerning New York school teachers Susan Marriott and Lydia P. Mott (likely Lydia Philadelphia Mott) for a Historical Society article she is writing.
Date:
1879-04-24
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Allen Mosher letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Allen Mosher letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on the letterhead of the First National Bank by cashier Allen Mosher. Discusses Howland's financial affairs and business with the bank.
Date:
1896-01-17
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Allen Mosher letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Allen Mosher letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on the letterhead of the First National Bank by cashier Allen Mosher. Discusses Howland's financial affairs and business with the bank.
Date:
1896-03-05
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter fragment
Title:
Emily Howland letter fragment
Description:
Undated fragment discussing news of friends and neighbors.
Date:
1915-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
Contains short entries from 1905-09-08 to 1906-01-08, chronicling Howland's daily activities and news about family/friends. Frequently mentions finances in reference to her position with the First National Bank of Aurora.
Date:
1905-1906
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Florence Gaylord Gifford postcard to Emily Howland
Title:
Florence Gaylord Gifford postcard to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Florence Gaylor Gifford, a friend of Howland's niece Isabel. Discusses vacationing in Maine. The back of the card bears a photograph of Shore Road in Sargentville, Maine.
Date:
1917-07-18
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edith Pierrepont Morgan letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Edith Pierrepont Morgan letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Christmas Card bearing a short printed poem on the back.
Date:
1926-12-18
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Praises Howland's ability to "keep pace with contemporary thought" and contrasts it with the opposition of many other older people to "youngsters." Discusses spending time on the Pocono Lake Preserve. Invites Howland to join Tierney on Little Deer Isle in Maine.
Date:
1916-07-05
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Catherine Breshkovsky, a leading figure in the Russian socialist movement known as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution. Thanks Howland for a donation and for taking in orphans. Discusses the plight of abandoned infants, Breshkovsky's faith in "the moral progress of humanity, and Howland and Breshkovsky's health.
Date:
1926-06-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
B. E. Robinson letter to Emily Howland
Title:
B. E. Robinson letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on the letterhead of the Lincoln Institute of Kentucky by principal B. E. Robinson. Hopes that Howland will continue her financial support of the Institute. Discusses the state of the school.
Date:
1929-05-01
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Wingate letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
James Wingate letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Written by James Wingate, a regent of the New York State Department of Education, to Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of reformer Emily Howland. Discusses a controversy over whether the Ledyard school district would be included in the "central rural school district" at Sherwood. Expresses gratitude for Emily Howland's contribution to education in the area.
Date:
1926-04-16
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 Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland, who was possibly located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the time of this letter. Discusses making arrangements for the funeral of Frank King, as well as the circumstances of his death. Describes King's life as "a tragedy, a study for a psychologist, such a mixture of fine traits . . . and the opposite." Briefly describes the circumstances of King's daughter.
Date:
1923-03-29
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 Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland. Discusses Isabel's travel plans and the ill health of Amanda Gifford.
Date:
1923-03-22
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 Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland. Remarks on having a dress made and passes on news of friends and neighbors, including Florence Gifford and John Crowley.
Date:
1923-04-06
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Nannie I. Foster letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Nannie I. Foster letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Thanks Howland for the positive effect she had on Foster's life. Informs Howland of the death of Foster's aunt Bettie P. Urquhart and discusses Foster's career as a teacher and tutor, including her salary.
Date:
1926-11-22
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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