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Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1868
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1868
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Largely documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in Michigan and New York. The memoranda at the end include notes on the Freedmen's Bureau, demographics of Washington, D.C., a timeline of Civil War events, and newspaper excerpts.
Date:
1868
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1866
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1866
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the early postbellum period. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C., such as the passage of the Reconstruction Bill, and attended multiple White House receptions. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Spent extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include statistics regarding the Civil War.
Date:
1866
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, January 1866 to January 1867
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, January 1866 to January 1867
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1866 (mc1158_01_03_001).
Date:
1866-01-01 - 1867-01-14
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, January to October 1867
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, January to October 1867
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1867 (mc1158_01_03_002).
Date:
1867-01-16 - 1867-10-01
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1867
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1867
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau and social/political events in the Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended congressional sessions, White House receptions, and various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include miscellaneous notes, and excerpts from the Anti-Slavery Standard and Richmond Dispatch regarding African-American suffrage.
Date:
1867
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
J. E. Cornelius letter to Martha Schofield and Elizabeth Yarnall
Title:
J. E. Cornelius letter to Martha Schofield and Elizabeth Yarnall
Description:
Written on stationery from the headquarters of the Acting Assistant Commissioner of the "Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands." Cornelius is returning the three dollars sent to him by Schofield and Yarnall and is offended that they felt the need to repay him after he recently hosted them for a meal.
Date:
1866-12-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Horace Neide; Horace Neide letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Horace Neide; Horace Neide letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Horace Neide was the Freedmen's Bureau's superintendent of education for South Carolina. Schofield's letter asks Neide whether the Bureau will pay for them to rent their current school building for another year. Mentions what to do with school property over the summer. Mentions that many tourists in Aiken have visited the school. Neide's reply says he has asked the Commission and will let Schofield know as soon as they answer.
Date:
1869-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
E. Whittlesey was a Freedman's Bureau commissioner. Encloses extracts from a Bureau record book about Schofield's request for funds to build a schoolhouse which was subsequently built in the wrong place.
Date:
1870-10-13
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. L. Dean letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
E. L. Dean letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
From the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Short message written on behalf of General Robert K. Scott, reporting that the ambulance is at Schofield's disposal.
Date:
1867-05-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
E. Whittlesey was a commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Discusses Schofield's schoolhouse, which was built on her property rather than a plot she had donated specifically for the building. Acknowledges Schofield's frustration but says nothing can be done.
Date:
1870-10-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edward L. Deane letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Edward L. Deane letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Major Edward Deane was the assistant commissioner and chief superintendent of schools for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in South Carolina. He informs Schofield that money has been appropriated for the Methodists to build a church and a school; he says the matter is out of his hands, even though he does agree with some of Schofield's arguments against it.
Date:
1870-01-20
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
E. Whittlesey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
E. Whittlesey was a commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau. Informs Schofield that there will be no more aid for schools unless Congress passes a new appropriation.
Date:
1870-12-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College