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Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
1913 Wanamaker Diary filled out for 1918 by Howland. Most pages which Howland did not write on (including the diary pages for most of November and December) have not been scanned; see the indices at the beginning for a list of the printed contents. Entries chronicle Howland's daily activities, with a focus on her social calls, health, and letters sent and received. They also periodically discuss her involvement with the Sherwood Select School and other causes. Howland's niece Isabel Howland is mentioned often.
Date:
1918
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:
Addressed to her niece Isabel Howland. Family news, particularly of the illness of Phebe Wood. Mentions that she had received a letter from Belle Nelson, an African-American woman who had attended Howard as "the most remarkable col'd girl I ever knew."
Date:
1880-03-02
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Kowaliga School photograph
Title:
Kowaliga School photograph
Description:
Back row, standing: William E. Benson, principal of the Kowaliga School, and an unidentified woman, possibly Benson's wife. Front row, left to right: "Miss Pierce, Emily Howland, Isabel Howland.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Howland and Alsop family photographs
Title:
Howland and Alsop family photographs
Description:
A collection of photographs depicting members of the Howland and Alsop families, including Edward Howland Alsop, Clarence Howland, Slocum Howland the younger, Isabel Howland, Slocum Howland the elder, Sarah J. Alsop, Edward Wilson Alsop, Emily Howland, Mary H. Thomas, William Slocum Howland, and Louise Mauldin Howland.
Date:
1866-1941
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland diary
Title:
Emily Howland diary
Description:
Wanamaker Diary filled out by Howland. Most pages which Howland did not write on have not been scanned; see the indices at the beginning for a list of the printed contents. Howland's notes include lists of expenses, books lent, and distance traveled by car. Entries chronicle Howland's daily activities, with a focus on her social calls and periodic mentions of her involvement in the Sherwood Select School and the suffrage and temperance movements. Howland's niece Isabel Howland is mentioned often.
Date:
1917
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 to Howland's sister-in-law Hannah. Discusses Hannah's daughter Isabel, who was visiting Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam in Virginia. Mentions going to hear a lecture on a Hindu poem. Says that Isabel wrote to the suffrage meeting.
Date:
1891-03-21
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 to Howland's sister-in-law. Discusses signing legal documents; Marianna Otis's severe illness; money owed to Howland by George Greene and Elizabeth Avery McCracken; and Howland's niece Isabel, who was staying in Northumberland County, Virginia, and had received a "queer request" from Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam.
Date:
1891-03-26
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Howland family portrait
Title:
Howland family portrait
Description:
Depicts six members of the Howland family in front of a house with a dog. Standing, left to right: Clarence Howland (1861-1933), Isabel Howland (1859-1942), Emily Howland (1827-1929). Sitting, left to right: Caroline Mauldin Howland (1871-1955), Louise Howland (1907-1978), and one of Clarence Howland's sisters. Also includes a note questioning whether the woman in the middle of the back row was Isabel Howland.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sherwood Select School photograph
Title:
Sherwood Select School photograph
Description:
Taken by Jennie Conaughty. Shows Lucile, Jud, Louise, and Isabel Howland standing in front of the porch of the Sherwood Select School.
Date:
1925-1926
Collection:
Helen S. Judson Collected Sherwood Select School 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. Describes the annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Louisville, Kentucky, and lists many of the speakers. Discusses the contention over Anna Howard Shaw's leadership of the organization."
Date:
1911-10-20
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written to Emily Howland by her niece Isabel. Discusses changes at the Sherwood Select School and who will take over running it. Asks Emily for clarification about her mentions of Agnes Tierney in relation to the school. Remarks on the school's founder Hepsibeth Hussey, her reluctance to be photographed, and Isabel's strong desire to have a likeness by which to remember her. Asks after Rachel Foster Avery. Further discusses Isabel's confusion over school plans and briefly remarks on her travels in Europe with her parents William and Hannah Howland.
Date:
1890-07-12
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:
Addressed to her niece. Describes her visit to Concord. Attended the Concord School of Philosophy lectures in the Chapel where she observed Ralph Waldo Emerson whose "mind was going." Also heard Elisha Mulford's lecture on the personality of God.
Date:
1880-08-04
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 Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland. Passes on news of family, friends, and neighbors, including Elisabeth G. Thorne and Agnes Howland. Discusses an African American educator named Alfred Meadows (perhaps an error for Alexander Meadows, who was involved in the Kowaliga School). Tells Isabel not to undervalue herself or compare herself to Emily, and praises her accomplishments as a suffrage activist.
Date:
1925-05-15
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Emily Howand's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran the Holley School for African Americans in Virginia. Discusses recent suffrage activism, including a speech by Harriet May Mills. Passes on news of friends and family, including Howland's niece Isabel and her guest Lydia King. Briefly remarks on Booker T. Washington. Describes reading John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Snow-Bound" and a book titled "Black Man's Burden." Comments on the effect of World War I on charitable giving to African American schools. Mentions Henry Ford's "manifesto."
Date:
1916-03-05
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to Caroline F. Putnam, who ran a school for African Americans in Virginia, while Howland was vacationing in Maine. Discusses reading Emerson's poetry. Describes the effect of the World War on Paris, from where Howland's niece Edith had just returned. Discusses the suffrage activism of Howland's niece Isabel. Mentions a woman named Edith Smith who was studying at Cheyney University.
Date:
1914-08-21
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isabel Howland portrait
Title:
Isabel Howland portrait
Description:
Portrait photograph of Isabel Howland from the neck up.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Helen S. Judson Collected Sherwood Select School Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College