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Sarah F. Corlies letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah F. Corlies letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah Corlies was a friend of Martha Schofield and the secretary of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, which was an important source of funding for the Schofield School in Aiken. Describes her holiday activities and the distribution of Christmas gifts to the Sewing School students (probably referring to the Penn Sewing School). Discusses the continued sponsorship of Schofield's former students Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott to attend Lincoln University. Informs Schofield of Mr. Webb's death. Is glad of Schofield's success in moving her schoolhouse to a different location in Aiken and wonders if Dillwyn Parrish or Mary Brown would provide charitable donations.
Date:
1870-12-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Isaac N. Rendall was president of Lincoln University. Discusses Martha Schofield's former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey, who had just arrived at Lincoln. Describes his religious condition and tells Schofield to continue encouraging him in his studies. Discusses William Woodruff, principal of Lincoln's preparatory department. Also discusses Allen A. Scott, another student of Schofield's, and summarizes what Schofield has said about his life. Says Scott is welcome at the university.
Date:
1870-02-19
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Isaac N. Rendall was president of Lincoln University. Discusses Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Martha Schofield's who were studying at Lincoln University; gives a detailed description of their academic performance. Stresses the importance of Schofield's continued interest in them. Describes students' typical summer jobs. Asks Schofield if she knows of any jobs near her that might hire graduating students. Includes a sketched plan of a house.
Date:
1870-06-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Elizabeth Dorsey was treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Martha Schofield's school in Aiken. Discusses Schofield's former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey, who was studying at Lincoln University with Dorsey's support. Implies that Posey is having difficulties; says Schofield is the best person to write to him. Says that she asked a Quaker friend for money for Allen A. Scott, another of Schofield's students now at Lincoln, and was refused because Lincoln sometimes educated students for the ministry and this friend was opposed to paid ministers.
Date:
1871-03-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Elizabeth Dorsey was treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Martha Schofield's school in Aiken. Describes Isaac N. Rendall's report of the academic progress of Schofield's former students Allen A. Scott and Lawrence Obanyon Posey at Lincoln University and discusses the lack of funding to sponsor other African American students. Briefly talks about the recent death of Mr. Webb.
Date:
1871-02-05
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Child was Martha Schofield's mother. She is concerned that Schofield is overworking herself while trying to get a schoolhouse built on her lot of land, running her school, and helping her former students. She discusses attending Quarterly Meeting and shares that Lucy Bunting, John Bunting's mother, has been taken to Frankford Asylum after multiple suicide attempts. She briefly discusses Schofield's former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey, and expresses hope that the legislature will abolish capital punishment.
Date:
1870-02-06
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
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield has recently returned to Aiken after a trip to Washington, D.C. She laments missing attending Lawrence Obanyon Posey's commencement ceremony where he was the valedictorian and praises Posey's achievements. She then discusses her trip to Washington and expresses ire about what she saw in Congress. She writes that "the presence of woman, is the only remedy to make it decent and respectable." She also writes in great detail about a dinner party that she threw, including the guest list, the menu, and their activities.
Date:
1882-06-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. She is preparing for her former student, Lawrence Obanyon Posey, to come and stay with her in her sister Carrie Taylor Corbin's home. She and her family are still grieving over the death of her young niece. She is still hopeful that her sister Almira will come stay with her.
Date:
1870-02-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Allen A. Scott letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Allen A. Scott letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Allen A. Scott was a former student of Martha Schofield's who went on to attend Lincoln University. Reports that Lawrence Obanyon Posey, another former student of Schofield's, has been injured in a sports accident. Will probably stay at school over the spring break and look for work. Mentions joining the Presbyterian Church. Considers Schofield a friend and mother figure and seeks her guidance.
Date:
1871-03-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Schofield describes hosting her former co-teacher Mary Taylor Stone and her husband Major William Stone for a lengthy visit, which included a "masked party." She discusses her attempts to encourage "Bureau money" to be allocated to build a non-sectarian school building on her lot of land, rather than being given to the Methodists to build a church and schoolhouse. She hopes that if the Freedmen's Bureau is dissolved they put General O. O. Howard at the head of the Educational Bureau and "all will be right." She expects to spend Easter with Carrie Taylor Corbin, Major David Corbin, and the Stones in Charleston. She also adds that she is keeping busy trying to get her former students settled, including Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott.
Date:
1870-01-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
William Woodruff was the principal of Lincoln University's preparatory department. Mentions conferences of educators held by the American Normal School Association. Discusses Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Martha Schofield's who were studying at Lincoln University. Says Scott has measles but "has passed the crisis." Comments on Schofield's suggestions for Posey and Scott's futures. Discusses his students more generally, their prospects, and whether they are ready for college. Says he plans to leave Lincoln.
Date:
1870-05-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
William Woodruff was the principal of Lincoln University's preparatory department. Discusses Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Martha Schofield's who were studying at Lincoln University. Describes their academic performance and the exercise they are getting. Invites Schofield to the Lincoln University commencement in June. Describes his religious background.
Date:
1870-04-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Isaac N. Rendall letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Isaac N. Rendall was president of Lincoln University. Discusses Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Martha Schofield's who were studying at Lincoln University. Discusses the boys' financial support from Elizabeth Dorsey and others. Offers Schofield encouragement.
Date:
1870-09-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
William Warren Woodruff letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
William Woodruff was the principal of Lincoln University's preparatory department. Tells Schofield he is leaving Lincoln University. Describes the university's president, Isaac Rendall. Discusses Lincoln's stance on religion and its students' career possibilities. Tells her about about Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Schofield's now attending Lincoln; discusses potential summer jobs for them.
Date:
1870-06-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. Lawrence Obanyon Posey, her former student from the Aiken School, is staying with her, and she describes the places they have visited together. She comments on his inquisitive nature and eagerness to learn. She is pleased to report that her sister Almira is coming to Charleston to stay with her and their other sister Carrie Taylor Corbin.
Date:
1870-02-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College