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Mary Rose Smith letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Rose Smith letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Rose Smith was the president of the Women's Freedmen's Relief Association. Offers her sympathies over Schofield's ill health. Briefly discusses the difficulties between Schofield and her coworker Mary A. Sharp.
Date:
1867-12-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Schofield letter to the Principal of the Baker Institute
Title:
Eliza H. Schofield letter to the Principal of the Baker Institute
Description:
Eliza H. Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Describes the antagonistic relationship between Martha Schofield and Mary A. Sharp, who traveled to South Carolina together to teach African American freedmen after the Civil War. Details Sharp's attempts to ruin Schofield's reputation.
Date:
1867-11-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sister
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sister
Description:
Discusses her plans for an endowment bequeathed to her by an African American woman for use towards the Schofield School. Describes attending the State Association of Colored Teachers and the speech she made. While at the conference, she looked for young black women to join her class of medical students, discussing the racist practices in current medicine and the need for medical professionals in the black community; recounts Matilda A. Evans attending to a patient who was refused care by a white doctor. Briefly discusses her enmity with her former co-teacher Mary A. Sharp. Also shares some news about family/friends.
Date:
1884-07-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Draft of Martha Schofield letter to Jessie James and Sarah J. Cleaver
Title:
Draft of Martha Schofield letter to Jessie James and Sarah J. Cleaver
Description:
Schofield congratulates James and "Sallie" Cleaver on their recent wedding and tells them that she wished she could have been there. She then describes her journey via ship to South Carolina. She talks about her companion, Mary A. Sharp, and says that she "will never love her very warmly, though she may respect and esteem her." Contains edits by Schofield.
Date:
1865-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Likely written by Mary A. Sharp, who lived and taught with Martha Schofield on Wadmalaw Island. She describes her activities on the island since the school year ended, focusing mostly on matters of business. She expresses distrust of their "white friends" on the island.
Date:
1866-07-19
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
List of items sent to South Carolina by the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
Title:
List of items sent to South Carolina by the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
Description:
Written on "Penn'a Freedmen's Relief Association" stationery. List of articles sent by the Association to Mary A. Sharp in Rockville, South Carolina. The items are various articles of clothing for both adults and children.
Date:
1865-11-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College