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Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey was an African-American student of Martha Schofield's who graduated from Howard University in 1882 as valedictorian of his class and became a lawyer. Tells Schofield about his studies. Says he is leaving university in Columbia because teaching pace is too slow and he is invested in getting into Howard University. Thanks Schofield for her friendship and support. Worries about how Elizabeth Dorsey, a major funder of the Schofield School, will react to his leaving university.
Date:
1875-04-13
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
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the current national financial troubles and its effect on charitable services. Her sister Jane Stuart Woolsey has profitable work tailoring for the government and southern plantations. General Samuel C. Armstrong is struggling to teach useful vocational skills to African Americans at his Hampton Institute. Will donate money to one of Gibbons's charities and discusses the financial issues surrounding Gibbons's "laundry" service enterprise.
Date:
1868-1891
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the conditions of the Washington Jail, and the work of her sister Eliza Newton Woolsey Howland and Mrs. Stull [sp] there. Eliza's husband Col. Joseph Howland will present facts and statistics provided by Gibbons or Mrs. Stull to the state senators. Col. Howland was the New York State Treasurer. Asks Gibbons for vocational skill ideas to teach African American women at the Hampton Institute.
Date:
1867-02-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons 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
A Dream Deferred
Title:
A Dream Deferred
Description:
Haverford College student paper by Aretha Williams, Class of 1996 with Honors (Abstract by Aretha Williams)
Date:
1994-12-12
Collection:
The Aretha Williams Collection at Haverford College