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1907 January 24, Awbury, to My dear cousins Carrie & Annette
Title:
1907 January 24, to My dear cousins Carrie & Annette
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1904 August 13, Jamestown, R.I., to My dear mother
Title:
1904 August 13, to My dear mother
Date:
1904-08-13
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1901 August 6, Woodbourne, to My dear Chellie
Title:
1901 August 6, to My dear Chellie
Date:
1901-08-06
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Mary Kite letter to Abi Kite Walton
Title:
Mary Kite letter to Abi Kite Walton
Description:
Discusses her poor health and reflecting on her earlier life at her advanced age.
Date:
1860-03-11
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1902 August 25, Woodbourne, to My dear Chellie
Title:
1902 August 25, to My dear Chellie
Date:
1902-08-25
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1905 August 10, Franconia, to My beloved sister
Title:
1905 August 10, to My beloved sister
Description:
Author mentions reading "A Diary from Dixie, by Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut (1823-1886) and A Princess of Thule, by William Black (1841-1898).
Date:
1905-08-10
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1901 September 5, Fowlers' Rocks, to My darling Chellie
Title:
1901 September 5, Fowlers' Rocks, to My darling Chellie
Date:
1901-09-05
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1895 September 5, Northeast Harbor, to My dearest mother
Title:
1895 September 5, to My dearest mother
Description:
Watermark reads " 'Our Daily' Paper."
Date:
1895-09-05
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1910 October 7, Fowler's Rocks, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1910 October 7, Fowler's Rocks, to My dear Lillie
Date:
1910-10-07
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield describes in detail her symptoms during a recent bout of breakbone fever. She discusses growing older and is excited that her cousin Abraham Bell is sending her a barrel of apples.
Date:
1880-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Typescript of an undated letter from reformer Emily Howland to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Mentions Mrs. Gannett and Mrs. Osborne's efforts to erect a building for women students at Rochester University in the memory of Susan B. Anthony. Discusses Howland's eightieth birthday, her attitude towards aging, and her domestic servants. Remarks on the polar exploration controversy between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook).
Date:
1907
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland and Agnes Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland and Agnes Howland
Description:
Written to Agnes Howland and suffragist Isabel Howland by their aunt Emily. Briefly discusses Emily's health, a book by Frederick Seward that she was reading, and her friend Caroline F. Putnam.
Date:
1917-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1907 August 28, Jamestown, to My dearest sister
Title:
1907 August 28, to My dearest sister
Date:
1907-08-28
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Praises Howland's ability to "keep pace with contemporary thought" and contrasts it with the opposition of many other older people to "youngsters." Discusses spending time on the Pocono Lake Preserve. Invites Howland to join Tierney on Little Deer Isle in Maine.
Date:
1916-07-05
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Samuel S. Ash
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Samuel S. Ash
Description:
Samuel Ash was Martha Schofield's brother-in-law. She explains that it is her desire to have the entire Ash family come stay with her in Aiken for the winter because she misses her family and needs their help. She is starting to feel her age and fears that the time may be soon where she will need to let someone else run the Schofield School.
Date:
1901-11-04
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Adelbert Moot letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Adelbert Moot letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Adelbert Moot, a member of the New York State Department of Education board of regents. Discusses a letter Howland recently sent Moot and praises Howland's abilities given her age. Informs Howland that commissioner Frank Pierrepont Graves intended to invite her back for the next year's state university convocation.
Date:
1927-07-21
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. Describes reading Miss Knapp's letter aloud to her family. Discusses her botanical interest in the flora of Maine. Reflects on her' and Putnam's old age (both women were in their late eighties). Remarks on a recent speech by Jane Addams and role of women in restoring order to the world after the end of the World War. Discusses Thomas Jefferson, who Howland had recently read a biography of.
Date:
1915-08-21
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Robert Bowne Howland letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Robert Bowne Howland letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Says he has sent Emily Howland something; remarks on old age.
Date:
1908-02-06
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College