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Samuel Willets and Elizabeth Dorsey letters to Martha Schofield
Title:
Samuel Willets and Elizabeth Dorsey letters to Martha Schofield
Description:
In the first letter, Lizzie (probably teacher Elizabeth Dorsey) discusses recent deaths as well as donations to the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. In the second letter, Samuel Willets tells Schofield that he has enclosed a donation for her school.
Date:
1872-02-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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, an important source of funding for Schofield's school in Aiken. Urges Schofield not to overtax her eyes, which have been troubling her lately. Asks for a few statistics for the annual report she is preparing. Discusses the health of their friend Elizabeth Dorsey. Describes the closing ceremonies at a sewing school (likely Penn Sewing School). Speaks of attending an anniversary celebration at Swarthmore College for Benjamin West's painting of "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"; George Truman, Edward Magill, Clarkson Taylor, and Lucretia Mott all attended. Briefly mentions Schofield's former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey.
Date:
1871-04-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary E. Jackson letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary E. Jackson letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary E. Jackson served as chair of the Committee on Education for the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association. Asks Schofield how much financial support from the Association she needs. Passes on news of friend and family. Briefly discusses her charitable work. Mentions celebrations of the unification of Germany.
Date:
1871-05-15
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Edward Magill
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Edward Magill
Description:
Edward Magill was a prominent Quaker and president of Swarthmore College who supported Schofield's school for African Americans. Asks him for help soliciting financial support from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Describes the school's financial situation.
Date:
1886-04-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Horace Neide; Horace Neide letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Horace Neide; Horace Neide letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Horace Neide was the Freedmen's Bureau's superintendent of education for South Carolina. Schofield's letter asks Neide whether the Bureau will pay for them to rent their current school building for another year. Mentions what to do with school property over the summer. Mentions that many tourists in Aiken have visited the school. Neide's reply says he has asked the Commission and will let Schofield know as soon as they answer.
Date:
1869-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Eliza H. Schofield
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Eliza H. Schofield
Description:
Eliza Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Martha writes about raising money to build a new schoolhouse, a project that she has been putting off for three years.
Date:
1882-04-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to the editor
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to the editor
Description:
Addressed to "Friend Church." Discusses the state of education and morality in the South. Asks readers to send her periodicals so that she can give her students reading material. Discusses the state of her school and the politics around its funding. Describes her land holdings and her attempts to buy property. The last four pages, which may not belong with the rest, discuss the lack of opportunity for women in the South, the future of women's rights, and a visit to a poorly run school.
Date:
1877-08-05
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
Eliza H. Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Eliza H. Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Eliza Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Recounts discussion of a plan to ask the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to fund the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. Describes Edward Magill's advocacy for the plan. Says that constant fundraising was taking a toll on Martha's health. Suggests fundraising practices based on the discussions.
Date:
1886
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edmund Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Edmund Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Comments on an essay Schofield sent him. Tells her that the Charity Society of Jericho and Westbury Meetings is likely to contribute money to her school for African American freedmen.
Date:
1874-02-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Hannah Willets will and testament clause
Title:
Hannah Willets will and testament clause
Description:
Clause bequeathing $2500 to the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina.
Date:
1886-1916
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 writes about her efforts to solicit donations for the new school buildings that are in progress for the Schofield School. She says that the marble tablet to mark the establishment of the new school buildings has arrived. She hopes that her uncle Halliday Jackson will come visit her during the winter.
Date:
1882-08-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Description:
Describes the Schofield Normal and Industrial School's educational program, its religious principles, and its financial situation. Asks for support from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Date:
1886-05-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha and Lydia Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha and Lydia Schofield
Description:
Sarah J. Ash was Martha and Lydia Schofield's sister; Martha ran a school for African Americans in Aiken, South Carolina, and Lydia was visiting her along with Sarah's daughter Mary. Describes reading a letter about Martha's school at a Quaker Yearly Meeting. Says the Meeting agreed to give the Schofield School some financial support. Remarks on her recent activities.
Date:
1887-04-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses in detail the issues with the establishment and successful operation of her school for African Americans, including the effects of the formation of a competing public school system. Also comments on the status of relief organizations such as the Freedmen's Bureau and the United States Sanitary Commission as sources of educational funding.
Date:
1866-01-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Aimwell School Association account book
Title:
Aimwell School Association account book
Description:
Extracts from minutes followed by financial records, dated 1828-09-08 to 1866-02-20, for the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children).
Date:
1828 - 1866
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association minute book
Title:
Aimwell School Association minute book
Description:
Meeting minutes of the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children) from 1826-02-10 to 1836-11-04. Includes treasurer's annual reports.
Date:
1826 - 1836
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association minute book
Title:
Aimwell School Association minute book
Description:
Meeting minutes of the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children) from 1854-07-08 to 1866-12-08, documenting events surrounding the operation of the Aimwell School. Includes monthly attendance statistics and the treasurer's annual reports.
Date:
1854 - 1866
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association minute book
Title:
Aimwell School Association minute book
Description:
Meeting minutes of the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children) from 1797-11-20 to 1802-01-08. Includes the Society's rules and regulations for the school, a list of members, and the treasurer's annual reports.
Date:
1797 - 1802
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association minute book
Title:
Aimwell School Association minute book
Description:
Meeting minutes of the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children) from 1802-03-06 to 1809-07-01. Includes the Society's rules and regulations for the school, a list of members, and the treasurer's annual reports.
Date:
1802 - 1809
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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