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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 describes her recent activities and expresses how much she misses Aiken and wishes she could be with Schofield for another year. She is trying to set a date for her wedding to Major William Stone and wants to know what day and time would work best for Schofield.
Date:
1869-08-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Description:
Lucretia Mott details the wedding of her niece Ellen Wright and William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., especially the preparations (including the making of the marriage certificate).
Date:
1864-09-14
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Description:
Lucretia Mott discusses the work her sister Martha Coffin Wright has done for her daughter Ellen Wright Garrison's recent wedding. She also relays news of family and friends and describes the birth of her great-niece Helen Osborne.
Date:
1864-09-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William M. Jackson letters to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
William M. Jackson letters to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Six letters. Primarily discusses his relationship with his wife Anna M. Jackson, his work as a teacher, and recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1869-1896
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Title:
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Description:
Discusses preparations for their upcoming wedding, mentioning his difficulty avoiding spending too much money on calling cards.
Date:
1916-08-24
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Title:
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Describes his feelings about his and Katharine's upcoming wedding in detail. Includes a poem about being a husband. Says "[t]his whole idea of the young ladies absenting themselves from their prospective husbands just before marriage is exceedingly poor." Describes the pros and cons of Katharine staying in Pocono, and describes being "bachelerized" at home. Feels that they have not discussed their marriage enough due to distance. Apologizes for the "poorly executed affair" of his visit with her at Pocono.
Date:
1916-09-08
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Discusses preparations for their wedding, including the formulation of a guest list and dresses to be worn by her and the bridesmaids. Mentions a Meeting she attended and expresses uncertainty about the virtue of arguing against established ideas. Describes an encounter she had while waiting for her train with a man whose character she misjudged.
Date:
1916-07-06
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Describes her celebrations on the night of July 4th. Discusses wedding/marriage preparations, including the acquisition of furniture and clothing in detail. Mentions touring a potential house for them to rent.
Date:
1916-07-05
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Wedding account of Katharine Wistar Elkinton and Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Wedding account of Katharine Wistar Elkinton and Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
A detailed account of the events of the Mason-Elkinton wedding, including the preparations, the meal, the ceremony, the reception, and a poem that was read, entitled "The Epic of the Awksfoot."
Date:
1916-10
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Martha Schofield diary, 1869-1871
Title:
Martha Schofield diary, 1869-1871
Description:
Martha Schofield moved to South Carolina after the Civil War to run a school for African American children. Her diary describes her daily activities with a focus on her social life. Running themes include Schofield's deeply conflicted feelings over the engagement of her best friend Sarah "Sadie" Brouwer to Thomas Chalkley Bartram; her health problems involving her lungs, which she believed would be fatal; and the founding of what became the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. It also discusses her co-teacher Mary Taylor Stone and attending churches in Aiken. Entries are far less frequent after the end of 1869. Page numbers jump from 45 to 56. The last several pages contain records of Schofield's weight from 1871-1875 and an account of an examination by a Virginian phrenologist named Dr. Trotter in 1878.
Date:
1869-01-01 - 1871-03-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College