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Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1848-1851
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1851-1858
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane C. Hoge was a Civil War nurse for the Union soldiers and social activist. Requests information about the Isaac T. Hopper Home (a shelter for women ex-convicts), including its origin, organization, and operation. Believes that Chicago needs a similar institution.
Date:
1878-01-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Description:
Writes on behalf of the Women's Prison Association Committee of the Isaac T. Hopper Home, a shelter for women ex-convicts, to acknowledge Catharine Maria Sedgwick's resignation from the position of First Director. Her resignation letter was read at the special meeting and the members expressed their respect for her.
Date:
1863-10-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses travelling to Albany to receive government funding for her charities, the Infant Asylum and The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home). Mentions aid from Joseph Choate. Less money was awarded to The Home, as the House Speaker did not have faith in "so called" sinners. Of the women associated with The Home, she says she will "stand by them long as I live." Discusses her daughter Julia's active involvement in the Diet Kitchen. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. James B. Thayer wrote her to announce the birth of another daughter.
Date:
1874-04-03
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 Home (the Isaac T. Hopper Home) and employing women there to do sewing. Discusses General Samuel C. Armstrong and the "Tabb farm question" concerning the Hampton Institute, a school for African Americans.
Date:
1868-04-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Hannah B. Chickering letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Hannah B. Chickering letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Hannah B. Chickering was a Massachusetts prison reformer who founded the Temporary Asylum for discharged female prisoners (later called the Dedham Temporary Home for Women and Children). Reports that their hearing with the Legislative Committee for the establishment of a Home was successful. A bill will be presented to fund the institution by both state aid and private donations. Wishes to consult Gibbons on aspects going forward.
Date:
1864-04-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Title:
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Description:
Writes on behalf of a Mrs. Hibbard, who is looking for employment, and recommends her for a posting at the Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. As a member of the Committee to appeal to public charities, she suggests that the women of the Home make things for the Metropolitan Fair in order to aid the Sanitary Commission. Hopes that Gibbons will come visit.
Date:
1864-01-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Title:
Julia Billings letter to Abby Hopper GIbbons
Description:
Encloses a monetary contribution towards the Randalls' Asylum Christmas gifts. Discusses the Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts, and wants to become a subscriber. Discusses travelling to New York in the future and recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1865-12-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Glad to hear of the prosperity of The Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. Discusses her experiences at the asylum for female inmates that she managed for a month, and considers plans for its future management. Hopes that Gibbons will visit the asylum and give constructive criticism. Talks about the mother of the late Col. Charles E. Griswold, who requests an introduction to Gibbons. Praises Gibbons for her work with soldiers' families.
Date:
1866-06-10
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Attended a meeting to organize the establishment of a society to aid women ex-convicts in Massachusetts, which is to be modeled after the New York Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), which Gibbons manages. Requests a copy of the Home's constitution and by-laws. Hopes Gibbons can attend the next meeting. Misses Gibbons's daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse. Boasts about her 89 year old aunt who knit 50 pairs of socks for soldiers in the past year.
Date:
1864-06-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna J. H. Fitch letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Anna J. H. Fitch letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Anna J. H. Fitch was the Treasurer of the Women's Prison Association of New York/the Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. Discusses the empty treasury and funding for the Home.
Date:
1864-08-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses the high demand of women from The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Anne Sever [sp], Bessie [sp] Beach, Mr. Morse, and Rose Wagner. Mentions having a black eye.
Date:
1870-06-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses events from The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Alice Morse who had a tumor removed from her side.
Date:
1873-08-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George William Curtis letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George William Curtis letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on Constitutional Convention stationery. George William Curtis was a writer and orator. Received her report and discusses the high regard that the Chairman of the Prison Committee holds for her "society, possibly referencing The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts.
Date:
1867-08-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
C. H. Shipman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
C. H. Shipman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thanks her for her sympathy over the death of his wife. Donates his annual contribution of one hundred dollars to the "Prison Home, probably the Isaac T. Hopper Home, a shelter for women ex-convicts. Mentions a Soldier's Home."
Date:
1867-02-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association Semi-annual managers' report
Title:
Rosine Association Semi-annual managers' report
Description:
Semi-annual report of the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives.
Date:
1851-10-09
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College