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This collection comprises correspondence, business and information cards, scripts of speeches, obituaries, and photographs created by, for, or about A. Ellen Stanton. Notable people involved in the collection include Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton, Dr. Samuel Valentine Cole, Caroline L. Blake, S. C. Stanton, Pauline Holmes, Marian D. Merrill, "Vinnie" Gould, and Miss Clara M. Pike.

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This collection comprises materials created and collected by Eunice Caldwell Cowles. These materials consist of letters, transcripts, speeches, and photographs. One main topic of the collection is the Wheaton College Female Seminary.

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Lydia Folger Fowler's papers include: several biographies written about Lydia; a letter (original and transcription) to Mrs. Wheaton from Lydia’s sister, M. F. Allen, concerning the donation of “In Memoriam” card (1879); correspondence between John T. Miller and the College Librarian about Lydia (1939-1940); and a copy of The Daisy: a Journal of Pure Literature, which features a portrait of, and an article/obituary on, Lydia.

Abstract

The collection includes materials collected by Martha Sawyer Holmers. The collection includes letters and reports on Wheaton Seminary. The main focus of the collection is Martha Sawyer Holmes' time at Wheaton as the principal from 1842-1846.The collection spans the years of 1839-1946.

Abstract The Wheaton Family Collection covers the years 1721-2009. The bulk of the collection relates to the years 1779-1905. The collection shows the activities of an affluent family in the small town of Norton, MA. Laban Morey Wheaton and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton were both active in the community, and established Wheaton Female Seminary. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton contributed a great deal to the town of Norton by helping to renovate the Trinitarian Congregational Church and building the...