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Wheaton, Eliza Baylies Chapin, 1809-1905 (Founder of Wheaton Female Seminary)

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: Sept. 27, 1809-June 2,1905 - 1905-06-02

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1837 - 1898, bulk: 1877 - 1887

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1837 - 1898; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1887

Eunice Caldwell Cowles papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-276
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1837 - 1898

Letter transcript, 1860 June 6, 1885

 File — Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1860 June 6; 1885

Wheaton Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-001
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...
Dates: 1721-1994; 1779 - 1905