Sarah A. Jarvis Correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of typescript copies of Sarah A. Jarvis' correspondence. It contains twenty letters between Sarah, friends, and family, while she was a student at Wheaton Female Seminary, 1843. The collection also contains forty letters between Sally, friends, and family concerning family affairs, 1843 -1850. A color photograph of Sarah A. Jarvis' portrait in included.
Dates
- Creation: 1843-1850
Creator
- Sarah "Sally" Amelia Jarvis Whited (Attended Wheaton 1842-43) (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
Contact the Marion B. Gebbie Archives for more information.
Copyright
Reproduction or publication of any of the Sally Jarvis Letters, in whole or in part, will require the prior written permission of one of the above members of the Lawson family.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sarah Amelia (Sally) Jarvis was born in Newburgh, New York, on April 7, 1828 and passed away on October 12 1866. She enrolled at Wheaton Seminary at the age of fifteen in 1843. She married James J. Whited in 1849.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Col. Charles J. Lawson, 1974
Existence and Location of Originals
The original MS letters are owned by Sally Jarvis Lawson, Wheaton Class of 1973 (unconfirmed; source letter states class year).
Existence and Location of Copies
The distribution of copies are as follows:
Sally Jarvis Lawson, New Cannan, Connecticut Wheaton College for Women [sic], Norton, Massachusetts
Charles J. Lawson, Jr., Woodstock, New York
James T. Lawson, New Canaan, Connecticut
Howard H. Lawson, Clinton, New York
Helen B. Lawson, Port Charlotte, Florida
Col. C. J. Lawson, Naples, Florida
Processing Information
Processed by: Ashley Kuhn, W09, November 2008
Encoded using Archivist Toolkit by: Hanna Juergen, W13, July 2012
Encoding edited by: Megan Wheaton-Book, Assistant Archivist, September 2012
- Title
- Inventory of the Sarah A. Jarvis Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ashley Kuhn W09
- Date
- November 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections Repository