Mary E. Bachelder Papers
Scope and Contents
Mary E. Bachelder Papers contains a note titled "A Reminiscence of School Life" written by Mary E. Bachelder on June 14th, 1872. The letter describes her life at Wheaton Seminary and recounts her arrival and first year at the Seminary. Also included is Mary's Composition No. 5, "What shall be our Motto?," of which Miss Parker, her teacher, wrote "What a horrid thing" and gave her a mark of 10. The final part of her correspondence is a letter addressed to her mother on February 1873. The letter discusses the reception of her artwork by foreign artists and Seminary teachers, concerns about graduation, excursions with friends, and a reminder for her mother to come to Boston on Wednesday the 19th. The correspondence spans the years 1872-73.
Dates
- Creation: 1872-1873
Creator
- Mary Eastman Bachelder (Class of 1873) (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the authors, or their descendants, of items in these papers as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biography
Mary E. Bachelder attended Wheaton Seminary, Class of 1873.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Aquisition Information
Found in Collection. Acquisition information not available for this collection. Collection inputted into database in 2008.
Processing Information
Processed by: Ashley Kuhn October 2008
Encoded using Archivist Toolkit: Hanna Juergens,, W13 September, 2012
Encoding edited by: Megan Wheaton-Book, Assistant Archivist, September, 2012
- Title
- Inventory of the Mary E. Bachelder Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ashley Kuhn
- Date
- 10/17/2008
- 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