Showing Collections: 51 - 75 of 112
Hannah S. Richmond Papers
School notes and correspondence of Hannah S. Richmond; as well as correspondence from J. Montgomery Gambrille and the W.W. Norton Company to Wheaton President J. Edgar Park regarding Hannah S. Richmond's papers.
Harriet E. Paine Papers
Harriet E. Paine's Papers includes published and unpublished manuscripts focusing on classical works and abolition. Paine's collection also has correspondence to William Lord regarding the Civil War, Samuel Austin Chapin (brother of Eliza Baylies Wheaton), and Wheaton College President Dr. Samuel V. Cole concerning Wheaton Seminary's War efforts circa 1915.
Honors Theses
The collection includes a hardbound physical copy of all theses approved by Wheaton College faculty as part of the Senior Honors Thesis program. Digitized or digital copies are available for some theses, mostly those produced in the 21st century.
Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers
This collection contains semi-monthly reports for Jane (Jennie) L. Pronty for the subjects French and Arithmetic. It includes two monthly reports one of Jane Pronty and one of Elizabeth J. Pronty's order of room, order of wardrobe, care of health, promptness, accuracy in accounts, and deportment from Dec. 8 to Jan. 12, 1866. Correspondence between Jane (Jennie) L. Pronty and her sister Mary Pronty through the years of 1865 and 1866 are part of this collection.
Jane Ruby Papers
Jessie Leland Hunt Foster collection
This small manuscript collection consists of four folders containing pamphlets, newspaper clippings, postcards, photographs (and photocopies of the same) pertaining to the Wheaton Female Seminary. These materials were collected by Jessie Leland Hunt Foster, class of 1899.
John Edgar Park Family Papers
John W. Haines Collection
This small manuscript collection contains the album "Our Country: Pictures of the Spanish-American War," which covers 21 April 1898 to 12 August 1898. It was created by John W. Hanes. Clippings include photographs of soldiers, buildings, and scenes related to the war as well as articles.
Jonathan Shaw Revolutionary War military commissions
Kathleen D. Salmon W1990. Untitled Sociology senior major thesis, [1990].
Photos of individuals at the Beaumont Nursing Home [in Worcester or Northbridge?], photocopies and quotations of famous people regarding aging, happiness, etc.
Kilham Family Collection
Letter dated December 22, 1852 from Ipswitch Female Seminary student
Letter from "Vinnie" to a cousin relating news about schooling under Eunice Caldwell Cowles at Ipswitch Female Seminary.
Letter from Sarah B. Hooker to her parents
Letter from Sarah B Hooker to her parents, Reverend Henry B. Hooker and Martha Hooker of Falmouth, describing life at Wheaton Female Seminary
Lisa Floyd-Hanna Collection
Lucy A. Morse Collection
Lucy Larcom Collection
Lydia Folger Fowler M.D. Papers
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.
Lydia J. Dorman Letters
Lydia Dorman's correspondence includes three letters to her father expressing her desire to become a teacher, and a letter to her brother, Joseph, asking about home. Both letters were written in 1851 and 1852.
Mabel H. Perry W1896 Collection
A collection of notebooks belonging to Mabel H. Perry, Wheaton Female Seminary Class of 1896, comprising her studies on campus. Student notebooks on a wide variety of topics, including Botany, Arithmetic, Art History, Birds & Birdsongs, Chemistry, Drawing, English Composition & Literature, History of Civilization, Latin Prose Composition, Mental Science, Physics, Senior Literature, and Senior Middle Literature. 19 vols.