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Evelyn Kimber Treetor Cook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-042

Faculty Files

 Collection
Identifier: 02-002
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920 - 2010

Giovinella Gonthier W1972 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-091

Hannah S. Richmond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1835-1987; 1835 - 1839

Harriet E. Paine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-015
Abstract

Harriet E. Paine's Papers includes published and unpublished manuscripts focusing on classical works and abolition.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.

Dates: 1861-1915; 1905 - 1915

Holcombe Austin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-034

Homeopathic Medicine Kit.

 Collection — drawer: 146e
Identifier: SMC-363

Jane E. Ruby Lectures in the Humanities

 Collection
Identifier: 002-050

Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers

 Collection — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: SMC-017
Scope and Content

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.

Dates: 1865-1867

Jane Ruby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-055
Scope and Content These papers document the life of Jane Eleanor Ruby, who was a history professor at Wheaton College from 1954 to 1978, including her education and employment before Wheaton and her activities after her retirement until she died in 1992. The materials of the collection are organized chronologically. There are many gaps within the collection due to the lack of material for each series. The strengths of the collection are found in her writing material and periodicals that provide a insight...
Dates: 1698-1990

Jessie Leland Hunt Foster collection

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-079
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1883 - 1910

John Edgar Park Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-013
Abstract The Park family papers focuses on John Edgar's academic positions and pursuits specifically his role as president of Wheaton College. The papers also contain information relating to the academic positions of his children William E. Park and Rosemary Park. The collection contains supplementary information on his wife Grace B. Park and his granddaughter Susan Vail Park Utz. The documents in the papers span the years 1903 to 2004 with the bulk dates between 1908 and 1956. Materials include...
Dates: 1903-2004

John W. Haines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-053
Scope and Content

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.

Dates: 1898

Kathleen D. Salmon W1990. Untitled Sociology senior major thesis, [1990].

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-366
Content Description

Photos of individuals at the Beaumont Nursing Home [in Worcester or Northbridge?], photocopies and quotations of famous people regarding aging, happiness, etc.

Dates: 1990

Kilham Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-043
Dates: Majority of material found within 1907 - 1919

Letter dated December 22, 1852 from Ipswitch Female Seminary student

 Item
Identifier: smc-383
Content Description

Letter from "Vinnie" to a cousin relating news about schooling under Eunice Caldwell Cowles at Ipswitch Female Seminary.

Dates: December 22, 1852

Letter from Sarah B. Hooker to her parents

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-391
Content Description

Letter from Sarah B Hooker to her parents, Reverend Henry B. Hooker and Martha Hooker of Falmouth, describing life at Wheaton Female Seminary

Dates: 1844-12-22

Lisa Floyd-Hanna Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-327
Dates: Majority of material found within 1987-1988

Lucy A. Morse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-011
Abstract This collection was donated by Lucy A. Morse in 1942 in memory of her mother, Lydia Brownell Smith Morse class of 1850. The collection has a large number of shoes from all over the world including China, Malta, Argentina, France, and the US among others. The collection also includes general information about shoes as well as a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb. A pair of Mrs. Tom Thumb's shoes, bought at auction after her death, is part of the shoe collection. This collection also...
Dates: 1770-2004; Majority of material found within 1800-1900

Lucy Larcom Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-005
Abstract The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862; commonplace books, 1859-1867; herbaria; class books and grade book, 1859-1861; rhetoric notes, 1855 and 1857; correspondence with mother, John Greenleaf Whittier and his sister, Mrs. A.D.T.Whitney, and others, 1840s-1890s; paintings; clothing; manuscript poems and the Semi-centennial Sketch of Wheaton Seminary; Kansas Prize Song printed on handkerchief (1855); photographs Larcom owned; articles, obituaries, memorials;...
Dates: 1859-1970s

Lydia Folger Fowler M.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-003
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1838-2005; 1879 - 1939

Lydia J. Dorman Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-009
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1852-1853

Mabel H. Perry W1896 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-040
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1892 - 1896

Margaret Getchell Parsons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-033
Scope and Contents Plays written by Margaret Getchell Parsons, including: -"Spruce Cone and Bunchberry: A Camp Fire Girls Play" 1916 -"Colette of the Red Cross" 1918 -"Proposal Number Seven" 1918 "The Muddies of Mussyland: A Purity Play for Tubsters" 1923 -"Ten Stirring Bible Plays" 1927 -"The Rummage Sale" 1927 (written with Madeleine Pool) -"Good Turns or Only a Tenderfoot: A Boy Scout Play in Three Acts" 1928 -"Christmas Carols" 1929 -"Scoops" 1930 -"Almost Rehearsal-less Plays" 1931 -"The Prophecy" in...
Dates: 1916-1937

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Names
Samuel Valentine Cole, Rev. Dr., 1851-1925 (Wheaton President, 1897-1925) 5
Wheaton, Eliza Baylies Chapin, 1809-1905 (Founder of Wheaton Female Seminary) 5
John Edgar Park, 1879-1956 (Wheaton President, 1926-1944) 3
Laban Wheaton, Judge, 1754-1846 (Founder of Wheaton Female Seminary) 3
Wheaton Female Seminary (Norton, MA) 3
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Wheaton Seminary (Norton, MA) 3
Amen, Elisabeth Wheeler (Wheaton Prof. of Psych.& Educ., Founding Dir. of Nursery School) 2
Charles Apfelbaum: Rare Manuscripts and Archives (1934-2010) 2
Cowles, Eunice Caldwell, 1811-1903 (1st Wheaton Principal, 1835-1837) 2
Jessie Leland Hunt Foster (Class of 1899) 2
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (American poet & abolitionist) 2
Mary Lyon, 1797-1849 (American women's educator) 2
Mount Holyoke College 2
Myrna S. Pearson, 1936- (Wheaton College Professor of Chemistry) 2
Norton. (Mass) 2
Park, William E., 1909-1987 (Pres. of Simmons College) 2
Samuel Austin Chapin, 1811-1890 (Wheaton Trustee, 1890) 2
Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.) 2
(Hall) Eldredge, Jillian (Wheaton College Class of 2008) 1
Abbott, Eleanor Kendall (Class of 1925) 1
Aldrich, Annie Florence Freeman (Attended Wheaton 1871-1876) 1
Alexander, Ernest C. 1
Alexander, Ethna F. 1
Alonso Guerra y Sandoval, Don Juan, Principal King Chronicler of Arms of Spain (Caballero of the order of Santiago) 1
Andersen, Holger C. (Scientist) 1
Arey, Frances M. (Student researcher) 1
Austin, Holcombe M., 1906-2003 (Wheaton Prof. of Philosophy 1941-72) 1
Ballou, Ellen Bartlett (Wheaton Asst. Prof. English & Drama) 1
Barnard College 1
Bengtson, Joan Marie, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Class of 1977) 1
Between the Covers Rare Books 1
Beverly Braasch (Student summer researcher) 1
Blackman Company (Advertising company) 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
Boudreau, Sharon Martin (Sharon Martin) (Class of 1975, Chemistry Instructor) 1
Briggs, Walter A., Judge (Attleboro, MA, judge) 1
Bullard, Irving 1
Cabot, Emeline W. Richards (Attended Wheaton 1851-1853) 1
Campbell, Eleanor 1
Carol S. (Steer) Geyser (Class of 1968) 1
Carol Stone (Class of 1965) 1
Carolyn S. Gill (Class of 1970) 1
Carr, Emma P. (Emma Perry), 1880-1972 (Scientist) 1
Chaminade Music Club (Attleboro, MA) 1
Chinese 1
Claudia Marini (Student researcher, 1970) 1
Cole, Helen Wieand, 1885-1965 (Wheaton Prof. Latin & Greek, Trustee, 1935-65) 1
Cole, William Isaac, 1859-1935 (Wheaton Prof. of Sociology; Treasurer, 1913-26; Trustee, 1925-35) 1
Connecticut College 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. (Governor of MA, President of the United States) 1
Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz (Biochemist) 1
Cunliff, Emma F. (Class of 1868) 1
Curtis, Azubah Gay Capen (Class of 1868) 1
Cynthia W. (White) Stone (Class of 1969) 1
Dahl, Curtis (Wheaton Prof. of English) 1
Dahlen, Alice Washburn 1
Daniel Judge (Student researcher, 1968) 1
David, Maralyn E. K., Dr. (Maralyn E. Kaufman) (Class of 1972) 1
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 (American author and activist) 1
Dudek, G. 1
Dyer, Helen M., 1895-1998 (Biochemist) 1
Edward R. Sun (Student researcher, 1962) 1
Elaine Leary (Student researcher, 1967) 1
Elisabeth Amen Nursery School. Wheaton College (Norton, MA) 1
Ely, Ben-Ezra Stiles, Reverend, 1828-1910 1
Ely, Caroline Thompson Holmes, 1812-1892 1
Ely, Ezra Stiles, 1786-1861 1
Ely, Samuel Carswell 1
Emerson, Alfred, Rev. (Wheaton Treasurer, Trustee, 1872-93) 1
Emerson, Alice Frey "Tish" (Wheaton President, 1975-91) 1
Emerson, Annie Austin (Class of 1871) 1
Emerson, Frances Vose (Class of 1872, Wheaton Trustee 1922-42) 1
Emerson, Gladys Andersen (Historian; Biochemist; Nutritionist) 1
Emerson, Joseph, Rev., 1777-1833 (Founder, Byfield [Female] Seminary; Teacher of Mary Lyon) 1
Emerson, Nancy Eaton, 1779-1804 (Pupil, fiancée and wife of Rev. Joseph Emerson) 1
Escot, Pozzi Olga, 1933- (Wheaton Prof. of Music) 1
Fenstemacher, Beryl Proctor (Class of 1926) 1
Fenstemacher, William "Bill" 1
Fincke, Graeme (Student researcher) 1
Floyd-Hanna, Mary E. "Lisa" (Wheaton Prof. of Biology 1981-1989) 1
Francis X. Greer (Student researcher, 1970) 1
Frank H. Anderson (Harvard College Class of 1966) 1
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) 1
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer) 1
Goldstein, Darlene J., Dr. (Class of 1967) 1
Gonthier, Giovinella, Ambassador (Class of 1972) 1
Grady, John M. (Wheaton Prof. of Sociology, Emeritus) 1
Greece 1
Greene, Charles 1
Hall, Merritt A., Private First Class (Company A 135th Combat Engineers Battalion) 1
Hansen, Cindy L., M.D. (Class of 1980) 1
Hartwell, C. (Charles), Rev., 1825-1905 1
Hartwell, Emily Susan, 1859-1951 (Class of 1883, A.M. 1922; Missionary in China) 1
Herschbach, Georgene L. Botyos (Class of 1961) 1
Highland House. Highland (NC) 1
Highlands, NC 1
Hodgkin, Dorothy (Dorothy Mary Crowfoot), 1910-1994 (Scientist) 1
Hong Kong (China) 1
Hoobler, Icie Gertrude Mary (Biochemist) 1
Hunt, Mary S. Q. (Mary S. Quinby) (Class of 1967) 1
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