Emma Hart Willard Family Papers, 1756-1988 (bulk 1820-1920)
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Emma Hart Willard Family Papers
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12 archives boxes, 6 half archives boxes, 1 map case drawer
Willard, Emma, 1787-1870
Biographical History for: Emma Hart Willard Family Papers
Biographical Note Note: The following chronology was prepared by Lucy Townsend and Barbara Wiley for The Papers of Emma Hart Willard, 1787-1870. Guide to the Microfilm Edition. It is based on Emma Willard's memoir addressed to Professor Coggswell (1842), as well as her correspondence, publications, and early biographies. Willard spelled her maiden name "Heart" and "Hart." 1787 February 23Emma Hart is born in Berlin, Connecticut.1792-1802?Attends district school in Berlin.1802Attends Berlin Academy. Shows great academic promise under Thomas Miner.1804 SummerTeaches school for children in Berlin.1805 WinterAttends Miss Pattons' school in Hartford, Connecticut.SummerTeaches a select school for older children in her home in Berlin.1805-06 WinterHeads Berlin Academy.Spring, autumnAttends the school of Mrs. Lydia Royce in Hartford, Connecticut.1807 SpringIs teaching assistant at academy in Westfield, Massachusetts.SummerIs Preceptress (head) of a female school in Middlebury, Vermont.1809 August 10Is married to Dr. John Willard, Marshall of the District of Vermont.1810 September 28Gives birth to her only child, John H. Willard.1812Vermont State Bank, where John Willard serves as director, is robbed.1813 August 21Her father, Samuel Hart, dies.1814Opens a boarding school for ladies in the Willard home in Middlebury, Vermont. 1815Begins experimenting with teaching methods in geography, Christian ethics (moral philosophy), rhetoric, history, grammar, composition, drawing, elocution, chirography, arithmetic, and psychology (mental philosophy). Initiates public examinations as an essential feature of a rigorous female curriculum. Begins writing Plan for Improving Female Education.1817Asks Governor Van Ness of Vermont if she can present her Plan to the state legislature. Effort fails, including the plan to transform college buildings at Burlington, Vermont, into a female seminary.1818Sends handwritten copy of Plan to Governor Clinton of New York.1818-19Lobbies for Plan in Albany with her husband. Publishes and distributes 1,000 copies of the Plan. Legislature approves appropriation of funds for women's academies and grants charter to Waterford Academy for Young Ladies, Waterford, New York.1819 June 2Opens Waterford Academy. Introduces the study of geometry, followed by successful public examination in the subject.1820-21Public funding for Waterford Academy withheld by New York Legislative Committee.1821 MayOpens Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. Begins to publish geographies with William Woodbridge.1822Introduces algebra, followed by successful public examination in the subject. Offers trigonometry and natural philosophy (science).1823Another appeal for public funding from New York Legislature fails.1824Almira Hart Lincoln (widowed) comes to assist at the seminary, becomes vice-principal, and improves methods and subject matter of science, particularly chemistry.Entertains Major General Gilbert Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who is on an American tour, and begins a correspondence with him.1825 May 29Dr. John Willard dies.1826Publishes Geography for Beginners and Atlas to accompany it.1827Publishes Ancient Atlas to accompany Woodbridge's Universal Geography.1828Publishes her most popular, often revised and reprinted text, History of the United States, or Republic of America and the accompanying text, A Series of Maps.1830 October 1Leaves Troy with her son, John, for a seven-month tour of France, Great Britain, and Scotland. Visits Lafayette, Louise Belloc, Adelaide Montgolfier, Maria Edgeworth, and various schools. Begins lifelong correspondence with French women.1831 January 18Her mother, Lydia Hinsdale Hart, dies. August, departs from Europe. On return voyage, writes her popular hymn, Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep. Almira Hart Lincoln marries Hon. John Phelps.1832Organizes Troy Society for the Advancement of Female Education in Greece to foster women's education in the newly liberated nation. Publishes several essays in support of this effort.1833Publishes Journal and Letters from France and Great Britain. Donates proceeds to an Episcopal women's school in Athens, Greece.1835Publishes A System of Universal History. With Almira Lincoln Phelps, translates and publishes Progressive Education, by Necker de Saussure.1837Organizes Willard Association for the Mutual Improvement of Female Teachers. Publishes letter to Simón Bolívar, urging him to open a female school in the newly liberated Republic of Colombia, South America. Troy Female Seminary is incorporated.1838Turns over the seminary to Sarah and John Willard.September 17: Marries Dr. Christopher C. Yates, a physician of Albany. Honeymoons in the Great Lakes region.Troy Female Seminary is accepted by the New York Regents and receives its first state funding.1839Moves with Dr. Yates to Boston.1840 JuneLeaves Dr. Yates after nine months. Lives in Berlin with her sister, and in Hartford, Connecticut with friends. Publishes Willard's Historic Guide; Guide to the Temple of Time. Moves to Berlin, Connecticut, after she is elected superintendent of Kensington common schools.1841Henry Barnard, among others, suggests that she head a normal school in Hartford, where teacher institutes can be held. Plan fails. Publishes essays in Connecticut Common School Journal, and, with Henry Barnard, takes leadership in teacher institutes.1843Receives a divorce from the Connecticut Legislature and the right to use the Willard name.1844Travels often, but finally, in summer, settles at Troy Female Seminary.1845Joins board of managers, Troy Swiss Mission Society, to raise funds for a Swiss mission in Canada. Attends convention of County Superintendents, Syracuse, New York. Joins others in conducting teachers' institutes in New York and Pennsylvania.1846Tours southern and midwestern states. Publishes physiological theory, A Treatise on the Motive Powers Which Produce the Circulation of the Blood.1847Publishes her most daring appeal for women addressed to the newly established French government, A Letter to Dupont de l'Eure on the Political Position of Women.1849Publishes Last Leaves of American History and another medical treatise, Respiration and Its Effects, Particularly as Respects Asiatic Cholera. 1854 June 24Travels to London to attend World's Educational Convention. With family, tours France, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Germany, and Belgium. Visits Louise Belloc and Adelaide Montogolfier in Paris. Appointed to represent women on the editorial board of the New York Teacher.1856Publishes Late American History to update Republic of America.1857Publishes Morals for the Young, or Good Principles for Instilling Wisdom.1861Strives to end the Civil War by presenting memorial to Congress, in a 36-foot roll signed by thousands of American women. Joins with Troy women to form the Children's Home Society, incorporated by act of the New York legislature.1862Publishes Via Media, an appeal to end the Civil War.1863 July 11Train on which she travels is captured by Confederate soldiers. Forced to walk to a river where she resumes her trip.1864Publishes God Save America and Universal Peace.1866Elected honorary member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.1870 April 15Dies at Troy, New York.
The Emma Hart Willard Family Papers were given to Amherst in 1990-91 by the educator's two great-great-granddaughters Elizabeth Keyes Cook and Emma Willard Keyes Belt, through the good offices of Mrs. Belt's son Edward Belt, Professor of Geology at the College. The gift of the papers was celebrated with a day-long symposium on March 27, 1993, "Emma Willard and the Changing Tradition of Women's Education."
Scope and Contents of the Collection Emma Hart Willard was a pioneering advocate of educational equality for women. In 1821, she founded the first U. S. collegiate-level institution for women, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York (now the Emma Willard School). Emma Hart Willard wrote geography and history textbooks that were widely used in schools at the time. She trained and influenced hundreds of teachers who spread her ideas nationwide. According to Emma Hart Willard's great-great-grandson, Amherst geology professor Edward S. Belt, "Emma Willard's perspective was rooted in patriotism and duty to country." The Emma Hart Willard Papers document the professional activities and personal life of Emma Hart Willard, her son John Hart Willard, and the Willard, Scudder and Keyes families, spanning more than a hundred years, from 1801 to 1988. The bulk of the material falls into the period from 1820 to 1920. The Papers occupy approximately 8.5 linear feet of shelf space. The breadth of Emma Hart Willard's career, professional activities and family life are represented in the Papers and reflect her multiple roles and interests as an educator in the field of women's education, a teacher, principal, writer, and mother and friend. Because of Emma Willard's overlapping professional and personal commitments, a researcher should check all series in the Papers for relevant material. These papers include professional and personal correspondence; published and unpublished works by Emma Willard; a collection of personal diaries kept during her lifetime; and letters to and from her family. The Papers include material relating to Emma Hart Willard's son John Hart Willard, who succeeded her as principal of Troy Female Seminary, her grandchildren and other family members. Much of this material is personal correspondences, correspondence among family members, genealogical material, and information relating both to the schooling and professional lives of various members of the Willard, Scudder or Keyes families. The Papers also include material on the Troy Female Seminary (and the Emma Willard School) when it was founded and run by Emma Hart Willard. This was the first U.S. college-level institution for women. Much of this material includes anniversary ribbons or programs, academic catalogues and bulletins, financial documents including leases, indentures, bills and invoices that pertain to the Troy Female Seminary.
There is no restriction on access to the Willard Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Related Material Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers The Papers of Emma Hart Willard, 1787-1870: The Microfilm Edition Emma (Hart) Willard Collection, 1809 to date: Emma Willard School Troy, New York
Educators -- United States -- Biography -- Sources.
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Women -- education -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Willard, Emma, 1787-1870.
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Willard, John Hart, b. 1810.
Scudder, Henry Joel, 1825-1886.
Willard, Sarah L., 1809-1883.
Scudder, Emma Willard, 1835-1893.
Scudder, Hewlett.
Scudder, Willard.
Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900.
Barnes, Alfred Smith, 1817-1888.
Dwight, Timothy, 1778-1844.
Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs., |d 1793-1884.
Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
Willard family.
Keys family.
Scudder family.
Emma Willard School (Troy, N.Y.)
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EMMA HART WILLARD: BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL MATERIALS (1819-1870)
Contains biographical materials relating to Emma Hart Willard's life, marriages, education, writing and career as an educator and author. The series includes legal and financial documents and documentation of the Waterford Female Academy. Of particular biographical interest is the 1843 bill of divorce passed by the Connecticut Legislature ending her brief and disastrous second marriage to Dr. Christopher C. Yates.
Biographical information n.d.
Letter: Emily T. Wilcox to Mrs. Emma Willard Dodd reporting death of "Aunt Willard" 1870 Apr 16
Legal and financial documents, indenture documents, deeds, and mortgages (29, with fragments), including: Reconveyance of real and personal property: John H. Willard to Emma Hart Willard, including about 35 lots in West Troy, a lot and farm with buildings in Middlebury, Vermont, 1882 and about 200 acres of land in Delaware County, Ohio(1843 Oct 6)Warranty Deed between John and Sarah Hart Willard to Emma Hart Willard conveying, in the City of Troy, lots 112 and 113 at Second Street and Ferry Street (1845 Dec 20) Quit Claim Deed to Emma Hart Willard from James W. Stover, conveying property in the Village of Fort Schuyler, now the first ward of the Village of West Troy, in the town of Watervliet, and the county of Albany, lot 245 (1849 Jul 2) 1825, 1835-36, 1842-43, 1846, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1859, 1882
Deeds for Emma Willard's pew in St. Johns Church 1834 May 1, 1855 Jun 6
Financial: miscellaneous bills, receipts, promissory notes 1829-1833, 1854
Genealogical material: includes an 1827 genealogical account narrated to Emma Willard by her mother 1827, n.d.
Letter from J. H. Colton introducing Emma Hart Willard to Messrs. Trubner and Company 1854 Jun 23
Legal Documents
Prenuptial agreement: deed of marriage Settlement) between Emma Hart Willard and Dr. Christopher C. Yates and John Hart Willard 1838 Sep 15
Petition for divorce from Christopher Yates, granted by the Connecticut State Legislature 1843 Jun 3
Petition to Congress for peaceful settlement to the Civil War [1861?]
Petition to New York State Legislature (draft) 1861 Apr 3
Will and codicil: draft in Emma Hart Willard's handwriting n.d.
Membership, Société d'Education Progressive: honorary [1830s?]
Membership: Colonization Society of the City of New York (original in Map Case 6, Drawer 12) 1837 Sep 15
Portraits: one with genealogy on reverse; 1 lithograph, 1 photographic reproduction n.d.
Writings
Address given at Berlin, Connecticut, draft (there is no documentation that it was ever delivered) [c.a. 1842?]
Lists of books given to Troy Female Seminary, and 2 unidentified book lists 1839, n.d.
[Essays] possibly Emma Hart Willard's n.d.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln [1865?]
Poem (unidentified), possibly by Emma Hart Willard about her cousin n.d.
Assorted notes and scraps
Copy book with manuscript copies of letters, speeches and poems 1819-21, 1823, 1826-27
Letters from Antonio Panhalos regarding a school and a poem written by Lydia Sigourney for the Ladies' Society for the Advancement of Female Education in Greece (possibly the Episcopalian Mission School at Athens) 1832, 1835, n.d.
Printed advertisements for Willards' History of the United States n.d.
Autograph album with full-page inscription by Emma Willard, "To Miss Winchell..." 1827 Jan 11
Waterford Female Academy
Manuscript copy of catalogue 1820
Plan: manuscript draft pre-1821
Rules [1819-21]
Report to the Regents of the State of New York by the Trustees of the Female Academy at Waterford 1819 Jun 2
Report to the Regents of the State of New York by the Trustees of the Female Academy at Waterford 1820 Dec 31
Series 2: EMMA HART WILLARD: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 2 is divided into three sub-series: A: Incoming Correspondence, alphabetically arranged by correspondent; B: Outgoing Correspondence, alphabetically arranged by recipient; and C: Translations and Extracts, arranged by name or format.
subseries
Sub-Series A: Incoming Correspondence
Incoming Correspondence (sub-series A) contains letters written to Emma Hart Willard by her immediate and extended family, friends, business associates and public figures (including General Lafayette), and former students at the Troy Female Seminary (now the Emma Willard School). These letters reveal the importance of family and friends to Willard and her lifelong commitment to keep in contact with family and friends, as well as her role as an advocate for women's education.
A & C (possible former pupils), and Ann M.B., a pupil 1829
Alice: from "your friend, Alice" 1858
Aiken, Mary 1824
Allan, Mme. Caradori n.d.
American Sunday School Union 1831
B., Ann M.
Babcock, Mary: death notice 1866
Bailey, M.M. re: healing potions (includes Mrs. Isaac Wayne's hair) 1861
Barnard, Henry 1850, 1854, 1858
Barnes, A.S.: includes 2 letters from Thomas W. Rennie, an employee, and letter from Almira Phelps with reply from Barnes and additional reply from Emma Willard 1845, 1847, 1848-54, 1861, 1863-64, n.d.
Barnes, A.S.: Accounts 1841-1854
Barnes, A.S.: includes a letter from J.W.Bond, Bookseller re: changing a portion of Willards History of the United States relating to Kansas so it will sell in the South 1861
Belloc, Louise and Adalaide Montgolfier: includes a letter from Almira Phelps about Belloc 1831-32, 1836-39, 1852, 1855, 1857, 1864, 1867-68, n.d.
[Bennett?], H.W. 1863
Benton, Caroline 1838
Benton, Thomas H. 1849
Berrien, James W.M. (at West Point with John Hart Willard) 1837
Bigelow, Ann E.: includes a photograph of Samuel Bigelow's house 1865
Bingham, H. 1869
Bochsa, [?], re: Miss Guillard 1831
Bowling, W.[K.] 1858
[Brintmade, Thomas C.?] 1859
Buchanan, [Mr. ?]: envelope only [1854] Aug 5
Bull, Hannah: 2 n.d., 1 1808, 1 in wrong sub-series 1807-08
Bull, Levi: answered by John Hart Willard 1836
Bulos [?], April 8
Number not used
Bushnell, Eliza H. (née Henshaw; first married name was Platt) 1832-43, 1855-66
Carrington, Sarah P. 1869
Carter, N.H. 1827, n.d.
Chew, Elizabeth H. 1867
Childs, Charles C.C. 1845, n.d.
Clarke, Sara J. 1842
Coit, J.W. re: Via Media, pamphlet [1862?]
Cooke & Company 1829-30
Crowen, Susan A. 1869
Davidson, Lucretia Maria (former pupil): a poem ["The Prophecy"] n.d.
Davies, Charles 1838, 1841, 1854, 1860, n.d.
Davies [Scudder], Louisa H. 1853
Davies, Mary Ann (mother of Louisa Davies Scudder) 1841, 1863
Dobson, Isabella 1853, 1855, 1857, 1862
Doty, L.L. (New York Bureau of Military Statistics) 1863
[Dor?], L.H. ("cousin") n.d. [Jul]
Ducachet, Dr. n.d.
Dwight, Colonel via Mrs. Ogle Tayloe n.d.
Eastburn, [?] 1860
Eaton, Amos: on same sheet as D.C. Eaton letter of 1834 Mar 5 [1834]
Fahnestock, E.W.: with a draft reply 1862
Foster, Peter Le Neve: includes a letter from Foster to Sir John Herschel; a draft of a note from Emma Hart Willard to Sir John Herschel 1854
Franklin, Jane 1860
Gadsby, John 1829
Gardiner, M.B. 1827
Gilmer, John A. and Julia 1861, 1866, 1868
Grasset, M. 1831
Greenwood, Grace, ("Gram") 1863
[Harvey?], Jane 1837-38
Hawkins, M.A. n.d.
Henry, Joseph 1862
Hill, Frances M.: includes a letter from Hill to her father 1833-34, 1836
Hillard, G.S. 1864-65
[Hoffmann?], E. 1848
Holley, Myron 1832
Hopkins, Bishop John 1844
Hopkins, Bishop John 1862
Hopper, Isaac 1837
Hugen, Theodor 1854
Hughes, Edward 1854
Jackson, Maria n.d.
Jones, A.S. n.d.
Knox, E.C.S. 1865
Kohl, Caroline and J.G. Kohl [?] Jul 25, n.d.
Lafayette, General, Mathilde, and Clementine: includes replies and clippings re: Lafayette 1828, 1831, [1834?], n.d.
Lane, H.: includes printed ephemera from exhibition 1854 Aug 3
Langton, J. 1854
Liautaud, A. 1831
Mansfield, Edward D. 1835
Marcy, Emmaline (a.k.a. Ellen Mary) and George McClellan: wedding cards n.d.
Marks, Doctor [Elias?] 1867
McNaugton, James 1832
Milner, Doctor 1836
Minot, Louisa 1849 Jun 22
Mulligan, John W. 1833
Mulligan, J. 1854
Niederer, Roette 1829
O'Brien, Emma 1868
Ouseley, Marcia 1854
Paige, Harriet Mumford 1840, 1843, 1845, 1848-49, 1888, n.d.
Paine, John (of the Troy Cemetary Assocation) 1849
Peabody, George: printed ephemera 1854 Nov 13
Perdicaris, G.A. 1838
Perdicaris, Meta 1845
Perkstuff, Mary E. 1857
Peter, Sarah 1849-50, n.d.
Peter, Sarah 1869
Pitcher, Mr. [?] 1838
Potter, A. n.d.
Sampson Low, Son, and Co.: printed ephemera 1854 Aug 1
Sartain, John 1859
Savage, John 1864
Sigourney, Lydia H., with reply 1827-28, 1831, 1834, 1837, 1839-44, 1846-49, n.d.
Sigourney, Lydia H. 1850-59
Sigourney, Lydia H. 1860-65
Simmons, L. [niece?] and S. Simmons [sister?] 1837
Smith, James: includes a manuscript on "Abolition" by Mary M. Smith n.d.
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce: exhibition invitation 1854 Jul
Southard, Samuel and Virginia Southard 1827-29
Stansbury, Charles F.: includes a Peter Le Neve Foster letter, a Nourse and Co. letter, an Ellen Stansbury letter and a G.W. Yapp letter 1854, 1855
Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle 1854
[Tayloe], Shela [Warren?] n.d.
Temple, Charlotte re: Miss Leverett 1829
Thayer, James S. (of West Point) 1826-27, n.d.
Tibbets, George [1830?]
Tucker, G. Leland n.d.
Tyler, John n.d.
Unwin, William J.: includes printed ephemera 1854
Vail, Jane S.: includes copies of letters of Thomas M. Clark and J.W. Coit to Dr. Hawks 1861
Van Cleve, Louisa E. 1831
Viel, Just 1831
[Number not used]
Wheeler, A.D. re: the education of men versus women n.d.
Whittlesey, Chester and S.L. 1838
Whittlesey, Elisha 1858
Whittlesey, Mary B. (niece) 1850, 1857-59, n.d.
Whittlesey, Mary B. (niece) 1860, 1862-64, 1866
Wilbour, Charlotte B. re: Alice Cary, includes clippings 1868
Willard, Elizabeth C. 1849
Willard, Harriet (pp. 5-10 only) n.d.
Willard, John Hart 1822-24, n.d.
Willard, John Hart 1826-28, 1831, 1835
Willard, Joseph n.d.
Willard, Joseph 1869 Dec 13
Willard, Susanna H. (Mrs. Joseph Willard) 1865, 1867
Wilson, Annie G. 1848
Wool, John E. 1868
Woodbridge, W.C., with printed ephemera by Lydia Sigourney 1831-32
Woolworth, S.B. 1858
Yates, Harriet: with Emma Hart Willard's reply, not sent 1852
Unidentified (2 items, 1 printed fragment) n.d.
Sub-Series B: Outgoing Correspondence
Outgoing Correspondence (sub-series B) contains letters written by Emma Willard to her immediate and extended family and friends, business associates, and others.
Brown, H.K. 1841
Buel, Hannah 1820 Oct 3
Bull, Hannah 1807 Nov 14
Burch?: possible draft reply [1830s?]
Dodd, William (nephew by marriage) 1858
Dodd, William (nephew by marriage): letter with hand-drawn map by Platt [Card?] of Toledo, Ohio 1863
Dodd, William (nephew by marriage): in regards to Emma Willard's land in Ohio 1863
Cooke & Company: written by N. Morgan on behalf of Emma Hart Willard 1829
Copeland, A.H. and Samuel Swift: includes printed ephemera 1859
"Cousin": on letter from Howard A. White; mentions William Lee 1837
Hart, Jeannie (niece) 1863-64
Hart, [Jenny or Jane] (niece) 1847-48, 1854
Hill, Frances M. 1834, 1836
Hooker, E.W.: draft 1843
Johnson, Miss n.d.
[Parni?], A. [possibly from Dr. John Willard] 1802 Dec 27
Sartain, John 1856, 1859
Stansbury, Charles F.: Helen Duman? writing on behalf of Emma Hart Willard 1854 Jul 15
Stiles, Joshua C. 1850
Washington, Dr.: includes a draft essay on secession and slavery 1861
Webster, Daniel 1851
Willard, John Hart: for the "young ladies" 1838
Willard, John Hart: with letter from his daughter Sarah on same sheet n.d.
Willard, John Hart: includes an 1822 letter from Troy Female Seminary students with Emma Hart Willard's note 1822, 1828-30, 1832, 1839, n.d.
Willard, John Hart 1840-43
Willard, John Hart 1844-46
Willard, John Hart 1847-49, 1850, 1863
Willard, Emma Willard [later Scudder] about A.S. Barnes n.d.
Unidentified letter fragments: includes a letter to a music teacher, dated Jul 25 n.d.
Sub-Series C: Translations and Extracts
Translations and Extracts (sub-series C) contains an unidentified translation and the extract of several letters.
Apthorp, R.E. to E. Goodwin n.d.
Mayer, Brantz: extract of a letter copied by granddaughter Sarah (possibly to Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, Emma Hart Willard's sister) n.d.
Unidentified translation (with note from Emma Hart Willard: "this translation made for me by a friend of Mrs. Burleighs") n.d.
Series 3: EMMA HART WILLARD: DIARIES
Creation of Series 3: EMMA HART WILLARD: DIARIES
Time of Creation of Series 3: EMMA HART WILLARD: DIARIES
Series 3 contains numerous volumes of Emma Hart Willard's journals from 1823 to 1869. These diaries record many of the events in Emma Willard's life, including her trips to Europe, Quebec and Washington.
Journal: 1 volume called "Vol. II": bound segment: Journey to Quebec [1823?] and to Washington [17 April-18 May? 1830] 1823, 1830, n.d.
1831 Apr 5 1830 Oct 1-
after Apr 23 1831 Feb 3-
Journal: segment, unbound - an unidentified part of European trip 1831 [Apr?]
Diaries: 2 volumes 1848, 1850
Diaries: 2 volumes 1860-1861
Diaries: 2 volumes 1862-1863
Diaries: 2 volumes 1864-1865
Diaries: 2 volumes 1866, 1869
Series 4: JOHN HART WILLARD: BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL MATERIALS
Series 4, JOHN HART WILLARD: BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL MATERIALS [1801-1896], contains biographical materials relating to John Hart Willard's life, education and career. It is divided into three sub-series: A: Biographical; B: Education; C: Financial and Legal Documents.
Sub-Series A: Biographical
Biographical (sub-series A) contains a genealogy of the Willard-Hart Family and two different portraits of John Hart Willard.
Willard-Hart Genealogy: miscellaneous documents 1842, 1848, n.d.
Portrait of John Willard, engraving n.d.
Portrait: daguerreotype reproduction c.a. 1845
Sub-Series B: Education
Education (sub-series B) contains miscellaneous documents relating to John Hart Willard's education at West Point and Washington College. It also includes several school compositions and a letter of appointment and discharge from West Point.
Letter of Recommendation from Timothy Dwight 1829
School Compositions n.d.
Washington College: miscellaneous documents including printed commencement program 1829-30
West Point: printed registers (5) 1823-27
West Point: miscellaneous documents 1826-28
West Point: letter re: appointment and discharge as cadet from 1826 to 1828 1896
Anatomical drawings (eyes, nose) n.d.
Sub-Series C: Financial and Legal Documents
Financial and Legal Documents (sub-series C) contains financial and legal documents, bills, rentals and indentures. It includes a photocopy of an 1801 Marshall of Vermont appointment certificate, signed by President Thomas Jefferson, and a statement by the Troy and Boston Railroad on the occasion of John Hart Willard's death.
Bills: miscellaneous 1831-32
Documents: miscellaneous 1860, 1863-64, 1868, 1872, n.d.
Financial materials: miscellaneous 1880s
Agreement with Trustees of Troy Female Seminary 1850
Indenture from City of Troy 1844
Indenture (printed) between Troy and Boston Rail Company and the City of Troy 1878 Nov 9
Warrant 1806
Will 1881
Copy of a Marshall of Vermont appointment certificate: photographic reproduction of 1801 document signed by President Thomas Jefferson for Dr. John Willard. (original in The Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, Vermont) 1801
Passport and invitations, Paris 1830-31
Pew Rental: Little, Edward B.; Calvary Church, New York City and assignment, Henry L. Clarke 1850, 1890
"Resolutions of Respect": Statement about the death of John H. Willard by Board of Directors of the Troy and Boston Railroad: photocopy (original in Map Case 6, Drawer12) n.d.
Series 5: JOHN HART WILLARD: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 5, JOHN HART WILLARD: CORRESPONDENCE [1822-1906], is divided into three sub-series: A: Incoming Correspondence; B: Outgoing Correspondence; C: Immediate Family Correspondence arranged by the names of John Hart Willard's wife and daughters.
Incoming Correspondence (sub-series A) contains letters written to John Hart Willard by his immediate and extended family, friends and business associates.
General
By Correspondent Name
Aldis, A.O. 1833
Allyn, J.T. 1843
[Bains?] A. n.d.
Blatchford, Dr. T.W. 1846
Bliss, L.C. 1844
Bolles, J.A. 1844
Bragg, L.G. 1829
Brown, Henry Kinhe 1841-42, 1844-47, n.d.
Bushnell, Eliza Henshaw Platt 1844
Butler, Louisa Willard (cousin) n.d.
Carter, A.B. 1847
Clark, F.G. 1881
Clay, Henry 1833
[Clayton?] n.d.
Cochrane, John and M.L. 1846
Cochran A.F.: calling card n.d.
Cox, Richard 1843-44, 1848
Cram, [M?] 1828
Curtis, C. 1844
Dennis, S.A. 1841, 1845
Dunham, R.A. 1829
Eaton, Amos 1841
Evarts, Mr. and Mrs. William: invitation to wedding of their daughter to Dr. Charles Davies Scudder n.d.
Everett, R. John 1829-30
Farancourt, A. 1829, 1831
Goodwich, W.M. 1828
Han, N. n.d.
Hart, William (cousin) 1845
Hearst, Elizabeth B. (cousin) 1827-28, 1830, n.d.
Hearst, Emma (cousin) 1828-31, 1833, n.d.
Henshaw, C.H. 1839
Hitchcock, Edward (Amherst College Professor and later President) re: Mary Hitchcock 1843 Sep 18
Hudson, H.R. 1839-42, 1847
Huntington, W.P. 1832
Johnson, W.S. 1845
Johnston, J.H. 1843
Kassourski 1841
Kendrick, A.C. 1847
Kip, W. Ingraham 1846
Lincoln, Jane P. (cousin) 1842, 1845-47
Linsley, Ch[arles] 1844
Lord, J. 1848
Lyon, J.A. n.d.
Morgan, M. 1828
McCartney, Wash[ington?] 1845-46
Mix, E.L. 1829
Newman, R.W. 1840
Osterhout, M.A. 1834
Page, D.P. 1845
Pain, R.P. 1829, 1831
Peck, Davis 1839-40, 1842, 1844
Phelps, Almira 1833-39, 1851-72, 1882, n.d.
Phelps, Almira, and nephew 1865, 1872
Phelps, John W. 1838
Phelps, J.S. 1831
Phelps, L. 1839
Potter, Alonzo 1844
Powell, P.M. 1830
Robbins, A. (re: death of daughter) 1846
Scudder, M. 1869
Scudder, H.J. 1840, 1864
Scudder, H.J. 1870
Scudder, H.J. 1881
Strong, G.E. 1829
Thomas, T.[S.?] n.d.
Treat, M.L. 1827-29
Wagner, David 1844
Walter, W.H. and E. 1844-46
Warne, J.P. n.d.
Weston, E.B. 1841
Whiteley, R. 1828
Whitney, G.F. 1845
Willcox, N. 1826
Willard, Emma (daughter) 1852, 1854, 1857-58, 1861-62, 1864-65, 1869
Willard Scudder, Emma (granddaughter) 1882-83
Willard, G.V. (half-brother) 1844-45
Willard, G.V. to Willard, W.T. (half-brothers) 1839
Willard, Harriet (daughter) 1869-71, 1882
Willard, John: genealogy 1842
Willard, John W.: genealogy 1848
Willard, Kate (daughter) 1871, n.d.
Willard, L.D. 1869
Willard, Mary (daughter) 1852-69
Willard, Mary and Sarah (daughters) 1861
Willard, Sarah (daughter) 1854-70, n.d.
Willard, Sarah (daughter): addressed jointly to John Hart Willard and Emma Hart Willard 1854
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (wife) 1833-34, 1837-38, 1842
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (wife) 1850-70, n.d.
Willard, W.T. (half-brother) 1822-31, 1839
[Wolcott, H.?] 1831
Woodsmonth, H.P. 1826-27
Yates, C.C. 1839
Yates, C.C. to Mooney, Edward (via John H. Willard) 1839
Outgoing Correspondence (sub-series B) contains several letters to family and friends. Most of the series consists of letters written to his father, to his daughters Emma, Kate and Sarah, and to his wife, Sarah L. Willard.
Butler, [R.?] 1868
Hart, Freedom 1838
Rogers, Chase (copy) 1845
Daughters
Daughters 1855
Willard, Emma 1849
Willard, Kate 1856-65
Willard, Sarah 1867
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (wife)
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (1 of 8) 1834, 1843
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (2 of 8) 1849
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (3 of 8) 1850
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (4 of 8) 1853-59
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (5 of 8) 1861-64
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (6 of 8) 1866-67
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (7 of 8) 1868
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (8 of 8) n.d.
Willard, John 1824, n.d.
Sub-Series C: Immediate Family Correspondence
Immediate Family Correspondence (sub-series C) contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of John Hart Willard's wife Sarah Lucretia Hudson Willard and his daughters: Emma Willard Willard Scudder, Sarah Hudson Willard, Mary Theodosia Willard Thomas, Harriet Willard, Katherine Aldis Willard Lapsley and Marcia Willard.
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson (Wife): Incoming Correspondence
Chapman, C. 1845
from children 1846,1849, n.d.
[Corangle?] 1868
Davies, Charles 1857
from [family?] 1853-54, 1862, 1865-70, n.d.
Scudder, Emma: see Willard, Emma (daughter)
Willard, Emma (daughter) 1849, 1854-55, 1864, 1869, n.d.
Willard, Katherine (Kate) Aldis (daughter) n.d.
Willard, Mary (daughter) 1850-55, 1861, 1863, 1869, n.d.
Willard, Sarah Lucretia Hudson: Outgoing Correspondence
Curran, Miss: draft of letter to 1868
Letters and notes 1870
Young, Sarah B.: reference n.d.
Letter to Aunt 1878
Scudder, Elizabeth Hewlett 1866
Daughters 1856
Harriet (daughter): incoming and outgoing 1867, [1869?]
Kate (daughter) 1864, 1866
Sarah (daughter) n.d.
JHW (continued)
Phelps, Almira 1865-67
Phelps, Almira H.L. to [SLW?] 1873, 1881
Phelps, Almira H.L. to Sarah Lucretia Willard 1882
Phelps, Almira (letter to) 1867
Phelps, Almira H.L. to Jesse Hart (brother) 1826
Phelps, Almira to Mrs. Lincoln 1860
Phelps, Almira from Brantz Mayer 1862
Phelps, Almira H.L. from Smith, Bishop P. 1879
Phelps, Almira from Smith [Bunitan?] 1858
Phelps, Almira from S.C.Tracey 1860
Lincoln, Almira from B.F.Willard 1822
Engraved Portrait: Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps n.d.
Daughters: Scudder, Emma Willard Willard: Incoming and Outgoing
Collins, C. (husband of Annie Rankin) 1862, 1865
Denny, Mary de F. n.d.
Rankin, Annie 1860, 1865
Rankin, Annie (re: marriage of Louisa Davies) 1854
Scudder, Willard (son) 1891
Scudder, Willard n.d.
Willard, Emma W. to Scudder, Louisa 1857, 1860, 1862
Daughters: Willard, Sarah Hudson (daughter) Incoming and Outgoing, and Miscellaneous Documents
Eaton, S.C. 1868
Peck, John H. 1889, 1900
Peck, John H. 1889
Peck, Willard 1889, 1899, 1903
Philips, Laura n.d.
Thomas, J. Metcalfe (nephew) 1899-1904. n.d.
Unidentified relative 1892 Mar 4
Businesses and Accounts: incoming 1889-95, 1900-06
Financial letters 1890-1906
Willard, Sarah H.: to Miss Manwaring (telegram) 1864
Daughters: Thomas, Mary Theodosia Willard
Willard, Mary T. to Miss Manwaring [1864?]
Daughters: Willard, Harriet
Willard, Harriet to [Mary?] n.d.
Daughters: Lapsley, Katherine Aldis Willard
Essay n.d.
Essays n.d.
Daughters: Willard, Marcia
Willard, Marcia to Family 1860, 1864, n.d.
Daughters: Willard, Unidentified
[Vail?], S.M. to an unidentified daughter re: John Hart Willard's death post 1883
Series 6: WILLARD SCUDDER: BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL MATERIALS
Series 6, WILLARD SCUDDER: BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL MATERIALS [1756-1889], contains documents that relate to Willard Scudder's education and life. It is divided into two sub-series: A: Academic and School Related Materials; B: Personal Documents.
Sub-Series A: Academic and School Related Materials
Academic and School Related Materials (sub-series A) contains programs of events from Trinity College, documents relating to St. Paul's School, several essays and poems, and Ann Cornelia Scudder's commonplace book.
Essays [as student?] n.d.
Sonnet 1888
Trinity College: Music programs 1888-89
Trinity College: Athletics 1887-89
Trinity College: Events 1887-89
Trinity College: Printed Greek broadside poem n.d.
Trinity College: IKA 1889, n.d.
St. Paul's School 1885, 1888-89
St. Paul's School Alumni Association: Constitution of Trinity College Branch 1885, 1888, n.d.
Entertainment: miscellaneous 1885-87
"Dr. Goodrich's Directions about Carbuncles" n.d.
Scudder, Ann Cornelia: commonplace book 1833
Sub-Series B: Personal Documents
Personal Documents (sub-series B) contains a printed program for Troy's 100th Anniversary, general bills, bills from tailors and stables, and a personal notebook.
Notebook n.d.
Bills from tailors and stables [1875?] - 1889
Bryan, Alexander: board, payable to Ebenezer Prune 1756
Bills 1886-89
Printed program for Troy 100th Anniversary 1889
Poem [by Willard Scudder?] n.d.
Series 7: WILLARD SCUDDER: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 7 is divided into two sub-series: A: Scudder Family Correspondence; B: Incoming Correspondence alphabetically arranged by correspondent
Sub-Series A: Scudder Family Correspondence
Scudder Family Correspondence (sub-series A) contains letters to and from various members of the Scudder Family including Henry Scudder, Hewlett Scudder, and Emma Willard Willard Scudder (mother).
Alphabetically arranged by first name of family member.
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard: incoming from H. Scudder 1894, n.d.
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard: outgoing to [?] 1886, 1893, n.d.
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard: incoming from Heyword Scudder 1894, n.d.
Scudder, H.J.: outgoing to [?] and incoming from [?] Willard 1862, 1865
Scudder, Henry: outgoing to Edward (son) n.d
Scudder Henry: outgoing to W. Strong 1832, 1839, n.d.
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from Southack & Ball 1909
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from Emma Willard Willard Scudder (mother) 1892
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from [?] 1892, 1906, n.d.
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from Willard Church 1891-92
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from Emma Willard Scudder Keyes (sister) n.d.
Scudder, Hewlett: incoming from [Willard Scudder] (brother) 1892, n.d.
Scudder, Willard: outgoing to Betsy Prig n.d.
Sub-Series B: Incoming Correspondence
Incoming Correspondence (sub-series B) contains letters written to Willard Scudder by his immediate and extended family, friends, and business associates.
Adams, W.C. 1889
'Ana' 1889, n.d.
Andrews, Charles M. 1884-89, n.d.
Applegate, Octavius n.d.
'Bah' 1889
Barnard, Josephine L. n.d.
Barams, W. Stanley 1888-89
Barbor, J.H. 1888
[Beccd], Eleanor H. 1888
Beach, Elizabeth H. n.d.
Beach, Watson 1889
Buknnite, Charlotte n.d.
Brean, John 1888
[Brinley?] 1888
Brocklesby, Mary H. n.d.
Broum, Virginia n.d.
Bull, Mrs. n.d.
[Burteym, D. ?] n.d.
Calvary Church 1888-89
Carpenter, John 1886
Chandler, C.A. 1885
Curtis, Anne W. n.d
Darth, Frank 1888, n.d.
Devris, W.L. 1888
Dobsen, Charles F. 1888
Eckel, Edward 1888
Emery, M. Stanley [1885?], n.d.
"F.C.R" n.d.
French, George Albert 1885-86, n.d.
Freemont, L. 1888
[Fry, Mary?] 1886
Gail, Henry A. 1886-87
Gay 1885
Gilman, C.W. 1887, n.d.
Gibson, J.B. 1888
Godwin, Sarah Morgan n.d.
Ginn, Edward & Company 1886
Haccesoley n.d.
Hall, Arthur C. 1888-89
Halsted, P. 1889
Hatch, Edward B. 1889
Hamersley, J.A. n.d.
Hicks, Lucy 1885
Hicks, Will C. Jr. 1886, n.d.
Hosmer Hall Choral Union 1889
[Houover?] 1889
Invitations: miscellaneous 1886, 1889, n.d.
IKA related correspondence 1887-1889
G.K.J 1888
"Jane" 1888-89, n.d.
Jarman, J.H. 1889
Johnson, Charles 1888
Johnson, George 1888
Kearn, Charles F. 1888
Kingsbury, Matthew R. 1889
Lapsley, Anna W. n.d.
Leete, C.M. 1889
Lelark, A.F. 1888
Livingston, Archie n.d.
"Lucien" 1888-89
"Lucien" 1889
Manchester, E. 1888
Mallory, G.J. 1888
Mason, A.R. 1889
McCohnie, Alags 1889
McCohnie, Algas 1888
McConiks, W. 1889
Postcard from [McHery?] [1889]
Millard, Abel 1889
[Muemer?], G.H. 1888
Newcamen, Waldo 1885
Olmsted, James F. 1888
Olmsted, Wm. Berch 1888-89, n.d.
Paddoch, Lewis H. 1888
Parker, E.M. 1887,1889, n.d.
Peltier, Florence 1888, n.d.
Penniman, Edwin 1889
Post Office Department: complaint to 1889
Pyme, M. Taylor n.d., 1889
Pyme, Penny R. 1881
Quick, John H.S. 1887
Roley, SB 1887
Robertson, Fred'k C. 1888
Scott, W.E. 1889
[Senflow?], Robert 1889
[Seur, H.?] 1886
Scudder, C.D. [1886], 1888
Scudder, Edward M. 1886-89
Scudder [Keyes], Emma Willard (sister) 1885-86, n.d.
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard (mother) 1889
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard (mother) 1885-89, n.d.
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard (mother) 1885-89
Scudder, Emma Willard Willard (mother) 1885
Scudder, H. (re: finances) 1889
Scudder, H. 1888
Scudder, Henry J. 1885-89
Scudder, Hewlett (brother) 1885-89, n.d.
Scudder, Heyward 1889
Scudder, Heyward [1885?]-89
Scudder, [Jordan?] 1889
Scudder, Townsend 1889
Schultz, Robert 1889
[Schuitz?], A.H. 1888
Shipman, Mary D. n.d.
Sihinthal, H. 1884, 1889
Smith, Clark 1888
Smith, Mary N. 1889
Telegraph envelope from an unidentified person n.d.
Tibbits, John E. 1887, 1889
Tiflamy, Sexton 1889
Thomas n.d.
"Trinity Tablet" 1888
Vanderpool, A.M. 1888
Wainwright, F.C. 1888
Walcott, Frank H. 1888-89, n.d.
Warner, Malcolm C. 1888
Waingold, W. 1888
Wanson-Thortan, J. 1885, 1889
Wesson, F.L. n.d.
[Will?] n.d.
White, W.T. 1888
Wright, A.E. n.d.
Series 8: HENRY JOEL SCUDDER
Series 8 contains materials and documents relating to the life of Henry Joel Scudder. The series includes financial and legal documents, numerous manuscript addresses by Henry Joel Scudder, and death notices for Henry Joel Scudder and Emma Willard Willard Scudder.
Financial documents 1829, 1842
Notes for Trinity Alumni talk 1888
St. Andrews: finances 1888
Manuscript speech for church? n.d.
"The Persecution of Shelley" and notes for Huntington Literary Amore n.d.
Address to unidentified group n.d.
Address to Agricultural Society n.d.
Legal Document related to Elizabeth Fleet [1831]
"Matter of Elizabeth Fleet" 1831, 1836
"Mitchell's School Atlas" 1868
Pamelson Pew Rental document n.d.
Manuscript address n.d.
Printed lines by Walt Whitman addressed to Henry J. Scudder, a manuscript poem to "J.W." by H.J. Scudder, and poem "As Falls" 1886
The Record Vol. II, No. 3 1884
Death Notices: H.J. Scudder (several, printed) and Emma Willard Willard Scudder (1, handwritten, on Emma Willard Association stationery) n.d., 1886
Series 9: HEWLETT SCUDDER
Series 9 contains numerous postcards addressed to and sent by Hewlett Scudder. There are also some unsent postcards and several photographs of Japan.
Postcards to Hewlett Scudder 1902-15
Postcards to Hewlett Scudder 1916-17
Postcards: miscellaneous n.d.
Photographs of Japan n.d
Series 10: SCUDDER FAMILY
Series 10 contains general material relating to the Scudder family. These include a "biographical sketch of N.P. Willis by Emma Willard Scudder," as well as newspaper clippings, recipes, poems and miscellaneous correspondence that relate to the Scudder family. There are also several poems and a booklet on Long Island Real Estate.
"Biographical Sketch of N.P. Willis" 1888
Booklet on Long Island Real Estate 1918
Carter and Ledyard, Lawyers, in New York: part of a letter from n.d.
Card for "Oracle of Kismet," Hartford, Connecticut 1887
Card for Captain Henry Halloway Scudder n.d.
Carte de visite of a young boy n.d.
Recipes n.d
"N. Cleland on Philips death:" poem 1923
[Lapsley?] T.L.: miscellaneous correspondence from 1895
Financial bulletin n.d.
Scraps: miscellaneous, from the Scudders n.d.
Newspaper clippings: miscellaneous n.d.
"Sonnet by Maud Lay" n.d.
"The Spark:" poem n.d.
Series 11: KEYES FAMILY
Series 11 contains general information that relates to the Keyes Family. It is divided up into four sub-series: A: Edward L. Keyes; B: Emma Willard Keyes Belt; C: Keyes Family Correspondence; D: Keyes Family: Miscellaneous.
Sub-Series A: Edward L. Keyes
Edward L. Keyes (sub-series A), contains poems written for Emma W. Scudder and information about hospitals.
Materials re: hospitals n.d.
Poems to Emma Willard Scudder from Dr. Edward Keyes 1896
Sub-Series B: Emma Willard Keyes Belt (daughter of Emma Willard Scudder Keyes and Edward L. Keyes)
Emma Willard Keyes Belt (daughter of Emma Willard Scudder Keyes and Edward L. Keyes) (sub-series B) contains newspaper clippings about Emma Willard Keyes Belt Banks, a letter to Emma Willard Scudder Keyes and a photograph of Emma Willard Keyes.
"Book of Fun" belonging to Emily Keyes and Emma Keyes n.d.
Envelope to Emma Willard Keyes Belt with notes on outside [1923]
Adams, C.A. to Emma Willard Keyes Belt 1945
Newspaper clipping about Mrs. Charles Banks Belt (Emma Willard Keyes Belt) 1961
Photograph of Emma Willard Keyes 1988
Photocopy of envelope to Emily Keyes Belt n.d.
Sub-Series C: Keyes Family Correspondence
Keyes Family Correspondence (sub-series C) contains three telegrams relating to the Keyes family.
Keyes - telegram from [EM?] 1938
[To ? from Emma Keyes?] n.d.
Telegram - [to? Keyes] [1924?]
Sub-Series D: Keyes Family: Miscellaneous
Keyes Family: Miscellaneous (sub-series D) contains a dried bouquet from H.K. [Keyes].
Bouquet from H.K. - [? Keyes] n.d.
Series 12: EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL
Series 12 contains documents that relate to the Emma Willard School, founded as the Troy Female Seminary by Emma Hart Willard in 1821. It is divided into seven sub-series.
Sub-Series A: Anniversary Celebrations
Anniversary Celebrations (sub-series A) contains anniversary ribbons and invitations to the 1939 125th anniversary and a ribbon and program from the Centennial in 1914. This celebrated the opening of a boarding school for ladies in the Willard home in Middlebury, Vermont in 1814.
1903 Anniversary Ribbon 1903
1914 Centennial Program 1914
1914 Anniversary Ribbon 1914
125th Anniversary Invitation 1939
Sub-Series B: Academic Materials
Academic Materials (sub-series B) contains a selection of academic catalogues from 1826 through 1872. It also contains several academic reports, a brochure for the Troy Seminary and other documents that relate to the Troy school.
Academic Annual Review n.d.
Brochure n.d.
Catalogue 1847
Catalogue 1870
Catalogue 1872
Academic and school miscellaneous documents relating to Troy and others 1853-66
Sermon n.d.
School registration 1867-69
Reports re: student progress 1861, n.d.
Sub-Series C: Correspondence: Relating to the School
Correspondence (sub-series C) contains correspondence that relates to the school.
Guernsey, Lydia: incoming from B.M. Drake 1831
Phelps, H.M.: incoming from Richard Cox 1842
[Tracy?] C.L.: letter of resignation from Board of Trustees 1873
Two envelopes addressed to unknown individuals in Troy, New York n.d.
Sub-Series D: Financial Documents
Financial Documents (sub-series D) contains financial documents, bills, invoices, lease agreements, and an indenture from the city of Troy for property to be used for the Female Seminary. The majority of the invoices are associated with the school's business manager William Lee. There is an 1838 lease agreement for the School by Emma Hart Willard with Dr. Yates (her second husband). There are also records of tuition payments and an 1826 petition to the New York State Legislature by the Troy Female Seminary for financial assistance signed by Emma Willard.
Account of Troy School with J.H. Willard 1840-58
Ledger of Account with John Willard 1872
Account with H.B. Nims 1869
Bills 1845
Lee, William: Canceled checks 1848-49
Lee, William: Invoices 1848
Lee, William: Checks and invoices 1848
"Notes Receivable" 3 books 1860-62
Petition to New York State Legislature by Troy Female Seminary for financial assistance. Signed by Emma Willard and 7 men (presumably trustees) 1826 Mar 2
Petition to New York State (printed documents) 1852
Inventory of household furniture and school equipment 1861
Receivables (3 books) 1864-69
Receivables 1872
Tuition payments 1868-69
Lease Agreement for school by Emma Hart Willard with Dr. Christopher Yates 1838 Sep 1
Lee, William Correys to John Hart Willard: Seminary business betters 1829-33
Petition to the City of Troy by Troy Female Seminary for property [c.a. 1870?]
Indenture from the Mayor Recorder Alderman & Commonality of the City of Troy and Emma Willard for property in the City of Troy, lots 114 and 115 on Second street ... together with the Brick Dwelling house fitted up for a Female Seminary 1825
Sub-Series E: Photographs and Structural Plans
Photographs and Structural Plans (sub-series E) contains color postcards of the Troy Female Seminary (c.1900s), and a structural scale plan and the Structural Builders Authorization for the Troy Female Seminary.
Postcards (color) [c.a. 1900s?]
Stereo photograph n.d.
Structural Builders Authorization for Troy Female Seminary 1825 Dec 5
Structural scale plan n.d.
Sub-Series F: Educational Materials and Bulletins
Educational Materials and Bulletins (sub-series F) contains two documents. The first is The Illustrated Educational Bulletin - Supplement, and the second is a type of bulletin that appears to be written in an unidentified script.
The Illustrated Educational Bulletin - Supplement 1871
An unidentified Bulletin (four pages): in an unidentified "script" [Arabic?] (original in Map Case 6, Drawer 12) n.d.
Sub-Series G: Emma Willard: Miscellaneous Documents
Emma Willard: Miscellaneous Documents (sub-series G) contains a bulletin from Scribner's Catalogue of America for the sale of a 1st edition of an Emma Willard hymn manuscript. The folder also contains an extract on the induction of Emma Willard into the New York University Hall of Fame.
Excerpt from Scribner's Catalogue of America for 1st Edition Emma Willard manuscript of Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep, signed and dated as written on "Ship Sully," July 14, 1831 n.d.
Emma Hart Willard's induction into the New York University Hall of Fame 1929
Cross-reference (catalog record) to the book Studies in Bryant: a Text-Book by Joseph Alden (1876) with exlibris of Emily T. Wilcox. (1877). 2005