Kate Sanborn Papers, 1878-1996
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topic: Series IV. Photographs
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topic: Writings, miscellaneous n.d.
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topic: Abandoning the Adopted Farm 1894
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topic: Grandma's Garden 1883
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topic: Calendars 1878-1879
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topic: Just a Christmas Laugh from 'Breezy Meadows' n.d.
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topic: Mountain Day, Smith College 1882
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topic: Purple and Gold 1882
subject: Purple and Gold 1882
topic: Tact and Other Essays 1889
subject: Tact and Other Essays 1889
topic: Literature Lessons 1-25 n.d.
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provides access to: Mountain Day, Smith College 1882
provides access to: Purple and Gold 1882
provides access to: Tact and Other Essays 1889
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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The Kate Sanborn Papers contain biographical material, personal correspondence, lecture notes, publications and photographs. Among her publications are two verse collections, Grandma's Garden and Purple and Gold as well as a complete set of the Round Table of English Literature series. Photographs include portraits of Sanborn while she was a professor at Smith College and scenes of daily life at Breezy Meadows.
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Biographical History for: Kate Sanborn Papers
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body: Biographical Note Katherine "Kate" Abbott Sanborn was born in 1839 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Her father, Edwin David Sanborn, was professor of classics at Dartmouth College. Her mother, Mary Webster, was a relative of Daniel Webster. Sanborn did not attend school, but was educated at home. In Memoirs and Anecdotes, she wrote of an intellectually rich childhood in which she was exposed to the politicians, academics, and writers who visited her father. After starting a day school for faculty children, Kate Sanborn continued her teaching career at Mary Institute in St Louis, Mo. when her father became president of Washington University, and later at the Packer Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She was also a newspaper and magazine correspondent who reviewed books for Scribner's Magazine. In 1880, she was invited to teach English literature at Smith College. She left Smith in 1883. A popular lecturer who became known for presenting literary topics in a humorous, entertaining manner, Sanborn traveled extensively throughout the country on speaking tours. In 1885, she wrote The Wit of Women, a collection of anecdotes and commentary that examined how women's humor was shaped by social attitudes. She also edited several illustrated collections of verse and published the Sunshine Calendar series, a set of small calendar books featuring quotes from famous Americans. She designed and wrote a series of study guides to literature that were published by James R. Osgood and Co. of Boston as the Round Table Series of English Literature. The set of 25 study packets ranges from ancient Celtic literature to Alfred Lord Tennyson and includes essay topics, quick reference material and special readings. In 1888, Sanborn bought a dilapidated farm in Metcalf, (Holliston) Massachusetts, 25 miles from Boston. She wrote of her experiences and misadventures as a novice farm manager in Adopting an Abandoned Farm. Other farming books followed. She later wrote of selling that farm and moving to a …
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Series I. Biographical Materials
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scopecontent: The materials include newspaper articles, a scholarly treatment on Sanborn's contributions to the study of women's humor from Psychology of Women quarterly, and a list of Sanborn's publications in the Smith College Archives.
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Series II. Correspondence
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scopecontent: The correspondence collection consists primarily of personal letters. Correspondents include Louisa May Alcott, Julia Ward Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Francis Willard, and Mary Mapes Dodge.
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scopecontent: The notes are hand-written drafts for lectures on Tennyson's "In Memoriam" and "The Life of Swift."
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scopecontent: The collection includes portrait photographs from Sanborn's tenure at Smith College (1880-1883) and an interior shot of the library of James T. Field signed and given to Professor Sanborn. Other photographs include scenes of Sanborn at Breezy Meadows with her butler Taki and a view of the Japanese teahouse built at the farm.
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Photographs ca. 1880-1883
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Photographs, Breezy Meadows ca. 1888-1917
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Writings, miscellaneous n.d.
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Abandoning the Adopted Farm 1894
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Grandma's Garden 1883
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Calendars 1878-1879
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Just a Christmas Laugh from 'Breezy Meadows' n.d.
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Mountain Day, Smith College 1882
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Purple and Gold 1882
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Tact and Other Essays 1889
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Literature Lessons 1-25 n.d.
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