Wead Family Papers, 1862-1936
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Wead Family Papers
Creation of Wead Family Papers
Time of Creation of Wead Family Papers
Wead family
Biographical History for: Wead Family Papers
Biographical Note Mary K. Wead (1812-1896) worked for the United States Sanitary Commission (Woman's Central Association of Relief) during the Civil War, and during the 1880s was an inspector for the New York State Charities Association for Franklin County. She married Samuel Wead. For additional biographical information, see pages 12-14 in "The Wead Family & Its Relations to Malone" in Box 1 Folder 1a. Eunice Wead (1881-1969), (Mary's granddaughter?), graduated from Smith College in 1902, and received her Masters degree from the University of Michigan in 1927. She was a librarian at Smith College from 1906 to 1911; Curator of Rare Books from 1917 to 1924; and was Associate Professor of Library Science at the University of Michigan from 1926-1944.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Wead Family papers consist primarily of correspondence to and from Mary Wead in the course of her work with the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. There are also bills received for materials she purchased for the Union Army. Correspondents with both Mary and Eunice Wead include Louisa Lee Schuyler, leader in 19th century welfare work; author Amy Lowell; and Letitia Campbell of the Freedman's Union Commission. There is a small amount of correspondence to other Wead family members (circa 1911-36).
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925--Correspondence
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Schuyler, Louisa Lee, 1837-1926--Correspondence
Wead, Mary, 1812-1896
Wead, Mary Eunice
American Freedman's Union Commission--History--Sources
National Freedmen's Relief Association--History--Sources
Woman's Central Association of Relief--History--Sources
State Charities Aid Association (New York)--History--Sources
United States Sanitary Commission--History--Sources
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
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Contents: list and index
Biographical: Leslie C. Wead, "The Wead Family and its Relation to Malone [N.Y.]", 1905
Correspondence
Mary Wead
Campbell, Laetitia, 1865
Collins, Ellen, 1862-78
Curtis, Mary, 1865
D'Orenienlx, Laura, 1863-64
Freedman's Union Commission, 1865-66
Griffin, Christine Kean, 1865
Parsons, Lizzie, circa 1860s
Piere, R., 1867
Sampson, E. A., 1866-67
Post, Angelina, 1864-65
Schuyler, Louisa Lee, 1864, 1865, 1881
Stuart, George H., 1864
Van Amringe, Susan M., 1882
Whitney, Maria, 1876
Sinclaire, Myra, 1863
Eunice Wead
Woolson, G.H., 1906
Lowell, Amy, 1919
Pilcher, Sophia, 1911, 1913, 1936
Mary Wead--Miscellaneous
Bills for items purchased for Union Army, 1863
State Charities Aid Association Forms, 1881-82