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Acadian Handicraft Project Series
Source: www.lib.lsu.edu
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Agriculture, Water Resources, and Land Use
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Amy Barnes Correspondence, 1876-1889
Amy Barnes Maynard (1859- ), the daughter of George Barnes (1815- ) and Mary Ware Lincoln Barnes (1820- ), was a native of Northborough, Massachusetts. She had a career as a cook and as a teacher of cooking in Worcester, Boston, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1892, she married Samuel Taylor Ma...
Amy Barnes Maynard (1859- ), the daughter of George Barnes (1815- ) and Mary Ware Lincoln Barnes (1820- ), was a native of Northborough, Massachusetts. She had a career as a cook and as a teacher of cooking in Worcester, Boston, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1892, she married Samuel Taylor Maynard (1844-1923), a teacher and horticulturalist.
Melora Fletcher Pratt (1837-1928) lived in Worcester, Massachusetts where she was...
Amy Barnes Maynard (1859- ), the daughter of George Barnes (1815- ) and Mary Ware Lincoln Barnes (1820- ), was a native of Northborough, Massachusetts. She had a career as a cook and as a teacher of cooking in Worcester, Boston, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1892, she married Samuel Taylor Maynard (1844-1923), a teacher and horticulturalist.
Melora Fletcher Pratt (1837-1928) lived in Worcester, Massachusetts where she was the wife of a successful businessman, Henry Salem Pratt (1836-1913). They had no children, though Melora seems to have assumed a maternal role toward two young men, Heinrich and Charley, who may have boarded at the same boarding house as the Pratts. It was upon Amy, however, that she lavished her praise and affectionate encouragement. She sought opportunities for Amy to establish cooking classes locally and helped to organize them.
The collection consists of eighty letters, the majority written to Amy between 1883 and 1889, and mostly written by Melora. Both were active in the First Unitarian Church of Worcester, and much of the correspondence is concerned with the affairs of the church and its members. Running through the early letters is a current of unhappiness at the departure from Worcester of Edward Henry Hall (1831-1912), their beloved Unitarian minister and cousin to Amy. Melora critiqued the candidates for the vacated pulpit, regarding whom she held some firm opinions. She was opposed to drinking, smoking, and secret societies—particularly the Masons. Melora was supportive of women—“I do feel especially pleased to see a woman make a success of anything.” She encouraged Amy to invest in western farm loans as she had done; she urged the superintendent of public schools in Worcester to add cooking classes to the curriculum; and more traditionally, she was a member and treasurer of the Worcester Woman’s Club, the Employment Society, and several cultural societies.
The collection also contains one 1876 letter to Amy's brother, Edward Barnes (1857-1885), from Mary E. Smith (dates unknown) of Northborough, Massachusetts.
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Anna Quincy Thaxter Cushing Papers, 1816-1918
Anna Quincy Thaxter Cushing (1825-1900), the daughter of Edward Thaxter (1784-1841) and Susan Joy (Thaxter) Thaxter (1791-1837), was born on 24 October 1825 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Both Anna's family and that of her husband—Dr. Benjamin Cushing (1822-1895), son of Jerom Cushing (1780-1824) and Mary (...
Anna Quincy Thaxter Cushing (1825-1900), the daughter of Edward Thaxter (1784-1841) and Susan Joy (Thaxter) Thaxter (1791-1837), was born on 24 October 1825 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Both Anna's family and that of her husband—Dr. Benjamin Cushing (1822-1895), son of Jerom Cushing (1780-1824) and Mary (Thaxter) Cushing (1784-1867)—were among the first settlers of the town of Hingham.
After the untimely death of her parents, Anna left...
Anna Quincy Thaxter Cushing (1825-1900), the daughter of Edward Thaxter (1784-1841) and Susan Joy (Thaxter) Thaxter (1791-1837), was born on 24 October 1825 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Both Anna's family and that of her husband—Dr. Benjamin Cushing (1822-1895), son of Jerom Cushing (1780-1824) and Mary (Thaxter) Cushing (1784-1867)—were among the first settlers of the town of Hingham.
After the untimely death of her parents, Anna left Hingham to attend school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and shortly thereafter she settled in Dorchester. As the eldest child, Anna became responsible for the care of her sister, Susan Barker Thaxter (1827-1849), and her brother, Edward Thomas Thaxter (1832-1859). Susan married Henry Hunter Peters (1825-1877), in 1848, and died soon after giving birth to Edward Dyer Peters in 1849.
Anna married her cousin, Benjamin Cushing, on 5 January 1848. He had received his education in the Derby Academy (Hingham, Massachusetts), Harvard College, class of 1842, and Harvard Medical School, class of 1846. He studied in Paris for a year following graduation. Except for the period during the Civil War in which he served as a volunteer surgeon at Fortress Munroe (Hampton, Virginia), he lived and practiced in Dorchester.
Benjamin's and Anna's four children were all born in Dorchester. They were Mary Cushing (1848- ), who married Joseph Richmond Churchill (1845- ) in 1871; Edward Thaxter Cushing (1851- ); Annie Quincy Cushing (1857- ), who married her cousin, Edward Dyer Peters (1849-1917) in 1881; and Susan Thaxter Cushing (1863- ).
The First Church (Unitarian) in Dorchester, was a center of Anna's many activities. She belonged to its various sewing groups formed to aid the needy or benefit a cause and was also a member of its choir. Music was one of Anna's passions and indeed of the entire Cushing family.
Nearer home, Anna's charitable instincts benefited the young Irish women—nearly all of whom were named Mary—who came to work for her. Her kindness resulted in friendships, which in the cases of Mary Desmond, Mary Gately, and Margaret Gately, lasted for years.
Anna died in Dorchester on 13 March 1900.
This collection contains thirty-two octavo volumes which cover most of the years 1844 to 1875 and 1884 (the years in which Ben was away in the Army are notably missing). The diaries record Anna's daily activities and news of the extended Thaxter-Cushing family. Many members of this family lived in Dorchester and nearby Hingham. Though Anna had relatives living in Bolton, Deerfield, and Cambridge, they were near enough to be a vital part of Anna's life.
Anna was an intelligent, articulate, and sympathetic observer of her world. She saw herself as a homemaker, mother, and wife. When her domestic duties were completed—although she noted that the sewing was never finished—she liked to visit friends, read, sing, play the piano, and attend lectures and concerts. The diaries reveal a woman of charitable disposition, anxious to be of service to her family and community, grateful for her blessings but sometimes wishing to escape from the confines of the cult of domesticity—"Oh dear I wish I had the faculty of turning off work a little more." Despite the work, Anna seemed to be more than a little satisfied with Wednesday's spotless sugar bowls, castors and saltcellars, Friday's clean-swept house and the jars of pear preserves on the shelf.
This collection also contains two folders of correspondence to or from various members of the Thaxter-Cushing family, including early letters from Anna's mother, Susan Joy Thaxter, to her mother, Anna Thaxter; letters from Benjamin Cushing to Anna shortly before their marriage; letters of condolence regarding the deaths of Susan Joy Thaxter, Thomas Thaxter Show more Show less
Ellen Tucker Emerson Letters, 1863-1865
Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) was the eldest surviving child of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802-1892).
This collection contains one hundred letters all written by Ellen Tucker Emerson to family and friends. The majority of the letters (45) were written to her sister Edith (1...
Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) was the eldest surviving child of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802-1892).
This collection contains one hundred letters all written by Ellen Tucker Emerson to family and friends. The majority of the letters (45) were written to her sister Edith (1841-1928), who spent twelve months in New York undergoing the water-cure. Eleven letters were written to her brother Edward (1844-1930...
Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) was the eldest surviving child of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802-1892).
This collection contains one hundred letters all written by Ellen Tucker Emerson to family and friends. The majority of the letters (45) were written to her sister Edith (1841-1928), who spent twelve months in New York undergoing the water-cure. Eleven letters were written to her brother Edward (1844-1930), who was often away at Harvard College, twelve to her cousin John Haven Emerson (1840- ), and seven to her father. The remainder were to friends and other relatives.
Most of the letters were written from Concord, Massachusetts, and in lively prose detail Ellen’s life in the Emerson household and in the wider Concord community. The family was firmly based in Concord from which town Ralph Waldo Emerson traveled widely lecturing and Ellen made occasional visits to friends and relatives in Boston, Canton, Naushon, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island. Ellen writes of: her visits to “Aunt Ripley” [Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793-1867)] at the Manse where Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sanborn are boarding for part of 1864; her Dante studies with “Aunt Lizzie” [Elizabeth Hoar (1814-1878)]; and her labors with Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871), Una Hawthorne (1844-1877), and Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) in behalf of “Mrs. Mann’s fair”. She describes skating on Walden Pond [14 January 1863], visiting Edward’s newly decorated room at Harvard [6 January 1863], attending Anna Ward’s wedding at the Catholic Chapel [30 January 1863], listening to Mr. Alcott and her mother discuss education [8 January 1864], and monitoring the behavior of her “daughter”, Edith Davidson, her ward for several years.
The Civil War, the ever-present background, was for Ellen a spur to patriotic action. She attends the Soldier’s Aid sewing circle and works on fundraising fairs and balls. Emotionally she was most concerned with the well-being of her cousin Charles Emerson (1841- ) who served on the staff of General Nathaniel Banks. William “Wilky” James (1842-1910), a friend of her brother’s and a frequent visitor, was wounded during the attack of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment on Battery Wagner. She was particularly distressed by the deaths of Col. Charles Russell Lowell (1835-1864) and Concord’s own hometown hero, Col. George Lincoln Prescott (1829-1864), whose funeral she describes at length [1 September 1864].
These letters are an important addition to the two volume Letters of Ellen Tucker Emerson, edited by Edith E. W. Gregg (Kent State University Press, 1982), filling gaps in 1863, 1864, and January of 1865. It seems probable that the pencil markings on the letters—“go on” and “omit” were made by Ellen’s nephew, Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969). According to Edith Gregg, he marked up transcripts for possible publication but in this case it must have been the originals which were not available to her.
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George Babbitt Oral History Collection: Series 5, 1949-1960
Source: www.azarchivesonline.org
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Goodbird the Indian, His Story
Italian Historical Oral History Collection
Life in Kent before 1914 Oral History Project
Lizzie A. Wilson Goodenough Diaries, 1865-1875 and Lizzie Cora Goodenough Diaries, 1901 and 1903
Lizzie A. Wilson Goodenough (1844- ) resided in Brattleborough, Vermont, where she worked as a domestic in order to support herself after she was orphaned in 1860. She also worked occasionally for Cune and Bracket, Merchant Tailors, on Granite Row in Brattleborough. In 1869, Lizzie married Henry F. Goodenou...
Lizzie A. Wilson Goodenough (1844- ) resided in Brattleborough, Vermont, where she worked as a domestic in order to support herself after she was orphaned in 1860. She also worked occasionally for Cune and Bracket, Merchant Tailors, on Granite Row in Brattleborough. In 1869, Lizzie married Henry F. Goodenough (1835- ), who worked in his family's brick quarry in Brattleborough. They raised several children, including Arthur Goodenough...
Lizzie A. Wilson Goodenough (1844- ) resided in Brattleborough, Vermont, where she worked as a domestic in order to support herself after she was orphaned in 1860. She also worked occasionally for Cune and Bracket, Merchant Tailors, on Granite Row in Brattleborough. In 1869, Lizzie married Henry F. Goodenough (1835- ), who worked in his family's brick quarry in Brattleborough. They raised several children, including Arthur Goodenough (1871- ) and Lizzie Cora Goodenough (1874- ).
There are nine diaries in this collection. The first seven, for the period 1865 to 1875 (some years are missing), were kept by Lizzie A.; the last two, for the years 1901 and 1903, were kept by her daughter, Lizzie Cora.
The earlier volumes contain brief entries in which Lizzie A. recorded the onerous life of a self-supporting young woman who was sometimes faced with financial difficulties. Occasionally, she lamented her lot in life: "Oh how I wish the time would come when the time would seem pleasant to me. Something to think about besides working away from home and friends past for money. Long years have past [sic] since I had a Father home to go to." (19 March 1865) The entries detail her duties as a domestic for several Brattleborough, Vermont, families, including the Howe, Tripp, and Taylor families, as well as her employment by Cune and Brackett. Lizzie A. visited her brother, Edd Wilson (dates unknown), and his family for several weeks each year, and sometimes attended the circus or played card games with her friends. Her personal cash accounts appear at the end of most volumes and reflect her attempts to remain out of debt despite her meager salaries. "Nothing better was my lot it seems than to be a slave to others' wants." (16 July 1865)
Following her marriage in 1869, Lizzie A. moved to West Brattleborough, Vermont, and assumed the duties of a housewife and mother, though she sometimes worked for Cune and Brackett. The volumes also record births, family illnesses, visits, and the annual "sugaring," or tapping of the maple trees.
In 1901 and 1903, her daughter, Lizzie Cora, kept similar diaries in which she recorded her life with her brother, Arthur, and his family; her household duties; daily events among the family members; and her duties as an occasional domestic for the Howe family. Her diaries also contain cash accounts.
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