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Cowles papers
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Contents List
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1833-1888
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2 folders
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The correspondence consists of twenty letters and two postcards written by and to Cowles between 1833 and 1888. The letters by Cowles, primarily addressed to friends and family, discuss personal news and include information relating to the opening of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Of particular interest is a letter dated March 8, 1838, entitled "Washing Day at Mt. Holyoke Seminary," in which she gives a detailed account of Mondays at the school, when time was set aside for students to wash their clothing as well as the inside of the school building. Also included in the series are two letters by Mary Lyon as well as one to her from Cowles. The first letter written by Lyon is an informational letter from July 3, 1836 about Cowles's recent appointment at Mount Holyoke. The letter written to Lyon, dated July 11, 1844, describes some of Cowles's students at Ipswich Female Seminary. The second letter by Lyon is a short note, dated November 29, 1855, concerning a student who was soon to attend Ipswich Female Seminary. The letters written by Cowles later in life are of a general nature, mainly to friends.
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Letters by Cowles,
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1835-1888, undated
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Box Box 1: folder 1
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Letters to Cowles,
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1833-1888, undated
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Box Box 1: folder 2
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ca.1821-1879
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3 folders
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The writings consist of two journals Cowles kept while she was a student at Ipswich Female Seminary 1831-1832. One describes her academic routine and contains references to Mary Lyon, her teacher at Ipswich. The other journal is primarily made up of Bible passages. Also in this series is a pamphlet written by Cowles entitled "Our Maidens," a copy of a lecture delivered in 1879 at a meeting of The Women's Board of Missions in Boston. The pamphlet discusses the training of women as missionaries and includes a lengthy section on Mary Lyon and her visionary role in this education. This series also contains documents apparently written by Mary Lyon between 1821 and 1848 and copied by Cowles. These documents include spiritual writings, letters, a ledger of cash received from Mount Holyoke for furniture, and some compositions on education.
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Her copies of documents written by Mary Lyon,
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ca.1821-1848
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Box 1: folder 3
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Journal,
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1831-1832
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Box 1: folder 4
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Journal,
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1831-1832
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Box 1: folder 5
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Pamphlet,
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"Our Maidens," 1879
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Box 1: folder 6
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Biographical Information,
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ca.1903
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1 folder
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The biographical information consists of an obituary from "Christian World" magazine, ca.1903, describing Cowles's role in women's education, and a biographical note, also dating from about 1903.
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Biographical information,
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ca.1903
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Box 1: folder 6
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ca. 1830s, 1835, 1850, 1879
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1 folder
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This series consists of Caldwell and Cowles family papers. The series includes a letter dated July 30, 1835, written by William Caldwell and addressed to Daniel Cogswell of Ipswich, notifying him of the drowning death of Cowles's father, Captain John Caldwell. Also included are two receipts belonging to Cowles's husband, John Cowles, as well as a short note from Mary Lyon to Cowles' mother, Eunice Caldwell, possibly written in the 1830s.
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Caldwell and Cowles family papers,
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ca. 1830s, 1835, 1850, 1879
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Box 1: folder 7
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ca. 1850s
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
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This series consists of a formal portrait of Cowles probably dating from the 1850s. The photograph appears to be a copy of a photograph that was published in a magazine or newspaper.
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Photograph,
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ca.1850s
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Box 1: folder 8
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