Wead family papers, 1862-1936
1 box (.25 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 171
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
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.
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).
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Wead Family Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Eunice Wead donated her family papers to the Sophia Smith Collection circa 1944.
Collection is unprocessed. Finding aid revised in 2002 by Gayla Spaulding, intern.
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Contents: list and index | Box 1: folder 1 | ||
Biographical: Leslie C. Wead, "The Wead Family and its Relation to Malone [N.Y.]", 1905 | Box 1: folder 1a | ||
Correspondence | |||
Mary Wead | |||
Campbell, Laetitia, | 1865 | Box 1: folder 2 | |
Collins, Ellen, | 1862-78 | Box 1: folder 3 | |
Curtis, Mary, | 1865 | Box 1: folder 4 | |
D'Orenienlx, Laura, | 1863-64 | Box 1: folder 5 | |
Freedman's Union Commission, | 1865-66 | Box 1: folder 6 | |
Griffin, Christine Kean, | 1865 | Box 1: folder 7 | |
Parsons, Lizzie, | circa 1860s | Box 1: folder 8 | |
Piere, R., | 1867 | Box 1: folder 9 | |
Sampson, E. A., | 1866-67 | Box 1: folder 10 | |
Post, Angelina, | 1864-65 | Box 1: folder 11 | |
Schuyler, Louisa Lee, | 1864, 1865, 1881 | Box 1: folder 12 | |
Stuart, George H., | 1864 | Box 1: folder 13 | |
Van Amringe, Susan M., | 1882 | Box 1: folder 14 | |
Whitney, Maria, | 1876 | Box 1: folder 15 | |
Sinclaire, Myra, | 1863 | Box 1: folder 16 | |
Eunice Wead | |||
Woolson, G.H., | 1906 | Box 1: folder 17 | |
Lowell, Amy, | 1919 | Box 1: folder 18 | |
Pilcher, Sophia, | 1911, 1913, 1936 | Box 1: folder 19 | |
Mary Wead--Miscellaneous | |||
Bills for items purchased for Union Army, | 1863 | Box 1: folder 20 | |
State Charities Aid Association Forms, | 1881-82 | Box 1: folder 21 | |