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Agency History/Biographical note:
Elizabeth Eudora Tuttle was born in Vermont on September 8, 1861. She was living in Holyoke, Massachusetts by 1878 and attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1878/79, 1880/81, 1881/82, and 1883/84, graduating in 1884. She married Robert Muir Ferguson in 1885 and had three children. The Fergusons lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, Spokane, Washington, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her husband died in 1907 and she died in Tulsa during the summer of 1952 at the age of ninety.

Scope and Content:
The Elizabeth Eudora Tuttle Ferguson Papers contain correspondence, compositions, albums, memorabilia, biographical information and photographs dating from 1881 to 1952. Of particular significance are compositions written 1881-1884 while she was a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Also of note are two photograph albums compiled by Edmund Otis Hovey and an album of postcards. The Hovey albums chiefly contain photographs taken on the islands of St. Vincent and Martinique after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902 and subsequent volcanic activity in 1903. They also contain four photographs of volcanic activity in Guadeloupe and St. Kitts, five photographs of people and scenery in France, a photograph labeled "Russian transportation" (horse-drawn wagon), and one labeled "King Edward visits Vienna" all dating from 1903. Most of the postcards reflect Ferguson's travels in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Michigan, Indiana, and visits to Niagara Falls and the International Exposition in Chicago in 1934. Her correspondence consists of letters and cards  to and from staff members of the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association. Rounding out the collection are Furguson's Mount Holyoke diploma, a graduation pin, and fan relating to the Mount Holyoke Class of 1884, as well as, biographical forms and clippings, and several photographs of Ferguson taken between 1884 and 1934.

Cite as: Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted

Series List:


• Correspondence , 1920-1952 , 1 folder
• Compositions , 1881-1884 , 2 folders
• Albums , 1902-1934 , 3 folders
• Memorabilia , 1884, ca. 1934 , 1 folder
• Biographical Information , 1902-1952 , 1 folder
• Photographs , ca. 1884, 1890, 1934 , 1 folder