MS 0628.1
Correspondence , 1920-1952
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/11/12
Description:
This series consists of brief letters and
birthday cards. Correspondents include John
Ferguson, the Clement sisters (Clara, Florence,
and Louise), Mrs. M.W. Raymond, Mary A.E. Avery,
and the Alumnae Association. Letters concern
alumnae duties, family deaths, and Ferguson's
health.
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MS 0628.2
Compositions , 1881-1884
2 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Feguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/10
Description:
This series consists of twelve compositions
written as a student at Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary. The composition titles and dates are:
"Our Third Room-mate", January 26, 1884; "Devil's
Lake", April 19, 1884; "Dr. John", January 12,
1884; "Dr. John", December 15, 1883; "Our Foreign
guests", May 6, 1882; "A Good Orator", Nov.3,
1883, "Fire", Mar. 25, 1882; "Shakespeare",
Octtober 13, 1883; "Henry W. Longfellow", April
22, 1882; "The Kind Uncle", December 10, 1881;
"The Chinese Students", February 4, 1882; and
"The Year Just Finished", January 21, 1882.
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MS 0628.3
Albums , 1902-1934
3 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/10
Description:
This series contains 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 Pele
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 Niagra Falls and
the International Exposition in Chicago in 1934.
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MS 0628.4
Memorabilia , 1884, ca. 1934
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/10
Description:
This series consists of Ferguson's Mount Holyoke
diploma, a graduation pin for the class of 1884
at Mount Holyoke, and a silver painted woven palm
fan probably used for the Class Reunion in 1934.
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MS 0628.5
Biographical Information , 1902-1952
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/10
Description:
This series chiefly consists of biographical
forms that Ferguson returned to the Mount Holyoke
College Alumnae Association between 1914-1946.
This series also includes a form pledging
financial support to the Association, 1902,
copies of notes about Ferguson from issues of the
"Mount Hoyoke Alumnae Quarterly," 1918-1952, and
an article about her from a Tulsa, Oklahoma
newspaper, 1941.
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MS 0628.6
Photographs , ca. 1884, 1890, 1934
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0628, The Elizabeth Tuttle Ferguson Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/10
Description:
This series consists of two formal portraits of
Ferguson, probably taken just before her
graduation from Mount holyoke Female Seminary in
1884. Two snapshots are also included one
labelled "Massachusetts 1890" showing Ferguson
and other women in a horse-drawn buggy, and the
other a snapshot of Ferguson with classmates and
their husbands at the fifteenth reunion of the
Class of 1884 at Mount Holyoke College, 1934.
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