MS 0676.1
Compositions , 1847-1856
Four folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0676, Lydia Sessions Woodworth Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1998/05/01
Description:
This series contains an extensive selection of
Lydia Sessions Woodworth's compositions,
including dated compositions written between 1847
and 1856, and undated compositions which appear
to have been written between 1853 and 1856. The
compositions cover a rage of topics including;
"Fame," "Ingratitude," "The Importance of
Learning to Compose," "The Morning Hours of
Cheerful light," "Which Produces Greater
Happiness the Pleasurs of Hope or Memory," "The
Indians," "Change is Written on the Tide,"
"Sympathy," "Light," "A Morning Walk," "The
Religious Belief of the Indian," "Labor," "Emily
Jackson," "The Diamond," "Scenes from the
Destruction of Palestine," "Revolution of 1688,"
"Fidelimous Mons Vita," "Review of the 'Literary
Age of Elizabeth,'" "A Ride," "Vacation," "Which
Is More Profitable, the Study of Nature or of
Mankind," "The Connecticut Valley," "All Earth is
a Shadow, All Beyond is Substance" and, "Sons of
Abraham." The majority of the Compositions are
three to four pages long.
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MS 0676.2
Mount Holyoke Class of 1856 Materials , 1856, 1893-1910
Two folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0676, Lydia Sessions Woodworth Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1998/05/01
Description:
This series contains the handwritten constitution
of the class of 1856, with an attached list of
class officers. The series also contains several
round-robin letters circulated among members of
the class of 1856, and a small blue cardboard H,
inscribed "Holyoke Alumnae March 22nd, 1902."
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MS 0676.3
Diploma , 1856
One folder
Forms part of MS 0676, Lydia Sessions Woodworth Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/03/31
Description:
The series contains Lydia Sessions Woodworth's
1856 diploma from Mount Holyoke College
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MS 0676.4
Mary Chapin Note , 1856
One folder
Forms part of MS 0676, Lydia Sessions Woodworth Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1998/05/01
Description:
This series contains a brief note written by Mary
Chapin to Lydia Sessions Woodworth, requesting
Lydia Sessions Woodworth's attendance at a
teacher's business meeting.
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MS 0676.5
Biographical Information , 1912,1994
One folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0676, Lydia Sessions Woodworth Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1998/05/01
Description:
This series contains several obituaries for Lydia
Sessions Woodworth, five handwritten pages of
biographical information about Lydia Sessions
Woodworth, and one 1994 article from the
"Springfield Journal" about the Sessions family.
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