Knapp, Caroline M. Field
Knapp papers,
1845-ca. 1854.
Manuscript Collection: MS 0754
1
box
Agency History/Biographical note:
Caroline Maria Field was born July 18, 1828 in Sturbridge,
Massachusetts to Theodore and Elizabeth Allen Field. She attended
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1845-1847, graduating with the
mClass of 1847. She may have worked as a teacher before marrying
John Holly Knapp of Fort Madison, Iowa on November 26, 1848. They
had one child, a son, named Henry Eno Knapp. She died on January 31,
1854 in Fort Madison at the age of twenty-five.
Scope and Content:
The Caroline Maira Field Knapp Papers consist of compositions,
notebooks, commonplace books, an autograph album, a diploma, and a
portrait. Of particular note are the compositions, 1845-1847, and
the notebooks, 1847-ca. 1849. The compositions were written by Knapp
as a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The three notebooks
contain "Notes on Paradise Lost," and notes about commencement
exercises, dating from 1847, and lists of students, possibly pupils
of Knapp's ca. 1847-1848. The two commonplace books dating from
about 1845-1847 contain essays, stories, and poems written or copied
by Mount Holyoke Female Seminary students, teachers, and visiting
lecturers, and by others including works of popular authors. The
autograph album contains signatures of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
classmates and teachers, visitors to the school, and others. The
color portrait was probably painted between 1848-1854. The
collection as a whole captures aspects of the academic and social
life of a Mount Holyoke student in the mid-1800s.
Cite as: Caroline M. Field Knapp Papers, Mount Holyoke
College Archives and Special Collections, South
Hadley, MA
Access Restrictions:
Series List:
- Compositions
, 1845-1847
, 1 folder
- Notebooks
, ca. 1847-1848
, 1 folder
- Commonplace books
, ca. 1845-1847
, 1 folder
- Autograph album
, 1846-1847
, 1 folder
- Diploma
, 1847
, 1 folder
- Portrait
, ca. 1848-ca. 1854
, 1 folder
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