Overview
Correspondence, articles, photographs, etc., of Minerva Leland, teacher.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1926
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Minerva E. Leland as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1.67 linear feet (4 file boxes)Over 1000 letters to Minerva E. Leland from her family, school and Colby College friends, and others, 1862-1901, describing home and family life, life at Colby, Wellesley and Smith Colleges, experiences in the teaching fields for both men and women, and the influence of a fine teacher on her students.
BIOGRAPHY
From 1900, Minerva E. Leland was a teacher of mathematics in the Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Leland also taught at Scituate, Massachusetts, and Springfield, Vermont, and was an 1882 graduate of Colby College.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 30
Gift of Mr. Waldo Leland, 1862 Midwood Place, N.W. Apt.404, Washington 6, D.C. Received October 1959.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-13
- Box 2: 14-23
- Box 3: 24-31
- Box 4: 32-45
Correspondents: Family
- Luther E. Leland (father), m. Lucy E. Twitchell, 2 children Samuel Leland (m. Addie P. Tuttle, 1 child: Forrest Leland), Minerva E. Leland, 1859-1926; m. Ellen M. Gifford (Nellie) 1875, 1 child: Waldo E. 1879 (20 years younger than Minerva)
- Hannah A. Leland (aunt) Letters 1869 - 1886, 1890's, 1900
- Benjamin Leland (uncle)
- Harriett N. Twitchell (Hattie) (cousin). Letters, 1867-1881)
- Cephus Brigham (uncle) Letters, 1887-1890
- Samuel Montague
- Eliza Twitchell
- Lucy Twitchell
Correspondents: General
With whom there is any body of correspondence.
- Elinor M. Buckingham, 1878-1882
- Sue M. Curtis 1880-1884
- Georgia A. Wells, E. Mercer, Maine, 1879-1884
- Alice S. Hall - signs A S H. 1886-1890 -
- Grace Wheeler 1886-1890-
- Jennie Coburn - signs Jennie, 1886-1890-
- Florence Plimpton, Schoolmate
- Lucy Drown Schoolmate
- Lilian Norton Schoolmate
- Addie P. Tuttle Schoolmate 1875- married Samuel Leland, 1882
- Clara H. Books Schoolmate at Smith College, 1878
- Julia Helm Jayne married Anselm Jayne
- Addie V. Pond, schoolmate - at Wellesley College, 1878
- Mollie Hunt
- H. E. Curtis
- Edgar O. Silver. 1882 - at Brown University
- Sophia M. H Waterville, 1882 - at Brown University
- E.B.Foster. Waterville, 1882 - 1885
- Robie G. Frye. Waterville. 1883-Halifax, later Boston
- Orie Brown, schoolmate and lifelong friend
- Russell Porter. student 1886-
- Raymond A. Schwegler. 1899? Brown University
- Title
- Leland, Minerva E., 1859-1926. Papers of Minerva E. Leland, 1862-1926: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00702
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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