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Box 20

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Contains 10 Results:

Letters of Sophia M. Atwater [combined], 1888-1906, n.d.

 File — Box: 20
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Topics of the letters include: letters from Bryn Mawr College, stating she will vote soon, is "Strong Woman's Rights and quite Revolutionary" (Oct. 4, 1886); a comment by a Johns Hopkins man about M. Carey Thomas (1892) and on death of Arnold Chace; travel to visit brother Max in Colorado(?); numerous mentions of visits with the Howard Pyles

Dates: 1888-1906, n.d.

Letters from Atwater children, 1872-1904

 File — Box: 20
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Letters were written as young children, recipients include their grandmother Sarah Greene and other relatives

Dates: 1872-1904

Miscellaneous Atwater Letters, 1886-1902

 File — Box: 20
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Including four letters from Arthur Cleveland (husband of Ethelwyn M. Atwater)

Dates: 1886-1902

Volume of Impressions of World's Fair Philadelphia, 1876

 File — Box: 20
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A bound volume of notes taken by Richard Mead Atwater re: the World's Fair in 1876 in Philadelphia

Dates: 1876

Speeches, Articles, Poems, Essays of Richard Mead Atwater, 1896-1921

 File — Box: 20
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This folder includes an array of speeches and essays written by Richard Mead Atwater. Two documents related to glass-making; a set of notes and essay are on the subject of religion and spirituality, including a typed transcript of an essay title "My religious and spiritual experience"; an article in Brooklyn Museum Monthly about ogden wood; a paper titled "Semet-Solvay Retort Coke Ovens" indicated to have been "Read before the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers"

Dates: 1896-1921

Papers on Family, Biographical Notes, 1862-1911

 File — Box: 20
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Includes: "Family Notes of Richard Mead Atwater and Abby Sophia (Greene) Atwater"; a typed transcript of Richard Mead Atwater diaires for the years of 186-1876; excerpts from the biography and autobiography of Richard Mead Atwater

Dates: 1862-1911

Letters from Ethelwyn M. Atwater, 1886-1899

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These letters center around family and social topics. There are also a few pages of notes related to a cooking class of some kind.

Dates: 1886-1899

Letters from extended Atwater family members, 1904

 File — Box: 20
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Letters from extended Atwater family members in 1904 and description of plans and the wedding of Anna Dorothea Atwater to Edward Wanton Smith in 1904. These were primarily written to Richard and Abby Atwater who were in Paris at the time of their daughter's wedding.

Dates: 1904

Letters of Mary Weaver Atwater and Maxwell Atwater, 1892-1893

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Letters from Mary Weaver Atwater to her son Richard Mead Atwater and letters from Maxwell Atwater to Chris Atwater

Dates: 1892-1893

Letters of Richard Mead Atwater, Jr., 1885-1893

 File — Box: 20
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Mostly from Berlin, they tell of his study plans and travels

Dates: 1885-1893