Box 1

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6 pages. Biographical/genealogical notes on friends/associates mentioned in Martha Schofield's correspondence, including Sarah "Sadie" Mott Brouwer Bartram, "Aunt Dinah Mendenhall" (1807-1889), Samuel John Entriken (1862-), and others.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Biography; Genealogy; Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878

Scope and Contents 128 pages. Biography of Martha Schofield titled "Martha Schofield, Pioneer Negro Educator: Historical and Philosophical Review of Reconstruction Period of South Carolina" and written by Dr. Matilda Evans. Evans was the first licensed African American woman doctor in South Carolina; she was a graduate of Schofield Industrial School, and Martha Schofield became her mentor. Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Biography; Women in education; Women teachers; African Americans--Education;...

Scope and Contents 24 pages. "Scattered Seeds" was a magazine for Quaker children. This volume begins at page 218. The cover features a photograph of Martha Schofield as a child, and a brief biographical sketch of her on the second page describes her family's participation in the Underground Railroad and her work teaching African Americans. The rest of the volume contains short stories, poems, and letters to the editor.Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955);...

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33 pages. Biography of Martha Schofield, with an emphasis on her work as an educator of African Americans. Page 6 was blank and not scanned.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Biography; Women in education; Women teachers; African Americans--Education; African American schools; African Americans--Services for; Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.); African American schools

Relevant locations: Aiken (S.C.); Wadmalaw Island (S.C.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. A short play about Martha Schofield's life, focusing on her philanthropic work aiding and educating African Americans. Written by her great-niece Elizabeth Jenkins Dresser. The dialogue is from the letters and diaries of Martha Schofield.Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Biography; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; African Americans--Education; Underground Railroad; African Americans--Services for; Women in education; Women teachers; Schofield Normal and Industrial School...

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From sister Lydia Schofield, Sadie Brouwer, cousin Martha Humphreys, about Martha teaching in N.Y. From Rebecca Shinn Ash to Samuel Ash.

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From brother Ben Schofield, Aunt Eliza Bell. Death of Janie, John Brown, sister Sarah (Sallie) Schofield’s marriage to Samuel Ash, farewell address to students in July 1859.

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Mostly to and from Sadie Brouwer, also from Elizabeth Jackson, Carrie Willetts, Aunt Jane Price Steamer trip, sister Sallie’s son born.

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To Sadie, from cousin Marietta Ridgway. Reactions to war, return to teaching. W. Oldden Ridgway writes from military camp.