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Scope and Contents 159 pages. Describes Martha Schofield's daily life, including social engagements, lectures and other events she attended, Quaker meetings, and her reading circles. During this period, Schofield taught in several schools near New York City. Includes lists of books Schofield has read, letters she has sent, and letters she has received. Pages 141-149 are missing.Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Quaker women; Diaries; Quaker girls; Women teachers; Women in education...

Scope and Contents 125 pages. Describes Martha Schofield's daily life, with a focus on social calls, attendance of Quaker Meeting, her religious and emotional life, and her friendship with John Bunting (whom she called "mon ami"). The diary also describes the various concerts and lectures she attended, including one by Anna E. Dickinson, and her work teaching at several schools in Philadelphia, including the Bethany School. Descriptions of natural vistas (e.g., a sunrise on the Atlantic, a view of the Hudson,...

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133 pages. Diary of Martha Schofield, with entries dated between February 1, 1862 and January 31, 1863. Records her daily life, including her health, religious beliefs, personal relationships, and work as a teacher and nurse. Frequently references the Civil War.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Diaries; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women in education; Women teachers; Nursing; Women nurses; Faith; Health

Relevant locations: Darby (Pa.)

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10 pages. Diary of Martha Schofield containing brief entries and notes.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Diaries

Relevant locations: Aiken (S.C.)

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42 pages. Bound book containing handwritten letter extracts between Martha Schofield and others, including Gen. Robert K. Scott and Dr. Matilda A. Evans. Includes biographical notes, newspaper clippings, and a list of Christmas gifts. Letter extracts copied in 1910; notes and newspaper clippings range from 1861-1913.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Evans, Matilda, 1872-1935; Diaries; Excerpts

Relevant locations: Aiken (S.C.)

Scope and Contents 127 pages. Diary of Martha Schofield, with entries from July 1, 1864 to October 5, 1865. Schofield later added a few notes in pencil, dated 1914. Loose papers within the diary have been scanned at the end. Records her daily life, including her personal relationships and work as a teacher. Frequently discusses the Civil War and covers the death of Abraham Lincoln in detail. Attended a lecture Anna E. Dickinson (1865-05-04) about women. The diary concludes upon Schofield's move to South...

Scope and Contents 121 pages. Diary of Martha Schofield, with entries from October 6,1865 to July 10, 1866. Pages 78-79, 88-89, and 91-92 were cut out. Records her daily life during the time she spent on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, where she was appointed by the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association to teach African Americans. Focuses on her experiences aiding and educating African American freedmen; Schofield also documents her relationships with her friends, coworkers (Mary A. Sharp, H. A. Evans,...

Scope and Contents 51 pages. Notebook containing extracts of letters written by Martha Schofield during her time on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, where she worked as a teacher of African American freedmen (1865-1866); primarily addressed to her family and copied by her mother, Mary H. Child. Loose scrap paper/notes enclosed, including a document titled "Written 1st Month 1831 in a Season of Mournful Meditation," possibly written by Mary H. Child about the death of her mother Jane Hough Jackson...

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99 pages. Diary of Martha Schofield with entries from August 1, 1867 to December 31, 1868. Records events in her daily life, including teaching African Americans and her severe illness.

Subjects: Schofield, Martha; Diaries; Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877); Women in education; Women teachers; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Services for; Health; Sick

Relevant locations: Beaufort (S.C.); Pennsylvania; Aiken (S.C.)

Scope and Contents 90 pages. Martha Schofield moved to South Carolina after the Civil War to run a school for African American children. Her diary describes her daily activities with a focus on her social life. Running themes include Schofield's deeply conflicted feelings over the engagement of her best friend Sarah "Sadie" Brouwer to Thomas Chalkley Bartram; her health problems involving her lungs, which she believed would be fatal; and the founding of what became the Schofield Normal and Industrial School....