mnsss32 Hitchcock Family Papers, 1841-1968 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Susan Boone. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Brook Hopkins. 2003-06-05 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mnsss32 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Hitchcock Family Papers, 1841-1968 Finding Aid MS 210 Susan Boone 1988 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Hitchcock family Hitchcock Family Papers1841-1968 MS 210 1 box (.25 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Western New England family. Autobiographies of Rufus Clark Hitchcock relate to family life in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; a journal documents his travels in Massachusetts and his birthplace in Vermont; a family journal includes genealogical records of the Farr, Hitchcock, and St. John families. Also included are an autobiography of Louise St. John Hitchcock; essays by Alfred M. Hitchcock; and photographs of Rufus Clark Hitchcock. English. Biographical Note

Rufus Clark Hitchcock, Henry Hitchcock, and Addie Sanford, undated

This was a western New England Family. Rufus Clark Hitchcock (1835-1994) is represented by an autobiography extending through his early manhood, including a trip to Lake Superior, and a journal of his travels in Massachusetts and Vermont as a bookseller in 1866. His wife Louise St. John (1841-1938) is represented by an autobiography written around 1920. There is also a collaborative family journal extending from 1876 to 1890. The Hitchcocks lived in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Contains diaries, photographs, manuscripts, and genealogical material. Autobiographies (1835-circa 1862 and 1850s) of Rufus Clark Hitchcock, relating to family life in Chittenden and Westminster, Vt., Springfield and Boston, Mass., and Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., and trip to the Lake Superior region; a journal (1866) of his travels in Massachusetts as a bookseller and his birthplace in Chittenden, Vt.; family journal (1876-1890) with entries by various family members, containing genealogical records of the Farr, Hitchcock, and St. John families, and concerning life in various places including Keene, N.H., and New Orleans, La. Autobiography (1920) of Louise St. John Hitchcock, describing her parents, Zopher and Eunice Harmon St. John, other relatives, the St. John family home in Simsbury, Conn., and activities as wife and widow of Rufus C. Hitchcock; essays entitled "Simsbury Folks," by Alfred M. Hitchcock (son of Rufus C. and Louise), describing St. John family members in Simsbury, Conn., with notes by Helen Hitchcock Bjorvand; photographs of Rufus Clark Hitchcock.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

Material is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

The copyright owner of unpublished works in this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Hitchcock Family Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA

History of the Collection

The Hitchcock Family Papers were a gift of Mrs. Helen Marshall Hitchcock Bjorvand in July 1986.

Processed by Susan Boone, 1988.

Search Terms Family--United States--History--19th century--Sources New England--Description and travel--Sources New England--History--19th century--Sources Vermont--History--19th century--Sources Massachusetts--History--19th century--Sources New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century--Sources Simsbury (Conn.)--History--19th century--Sources Superior, Lake, Region--History--19th century--Sources Connecticut--Genealogy Vermont--Genealogy Connecticut--History--19th century--Sources Hitchcock family St. John, Zopher St. John, Eunice Harmon 1 1 Louise St. John Hitchcock, 1920-22 Rufus Clark Hitchcock 1 2 Journa1, 1866 1 3 Family journal, 1876-90 1 4 Autobiography (1834-ca 1862), 1889-1894 1 5 Autobiography: "A Night Under a Hemlock, a Reminiscence" (1850s), n.d. 1 6 Photographs, ca. 1850-1890 1 7-8 Alfred Marshall Hitchcock: "Simsbury Folks," ca. 1885-1925