mnsss401 Florence Hemenway Wells Papers, 1920-1965 Finding Aid Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. 2006-12-01 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Florence Hemenway Wells Papers, 1920-1965 Finding Aid MS 468 2006

Collection Overview Wells, Florence Hemenway, 1878-1967 Florence Hemenway Wells Papers1920-1965 MS 468 1 box (1 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Local agent for the Thomas Thompson Trust (Brattleboro, VT). Diaries, reports, notes, clippings, financial records, legal documents, correspondence, church programs, publications, and memorabilia documentating church activities and charities in the Brattleboro, Vermont area. NOTE: There is no container list for this finding aid. You may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information. Biographical Note

Florence Wells was born in 1878 and served as the local agent for the Thomas Thompson Trust in Brattleboro, Vermont from 1921 to the early 1960s. The Trust was founded in 1907 to provide assistance for poor and working class women. TTT sought to prevent illness among working women and their families through public health programs, and dispensed small amounts of money to the women in the form of loans. Wells was also very active in the Congregational Church in Brattleboro. She died in 1967.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers contain diaries, reports, notes, clippings, financial records, legal documents, correspondence, church programs, publications, and memorabilia. Included are notes, diary entries, reports, and other documentation of church activities and charities in the Brattleboro, Vermont area.

There is no container list for this finding aid. You may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information.

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The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

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Florence Hemenway Wells Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

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