mshm093 Scudder Correspondence, 1844-1846. Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Finding aid generated in MARC format from database, then encoded using Perl scripts and XSL stylesheet. 2003-05-20 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mshm093 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Scudder Correspondence, 1844-1846. Finding Aid MS 0638 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Scudder, Jane, ca. 1828-1906. Scudder Correspondence 1844-1846 MS 0638 LD 7096.6 x1847 Scudder 1 folder (0.08 linear ft.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Scudder, Jane, ca. 1828-1906; Student. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary 1844-1846. Correspondence consist of 15 letters to her parents, primarily describing her life at Mount Holyoke. English. Biographical Note

Jane Scudder was born ca. May, 1828 and was probably raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a non-graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Class of 1847 and appears to have attended from 1844-1846. Scudder died in West Newton, Massachusetts in 1906.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Jane Scudder Correspondence consists of 15 letters written between October 17, 1844-July 8, 1846. All the letters are addressed to her parents in Boston and primarily concern life (illnesses, deaths, professors and roommates) and academics at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Scudder also mentions the visit to the Seminary by her cousin Dr. Scudder, a missionary to India.

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