mshm251 Talcott correspondence, 1849-1861 (bulk 1852-1857) Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Collection Overview Talcott, Sarah G. (Sarah Goodrich), 1835-1862. Talcott correspondence 1849-1861 1852-1857 MS 0592 LD 7096.6 1855 Talcott 1 box (2.5 linear in.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Talcott, Sarah Goodrich, 1835-1862; Teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1855. Papers contain letters written between Talcott and her family, primarily describing hometown events and her experiences at Mount Holyoke. English. Biographical Note

Sarah Goodrich Talcott was born in 1835 to Allyn and Martha G. Robbins Talcott. Her sister Martha Robbins Talcott graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1866. Sarah graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1855, and taught in South Hadley for a short time. She died in 1862.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Chiefly letters to Talcott from relatives and friends giving her family news and discussing people and events in her hometown of Vernon, Connecticut. Includes letters from her parents Allyn and Martha G. Talcott, and sister, Martha, as well as letters from former classmates at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and from several young men, principally concerning their work as teachers and their travels in New England, New York, the south and elsewhere in the United States. Also includes several letters by Talcott, dated 1853-1855, describing her life as a Mount Holyoke student.

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Sarah G. Talcott Correspondence, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

 Search Terms Talcott, Sarah G. (Sarah Goodrich), 1835-1862. Talcott family. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary - History - Sources. Talcott, Allyn, 1800-1863. Talcott, Martha G., b. 1808. Talcott, Martha R. (Martha Robbins), 1837-1913. Family - United States - History - Sources. Friendship - United States - History - Sources. Mothers and daughters - United States - History - Sources. Teachers - United States - Correspondence. Women - Education - United States - History - Sources. Women - Employment - United States - History - Sources. Women - United States - Social conditions - Sources. Transportation and travel. Connecticut - Social life and customs. United States - Description and travel - 1848-1865. Vernon (Conn.) - Social life and customs. Mount Holyoke College - Curriculum - 1853-1855. Mount Holyoke College - Religious life - 1853-1855. Mount Holyoke College - Student life - 1853-1855. Independence Day, 1853, 1854. Letters