Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838- |
| Title: | Anna Davis Hallowell Papers |
| Dates: | approximately 1883 |
| Quantity: | 0.4 cubic feet (2 boxes). |
| Abstract: | Three manuscripts: one from the book she edited on her maternal grandparents, James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters, published in 1884; one undated manuscript article on Lydia Maria Child; and one address read before the Medford Women's Club on James and Lucretia Mott. |
Biographical Note
Anna Davis Hallowell (1838-1905), artist and writer, was the daughter of Maria and Edward M. Davis. Her maternal grandparents were James and Lucretia Mott, the prominent Quaker abolitionists and women's rights activist. She was married in 1859 to Richard Price Hallowell, a successful merchant, writer, and abolitionist, who was also a Quaker. In Valiant Friend, Margaret Hope Bacon reports that of all the Mott daughters and granddaughters Anna Davis Hallowell was the only one who remained active in the field of reform and had an interest in an independent career, as a writer. She was the editor of James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters.
TopScope and Content Note
Three manuscripts: one from the book she edited on her maternal grandparents, James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters, published in 1884; one undated manuscript article on Lydia Maria Child; and one address read before the Medford Women's Club on James and Lucretia Mott.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Names:
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880
- Mott, James, 1788-1868
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Subjects:
- Women artists
- Women authors, American
VCL Categories
- Literature and Writing
- Women's History
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Anna Davis Hallowell Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Original processing date unkown. Last update November 2006.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lucy Davis, VC 1885, in 1929.
Container List
| Box 1 | James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters, preface and chapters 1-12, ca. 1883 |
| Box 2 | James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters, chapters 13-18, ca. 1883 |
| Box 2 | James and Lucretia Mott, Life and Letters, notes and miscellany, ca. 1883 |
| Box 2 | Article on Lydia Maria Child |
| Box 2 | Address read before the Medford Women's Club on James and Lucretia Mott |
| Map Case — Drawer 23 | Marriage Certificate for Henry C. Davis and Martha Mellor, 1862 |
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Details
Three manuscripts: one from the book she edited on her maternal grandparents, , published in 1884; one undated manuscript article on Lydia Maria Child; and one address read before the Medford Women's Club on James and Lucretia Mott.
