Florence Woolsey Hazzard papers, 1819-1976,-1925-1965 (bulk)
Collection Number: 2516

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Florence Woolsey Hazzard papers, 1819-1976,-1925-1965 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2516
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, notes and bibliographies, printed matter, photographs, and other papers dealing mainly with Hazzard's studies of eminent American women.
Creator:
Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992.
Quanitities:
1.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Author, psychologist.
Florence Woolsey Hazzard received a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell University in 1929.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, notes and bibliographies, printed matter, photographs, and other papers dealing mainly with Hazzard's studies of eminent American women, including an unpublished work "Women Pioneers in Democracy"; unpublished biography of Dr. Eliza Mosher "Heart of the Oak," 394 pp. manuscript on microfilm; short biographical sketches of Cornelia Hancock, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Freeman Palmer, Lucy Stone, and Harriet Tubman, as well as Elizabeth Blackwell, Amanda Sanford Hickey, Dr. Mosher, and other women physicians; material on the Worlds Center for Women's Archives and the women's rights movement in the United States; other women represented include Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Angelina and Sarah Grimke, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emma Willard, and many others. Chief correspondents include Mary Ritter Beard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Edward Bradford Titchener, and Marjorie White. Also included are miscellaneous and personal papers of the Hazzard family, materials on the disposition of the Emily Howland papers; microfilm of photographs, letters, and printed materials concerning Emily Howland; and papers pertaining to Florence Hazzard's work in psychology, especially odor perception.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Florence Woolsey Hazzard papers, #2516. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958.
Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910.
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947.
Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879.
Grimke, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873.
Hancock, Cornelia.
Hazzard, Florence Woolsey. (Title of work: Women Pioneers in Democracy..)
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929.
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.
Mosher, Eliza.
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880.
Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893.
Titchener, Edward Bradford, 1867-1927.
Tubman, Harriet, 1815?-1913.
White, Marjorie.
Willard, Emma.
Hazzard family.
World Center for Women\'s Archives
Subjects:
Psychologists.
Literature.
Women's rights.
Women -- Suffrage.
Women -- Biography.
Women physicians.
Women authors.
Smell.
Psychology.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Manuscripts.
Biographies.
Bibliographies.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
Series I. Correspondence
Box 1
Edward Bradford Titchener with Florence Woolsey (Hazzard)
1925-02-18-1927-05-18
Scope and Contents
This correspondence concerns Miss Woolsey's matriculation at Cornell, her coursework, marriage, and advice and comments on her experiments with odors. (21 from T to H; 1 from H to T) (24 pcs.)
Box 1
Karl M. Dallenbach with Florence Woolsey
1958-05-26-1958-12-23
Scope and Contents
Most correspondence concerns routine affairs. In a letter of July 25, 1958, Dallenbach comments that "…Titchener was a strange man the last 3 to 4 years of his life. The brain tumor, which Papez in neurology showed me (it was as large as a golf ball), must have been 5-6 years in developing. In any case from 1923 to his death T. was irritable and forgetful...From 1924-1927, T. was in no condition to conduct a dissertation." All from D. (4 pcs)
Box 1
H. P. Weld to Florence Woolsey
1965-10-24+
Scope and Contents
Weld in retirement in Florida, discussing his daily life (1 piece)
Box 1
William McCartney, E.M. Von Hornbostel, W.W. Woodworth with Florence Woolsey
1930-08-25-1932-12-21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning FWH's work on odors and other matters with William McCartney (Univ. of Edinburgh), Hornbostel (Berlin), R.W. Woodworth (Columbia) (2 from RSW; 1 from "Prof. Dr. E. M. von Hornbostel) (5 pcs)
Box 2 Folder 1
Mary Ritter Beard with Florence Woolsey
1940-07-14-1958-02-12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Mary Ritter Beard (Mrs. Charles) and FWH relating to the acquisition of Emily Howland's papers for the World Center for Women's Archives and some of the problems of the WCWA comments by both women on the difficulties of writing and publishing; and Mrs. Beard's criticisms of the writing and historical validity of Mrs. Hazzard's manuscript "Women Pioneers In Democracy". Also, letters from Marjorie White, Archives secretary, for the WCWA and Mrs. Beard, and correspondence from the Sophia Smith Collection (2 letters) of the Smith College Library re: Mrs. Hazzard's writing; and the correspondence from Mrs. Beard's son, William.
Box 2 Folder 1
Florence Woolsey with Margaret Louise Wallace
1941-08-13-1943-04-07
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between FWH and Margaret Louise Wallace re: a book by Miss Wallace and Miss Blake on the latter's mother Lillie Devereux Blake (6 pcs)
Box 2 Folder 1
Dorothy Donaldson with Florence Woolsey
1945-04-05
Scope and Contents
A letter from Dorothy Donaldson, Library, College of Medicine, Syracuse University, to FWH re: an oil painting of Elizabeth Blackwell
Box 2 Folder 1
Carrie Chapman Catt with Florence Woolsey
1940-06-14-1943-01-30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with FWH and others. Mrs. Catt comments on the history and growth of women's rights in the United States, her own part in the movement, and FWH's writings about Emily Howland. Also, a copy of a letter (12/11/40), from Mrs. Catt to Isabel Howland re: the Emily Howland papers, and her letter, also to the AAUW Fellowship Committee on behalf of FWH
Box 2 Folder 1
"Early History of Women in Medicine"
1846-01
Scope and Contents
Article Early Graduates - the Race to be First, Medical Woman's Journal Jan 1846, pp 44-48; includes section of Dr. Gleason, as well as mention of Lydia Folger Fowler, Sarah Adamson Dolley, and others. Additional item received July 18, 1967 added to Gleason folder .
Box 2 Folder 1
Florence Woolsey with Ada Gleason Bush
1945-03-10-1945-04-06
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between FWH and Ada Gleason Bush and others re: information concerning Dr. Rachel Brooks Gleason (2pcs)
Box 2 Folder 1
Florence Woolsey with Angelina and Charlotte Hamilton
1941-04-05-1945-11-11
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between FWH and Angelina and Charlotte Hamilton, H.P. Weld, L.D.H. Weld, and others re: information and photographs of the Grimke sisters (7 pcs)
Box 2 Folder 1
Florence Woolsey with Mrs. W. Jaquette
1928-01-24-1942-02-02-12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between FWH and Mrs. W. Jaquette of Swarthmore, Pa., re: FWH's writing on Cornelia Hancock. Also, correspondence from Miss Hancock's niece, Isabel Child, and others. A letter from Isabel Child to Mrs. Jaquette describes Miss Hancock's death (typescript only). A letter of May 12, 1941 outlines Miss Hancock's life and mentions her friendship with Emily Howland. (9 pcs.)
Box 2 Folder 1
Florence Woolsey with Isabel Howland
1941-03-19-1965-05-13
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of correspondence pertaining to Emily Howland between FWH and Isabel Howland, Miss Howland's niece, re: the expenses of Mrs. Hazzard's research on Miss Howland and the availability of various material for this work, also one letter, May 13, 1965, to FWH from Milton W. Hamilton re: her research and writing. (7 Verifax pcs. in all)
Box 2 Folder 1
Helen Thorpe with Florence Woolsey
1941-01-03
Scope and Contents
One letter to FWH from Helene Thorpe of the Public Library of Detroit, re: a bibliography on Harriet Tubman
Series II. Manuscript and Printed Items
Box 2 Folder 2
Mary Sheldon Barnes 1850-1898
1948-10-1948-12
Scope and Contents
Two Pages of hand written notes on Mary Barnes, taken by FWH from articles by Robert Keohane in American Heritage, and from Mrs. Barnes' own published works
Box 2 Folder 3
Mary Ritter Beard 1876-1958
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Prepared by FWH, 1 p. typescript
Box 2 Folder 4
Katherine Devereux Blake 1858-1950
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A prospectus of Champion of Women, the biography of Miss Blake's mother, Lillie Devereux Blake, 1835-1913, by Katherine Devereux Blake and Margaret Louise Wallace (New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1943)
Box 2 Folder 5
Isabel Howland to Carrie Catt (?)
1939-01-09
Scope and Contents
An excerpt from a typescript copy (apparently an undated Isabel Howland letter) marked "Catt", describing a woman suffrage lecture given in Ithaca c. 1890, at which Mrs. Catt and Anna Howard Shaw spoke. Mrs. Catt's obituary (date unknown, from an unidentified Ann Arbor newspaper); a prospectus for Carrie Chapman Catt, a biography by Mary Gray Peck (New York: H.H. Wilson, 1944), including photographs and quotes from the book; also, Then and Now by Carrie Chapman Catt, a pamphlet printed from a speech she delivered at New York's Hotel Astor, Jan. 9, 1939, describing women's position and rights, c. 1845-1939, a partial history of women's education, and the work of the women reformers. Also, a picture of Carrie Chapman Catt. 22 pp.
Box 2 Folder 6
Sarah Moore Grimke 1792-1873 and Angelina Emily Grimke 1805-1879
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Crusaders for Democracy, a manuscript by FWH, describes the early lives of the Grimke sisters, their careers as abolitionists, and their subsequent work for women's rights. Some information on Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895, the husband of Angelina, is included. Also, some biographical notes on the author, Mrs. Hazzard. carbon typescript 26 pp. Photograph of Sarah Grimke.
Box 2 Folder 7
Cornelia Hancock 1840-1928
1937
Scope and Contents
"Cornelia, Arise" a manuscript by FWH. This study describes Miss Hancock's back ground and humanitarian career, which included nursing and cooking for wounded soldiers at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and other battlefields; work at a hospital for contraband Negroes outside Washington D.C.; the founding of and teaching at the Laing School for Negro children in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; organization of what is now the Family Society of Philadelphia; early work in the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society and similar organizations and reform work as agent for property owners in Wrightsville, a suburban slum of Philadelphia. 11 pp. typescript. An additional page states that Mrs. William A. Jaquette of Swarthmore, Pa. gave information and permission for the above study. Mrs. Jaquette is editor of South After Gettysburg, Miss Hancock's Civil War letters (Philadelphia: Univ. of Penn. Press, 1937)
Box 2 Folder 7
"Record of Wrightsville" - an experiment in the care of property.
1889
Scope and Contents
As business agent, Miss Hancock instituted policies resulting in sanitation, education and library services, police protection, and regular collection of and payment of rents. Her efforts brought prosperity to the owners and better conditions for the tenants. A typescript copy (Philadelphia 1899) 9 pp.
Box 2 Folder 7
"Second Annual Report of the Friends' association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen"
1866
Scope and Contents
This report pertains to Cornelia Hancock's Laing School for Negroes in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and describes the eagerness of the students and the organization of a night school for scholars who worked by day, records the reception of boxes of supplies from Philadelphia, and includes a letter from a teacher describing her work. (Merrihew and Son, printers, Philadelphia, 1866) 3 pp.
Box 2 Folder 7
An essay on founding of the Laing School and its subsequent history
1866
Scope and Contents
A typescript copy by Cornelia Hancock 3 pp.
Box 2 Folder 7
"Some Belated History of the Founding of the Laing School"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A typescript copy by Cornelia Hancock 2 pp.
Box 2 Folder 7
Fragment of an account of Miss Hancock's founding of the Laing School
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Author and work unknown. Typescript copy 1 pc.
Box 2 Folder 7
Excerpts from "Woman's Work in the Civil War"
1867
Scope and Contents
By L.P. Brockett, M.D. (Philadelphia: Zeogler, McCurdy & Co., 1867) These excerpts describe Miss Hancock's work nursing, aiding, and cooking for wounded Union soldiers after the battle of Fredericksburg, with reference to her work after the battles of Gettysburg and Belle Plain. Typescript, 2 pp.
Box 2 Folder 7
"A New Jersey Maid in the War"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Describes conditions after the battle of Gettysburg, and Miss Hancock's aid to the wounded soldiers there. Xerox copy, 7 pp. Author Unknown.
Box 2 Folder 7
"Serenade for Miss Hancock's Eightieth Birthday"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Sung to the tune of "Vive la Compagnie!" and an "Acrostic for Miss Hancock's Eightieth Birthday" Author Unknown
Box 2 Folder 8
Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910
1810-1876
Scope and Contents
"Mightier Than The Sword" a biographical sketch of JWH by FWH. This manuscript describes Mrs. Howe's early life, marriage to Samuel Gridley Howe (1810-1876), her growing interest in reform, especially abolition, and the battle scene which inspired her famous poem, "Battle Hymn of the Republic", which she wrote for the tune of "John Brown's Body". 9 pp. typescript.
Box 2 Folder 9
Emily Howland to Isabel Howland
1879
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of excerpts from two letters written by Emily Howland to her niece Isabel Howland ('81) attending Cornell University (May 1, 1879 and Mar. 2, 1880). In the 1879 letter, Miss Howland remarks "it would be grand if every young lady at Cornell could feel her responsibility not only for herself and her time but for the generations to come, of her sisters, and live and act on so lofty a plane as to turn adverse criticism to respect and admiration, but it is quite too much to expect of the whole or of the majority. Pres. White's strictures as read, seem not wise not calm. Prof. Russel is your friend, well for women he is acting Pres. White w'd make them feel like aliens at Cornell". 1 pc.
Box 2 Folder 9
Emily Howland to her family
-1865-08
Scope and Contents
Verifax reproductions of copies of letters from Emily Howland to her family (hand copies by FWH) May 20 - Aug. 1865, and a June 27 diary entry from Camp Todd. Miss Howland writes of the economy she practiced, and on June 20 she comments, "the lines are being drawn tighter all the time, no women are allowed to work in the field now. This is grievous to some. Poor things they are to see hard times yet before their status is settled and I think the nation will too if it permits such laws as Tenn. has enacted". 4 pcs. Also, verifax copies of 2 drawings of Camp Todd by E.H. (1865)
Box 2 Folder 9
Tribute to V. Bradley
1880
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of tribute to V. Bradley (a paper for Margaret Burleigh to read about 1880 before the Century Club in Philadelphia). Speech was apparently written by Emily Howland. 1 pc.
Box 2 Folder 11
Florence Woolsey's biographical sketch on Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
1847
Scope and Contents
FWH's Biographical sketch of Lucy Stone, the first Massachusetts woman to attend any college (Oberlin) and the first American woman to lecture on women's rights (1847). At her marriage to Henry Blackwell (1855) the wedding pair issued a joint protest against contemporary marital laws. With Blackwell's approval, the bride continued to call herself "Lucy Stone". (20 pp. carbon typescripts)
Box 2 Folder 12
Harriet Tubman 1821-1913
1821-1913
Scope and Contents
"Prophetic Harriet," an essay by FWH, describes Harriet Tubman's early life in slavery; her escape to New York on the Underground Railroad; her subsequent 19 trips back into the South, leading out about 300 slaves; her refusal to join with John Brown and take part in killing men; and work as a Civil War army scout and nurse. 11 pp. typescript. Also, 5 pp. of handwritten and typewritten notes on Harriet Tubman from published works and the diary of Emily Howland (Oct. 1873). During the Civil War she helped organize the Freedmen's Village at Camp Todd for refugee slaves, nursing through a smallpox epidemic and teaching school day and night." DAB p. 312.
Box 2 Folder 12
Harriet Tubman Bibliography 1821-1913
Scope and Contents
Prepared by FWH, 1 p. typescript (removed from acc. Folder and added to Tubman folder)
Box 2 Folder 13
Mrs. Willard to A.W. Holden
1846-09-05
Scope and Contents
"Emma Willard," a biographical sketch by FWH, describes the early life of Emma Willard; the establishment of her Waterford and later her Troy Schools; her success in overcoming various obstacles to her plans; and work in establishing other girls' schools. Mrs. Willard, the first to suggest normal schools for teachers and the first woman school superintendent in America, invented many teaching devices. Included is a copy of a letter from Mrs. Willard to A.W. Holden, County Superintendent (Rensselaer Co.) dated Sept. 5, 1846. Mrs. Willard outlines some of her educational theories, and urges women's activities in connection with welfare of schools: "I do not wish women to act out of their sphere; but it is time that modern improvement should reach their case, and enlarge their sphere, from the walls of their own houses to the limits of the school district." 20 pp typescript, partly carbon. (pp. 6-7 missing)
Box 2 Folder 13
Emma Willard with Sandford Gadcomb
1819-03-30
Scope and Contents
From Emma Willard to Sandford Gadcomb, Burlington, Vermont, dated March 30, 1819. Mrs. Willard asks Gadcomb to write for the Burlington paper "a publication whose object should be to further the plan of female education." She mentions that an act to incorporate a female institution at Waterford, N.Y. had passed the legislature, and a petition for funds was now pending. She fears the petition would be opposed "from local jealousies and other similar causes: and asked Gadcomb's help, believing "legislatures like individuals are acted on by public sentiment:." (2 pp. typescript)
Box 2 Folder 13
A booklet Emma Willard School
1939-1940
Scope and Contents
Printed the 126th year of the Troy school. The booklet contains the school calendar, list of trustees and faculty, names of alumnae association chapters, history of the school, description of the school in 1940 and its aims, description of courses, and many pictures. 40 pp. plus 20 pp. additional photographs.
Box 2 Folder 14
Unsigned to "Dear Home Folk"
1868-10-30
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes taken by FWH on May Preston Slosson, the first woman PhD at Cornell (1929). Also, typescript copy of letter reprinted in Gazette, March 22, 1904. The letter (addressed to "Dear Home Folk" and unsigned, from Georgetown, D.C., (Oct. 30, 1868 describes a talk with Ezra Cornell and others aboard a boat, regarding women and Cornell University. 3 pcs.
Box 2 Folder 15
Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910 and Emily Blackwell 1826-1910
1821-1910
Scope and Contents
"Elizabeth Blackwell, a biographical sketch by FWH, describes Dr. Blackwell's early life, entrance into medicine, the many difficulties she faced and overcame in following her profession, and her pioneer work as a woman doctor in both England and America. 17 pp. typescript. "Elizabeth Blackwell, The First Woman Physician of Modern Times," Health Bulletin for Teachers, XVII; 1, Nov. 1945. 4 pp. Bulletin is based on Dr. Blackwell's autobiography, Pioneer Work for Women and Rachel Baker's The First Woman Doctor. Two photographs of Elizabeth Blackwell (one is a magazine clipping) and one of her sister, Emily Blackwell, M.D. (also a book or magazine).
Box 2 Folder 16
Amanda Sanford Hickey c. 1838-1894
1947-12
Scope and Contents
An article on Amanda Sanford Hickey by Bertha L. Selmon, from a series "Pioneer Women in Medicine, Spread to the States Prior to 1900," Medical Women's Journal, Dec. 1947, pp. 39-43. The article gives biographical data about Mrs. Hickey, the first woman graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, and five other early graduates: Helen Maria Upjohn, Helen Frances Warner, Sarah Gertrude Banks, Josephine Marie Copp, and Cornelia Elizabeth Whitbeck. Also, data on Margaret Cochrane, who attended Penn College and practiced medicine in Michigan, and Mary E. Green, who attended Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia. Also, the names, theses title, and state of later residence of eighteen young women graduates of the University of Michigan Medical School in 1872 and 1873. 5 pp. verifax copy.
Box 2 Folder 16
Dr. Amanda Sanford Hickey of Auburn by FWH
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A biographical sketch of Dr. Hickey, who later practiced in Auburn, N.Y., with a specialty in obstetrics and the new science of gynecology. She became prosperous and highly respected, helped other girls to study medicine, and was a founder of the Auburn City Hospital and the Cayuga County Political Equality Club, which was influential in winning the vote for New York State women. Mention is made of other women physicians: Eliza Mosher, Katherine Munhall, Elizabeth Gerow, Emma Call, and Anne Searing. 10 pp. xerox copy, including 1 p. of bibliography. (Sept 21)
Box 2 Folder 16
Amanda Sanford Hickey of Auburn
Scope and Contents
Biographical sketch by FWH 9 pp. plus 1 p. bibliography. Original typescript.
Box 2 Folder 16
unsigned letter to Dr. Eliza M. Mosher
1894-10
Scope and Contents
Original, but incomplete (1pc. - 4pp.) concerns the death of Dr. Hickey from one who was there. Letter is unsigned, but name "Walley" is written in top left corner of page 1. (The obituary notice lists an N.P. Walley as a pallbearer; perhaps writer is his wife)
Box 2 Folder 16
Katharine S. Munhall to Mrs. Hazzard
1945-03-28
Scope and Contents
From Katharine S. Munhall, M.D. , Buffalo, New York concerning Dr. Hickey, whom she had known. 2 pcs. - 5 pp.
Box 2 Folder 16
"Pioneer Women in Medicine Spread to the States Prior to 1900"
1947-12
Scope and Contents
By Bertha L. Selmon, M.D. Editor, History of Women in Medicine, Medical Woman's Journal, Dec. 1947, Vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 39-43. Contains a section on Dr. Hickey, as well as mention of Helen Maria Upjohn (1839-1901), Helen Frances Warner (1843-1905), Cornelia Elizabeth Whitbeck (1836-1915), and others, several of whom received their M.D.'s from the University of Michigan.
Box 2 Folder 16
Notes on Dr. Hickey
1871-06-1872-06
Scope and Contents
Two pages: one in FWH's hand, is from the minutes of the Cayuga County Medical Society and refers to Dr. H's admission to the Society in June 1871 and her appointment as a delegate, June 1872, to the "N.Y. Central Medical Assn."; the other, typewritten, is taken from Inez H. Irwin's comments on Dr. H. in her Angels and Amazons.
Box 2 Folder 16
Obituary and memorial notices on death of Dr. Hickey, 5 clippings
1894-10-17
Box 2 Folder 16
Stephen Mosher to FWH
1846
Scope and Contents
"Strange Fruits of Cayuga County" by FWH includes a letter from Stephen Mosher (1800 - c. 1864), written in 1846, when the author had just returned from Texas. He was the uncle of Eliza Mosher. The essay gives a picture of the times. 10 pp. xerox copy, including 1 p. of bibliography. (Sept. 21)
Box 2 Folder 17
Alice Freeman Palmer 1855-1902
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A 22 pp. biographical sketch of Mrs. Palmer by FWH (typescript)
Box 2 Folder 18
Harriet May Mills 1857-1935
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Leaflet apparently prepared as publicity material for Miss Mills as a lecturer 4 pp.; includes a biographical sketch, a picture, a list of her lecture subjects, and excerpts from press notices. n.d. but after 1913.
Box 2 Folder 18
Prudence Crandall 1803-1889
1955
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Hazzard's notes and comments on Elizabeth Yates' Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage (Aladdin Books: New York 1955) 3 pp. typescript.
Box 3
"Woman Pioneers in Democracy"
1948
Scope and Contents
A book-length manuscript by Florence Woolsey Hazzard. The manuscript comprises a history of women's status in America and biographical essays about the following women: Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818); Emma Willard (1787-1870); Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880); Lucretia Mott (1793-1880); Sarah Moore Grimke (1792-1873); Angelina Grimke Weld (1805-1879); Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850); Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902); Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906); and an afterword, briefly describing the history of the women's rights movement and describing conditions 1890-1941. typescript, pp. 1-121; pp. 161-236.
Box 3
"Pioneer Women of Washtenaw County"
1948-06
Scope and Contents
By Florence Woolsey Hazzard, Michigan History, June 1948, pp. 181-201. This article is a revised form of a paper read before the Social Neighborhood Club in Ann Arbor, Oct. 30, 1945.
Box 3
"Women Pioneers in Democracy"
1949-12
Scope and Contents
By Florence Woolsey Hazzard, Pi Lambda Theta Journal, XXVII; 2, pp. 110-112. This article is an abstract of FWH's book-length manuscript, "Women Pioneers in Democracy."
Box 3
Trends in Part Time Employment of College Trained women"
1949
Scope and Contents
By Eva B. Hansl. (New York: The Woman's Press, 1949) 63 pp. pamphlet.
Box 3
Miscellaneous Items
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typewritten notes on the AAUW and notes pertaining to women from published works; a typewritten poem by FWH; and negatives of photographs already described. 11 pcs.
Box 3
"Some of the Early History of the Town of Scipio"
1940
Scope and Contents
Town of Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, prepared by Austin B. Comstock, a member of the Town Board and one of the oldest living residents, in 1940. Presented by Comstock to FWH in 1940. 27 mimeographed pp.
Box 3
Hazzard Family Items
Scope and Contents
Letters of recommendation for Mrs. Hazzard pertaining to a fellowship application to Goucher College for writing on "The Political Education of Women in the United States," a letter from her to the Fellowship Committee of Pi Lambda Theta (Sept, 30, 1959 re: her proposed "evaluation of methods and training in Special Education," and letters of recommendation for her in connection with her work with handicapped children (Jan. 24, 1940-Sept. 30,1959, 10 pcs.); pp. 1-6 of the Pennsylvania Angler (Dec. 27, 1958 - 3 pcs.) (FWH's husband, Albert S. Hazzard (ASH) received his A.B. from Cornell in 1924, his Ph.D. from Cornell 1931, and was an Instructor in Zoology at C.U. from 1924-1931. He was Assistant Director of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission Directory in 1959; a biographical sketch of Albert S. Hazzard, issued by the Penn. Fish Comm. Directory when Hazzard became Assistant Director (1 pc. 1955); a testimonial dinner program on Hazzard's retirement from the above job (1 pc. March 30, 1963); a card with some of Hazzard's honors and activities listed (n.d.); 1 typed page of biographical material on Florence and Albert Hazzard (1965); a list of writing on women, published and unpublished, by Florence Hazzard (1 pc., n.d.); a March of Dimes brochure in which was printed both a letter to FWH from a mother and a reference to FWH as a volunteer worker for the National Foundation (March of Dimes) c. 1963 (1 pc.); p.8 from the Alumni News of July 1958, containing reference to the Hazzards' son William, '58; two photos of Albert Hazzard (1963) and two of FWH n.d.) (additional items received from FWH Dec. 23, 1965)
Box 4
Eliza Mosher 1846-1928
1846-1928
Scope and Contents
Eliza Mosher-Medical Student by FWH. This essay describes Miss Mosher's life at the University of Michigan Medical School, at which she was one of the first women students. 10 pp. verifax copy from Quarterly Review. (date unknown). Another article on Eliza Mosher from a series "Pioneer Women in Medicine, Spread to the States Prior to 1900" in Medical Woman's Journal, Feb. 1948, pp. 38-42. This article by FWH describes Miss Mosher's early life, study at the University of Michigan Medical School, work in the Women' Reform Prison in Massachusetts, in private practice, as physician for Vassar College, and as the first Dean of Women at the University of Michigan 7 pp. verifax copy. "Eliza Mosher - Dean of Women" by FWH. This article describes Dr. Mosher's work as the Dean of Women, resident physician, first woman professor, and director of the new women's gymnasium at the University of Michigan. from Quarterly Review, date unknown. 10 pp. verifax copy. Microfilm: "Heart of the Oak, The Story of Eliza Mosher." 1 reel negative.
Box 4
Dr. Mosher autobiography
1966-07
Scope and Contents
Manuscript by Mrs. Hazzard. 20 chapters in 5 sections (314 pp. typescript, with 5 pp. foreword, dated Cadosia, July 1966 and chapter title pages and footnotes). Note: Although the subject matter covered is roughly the same, this is not identical to the MSS. biography "Heart of the Oak - The Story of Eliza Mosher," which Mrs. Hazzard allowed us to borrow for microfilming in March 1966. An examination of the microfilm (1 reel neg.) indicates that the foreword, dated LeMoyne, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1958, also has a different text, that there are ten, rather than twenty, chapters with different titles than those on the typescript, and that each chapter is numbered from page 1, rather than from 1 to 300-odd throughout.
Box 4
"Woman's Mission"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A statement by Dr. Mosher printed on a card.
Box 4
Notes on Dr. Mosher in FWH's hand:
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Taken from her papers in the Michigan Historical Collections, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor
Box 4
Eliza Mosher to Adelaide Sutton
1868-07-26
Scope and Contents
Excerpt from letter to Adelaide, DeRuyter, from Eliza Mosher written from home. Mentions attendance at Wells commencement in Aurora, at which Ezra Cornell and George B. Curtis were present; is considering attending classes there the next autumn.
Box 4
Eliza Mosher to unidentified recipient
1909-04-18
Scope and Contents
Letter begins "I saw as I was hurrying toward a patient's house one of those long caterpillar like blossoms….." writer is presumably E.M.M.; recipient not stated.
Box 4
Page of genealogical data
date unknown
Scope and Contents
On Eliza's line back to Jonathan Mosher (d. 1760) and to earlier Tabers and Cookes.
Box 4
Maria Mosher to Franky and Adda Sutton
1856-03-24-1927-09
Scope and Contents
From her papers in the Michigan Historical Collection: Xerox copy of 2 pp. letter from Maria Mosher, Poplar Ridge, to her nieces, Franky (Frances?) and Adda (Adelaide) Sutton at DeRuyter, March 24, 1856. Also, Xerox of envelope and a note concerning it, presumably written by E.M.M. Sept. 1927, 1 pg.
Box 4
Maria Mosher to Augustus & Children
1857-05-10
Scope and Contents
From her papers in the Michigan Historical Collection: Xerox copy of 2 pp. Letter to "Dear Augustus & Children" from Maria Mosher, Eliza's mother, written on "first day afternoon 1857-04-10; also a typescript carbon of same letter, dated May 10, 1857, from daughter Hannah's home near Yorktown, N.Y.
Box 4
Xerox of Patent granted to Eliza Mosher for chairs
1915-07-27
Box 4
Poem "To Dr. Eliza M. Mosher"
1925
Scope and Contents
Written as a tribute on her 50th year of practice; signed by Katharine Lee Bates and written on English Department stationery, Wellesley College. Typewritten Xerox copy
Box 4
Eliza Mosher to Sarah Searing
1922-09-03
Scope and Contents
Letter to niece Sarah Searing from Dr. Mosher at Geneva, Switzerland, where she was a convention delegate; mentions social work of the League of Nations and attendance at church where Calvin preached.
Box 4
Xerox of Patent granted to Eliza Mosher for desks
1899-07-04
Box 4
Xerox of page from The Literary Digest
1925-04-04
Scope and Contents
Fragment of a page concerning Dr. Mosher's career.
Box 5
"A Short History of John Brown"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Mimeo. typescripts 4 pp. (2 copies)
Box 5
"Detailed Information Regarding John Brown Gravesite"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Mimeo. typescripts 2 pp. (2 copies)
Box 5
"Detailed Information Regarding John Brown Home at Lake Placid"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Mimeo. typescripts 2 pp. (2 copies)
Box 5
Pamphlet - "The John Brown Farm & Grave at Lake Placid, N.Y."
date unknown
Box 5
Edwin N. Cotter, Jr. - cover letter for above items
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Cover letter regarding the above and pamphlet from Edwin N. Cotter, Jr. Superintendent of Brown Historic Site. A Historic Site of New York State. Administered by the N.Y.S. Conservation Department. n.d.
Box 5
Emily Howland to Samuel May Jr. (?)
1859-12-02
Scope and Contents
Coronastat copy of letter from Emily Howland, to "My dear friends" (Samuel May Jr.?) Plus 3 pp. typed copy. Original in Rare Book Room, Boston Public Library.
Series III. Lecture Notes and Books
Box 1
Lecture or reading notes, Handwritten, 42 pp.
date unknown
Box 1
Psychology lecture notes - handwritten, 66 pgs.
1925-1926
Scope and Contents
By Titchener, unless specified.
Box 1
Psychology of Vocabulary 6 pp typescript
1895-10
Scope and Contents
By Titchener from American Journal of Psychology, VII pp. 79-85
Box 1
Notes on Systematic Psychology
1926-1927
Scope and Contents
From Dr. Weld's course, first term, "Perception and Idea" - 137 pp. (both sides) plus 42 pp. (one side) handwritten.
Box 1
The Context -Theory of Meaning
1926-10-06
Scope and Contents
Marked, "Paper, Graduate Club, FBW" 12 pp. typescript
III.a. Offprints and Reprints
Box 1
"Description vs. Statement of Meaning"
1912-04
Scope and Contents
by E.B. Titchener. Reprinted from American Journal of Psychology XXIII pp. 165-182
Box 1
"Urban's Tables and the Method of Constant Stimuli"
1917-04
Scope and Contents
by E.G. Boring Reprinted from American Journal of Psychology XXVIII pp. 280-293
Box 1
"A Note on Henning's Smell Series"
1922-07
Scope and Contents
by Forrest L. Dimmick. Offprint from American Journal of Psychology XXXIII pp. 423-425
Box 1
"Minor Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of Cornell University"
1924-04
Scope and Contents
Communicated by E.B. Titchener. Offprinted from American Journal of Psychology XXXV pp. 267-279
Box 1
"Minor Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of Cornell University"
1924-10
Scope and Contents
Offprinted from American Journal of Psychology XXXV pp. 605-612
Box 1
"Minor Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of Cornell University"
1925-10
Scope and Contents
Communicated by E.B. Titchener. Offprinted from American Journal of Psychology XXXVI pp. 621-628
Box 1
"Notes"
1926-01
Scope and Contents
Offprinted from the American Journal of Psychology XXXVII pp. 149-156
Box 1
"The Experience of Heat"
1927-07
Scope and Contents
by Newton C. Burnett and Karl M. Dallenbach. Offprinted from the American Journal of Psychology XXXVIII pp. 418-431
Box 1
"A Thumb Sucking Cure"
1932-03
Scope and Contents
By Florence W. Hazzard. Reprinted from Child Development, III pp. 80-81
Box 1
An Introduction to Reflective Thinking
1923
Scope and Contents
Book Review by Columbia Associates in Philosophy. (Boston; Houghton Mifflin) Review by Florence B. Woolsey. From Book Reviews, pp. 301-302
Series IV. Psychology of Odor Perception
Box 1
A list of substances listed as odorous
date unknown
Scope and Contents
From the Condensed Chemical Dictionary 11 pp. handwritten
Box 1
"Qualitative Resemblance Among Odors"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Experiments by L.M. Hatfield 3 pp. handwritten
Box 1
"The Chemistry of Odor"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
From Henning 37 pp. handwritten
Box 1
Qualitative Series
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Notes from Henning 11 pp. handwritten
Box 1
"The Smell Prism"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
From Henning 8 pp. handwritten
Box 1
Chem. and Psychology Parts
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Substances from Henning (a list of substances) 10 pp. handwritten
Box 1
Translation by Florence B. Woolsey
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Reference: Wundt, Wilhelm, Grundzuge der Physiologischen Psychologie, Fifth Edition, Vol. II pp. 47-48 2 pp. typescript
Box 1
Notes on odors from various authors
date unknown
Scope and Contents
36 pp. handwritten
Box 1
"A Preliminary Study of the Phenomenology of Odors"
1924
Scope and Contents
An experiment conducted at Goucher College under the direction of Dr. Grace Adams. 6 pp. typescript including tables. Marked "original"
Box 1
"A Descriptive Account of Odors"
1929-06
Scope and Contents
A Ph.D. thesis by Florence Woolsey Hazzard, Ithaca, N.Y. 331 pp.
Box 1
"Der Geruch"
1922-08
Scope and Contents
By H. Henning. Bericht von Schimmel & Co. (Inhaber: Karl u. Hermann Fritzsche) in Miltitz Bez. Leipzig. Uber Atherische Ole, Riechstoffe usw 33 pp. typescript
Box 1
"Der Geruch" translation
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Handwritten - 7 pp.
Box 1
"Der Geruch" translation
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Handwritten - 48 pp., and one typescript page, "Remarks on the chemical part of the book by Hans Henning: "Der Geruch" by O. Wallach
Series V. Photographs
Box 2 Folder 1
Photographs of Grimke sisters
date unknown
Box 2 Folder 5
Photo of Carrie Chapman Catt
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Printed photograph of Carrie C. Catt. ( 3" x 4 1/2" undated)
Box 2 Folder 5
Photograph of Rachel Brooks Gleason, M.D. and her husband, Silas Orsemus Gleason, M.D.
date unknown
Scope and Contents
In folder with Blake prospectus. Glossary photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Gleason in their mature years. (4" x 6" undated)
Box 2 Folder 6
Photograph of Sarah Grimke
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Glossy reprint photograph of Sarah Grimke. (3 1/4" x 4" undated)
Box 2 Folder 7
Photo of Cornelia Hancock
1917
Scope and Contents
Matte photograph of Cornelia Hancock in 1917. (3 1/2" x 5")
Box 2 Folder 12
Photo of Harriet Tubman and a group of colored invalids, Auburn
1887
Scope and Contents
Glossy photograph of Harriet Tubman with 7 negro invalids, Auburn, N.Y. 1887. ( 7" x 5") Neg. # 184
Box 2 Folder 15
Photographs of Elizabeth Blackwell
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Two photographs of Elizabeth Blackwell (one is a magazine clipping) Matte photograph by Elliott & Fry. (Photograph given by Dr. Blackwell to Eliza Mosher probably about 1900) (4"x6 1/2" - neg. # 1054)
Box 2 Folder 15
Photo of Emily Blackwell
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Emily Blackwell, M.D. (also from a book or magazine.) Printed photograph of Emily Blackwell as a mature woman. (3" x 3 3/4" undated.)
Box 2 Folder 16
Color snapshot of Peterson's portrait of Amanda Sanford Hickey
date unknown
Scope and Contents
In possession of Miss Jessie Bolemius, Auburn. Pictured card made 7/69 undated.
Box 2 Folder 18
Photo Marriet May Mills
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photo size 8"x11". Picture card made 7/69; main entry card made to picture card 6/84. Neg and 5x7 glossy print made 6/84. Neg. #1349, in neg. file; also, negs. 1353-56
Box 3
Photograph of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Glossy print of Elizabeth Cady Stanton as a mature woman. (5" x 7" undated. ) Women Pioneers in Democracy, pp. 161-236. neg. # 497
Box 3
Photograph of Susan B. Anthony
1906
Scope and Contents
Glossy print of Susan B. Anthony (1906) (5" x 7") Women Pioneers in Democracy pp. 161-236. (cf. same picture in Howland microfilm, # 45 on microfilm check list, dated 1894) neg. # 495
Box 3
First International Convention of Women.
1888
Scope and Contents
First International Convention of Women (for women's rights) 1888. Xerox of delegates, names included (in three parts). The Xerox is from engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 7, 1888. Also, a xerox of a short article on the women at the Convention, Leslie's, same date. A photograph of the same convention can be found in Life magazine, Feb. 28, 1938. A tracing of the picture, with name, and a paper with names and seat positions of the delegates are also included. 6 pcs. The photograph was by Brady and Rice.
Box 3
Photo of Woman Suffrage Convention
1891
Scope and Contents
Glossy reprint of photograph of the Woman Suffrage Convention of 1891. (7" x 4 1/2" neg. # 766.) With some identification attached, mostly illegible. Also, a paper with some names and seat positions of delegates filled in, probably inaccurate. Another paper listing some names in seating order. 5 pcs.
Box 3
Two Photos of Albert Hazzard and two of FWH (n.d.)
1963
Box 4
Eliza Maria Mosher
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Black and white snapshot of Dr. Mosher in late years (back row) with an unidentified man and woman about her age and a young man and woman. (4 1/4" x 3 1/4" undated) Picture card made 7/69
Box 4
Eliza Maria Mosher
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Picture of Dr. Mosher in later life, cut from a magazine. (Oval, c. 5" x 6" undated). Picture card made 7/69 neg. # 1353
Box 5
1 colored snapshot
1968-06-05
Scope and Contents
Picture of John Brown's tombstone, Lake Placid, taken by Mrs. Hazzard
Box 5
1 black & white snapshot
1968-06-05
Scope and Contents
Picture of Brown's grave, Lake Placid, taken by Mrs. Hazzard
Box 5
1 colored snapshot
1958-06-05
Scope and Contents
Picture near Cornell sugarhouse, Lake Placid taken by Mrs. Hazzard
Series VI. Microfilm
Box 2 Folder 10
"Emily Howland Film"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
A list of materials used, and notes on material. 24 pp. xerox reproductions. (4 copies - 2 handwritten and 2 typed). 1 reel positive microfilm "Emily Howland Film" contains: photographs, letters, printed materials, etc. (In microfilm cabinet). (For additional material pertaining to Emily Howland, see Tubman, and also correspondence under Howland, Catt, Hancock.)
Box 4
Eliza Mosher
date unknown
Scope and Contents
"Heart of the Oak, The Story of Eliza Mosher." 394 pp. manuscript by FWH. 1 reel negative.
VI.a. Notations from Pictures
Scope and Contents
Numbers correspond with photos
Miss Pierce, Emily Howland, Isabel Howland. Back row: Principal of Kowaliga School
1913
Howland School and Buildings
1908
Scope and Contents
Photographed by Robert J.M. Parks, Avalon, Va.
The New School Building - Howland Hall
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Statesboro, Georgia
From Mrs. Gale to Miss Howland
1921-07
Interior of Holly School House
1896-02-10
Scope and Contents
Jan.--,C.F. Pe Mr. Middleton Photographer
Emily Howland stands near a machine that she presented to the iron workers at Tuskegee School
1897-03
S. Howland Emily Howland & Grant at Home Summer of 1875
1875
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
date unknown
Susan B. Anthony
1894-08
Harriet Tubman at Home and Her Friends
1887
Emily Howland - 20 years old
1848
Richard Walsh age 4 - Jimme Guinan age 4 with Emily Howland
1925-04-17
Old Horseblock and lilac bush - sketch by Emily Howland
1866
View from the sitting room window looking south, nothing left of the lilac, the horseblock, the evergreens or the square capped fir at this date or for many a year
1900-05-26
Pandita Rarnabai
date unknown
A view taken and given to me by Mrs. Ryan (March 5, 1900).
-1900-03-05
Scope and Contents
This house was built by the Orthodox Friends after the division which took place in 1829. Probably it was built in 1833 or 1834. Signed Emily Howland
Brick Meeting House where I have sat motionless many hours of my life.
date unknown
Scope and Contents
The Brick Meeting House, where I sat motionless many hours of my life. After the Meeting expired in 1906 it became a barn. My Aunt Phebe Tallcot bought and planted the trees. My father had the hedge planted. Signed Emily Howland
Delegates to N.A.W.S.A.
1891
Scope and Contents
1st row: Mrs. Greenleaf, Mrs. Blake, Rec. Pierson, Mrs. Hooker, Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Spafford, Anna Shaw, Mrs. Balgame. 2nd row: Mrs. Shetmore, Lavinia Hatch, Mrs. McDiarma. 3rd row: Mrs. Bonza, Lucy Anthony, R.Y. Avery, Mrs. Betty Eliza Tottard, Mrs. Edson, Mrs. Kafare. 4th row: Mrs. Howard, M.F. Easton, Marilla Pierson, Mrs. Kimbal, Mrs. Kipland. 5th row: Emily Howland, Helen Wilson, Harriet Taylor or Upton (I don't know how near right these names are for they are dim on the original print. I am sending a copy - the names are as near as I could make out. E.M.H.)
Picture - nothing written on it.
date unknown
Chippendale Secretary which stood in Emily Howland's home
date unknown
John Brown
date unknown
Drawing by Emily Howland
1881-09-01
Drawing by Miss Howland - W House (Nantucket?)
1881-09-02
Sea Foam House drawn by Emily Howland
1881-09-01