Mary Taylor Hale Correspondence
c.00330

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Hale, Mary Taylor
Title
Mary Taylor Hale correspondence
ID
c.00330
Date [inclusive]
1835-1880
Extent
0.25 Cubic feet , 8 folders
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

The bulk of the correspondence was written by friends and relatives in Michigan and California in the period 1864-1880 to Mary Taylor, later Mrs. Richard Hale, a school teacher residing in Milford, Michigan

In addition to education and the problems of teaching, such topics as the Civil War, the draft, election politics, and farming activities are discussed.

Also included are the courtship letters (1842) of John Taylor of Milford and Jane Wark of New York City.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections March 1967

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  April 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Bessie Pierson, 1962-07-02. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Letters (correspondence)

Geographic Name(s)

  • Michigan -- Politics and government
  • Milford (Mich.)
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Personal Name(s)

  • Pierson, Bessie

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- California
  • Agriculture -- Michigan
  • Education -- Michigan
  • Education -- New York (State)
  • Education, Secondary -- Michigan
  • Women

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Collection Inventory

Correspondence 

Folder

 1835-1842 

1

 1864 

2

 1865 

3

 January-May 1866 

4

 June-December 1866 

5

 1867-1877 

6

 1878 

7

 1879-1880 

8