Litchfield Female Academy collection
1890-07-2
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of The Litchfield Female Academy, Litchfield, Connecticut. Early records refer to the Academy as Miss Pierce's School, Miss Pierce's Academy, and Sarah Pierce's Academy. In the collection are institutional records; correspondence, diaries, journals, school notebooks, and albums of students; papers of Sarah Pierce and the Pierce family; and correspondence of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel regarding her research for her books "Chronicles of a Pioneer School, from 1792 to 1833" , published in 1903 and "More Chronicles of a Pioneer School" published in 1927. Included in the institutional records are works written by Sarah Pierce and her nephew, John Pierce Brace.
Dates
- created: 1787-1927
- Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1890
Creator
- Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 (Person)
- Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes, 1842-1939 (Person)
- Brace, John Pierce, 1793-1872 (Person)
- Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
11.67 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged in 4 series:
Series 1. Litchfield Female Academy Institutional Records
Series 2. Student Paper, Records, and Documents
Series 3. Pierce Family Papers
Series 4. Emily Noyes Vanderpoel Papers
This collection has been assembled from 3 collections: Litchfield Female Academy, Sarah Pierce, and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. These collections had been assembled, re-assembled, and intermingled over many years with additions from many donors [see Acquisition Information -Accruals/Additions].
Source of Acquisition
Gray, Jane (Loring), Mrs. Asa
Method of Acquisition
Donated
Accruals and Additions
Gifts from Charles Mansfield (1890); Mrs. John A. Vanderpoel (1900); Dwight C. Kilbourn (1900); Miss Lewis (1911); Edgar Van Winkle (1913); Mrs. Morris Seymour (1914); Mrs. Edward Seymour (1916); Dr. John Buel (1916; Cornelia Rankin (1920); Lucy Brace Sadikoff (1920); Gertrude E. Welch (1920); Kate E. Westbrook (1928); Marcus Reynolds (1933); M.T. Reynolds (1935); Mrs. VanWinkle (1943); Jane G. Cooke(1947); Elizabeth M. Hall (1950); Mrs. James Woodruff (1953); Dorothy Johnson (1954); Mrs. Floyd Vanderpoel (1954); D. H. Hill, Jr. Library at North Carolina State University (1964); Eaton Jone estate (1971); William Warren (1973); Mrs. Richard Brickley (1981); Museum purchase (1982); Mr. and Mrs. C. Minor Barringer (1993); Doris Townsend (1998); Chris Sinacola (2000); Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Bramley (2005); Charles Stookey (2006).
Existence and Location of Originals
Transcriptions are available for some documents.
http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org
Separated Materials
Catalogues for 1824, 1825, 1826 & 1830 are housed in an oversize box. Daguerreotypes and photographs of portraits of Sarah Pierce, Mary Pierce, John Brace Pierce and other Pierce family members are shelved in separate boxes. Framed documents housed in Curatorial Center.
Other Descriptive Information
Material objects related to the Litchfield Female Academy include needlework, watercolors, watchpapers, maps, items belonging to Sarah Pierce, etc. Contact the Museum Curator for further information.
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Processing Information
This collection consisted of three primary collections: The Litchfield Female Academy: Sarah Pierce; and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. Over the course of time, these collections had been mingled and rearranged so that it was not possible to distinguish the original location or source of many of the materials. Other documents were filed in Miscellaneous Manuscripts.
Subject
- Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) (Organization)
- Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 (Person)
- Brace, John Pierce, 1793-1872 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Account books
- Autograph albums
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Exercise books
- Notebooks
- Receipts
- Rewards of merit
Geographic
Topical
- Rules of Litchfield Female Academy
- Rules of Miss Pierce's School
- Rules for the School and Family
- Prospectus
- John Pierce Brace Album
- Blackman, Susan Photograph of Portrait
- Clarke, Mary Album
- Collins, Cynthia Photos
- Buel, Mary Diploma
- Buell, Lois Ann Reward of Merit
- Dodge, Julia Photo of Portrait
- Grant, Harriet Diploma
- Cooke, Elizabeth Photo
- Dodge, Julia Diploma
- Heminway, Mary Ann Diploma
- Kilbourn, Elizabeth Rewards of Merit
- Hunt, Mary Ann Photo
- Knickerbocker, Caroline Photos
- Miner, Zervia Reward of Merit
- Parmalee, Celeste Diploma
- Sanford, Amelia Diploma
- Sanford, Maria Diploma
- Tallmadge, Adeline Journal
- Tuttle, Maria Notebook
- Woodruff, Henrietta Diploma
- Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield
- Litchfield Female Academy , View of
- Litchfield Female Academy 1816 Catalogue
- Litchfield Female Seminary, 1838-1898
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 84
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 148
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 192
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 194
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 200
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 58 and 59
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 17
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 11
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 5
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 214
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 216
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 212
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 202
- Mary Wallace Peck Album pg 115
- Whiting, Sarah to Griswold, Sophia
- Whiting, Sarah to Griswold, Sophia
- Shedden, Jane E to Brace, John P Letter
- Waterman, Delia (Storrs) to Storrs, Lucius
- Child, Mary A. Journal
- Roxana Clark to Sophia Griswold Letter Two
- Cory, Clara to Brace, John P Letter
- Clark, Amelia Maria to Deming, Sarah
- Gay, Sarah Letters
- Eliza Ogden Correspondence
- McLachlan, Juliana to Brace, Jane P. Letter
- Wells, Jane Album of pencil drawings and watercolors
- Clarke, Mary Album
- Roxana Clark to Sophia Griswold Letter One
- Title
- Litchfield Female Academy collection
- Author
- Lee S. Cook
- Date
- 01/07/2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org