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Finding aid created by Katie M. Ross and Vicky O'Brien, 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Pease Family Papers, 1869-1888 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2008.55

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Pease Family Papers 1869-18881869-1888 01/Mss. Acc. 2008.55 0.50 The papers are in: English Pease, Annie, fl. 1869-1888Pease, Nellie, fl. 1869-1888 arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

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 Preferred Citation

Pease Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/22/2008.

 Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Annie Pease">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Annie Pease</a>.

 Scope and Contents

This collection comprises letters sent primarily to and from Annie and Nellie Pease.  They are from local friends and schoolmates as well as members of the Pease family who are situated for the most part in Bangor and Cornish, Maine.  The letters deal with the personal lives of a close social network of young girls and their families who stay in touch after their graduation from school.  The subjects of the letters range from classes, teachers and vacation plans to what is going on in the local community concerning deaths, weddings, and travel. A detailed examination of these letters reveals information concerning the school life and education of young, nineteenth-century women as well as their own experiences of teaching.  Moreover, there are details as to what books were popular, from Caesar to Cicero and Dickens to Emerson, as well as to what subjects were being taught and how the girls responded to them; botany, natural history, and flower collecting are frequently mentioned.  In addition, these letters reveal the details of nineteenth-century social life: relationships and work in the home, the importance of travel, the spread of local gossip, the discussion of fashion, sewing, and fabric, and the attendance of concerts, lectures, and prayer meetings for entertainment and edification.  Personal views and opinions regarding religion are prominent and a basic understanding of the religious milieu of these young women and their families can be ascertained.  Yet another prominent theme is the omnipresence of sickness and death; these letters afford insight into how death was dealt with as well as how it affected people in terms of remarriage and mixed families.

 Arrangement of Materials

Chronological.

 Additional Information Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Geographic Name: Maine--Social life and customs--19th century. Topical Term: Education--Maine. Maine--History--19th century. United States--Women--History Women--Education--Maine. Women--Maine--Social life and customs. Women--United States--History--19th century. Detailed Description of the Collection Letter to Annie Pease id28000 23 October 1869. 1 1 item. Letters to Annie Pease id33856 1873 2 Letters to Annie Pease id28006 1874 3 2 items. Letter, 1873 id28001 12 December 1873 3 Letter, 1874. Of Ella Stanley id28002 12 June 1874 3 Letters to Annie Pease id28004 1875 4 19 items. id28019 4 1 Letters to Annie Pease id28009 1876 5 26 items Letters to Annie Pease id28010 1877 6 17 items. Letters to Annie Pease id28011 1878 7 33 items. Letters to Annie Pease id28016 1879 8 42 items. Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id28017 1880 9 36 items. Letters to Annie Pease id28018 1881 10 21 items. Letters to Annie Pease id28020 1882 11 16 items. id28021 11 Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id28022 1883 12 42 items. Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id28023 1884 13 37 items. Letters to Annie Pease and to Nellie Pease id28024 1885 14 30 items. Letters to Annie Pease and to Nellie Pease id28025 1886 15 18 items. Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id28026 1887 16 28 items. Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id28027 1888 17 22 items. Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id33841 1889 18 Letters to Annie Pease and Nellie Pease id33843 1891 19 Letters to Annie Pease id33845 1892 20 Letters to Annie Pease and Cousin Lauriston id33847 1898 21 Letters to Annie Pease id33849 1899 22 Postcard to Annie Pease id33850 1900 23 Postcards to Annie Pease id33838 Jan.6- Dec. 25. Year Undated. 24 Undated Letters to Annie Pease id33835 25