| Description |
5.25 linear feet (12 boxes) |
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text marccontent |
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still image marccontent |
| Description |
Series I: Correspondence. Series II: University of Chicago includes valuable material on the early history of the University, with a particular focus on women students. Series III: Diaries, Articles and Books, includes diaries and travel journals, drafts and reprints of articles and addresses drafts, proofs and correspondence related to Talbot's books, particularly More than Lore (1936). Series IV contains memorabilia and autographs collected by Talbot, material related to the life and work of her parents, particularly her mother, Emily Talbot and autobiographical documents. Series V: Photographs, includes primarily family and personal images; also included are photographs of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franz Liszt and views of Boston ca. 1892. Series VI contains a small number of postcards, clippings on co-education, and small files of material on the World's Columbian Exposition and the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. |
| Access |
No restrictions. |
| Summary |
Personal correspondence: exchanges between Talbot's parents, Israel Tisdale Talbot and Emily Fairbanks, and their associates, and Talbot's own early letters (before 1892); letters to family concerning early years at the University of Chicago (1893-1900); correspondence with Louisa May Alcott. Professional correspondence, including: William Rainey Harper, Harry Pratt Judson, Edith Abbott, Grace Abbott, Sophonisba Breckinridge, Julia Clifford Lathrop, Julia Marlowe, Alice Freeman Palmer, Edith Rickert, and others. Correspondence with publishers. Records of Dean of Women (1892-1925) and the Department of Household Administration. Papers, articles, and speeches (1877-1948). Biographical sketches written for the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Offprints of column in The House Beautiful (1902-1904). Typescript and proofs of More than Lore (1936). Diaries (1879-1880, 1880-1881, 1886, 1908). Engagement books and calendars. Photographs and memorabilia. |
| Notes |
B.A., Boston University, 1880; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1888. Instructor in domestic science, Wellesley College, 1890-1892. Assistant professor of sanitary science, University of Chicago, 1892-1895; associate professor of sanitary science, 1895-1904; associate professor of household administration, 1904-1905; professor of household administration, 1905-1925. Dean of undergraduate women, 1892-1899; dean of women in the University, 1899-1925. President of Association of Collegiate Alumnae, 1895-1897. Acting president, Constantinople Woman's College, 1927-1928, 1931-1932. |
| Finding Aids |
12 p. finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. |
| Sujet |
Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.
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Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957.
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Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
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Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston, 1866-1948.
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Harper, William Rainey, 1856-1906.
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Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927.
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Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932.
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Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950.
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Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902.
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Rickert, Edith, 1871-1938.
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Talbot, Marion, 1858-1948.
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Association of Collegiate Alumnae (U.S.)
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American College for Girls (Istanbul, Turkey)
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University of Chicago. Dept. of Sociology.
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University of Chicago. Dept. of Household Administration.
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Home economics -- Study and teaching.
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Women -- Education (Higher) -- Illinois.
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| Genre |
Diaries.
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| Autre Titre |
Talbot, Marion, papers |
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