This collection contains the 1985 term paper of Mary Nason, written while attending Trinity College as a graduate student. Nason’s original paper discusses the lives of women in Simsbury, Connecticut in the 18th century. The rest of the collection is the research notes, bibliographic citations and other documents compiled by Nason between 1985 and 2012 to expand her research on women through the 19th century. She did research at the Library of Congress and the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institutes for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
This collection contains the 1985 term paper of Mary Nason, written while attending Trinity College as a graduate student. Nason’s original paper discusses the lives of women in Simsbury, Connecticut in the 18th century. The rest of the collection is the research notes, bibliographic citations and other documents compiled by Nason between 1985 and 2012 to expand her research on women through the 19th century. She did research at the Library of Congress and the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institutes for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Finding Aid - Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury
Collection Accession # | Collection Title | Call # | Box # | Folder # | Series | Description | Start Date | End Date | Notes |
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Collection Accession # | Collection Title | Call # | Box # | Folder # | Series | Description | Start Date | End Date | Notes |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 1/20 | 1: Term Paper | The Goodwives of Simsbury - Term Paper | 1985 | Original graded term paper written by Mary Nason while attending Trinity College and a working draft of the paper on continuous form paper. | |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 2/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Bibliography | 1985 | 2012 | List of bibliographic citations for books broadly related to the woman's experience in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the sources used in the writing of the term paper, The Goodwives of Simsbury. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 3/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Church/Religion | 1818 | 1897 | Index cards and notes pertaining to church and religion, with some information about individual people. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 4/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Commerce/Shops | 1813 | 1899 | Index card with information cited from various Day Books and Account Books dated in the 19th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 5/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Domestic/Clothes | 1801 | 1866 | Index card notes pertaining to clothing and property |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 6/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Education | 1800 | 1899 | Index cards and other notes pertaining primarily to the education of women in the 19th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 7/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Education - 1800's | 1800 | 1899 | Notes and source material about education during the 19th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 8/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Education - Schools - Simsbury | 1670 | 2012 | Notes and source material related to education and schools in Simsbury, Connecticut. Basic information on the evolution of education in Simsbury is dated from the 17th to the 20th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 9/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Education - Writings by Women - 1800's | 1800 | 1899 | Notes and source material of female writers during the 19th century |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 10/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Families and Individuals | 1700 | 1899 | Index card notes about various families and individuals. Content varies from vital records and relations to notes about scrapbooks and individual's notebooks. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 11/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Family - Death and Health | 1700 | 1899 | Source material and notes related to death and health in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 12/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Family - Divorce | 1700 | 1899 | Notes and source material related to the divorces of various Simsbury, Connecticut inhabitants during the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 13/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Family - Marriage and Family | 1800 | 1899 | Notes and source material related to marriages and family matters of various Simsbury residents during the 19th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 14/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Indian - Negro | 1620 | 1776 | One page of notes taken from book titled, The Negro in Colonized New England, 1620-1776 |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 15/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Inventories - Wills | 1779 | 1839 | Index card with information cited from the First Church Records, Vol. 1779-1839 |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 16/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Literacy | 1854 | 1854 | Index card with information about Moses Ensign's magazine subscription in 1854 |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 17/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Local History | 1670 | 1700 | Index cards with information about the early residents of Connecticut in the 17th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 18/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Marriage - Divorce | 1700 | 1899 | Index cards with information on the marriages and divorces of various residents of Simsbury. Information dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 19/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Medicine - Doctors | 1700 | 1899 | Index cards with notes on medicine, doctors, and childbirth during the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.4 | 1 of 2 | 20/20 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Miscellaneous Index Cards | 1871 | 1969 | Index cards that were not organized with any of the titled subject folders. Cards contain notes on multiple topics. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 1/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Purchases, Economy, Possessions | 1800 | 1899 | Notes pertaining to purchases and possessions of individuals of the 19th century |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 2/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Political and Legal Organizations | 1800 | 1950 | Notes and source material related to politics of the 29th and early 20th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 3/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Possible Sources - Readings | Notes with bibliographic information and other notes pertaining to possible source material. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 4/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Probate and Will Inventories | 1700 | 1899 | Notes and source material from probate records and will inventories of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 5/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Property | 1700 | 1899 | Index cards about property during the 18th and 19th century. Notes are largely cited from various probate records. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 6/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Revolutionary War | Index card notes, handwritten notes, photocopies of sources and other information pertaining to the Revolutionary War. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 7/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Revolutionary War - Wives and Widows (Pensions and Move West Included) | Photocopies of source material, notes and other information primarily pertaining to women, wives and widows during the Revolutionary War. Information on pensions and movement west is also included. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 8/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Social Life | 1800 | 1899 | Index cards with information on Ladies Benevolent Societies and an excerpt from Moses Ensign's notebooks pertaining to politics. Information on notes is undated, probably ca. 19th century. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 9/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Speech Notes - "First Church Ladies Revisited" | Cue cards and notes used by Nason to give a talk titled "First Church Ladies Revisited." Also included is an excerpt from a newsletter, explaining the program. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 10/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Statistics - Tax Lists | 1800 | 1899 | Index cards with information about 19th century tax records and notes taken from the Third Census of the United States (1810). |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 11/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Verify/Add Information | Index cards with information that needed to be verified or further reviewed. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 12/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Women Artists/Connecticut | 1700 | 1899 | Index cards with information on female artists from Connecticut, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 1.2.3.5 | 2 of 2 | 13/13 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Working Girls | 1700 | 1899 | Index cards with information pertaining to the work and employment of women during the 19th century, with some information from the 18th century. Information largely pulled from Account Books. |
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Simsbury Life and Miscellaneous Women | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Westward Move | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Work | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Work - 1800s | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Mary Tuller (1797 - 1883) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Antoinette Eno Wood (1840 - 1930) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Mary Payne McLean (1820 - 1906) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Mary Jane Pinchot (1837 - 1914) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Sarah Jane Woodward (1822 - 1889) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Individual Women | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Toy Family | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Rosetta (1742 - 1798) and Elisha Phelps (1737 - 1776) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Individuals - Eddy Family | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Business Women | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Writers | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Writers - Sarah Pratt McLean Greene 1856-1935 | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Writers - Mrs. Dudley McLean (Mary Payne McLean) (1820-1906) | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Artists/Cultural | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Artists/Cultural - Arts, Music, Culture | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Artists/Cultural - Eunice Pinney (1770 - 1849) - Artist | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Church - Morals | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Church - 1800's | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Resources, Library, Bibliography | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Unmarked Folder | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Background Information | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Women: Bibliography Background | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. | ||
2012.001 | Mary Nason - The Good Wives of Simsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2: Research Material and Notes | Information Needed | This subject heading from Mary Nason's research notes was included in the 2014 Finding Aid by Alexandra Geitz. According to the finding aid these folders were never processed and they are not with this collection. |
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