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MonthlyMinutesoftheMutualImprovementAssociation
1857–1907
SandySpring,Maryland
CollectionNumber:2004.0018.0001-.0007,.0009-.0011
Location:CollectionsStorageArea,Aisle2,Row2,ShelfB,2004ArchivesBox2
Repository:SandySpringMuseum.17901BentleyRd,SandySpring,MD20860.(301)774-0022.
CollectionDates:1857to2009
RecordCreators:TheMutualImprovementAssociation
Extent:1linearfoot
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Abstract
TheMutualImprovementAssociationisagroupofwomenwhohavebeenmeetingcontinuouslysince1857inSandySpring,Maryland.Thereisastrongchancethattheyaretheoldestwomen’sgroupintheUnitedStatesthathasbeenmeetingcontinuously.Thegroupmeetsonceamonth,rotatinghousesforeverymeeting.Eachgatheringconsistsofamealfollowedbyameeting.Themissionistoimprovethemindofthemselvesandthosearoundthembysharinginformation.Inthebeginning,theinformationfocusedonwaystoimprovehomeandfamilylife.Asthetimeschanged,thegroupbegantoshareanddiscusstopicssuchascurrentevents,socialjustice,prominentpeople,andtheevolvingworld.Ingeneral,thegroupavoidscontroversialsubjects,suchaspolitics,religion,andsex.Thetopicsdiscussedarewidelyvariedandverydiverse.
History
ThefirstmeetingoftheMutualImprovementAssociationwasheldonMay1,1857atSherwood,thehomeofB.RushRobertsandMaryL.Roberts.Atthisfirstgathering,agroupofninewomenformedaclubwithregulationsthatfitwiththeirgoaltopromote“theirownandeachother’simprovement.”1Theydecidedonwhen,where,whattime,andhowthemeetingswouldberun.Theirmissionwas“thatweshallofferforthebenefitoftheAssociationsuchinformationaswemayhaveobtained–byexperienceorotherwise–inanywaycalculatedtoelevatethemind,increasethehappiness,lightenthelabor,oraddtothecomfortofoneanother,orourfamiliesandneighbors.”2Duringthefirstfiftyyears,themeetingswereheldthelastThursdayofeverymonthinthemid-afternoon(aroundlunchinthewinter).Memberswereencouragedtoaskquestionsorgiveadvicerelatedtothehomeandfamily,toreadshortliteraryselections(e.g.stories,articles,essays,sermons),tosharelettersandstories,andtopresenttopicsfordiscussion.
Sincetherewerenocomparableclubsforwomenatthetimetoserveasamodel,theAssociationwasorganizedandconductedasaQuakerbusinessmeetinginthattherewerenoofficers(exceptforthesecretary)andeachmemberwasinvitedtoshareateachmeeting,thusgivingeverypersonanequalvoice.AnarticlewrittenonSandySpringrurallifeandclubsinTheCountryGentlemaninAugust1913attributesthelongevityoftheAssociationandothersimilarorganizationsinSandySpringtotheQuakerinfluenceonthewaythegroupconducteditself.Byhavingonlyoneofficerandrotatingwhohoststhemeetings,afeelingofcooperationaswellasafeelingofindividualresponsibilityfulfilledthemembers.3
Overthefirstone-hundredyears,118womenweremembersoftheAssociation.4Inadditiontotheregularmembers,guestswereoftenincludedinthemeetings,withnumbersrangingfromonetotwentypermeeting.Inamiscellaneousnewspaperarticlepublishedaboutthefiftieth“Golden”
1“Recordoffirstgatheringandfirstregularmeeting.”MutualImprovementAssociation,VerticalFile,SandySpringMuseumLibrary.2May1,1857,Volume1,page2,MutualImprovementAssociationMinutes,1857-2009,SandySpringMuseum,SandySpring,Maryland.3 Smith, J. Russell, “A Community of Clubs: Where Folks Get Together and Laugh at Loneliness,” The CountryGentleman,August9,1913,pages1162-1163,MutualImprovementAssociation,VerticalFile,SandySpringMuseumLibrary.4Waleski,Dorothy,“HitsforMrs.”Sentinel,June6,1957.Page3,6,MutualImprovementAssociation,VerticalFile,SandySpringMuseumLibrary.
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anniversaryin1907,theystatedthatitwasestimatedthat“threethousandwomen”attendedtheAssociationmeetingsfrom“nearlyallthestatesandseveralforeigncountries”and“numerousotherclubsofwomenhavebeenformedinconsequence.”5Anumberofguestswouldattendthemeetingsandthenreturntoalatermeetingwithareportthattheyhadbeeninspiredtoformasimilarclubintheirhometowns.
Inthebeginningyears,thememberstalkedabouthandwork,makingsoap,dye,andotherhouseholdgoodsandsolutions,aswellasgrowing,preserving,andcookingfood.Whilethegroupwasneverexplicitlyanaidsociety,theyoftenspokeaboutdifferentphilanthropicinstitutionsandundertookcharityworkduringmeetingsorspecialorganizedevents,suchassewinggarmentsandprovidingaidtowoundedsoldiersonbothsidesduringtheCivilWar,toorphanasylumsinthecity,tovictimsofnaturaldisasters,toIndiansoutwest,andtoothersuchmissions.Astheyearsprogressed,thecontributionsgrewmoreliteraryinnature,oftenfocusingontopicsaboutprominentpeople,education,travelandforeigncultures,faith,health,currentevents,familyandchildrearing,andself-improvement.Poetryandotherliteraryprosewereoftenreadorrecited,withsomeofthefavoritesbeingWhittier,EllaWheelerWilcox,andLongfellow.Thegroupingeneralpromotedoptimism,withanemphasisplacedoncultivatinghappiness,cheerfulness,courage,andbenevolencetocreatehappierhomesandcommunities.Theybelievedthatlittlethingsledtogreatthings,asentimentoftenexpressedthroughoutthefirstfiftyyears.Thegroupdiscussedissuesrelatedtowomen’srights(e.g.equalpay,equalwork,righttovote),thetemperancemovement,childlabor,educationreform,war,andothertopicsrelatedtosocialjustice.
Thegroupclaimstobetheoldestcontinuouslymeetingwomen’sgroupinthecountry.AccordingtoanarticleintheSentinelfromJune1957,intheone-hundredyearsthattheclubhadbeenmeeting,onlythirty-twomeetingsweremissed,sixofthosecausedbygasrationingduringWorldWarII.6Othermeetingsmissedwereduetothedeathofamemberorabelovedcommunitymember,toillnessinthefamilyofthehostessofthemonth,ortoweatherthatpreventedtravelling.
ScopeandContent
ThecollectionofAssociationminutesconsistsofeightvolumesofminutesrangingfrom1857-1907.Thisfindingaidcoversthefirstfiftyyearsoftheminutes.Foreachyearoftheminutes,thereisalistoftopicsdiscussedatthemeeting,aswellasatablewiththehomeswherethemeetingstookplace,thememberswhoattendingthemeetingsthatyear,andtheguestswhoattendedthemeetingsthatyear.Thetypesofcommunicationssharedatthemeetingsincluded,butwerenotlimitedtoletters,recitations,recipes,sermons,lectures,songs,poems,essays,articles,lectures,advice,andquestions.
5“GoldenAnniversary:TheAssociationCommemoratesNotableEventatNorwood–ExercisesandReminiscencesofMarked Interest,” Unknown newspaper article,Mutual Improvement Association, Vertical File, Sandy SpringMuseumLibrary.6Waleski,Dorothy,“HitsforMrs.”Sentinel,June6,1957.Page3,6,MutualImprovementAssociation,VerticalFile,SandySpringMuseumLibrary.
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Arrangement
TheminutesoftheMutualImprovementAssociationarearrangedbyvolume:
VolumeI.May1,1857–December27,1866(2004.0018.0001)
VolumeII.January31,1867–December23,1875(2004.0018.0002)
VolumeIII.January27,1876–September20,1883(2004.0018.0003)
VolumeIV.October18,1883–December26,1888.(2004.0018.0004)
VolumeV.January31,1889–February27,1896.(2004.0018.0005)
VolumeVI.March27,1896–February22,1900.(2004.0018.0006)
VolumeVII.March29,1900–May4,1905.(2004.0018.0007)
VolumeVIII.May25,1905–December31,1909(2004.0018.0008)
AdministrativeInformation
AccessRestrictions:Thecollectionisopenforresearchuse.ResearchersareadvisedtocontacttheExecutiveDirectorortheCollectionsManagerpriortovisiting.PermissiontopublishmaterialfromthecollectionmustberequestedfromtheExecutiveDirectorandtheCollectionsManager.
PreferredCitation:Researcherswishingtocitethiscollectionshouldincludethefollowinginformation:MutualImprovementAssociationMinutes,1857-2009,SandySpringMuseum,SandySpring,Maryland.
Copyright:SandySpringMuseumholdsthepropertyrightstothematerialinthiscollection.
Language:MaterialsentirelyinEnglish
Author:ThisfindingaidwaspreparedandwrittenbySarahHartgeinJanuary2017.
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CollectionInventory
Volume1-2004.0018.0001
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromMay1,1857toDecember27,1866.One-hundredandonemeetingswererecorded.
1857(pages1-22):Theminutesof1857spanfromMay1,1857toNovember26,1857.Thefirstmeetinglaysouttheregulationsforthegroupaswellasdiscussionsonthename,numberofmembers,meetingtimes,andexpectations.Topicsdiscussedatthefirstmeetingandthefollowingmeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• othersocialclubs,• self-improvement(e.g.usetimewell,behappy),and• traveling.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) BeulahI.Lea AnnaWilsonAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) DeborahA.Lea AnnaE.HartshorneCedarLawn(MargaretFarquhar) EdithD.Bentley AuntofR.E.GilpinBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) HadassehJ.Moore ElizabethG.IddingsMountAiry(SallyAnnGilpin) LydiaG.Thomas HelenM.TrumpBrierly(RachelE.Gilpin) MargaretFarquhar Springdale(DeborahA.Lea) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin SallyAnnGilpin SophiaPeirce
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1858(pages23-47):Theminutesof1858spanfromFebruary28,1858toNovember25,1858.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charity,• death,• domesticplace/events/customs(e.g.MountWashington),• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.emancipationofRussianserfs),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• otherreligiousfaiths,• prominentpeople(e.g.MadameGuyon,DudleyA.Tyng,JamesSimpson,Dr.ElizabethBlackwell,
PopePiusIV,DorotheaDix),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.risingabovetrials,loveforothers,cheerfulness,earlyrising),and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnePierceBlackMeadows(SophiaE.Peirce) BeulahI.Lea CarolineHummerPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) DeborahA.Lea E.ThomasSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) EdithD.Bentley E.J.BrookeAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) HadassehJ.Moore ElizaSmythLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) LydiaG.Thomas J.PorterBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) MargaretFarquhar LonizaPainterCedarLawn(MargaretFarquhar) MaryL.Roberts M.HartshorneBrierly(RachelE.Gilpin) RachelE.Gilpin M.E.Sandidge SallyAnnGilpin MarcellaSullivan SophiaE.Peirce SarahB.Stabler SarahE.Stabler
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1859(pages48-77):Theminutesof1859spanfromJanuary27,1859toNovember24,1859.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,7• educationofwomen,• faithandmorals,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.DeafandDumbSchoolinParis),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.JosephSturge,StephenGrelet),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.makeuseofprivileges,thankfulness,happiness,beinghumble,
bashfulness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• traveling(e.g.Scotland),and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) AnnaE.Hartshorne E.LeaSpringdale(DeborahA.Lea) BeulahI.Lea H.HughesPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) DeborahA.Lea HannahSmithLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) ElizabethG.Thomas RachelSmithBlackMeadows(SophiaE.Peirce) HadassehJ.Moore SarahE.StablerWhiteCottage(JanePorter) JanePorter SamanthaRichardsAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) LydiaG.Thomas VirginiaMooreSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) MargaretFarquhar CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MaryL.Roberts CedarLawn(MargaretFarquhar) RachelE.Gilpin SallyAnnGilpin SarahE.Stabler SophiaE.Peirce
7Thistermwasusedintheminutesandthusisreproducedinthefindingaid.
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1860(pages78-102):Theminutesof1860spanfromJanuary26,1860toNovember29,1860.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.habitsofEnglishwomen),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,cultivatingbeauty,valueofthepresent,benevolence,
procrastination),• women’srights,and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnBrownAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) BeulahI.Lea AnnR.MarshallMountAiry(SallyAnnGilpin) DeborahA.Lea AnnaWilsonLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) EdithD.Bentley AnnieMarshallWhiteCottage(JanePorter) ElizabethG.Thomas CarolineB.ScottPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) HadassehJ.Moore ElizaBentleyLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) JanePorter ElizabethKirkPoplarLodge(SophiaE.Peirce) LydiaG.Thomas HelenTrumpSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) MargaretFarquhar LouiseThomasAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) MaryL.Roberts MargaretJ.HallowellProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) RachelE.Gilpin MaryA.Reese SallyAnnGilpin MaryB.Brown SarahH.Stone MatildaGilpin SophiaE.Peirce RebeccaThomas SamanthaRichards
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1861(pages103-123):Theminutesof1861spanfromJanuary31,1861toNovember21,1861.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewingforhospitals),• death,• educationofwomen,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Russianemancipation,Germanwayofmanagingflowers),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.socialintercourse,pride,rebukeofbigotryandintolerance,happiness,
supportofgoodnessandlovetoall),and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaE.Hartshorne ElizabethNeedlesBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) SarahH.Stone HarrietKirkCedarLawn(MargaretFarquhar) JanePorter MaryHansonA.Gilpin’s ElizabethG.Thomas MaryNeedlesLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirkSpringdale(DeborahA.Lea) JaneH.Schofield PhebeFarquharLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) RebeccaM.Thomas SamanthaRichardsPoplarLodge(SophiaE.Peirce) HadassehJ.Moore WhiteCottage DeborahA.Lea Plainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) EdithD.Bentley BeulahI.Lea MaryL.Roberts LydiaG.Thomas SophiaE.Peirce RachelE.Gilpin MargaretFarquhar SallyAnnGilpin
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1862(pages124-149):Theminutesof1862spanfromJanuary16,1862toDecember18,1862.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewingforwoundedinBaltimoreonbothsides)• death,• educationofwomen,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.“HairsFairs”inFrance,infanticideinEastIndianIslands),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.MargaretFuller,J.J.Cox),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,avoidtemptations,patience,cheerfulness,politeness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,and• war.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) AnnaE.Hartshorne E.J.BrookeBrookeGrove(E.J.Brooke–guest) BeulahI.Lea L.PainterProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) DeborahA.Lea MatildaGilpinAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) EdithD.Bentley RebeccaBillingCharleyForest(JaneH.Schofield) ElizabethG.Thomas SarahA.EllicottAlloway(MaryM.Miller) HadassehJ.Moore Clifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) JaneH.Schofield CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) JanePorter Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) LydiaG.Thomas CedarLawn(MargaretFarquhar) MargaretFarquhar Avalon(RachelE.Gilpin) MaryL.Roberts Leawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SallyAnnGilpin SarahH.Stone SophiaE.Peirce
1863(pages150-171):Theminutesof1863spanfromFebruary26,1863toDecember31,1863.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
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• art/music,• charityandphilanthropy,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.goldinCalifornia),• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Frencheconomy,Pompeiidiscoveries,goldinAustralia),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• healthandexercise,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.Dr.Blackwell,ThomasPaine,AnnaE.Dickinson,JosiahWedgewood),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,kindness,humility,lookonbrightside),• slavery,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• war,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnMarshallSpringdale(DeborahA.Lea) BeulahI.Lea AnnScofieldLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) DeborahA.Lea CorneliaStablerWhiteHall(ElizabethHopkins) EdithD.Bentley ElizabethHopkinsWhiteCottage(JanePorter) ElizabethG.Thomas SarahE.StablerFairfield(formerlyPoplarLodge;SophiaE.Peirce) HadassehJ.Moore Sherwood(MaryL.Roberts) JaneH.Schofield ProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) JanePorter CharleyForest(JaneH.Schofield) LydiaG.Thomas Ashland(LydiaG.Thomas) MargaretFarquhar Clifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SallyAnnGilpin SarahH.Stone SophiaE.Peirce
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1864(pages172-193):Theminutesof1864spanfromJanuary28,1864toDecember17,1864.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• coloredpeople,• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewing),• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.BroadwayinNewYorkCity),• economy,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Switzerland,divingnearHayti,HouseofPovertyinLondon),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• marriage,• oldage,• otherreligions,• othersocialclubs,• politics,• prominentpeople(e.g.ElizabethCarter),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.honesty,happiness),• slavery,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.Alexandria),and• war.
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaMillerBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) BeulahI.Lea L.PainterAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) DeborahA.Lea MaryChandleeAlloway(MaryM.Miller) EdithD.Bentley MollyWoodTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) ElizabethG.Thomas SarahE.StablerLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) HadassehJ.Moore Burnside(SarahE.Stabler) JaneH.Schofield Lea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) JanePorter Springdale(DeborahA.Lea) LydiaG.Thomas Fairfield(SophiaE.Peirce) MargaretFarquhar MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin
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RebeccaM.Thomas SallyAnnGilpin SarahH.Stone SophiaE.Peirce
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1865(pages193-209):Theminutesof1865spanfromJanuary26,1865toOctober21,2865.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• coloredpeople,• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewingforwarrefugees),• death,• economy,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• morality,• motherhood,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.AbrahamLincoln,Dr.WilsonofWashington),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.kindness,courtesy),• slavery,• war,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnMarshallAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) BeulahI.Lea AnnScofieldCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) CarolineB.Scott ElizaBentleyProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) DeborahA.Lea ElizabethHopkinsBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) EdithD.Bentley LaviniaMurphyTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) ElizabethG.Thomas SarahE.StablerA.Gilpin’s HadassehJ.Moore WhiteHall(ElizabethHopkins JaneH.Schofield Plainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) JanePorter Alloway(MaryM.Miller) LydiaG.Thomas MargaretFarquhar MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SallyAnnGilpin SarahH.Stone SophiaE.Peirce
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1866(pages210-227):Theminutesof1866spanfromJanuary25,1866toDecember27,1866.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• education,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.translationofAssyrianinscription),• freedmen,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.CharlesGoodyear,DinahEvans),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,and• travel(domestic).
Homes Members GuestsLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnMarshallWhiteCottage(JanePorter) BeulahI.Lea AnnPrestonSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) CarolineB.Scott ElizabethT.KirkProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) CatherineChandlee MaryWillisKirkMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) EdithD.Bentley PhebeFarquharAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) ElizabethG.Thomas TheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) HadassehJ.Moore Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) JanePorter Avalon(RachelE.Gilpin) LydiaG.Thomas CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretFarquhar MarthaLea MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahH.Stone
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Volume2-2004.0018.0002
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromJanuary31,1867toDecember23,1875.One-hundredandninety-sixmeetingswererecorded(297total).
1867(pages1-12):Theminutesof1867spanfromJanuary31,1867toDecember26,1867.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• beauty,• coloredpeople,• death,• faithandmorality,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.SecondEmpireHotelinParis),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• prominentpeople(e.g.JeanIngelow,ArthurKavanagh,QueenVictoriaandPrinceAlbert,Rosa
Bonheur),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,leisureisagreeableoccupation,cheerfulness),• slavery,and• travel(domestic).
Homes Members GuestsAlloway(MaryM.Miller) BeulahI.Lea AnnMarshallPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) CarolineB.Scott AnnScofieldLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) EdithD.Bentley FairHill(MaryWillisKirk) ElizabethG.Thomas WhiteCottage(JanePorter) HadassehJ.Moore Sherwood(MaryL.Roberts) JanePorter ProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) LydiaG.Thomas CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretFarquhar MountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin SarahH.Stone
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1868(pages13-24):Theminutesof1868spanfromJanuary30,1868toNovember19,1868.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.aeroliteinTennessee),• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.castleinScotland,EmperorofChina,artistsinFlorence,
futureofChina,floatingcityofSiam,tallestchimneyinworldinGlasgow,Switzerland),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.QueenVictoria,PrinceAlbert,JohnMaynard,CharlesDickens,SirWalter
Scott,Mrs.MaryMason),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.socialintercourse,procrastination,happiness,gratitude),and• technology/manufacturing/industry.
Homes Members GuestsAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) BeulahI.Lea DeborahA.LeaTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) CarolineB.Scott MaryLippincottAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) EdithD.Bentley PhebeFarquharFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) ElizabethG.Thomas S.B.FarquharAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) HadassehJ.Moore S.B.StablerLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) JanePorter S.E.PeirceFulford(MargaretS.Hallowell) LydiaG.Thomas SarahE.StablerAlloway(MaryM.Miller) MargaretFarquhar Sunset(JanePorter) MargaretS.Hallowell MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin SarahH.Stone
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1869(pages24-36):Theminutesof1869spanfromJanuary21,1869toDecember16,1869.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• coloredpeople,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.YosemiteValley,GreenwoodCemetery),• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Vesuvius,Chinesecharitableinstitutions,ex-queenof
Spain),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,8• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.HarrietTubman,Gibbon,LucretiaMott,MissKateField,Durant),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.sympathy,kindness,responsibility,happiness,truth),• slavery,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• transportation,• travel(domestic;e.g.Nebraska),• women’srights,and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) BeulahI.Lea AnnMarshallProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) CarolineB.Scott AnnaWilsonMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) EdithD.Bentley CarolineH.MillerAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) ElizabethG.Thomas MaryBentleyThomasCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) HadassehJ.Moore MaryParkerBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) JanePorter P.LeggettFulford(MargaretS.Hallowell) LydiaG.Thomas PhebeFarquharLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) MargaretFarquhar S.I.MillerFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) MargaretS.Hallowell SarahT.MillerAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk
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1870(pages37,58-59,40-46):Theminutesof1870spanfromJanuary27,1870toDecember8,1870.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewinggarmentsforIndiansundercareofFriends),• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.GrandCanyon,ChineseworkmeninMassachusetts),• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.ancienttowndiscoveredinGreece,Singapore,childcare
institutioninFrance,fallsinriverinAfrica),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• morality,• prominentpeople(e.g.AlbertG.Drecker,Tennyson,JohnBright,PhebeThomas),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.hope,charity,rest),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.Nebraska),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) BeulahI.Lea AnnaE.HartshorneAlloway(MaryM.Miller) CarolineB.Scott A.L.MooreSunset(JanePorter) EdithD.Bentley ElizaKirkSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) ElizabethG.Thomas SarahE.StablerSpringdale(DeborahA.Lea) HadassehJ.Moore W.H.FarquharProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) JanePorter Fulford(MargaretS.Hallowell) LydiaG.Thomas MountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) MargaretFarquhar CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretS.Hallowell Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin SarahH.Stone
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1871(pages47-59):Theminutesof1871spanfromJanuary26,1871toNovember24,1871.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewinggarmentsforIndians),• childlabor,• death,• domesticdisasters(e.g.Chicagofire),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.funeralforE.IndianPrinceinFlorence,burialcustomsof
Spain,diamondregionsinSouthAfrica,HerculaneumandPompeii,Lapland),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• manufacturing,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• otherreligions,• othersocialgroups,• prominentpeople(e.g.QueenVictoria,JosephineButler),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.cheerfulness,hope,happiness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• women’srights,and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnMarshallAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) BeulahI.Lea AnnaE.HartshorneAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) EdithD.Bentley DeborahA.LeaFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) ElizabethG.Thomas JaneHartshorneRiverside(ElizabethS.Iddings) HadassehJ.Moore MaryChandleeLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) JanePorter MaryParkerLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) LydiaG.Thomas S.E.KirkPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) MargaretFarquhar SarahE.StablerSunset(JanePorter) MargaretS.Hallowell Alloway(MaryM.Miller) MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk
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1872(pages59-70):Theminutesof1872spanfromJanuary28,1872toDecember19,1872.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewinggarmentsforIndians),• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.Yellowstone),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.deathcustomsinEast,ChristmasreceptionofMissClara
BartoninStrasburg,eruptionofVesuvius,femalecustomsinParis,Japan,merinoandalpacawoolofAustralia),
• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• morality,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• prominentpeople(e.g.MaryA.Livermore,J.FennimoreCooper,ClarksonTaylor),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.don’tgiveupindependence,happiness,wealthdoesn’tequal
happiness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.Nebraska),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) AnnaF.Gilpin A.L.MooreProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) BeulahI.Lea AnnScofieldCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) CarolineB.Scott DeborahA.LeaBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) EdithD.Bentley E.GilpinAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) ElizabethG.Thomas JaneScofieldTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) HadassehJ.Moore M.ParkerAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) JanePorter MaryE.MooreLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) LydiaG.Thomas RebeccaM.ThomasPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) MargaretFarquhar S.B.FarquharOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) MargaretS.Hallowell SarahChandlee MaryL.Roberts SarahE.Kirk MaryM.Miller
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1873(pages71-90):Theminutesof1873spanfromJanuary30,1873toDecember18.1873.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.prisoninDublin,villageofsaltairsinYorkshire,voyagein
icyregions,linenmanufacturinginIreland),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.LucretiaMott,MarySomerville,AnnPreston,RachelRussell,Mozart,
JohnBright,Mrs.HoraceThomas),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,don’tfret,simplicity),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• transportation,• travel(domestic;e.g.IdahoSprings,Colorado),• travel(international;e.g.Irishcoast,England),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsAlloway(MaryM.Miller) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaL.MooreSunset(JanePorter) AnnaF.Gilpin E.HopkinsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) BeulahI.Lea E.J.BrookeFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) CarolineB.Scott ElizaBrookeProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) EdithD.Bentley LizzieLeaMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) ElizabethG.Thomas M.LeggitAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) HadassehJ.Moore MaryB.KirkCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) JanePorter MaryBentleyThomasLea’sMill(BeulahI.Lea) LydiaG.Thomas PhebeFarquharTheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) MargaretFarquhar RuthLugdale(?)Avalon(RachelE.Gilpin) MargaretS.Hallowell SarahA.Ellicott
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Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) MaryL.Roberts S.B.Farquhar MaryM.Miller SarahE.Stabler MaryWillisKirk SarahLea RachelE.Gilpin VirginiaMatthews RebeccaM.Thomas SarahH.Stone
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1874(pages91-110):Theminutesof1874spanfromJanuary29,1874toDecember3,1874.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• domesticdisasters(e.g.floodinLouisiana),• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.NorwayandSweden,famineinIndia,treatmentofEnglish
children,missionariesinAfrica,Germancooking),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• manufacturing,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.contentment,cheerfulness,importanceoflittlethings,lookonbright
side,goodhabits),• travel(domestic;e.g.NewOrleans,Colorado),and• travel(international;e.g.Europe).
Homes Members GuestsWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaL.MoorePlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AnnaF.Gilpin ElizaBrookeOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) BeulahI.Lea LizzieScottClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) CarolineB.Scott M.NeedlesAlloway(MaryM.Miller) EdithD.Bentley M.B.KirkSunset(JanePorter) ElizabethG.Thomas M.B.MagruderLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) HadassehJ.Moore MaryBentleyThomasSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) JanePorter MaryBrookeFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) LydiaG.Thomas MaryE.MooreProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) MargaretFarquhar PattieThomasMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) MargaretS.Hallowell PhebeFarquhar MaryL.Roberts S.Lea MaryM.Miller SophiePeirce MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahH.Stone
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1875(pages111-129):Theminutesof1875spanfromJanuary28,1875toDecember23,1875.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewinggarmentsforIndians),• coloredpeople,• death,• • fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.LakeComo,Strausburgclock,Pisa,penitentiaryinBerlin),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.GeorgeSand,JosephHoge,LadyAnnaHackett,ThomasCarlyle),• self-improvement(e.g.simplicity,goodness,happiness,virtue),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.Colorado),and• travel(international;e.g.Europe).
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaE.Hartshorne ElizaKirkBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaF.Gilpin LizzieGilpinCedars(MargaretFarquhar) BeulahI.Lea LizzieScottOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) CarolineB.Scott LouisaPainterAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) EdithD.Bentley LucyCrandleWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas MaryE.MooreLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) HadassehJ.Moore Mrs.BorgmanPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) JanePorter Mrs.ChristianLea’sMiller(BeulahI.Lea) LydiaG.Thomas S.FarquharSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) MargaretFarquhar SaideB.LeaSunset(JanePorter) MargaretS.Hallowell SarahE.Stabler MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahH.Stone
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Volume3-2004.0018.0003
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromJanuary27,1876toSeptember20,1883.Eighty-fourmeetingswererecorded(363total).
1876(pages3-20):Theminutesof1876spanfromJanuary27,1876toDecember21,1876.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Swedisheducation,gypsies,Germanmonastery),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• prominentpeople(e.g.JosephDobbin,CarolineHerschet(?),WilliamC.Bryant,Pope,Mrs.
Maxwell),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,cheerfulness,benevolence),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,and• travel(domestic;e.g.California).
Homes Members GuestsProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) AnnaE.Hartshorne CarrieM.MillerClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) AnnaF.Gilpin JaneSchofieldFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) BeulahI.Lea JenniHarrisonMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) CarolineB.Scott L.PainterAshland(LydiaG.Thomas) EdithD.Bentley LizzieBlackhornAlloway(MaryM.Miller) ElizabethG.Thomas M.NeedlesCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) HadassehJ.Moore MaryBentleyThomasBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) JanePorter MaryE.MooreCedars(MargaretFarquhar) LydiaG.Thomas MaryHallAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) MargaretFarquhar P.S.Miller MargaretS.Hallowell P.S.Miller MaryL.Roberts PattieThomas MaryM.Miller R.M.Shorman MaryWillisKirk SaideLea
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1877(pages21-39):Theminutesof1877spanfromJanuary18,1877toDecember20,1877.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.hotspringsinArkansas),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.tombofAgamemnon,Siberia,Chinesemarriage,arctic),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialgroups,• prominentpeople(e.g.GeorgeTicknor,HarrietMartinean,JohnPrice,MissGambrill,William
Wist,LadyStirlingMaxwell,GeorgeTrueman,LouisaAlcott),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.politeness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,and• travel(domestic;e.g.NewMexico).
Homes Members GuestsLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) AnnaE.Hartshorne B.H.ThomasPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AnnaF.Gilpin BeulahI.LeaSunset(JanePorter) CarolineB.Scott E.N.BentleyOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) EdithD.Bentley ElizaJ.BrookeSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) ElizabethG.Thomas MaryBentleyThomasProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) HadassehJ.Moore MaryWillisKirkMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) JanePorter PattyThomasGlenwood(LouisaBrooke) LydiaG.Thomas SaideLeaTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) MargaretFarquhar SarahFarquharCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretS.Hallowell SarahMiller MaryE.Moore MaryL.Roberts RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Ellicott SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone
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1878(pages40-55):Theminutesof1878spanfromJanuary31,1878toNovember28,1878.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• beauty,• charityandphilanthropy,• economy,• education,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.ElyCelebrationinConnecticut),• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.petrifiedforestnearCairo,customsofAbyssinia,cooking
schoolinLondon,EucalyptusofAustralia,cityofBosporus),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialgroups,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.GeorgeFox,Whittier),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.love,helponeanother,silentinfluence,trust,cheerfulness,
contentment,gentleness),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.MountVernon),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaE.Hartshorne ElizaFarquharBrookeMeadow(SarahA.Ellicott) AnnaF.Gilpin ElizabethSmithCedars(MargaretFarquhar) CarolineB.Scott HelenBentleyAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) EdithD.Bentley JuliaStablerWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas KateJanneyLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) HadassehJ.Moore LizzieGilpinOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) JanePorter LucySnowden
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Plainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) LydiaG.Thomas M.HarseyFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) MargaretFarquhar MaryWillisKirkSunset(JanePorter) MargaretS.Hallowell S.Farquhar MaryE.Moore SarahA.Bond MaryL.Roberts RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Ellicott SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone
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1879(pages56-75):Theminutesof1879spanfromJanuary31,1879toNovember27,1879.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.LurayCaverns),• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.schoolinFrance,Siam,Irishpeasantry),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• othersocialgroups,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.SamanthaAllen,QueenVictoria,JohnD.Wright,Mrs.MaryA.
Woodbridge),• self-improvement(e.g.makethemostoflife,thankfulness,cheerfulness,patience,politeness,
listenwell),• temperance,and• travel(domestic;e.g.Philadelphia,Swarthmore,LurayCaverns,Arizona).
Homes Members GuestsProspectHill(SarahH.Stone) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaE.MooreClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) AnnaF.Gilpin BeulahThomasCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) CarolineB.Scott CarrieH.MillerBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) EdithD.Bentley ElizaFarquharBrookeMeadow(SarahA.Ellicott) ElizabethB.Smith ElizaHartshorneandbabydaughterCedars(MargaretFarquhar) ElizabethG.Thomas LizzieGilpinAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) HadassehJ.Moore PattieFarquharandbabysonWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) JanePorter S.B.FarquharLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) LydiaG.Thomas SarahE.Stabler MargaretFarquhar SaideLea MargaretS.Hallowell SarahKirk MaryE.Moore MaryL.Roberts RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Bond SarahA.Ellicott SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1880(pages76-105):Theminutesof1880spanfromJanuary1,1880toDecember30,1880.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.pre-historicruinsinColorado,femaleprisons),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.gypsiesinEurope,Morocco),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.CharlesDickens,JamesA.Howell,Longfellow,SojournerTruth,Lucretia
Mott,GeorgeEliot),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.don’tworryoverlittlethings,enjoyment,patience,forgiveness,
timeliness,self-control),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) AnnaE.Hartshorne AmandaDevo(?)MountAiry(SarahT.Miller) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnieHallowellPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) CarolineB.Scott AnnieNeedlesSunset(JanePorter) EdithD.Bentley BeulahI.LeaSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) ElizabethB.Smith BeulahL.ThomasOsceola(ElizabethB.Smith) ElizabethG.Thomas DeborahA.LeaMountPleasant(CarolineB.Scott) HadassehJ.Moore ElizaFarquharClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) JanePorter EllieScottCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) LydiaG.Thomas GraveHarvey
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Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) MargaretFarquhar HallieChandleeEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) MargaretS.Hallowell JaneSchofieldCedars(MargaretFarquhar) MaryE.Moore LizzieScott MaryL.Roberts LizzieStabler RachelE.Gilpin LucyStabler RebeccaM.Thomas MarthaHarney SarahA.Bond MaryB.Kirk SarahA.Ellicott MaryBentleyThomas SarahH.Stone MaryGilpin SarahT.Miller MaryHall MarySnowden MaryWillisKirk MissArman(?) MissMullenandsister PatienceLeggit PattieHopkins S.Farquhar SarahE.Stabler SaideLea SallieCorlius
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1881(pages106-130):Theminutesof1881spanfromJanuary27,1881toDecember15,1881.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• coloredpeople,• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewingtohelpvictimsofBayCityMichiganfire),• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticdisasters(e.g.BayCityMichiganfire,burningofSwarthmore),• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.vesselunearthedinNorway,KingofBavaria,Japanese
domesticlife),• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• prominentpeople(e.g.CharlesSpurgeon,Whittier,PresidentGarfield,LucretiaMott),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.meditation,escapetemptations,cheerfulness),• travel(domestic;Albany,NewYork),• travel(international;e.g.London,HawaiianIslands),• women’srights,and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaD.StablerWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) CarolineB.Scott CorneliaStablerLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) EdithD.Bentley KateJanneyOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) ElizabethB.Smith LizzieStablerMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) ElizabethG.Thomas M.E.GilpinTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) HadassehJ.Moore MarthaHarseyPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) JanePorter MaryB.KirkSunset(JanePorter) LydiaG.Thomas MaryBentleyThomasFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) MargaretFarquhar MaryBrookeOsceola(ElizabethB.Smith) MargaretS.Hallowell MaryWillisKirk MaryE.Moore PattieHopkins MaryL.Roberts SarahE.Stabler RachelE.Gilpin SarahFarquhar
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RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Bond SarahA.Ellicott SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1882(pages131-158):Theminutesof1882spanfromJanuary26,1882toDecember28,1882.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• beauty,• charityandphilanthropy,• childlabor,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.earlysettlersinWashingtonD.C.,cookinginColorado),• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.needlesusedbyancientGreekandRomans,Ferdinand
ReedofVienna,amberinSiberia,Japanesecustoms,wildsilkofIndia,discoveriesatThebes),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.PrinceAlbert,AnnDeny),• Quakerism• science,• self-improvement(e.g.pleasantness,love,courage,modesty,SophieBardisu((?);Russianexile),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) AnnaE.Hartshorne DeborahA.LeaRosedale(SarahH.Stone) AnnaF.Gilpin E.HoughClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) EdithD.Bentley ElizaBentleyCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) ElizabethB.Smith EllenStablerWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas FannieHallowellEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) HadassehJ.Moore JaneSchofieldBrookeMeadows(SarahA.Ellicott) JanePorter JuliaHallowellCedars(MargaretFarquhar) LydiaG.Thomas KateJanneyBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) MargaretFarquhar M.D.HullOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) MargaretS.Hallowell MaryBentleyThomasLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) MaryL.Roberts MaryHall
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MaryM.Miller Mrs.JohnMiller MaryWillisKirk SallieNeedles RachelE.Gilpin SarahFarquhar RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Bond SarahA.Ellicott SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1883(Volume3:pages163-184;Volume4:pages1-6):Theminutesof1883spanfromJanuary25,1883toSeptember201883inVolume3andOctober18,1883toNovember9,1883inVolume4).Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.aidforsuffersoffireinMichigan),• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.familystruckbylightninginTexas,Yellowstone,cemetery
inDakota),• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Japanesemarriagecustoms,Polishhospitality,Windsor
Castle,TheBonMarcheinParis,volcaniceruptioninJava,conditionsofwomeninIndia),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• prominentpeople(e.g.ElizabethLeggit,JohnHowardPayne,SamuelTownsend,Thomas
Waring,Dr.WilliamChambers),• Quakerism• science,• self-improvement(e.g.peaceofmind,sympathy,gratitude,cheerfulness),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;(e.g.NewYork,RockyMountains,Yosemite),• travel(international;e.g.Europe,Canada,Dresden),and• womanhood.
Homes Members GuestsAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) AnnaE.Hartshorne AliceStablerPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnieBrookeMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) EdithD.Bentley BeulahThomasAlloway(MaryM.Miller) ElizabethG.Thomas ElizaFarquharOlney(SarahB.Farquhar) HadassehJ.Moore EllenorHoughSunset(JanePorter) JanePorter GraceHarveySherwood(MaryL.Roberts) LydiaG.Thomas ElizabethC.Davis
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Rosedale(SarahH.Stone) MargaretFarquhar M.E.GilpinTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) MargaretS.Hallowell PattieFarquharClifton(RebeccaM.Thomas) MaryL.Roberts SaideLea MaryM.Miller SarahB.Farquhar MaryWillisKirk SarahKirk RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Bond SarahA.Ellicott SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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Volume4-2004.0018.0004
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromOctober18,1883toDecember26,1888.Fifty-fivemeetingswererecorded(434total).
1884(pages7-34):Theminutesof1884spanfromJanuary24,1884toNovember27,1884.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.cliffhousesinArizonaandNewMexico),• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.JewishcemeteryinPrague,straitsofSunda,Montevideo,
catsastimekeepersinChina,farminginFrance,domesticlifeinJapan,domesticlifeinManitoba,teainMorocco),
• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.LouisaAlcott,PrincessEugenie,Whittier,PeterCooke,DeWittTalmage,
ThomasFoulks,ElizabethFay(Lay?),QueenVictoria,DollyMadison),• Quakerism• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,valueoftime,restandrecreation,brevity),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Yosemite,Yellowstone),• travel(international;e.g.Dresden,Prague),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaE.Hartshorne C.B.SmithBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaF.Gilpin ElizaBentleyBrookeMeadow(SarahA.Ellicott) EdithD.Bentley EllenorHoughCedars(MargaretFarquhar) ElizabethB.Smith M.B.MagruderOseola(ElizabethB.Smith) ElizabethG.Thomas MaryHallWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) HadassehJ.Moore MissSeaburyAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) JanePorter PattieFarquharOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) LydiaG.Thomas SarahB.StablerFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) MargaretFarquhar MargaretS.Hallowell
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MaryL.Roberts MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin RebeccaM.Thomas SarahA.Bond SarahA.Ellicott SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1885(pages35-74):Theminutesof1885spanfromJanuary1,1885toNovember26,1885.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• economy,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.herbsinIndia,Swissmountaincustom),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.EmilyWillard,JohnVanderlyn,GeneralGordon,JohnBright,Charles
Dickens),• self-improvement(e.g.cheerfulness,patience,calmness,modesty,trust,silence),• temperance,• transportation,• travel(domestic;e.g.CliftonSprings),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) AnnaE.Hartshorne AliceStablerAlloway(MaryM.Miller) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnieMcDowellPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) EdithD.Bentley CarrieBondMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) ElizabethG.Thomas CarrieM.BrookeSunset(JanePorter) HadassehJ.Moore CorneliaStablerRosedale(SarahH.Stone) JanePorter ElizaFarquharSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) LydiaG.Thomas ElizaNeedlesTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) MargaretFarquhar EllenSmithCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretS.Hallowell EllenorHoughLucknough(BeulahL.Thomas,daughterofRebeccaM.Thomas)
MaryE.Moore GraceHarvey
Evergreen(SarahA.Bond) MaryL.Roberts KateEllicott MaryM.Miller LizzieScott MaryWillisKirk LucyStabler RachelE.Gilpin MarthaLea RebeccaM.Thomas MaryGilpin SarahA.Bond MaryT.Bond
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SarahA.Ellicott MissLandsdale SarahE.Stabler Mrs.Baltzell SarahH.Stone Mrs.Barnum SarahT.Miller Mrs.Boynton Mrs.Parsons Mrs.Wright P.R.Stabler PhoebeCousins S.B.Farquhar S.B.Lea SallyAnnGilpin SarahKirk SophiaE.Peirce
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1886(pages75-104):Theminutesof1886spanfromJanuary26,1886toDecember16,1886.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.YellowstonePark),• economy,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Chinesedinner,duckraisinginCanton,China,housekeeping
inJapan,Bermuda,Dublin,Ireland),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.AndrewCarnegie,GeorgeWestinhouse,FatherMatthew,Mrs.Josephine
Butler),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.optimism,honesty,kindness,don’tworry,happiness,simplicity),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.WhiteMountainsinMassachusetts),• travel(international;e.g.Edinburgh,Germany),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaE.Hartshorne CarolineH.MillerBrookeMeadow(SarahA.Ellicott) AnnaF.Gilpin CatherineStablerAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) EdithD.Bentley ClaraNeymanWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas CorneliaBentleyPleasantGrove(ElizabethJ.Holland) ElizabethJ.Holland ElizaN.BentleyFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) HadassehJ.Moore EllaMooreLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) JanePorter EllenStablerPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) LydiaG.Thomas EllenorHough
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MountAiry(SarahT.Miller) MargaretFarquhar GinnieHollandSunset(JanePorter) MargaretS.Hallowell JaneSchofield MaryE.Moore KateJanney MaryL.Roberts LizzieGilpin MaryM.Miller MaryBentleyThomas MaryWillisKirk MaryGilpin RachelE.Gilpin MaryJanney RebeccaM.Thomas Miss.AnnaL.Moore SarahA.Bond Miss.Leabury SarahA.Ellicott NellieOlds SarahE.Stabler SarahKirk SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1887(pages104-149)Theminutesof1887spanfromJanuary27,1887toDecember29,1887.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.homesinDakotaandLosAngeles,rockformationinNew
Jersey,stonemountainsinGeorgia,BlueMountainHouse),• economy,• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.oldclothesmarketinLondon,Hollandkitchen),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.DeanStanley,SusannaWellesley,ElizabethFry),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.goodness,purity,sympathy,trust,don’tworry,truthfulness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,• travel(domestic;e.g.BlueMountainHouse),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsAlloway(MaryM.Miller) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnieBrookeKirkSherwood(MaryL.Roberts) AnnaF.Gilpin ElizaFarquharTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) EdithD.Bentley EllenFarquharRosedale(SarahH.Stone) ElizabethG.Thomas EllenStablerCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) ElizabethJ.Holland EllenorHoughMountOlney(GranvilleFarquhar) HadassehJ.Moore GraceHarveyEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) JanePorter JaneSchofieldBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) LydiaG.Thomas KateJanneyBrookeMeadow(SarahA.Ellicott) MargaretFarquhar KateStabler
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TheCedars(MargaretFarquhar) MargaretS.Hallowell LouisaPainterAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) MaryE.Moore MarianneStablerWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) MaryL.Roberts MaryBentleyThomas MaryM.Miller NellieHartshorne MaryWillisKirk PattieFarquhar RachelE.Gilpin S.B.Lea RebeccaM.Thomas SarahB.Farquhar SarahA.Bond SarahKirk SarahA.Ellicott VirginiaHollandSteer SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1888(pages150-191)Theminutesof1888spanfromtoJanuary31,1888toDecember26,1888.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.foodinChina,actofmissionnearPatagonianshore),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.MargaretParker,Mrs.Beecher,LouisaM.Alcott,BayardTaylor,Alice
Fisher,JoaquinMiller,RosaBonheur,JohnHarvard,Whittier),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.cheerfulness,contentment,lookonbrightside,forgiveness,happiness,
purity,incompleteness,self-indulgence),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,• tributetodeceasedmember,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsLeawood(AnnieE.Hartshorne) AnnaE.Hartshorne AliceStablerOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnaD.StablerPleasantGrove(ElizabethJ.Holland) EdithD.Bentley AnnaRicePowellFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) ElizabethG.Thomas AnnieStablerPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) ElizabethJ.Holland BelleMillerAlloway(MaryM.Miller) HadassehJ.Moore BelleW.HannumTanglewood(SusannaL.Thomas,onbehalfofLydiaG.Thomas)
JanePorter CarolineO.Harron
MountAiry(SarahT.Miller) JaneSchofield CarryM.BrookeSunset(JanePorter) LydiaG.Thomas CorneliaStablerRosedale(SarahH.Stone) MargaretFarquhar ElizabethComstockand
daughterCharleyForest(JaneH.Schofield) MargaretS.Hallowell EllenFarquhar MaryE.Moore EllenStabler MaryL.Roberts(passed
awayin1888)EllenorHough
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MaryM.Miller GraceHarvey MaryWillisKirk KateStabler RachelE.Gilpin LucyStabler RebeccaM.Thomas MaryE.Gilpin SarahA.Bond Mrs.Haviland SarahA.Ellicott Mrs.Pierce SarahE.Stabler NannieSlaymaker SarahH.Stone PattieFarquhar SarahT.Miller S.L.Thomas SallieSchofield SarahB.Farquhar SarahKirk
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Volume5-2004.0018.0005
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromJanuary31,1889toFebruary27,1896.Seventy-fourmeetingswererecorded(508total).
1889(pages1-42)Theminutesof1889spanfromtoJanuary31,1889toNovember29,1889.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.RedCrossinLondon),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.BenjaminHarrison,VicePresidentMorton,RebeccaRussell,Helen
Keller,HonorableJohnBright,MariaMitchel),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.cheerfulness,contentment,thankfulness,successvs.failure),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(international;e.g.Scotland,Mexico),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnieD.StablerBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) AnnaF.Gilpin BelleW.HannonCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) EdithD.Bentley C.O.HarrowBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) ElizabethG.Thomas DebbieRussellEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) ElizabethJ.Holland E.Comstock
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WalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) EllenFarquhar ElizaN.MooreAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) HadassehJ.Moore EllaHartshorneLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) JanePorter EllenStablerOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) JaneSchofield EllenorHoughPleasantGrove(ElizabethJ.Holland) LydiaG.Thomas EstherWetherald MargaretFarquhar(passedaway
in1889)FannieFarquhar
MargaretS.Hallowell GraceHarvey MaryE.Moore HannahWhitallSmith MaryM.Miller HarrietLong MaryWillisKirk JennieLea RachelE.Gilpin LouisaBrooke RebeccaM.Thomas(passed
awayin1889)MarianneStabler
SarahA.Bond MaryBentleyThomas SarahA.Ellicott MaryKomer SarahE.Stabler PattieFarquhar SarahH.Stone RoseCleveland SarahT.Miller S.L.Thomas SallieAnnGilpin SarahKirk VirginiaSteer
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1890(pages43-74)Theminutesof1890spanfromtoJanuary2,1890toNovember27,1890.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• economy,• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.pre-historiclakedwellersofSwitzerland,politicalexilesin
Siberia,milkdistributioninLondon),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• prominentpeople(e.g.Whittier,ElizabethCadyStanton,SusanB.Anthony,AdamSlowman,
DorothyDix),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.kindness,honesty,happiness,silence,truth),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Roanoke),• travel(international;e.g.Europe,Naples,Sweden,LakeComo),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsAlloway(MaryM.Miller) AnnaE.Hartshorne BelleMillerSunset(JanePorter) AnnaF.Gilpin CarryBrookeRosedale(SarahH.Stone) BeulahL.Thomas ElizabethC.DavisFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) EdithD.Bentley EllenorHoughCharleyForest(JaneH.Schofield) ElizabethG.Thomas GraceParsleyPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) ElizabethJ.Holland LouisaBrookeTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) EllenFarquhar M.StablerMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) HadassehJ.Moore MarianneStablerMarden(MaryG.Tyson) JanePorter Mrs.Patton JaneSchofield S.Chandlee LydiaG.Thomas SarahKirk MargaretS.Hallowell MaryE.Moore MaryG.Tyson MaryM.Miller MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin
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SarahA.Bond SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1891(pages75-109)Theminutesof1891spanfromtoJanuary1,1890toDecember31,1891.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• economy,• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.timekeepingaroundtheworld,LondonBridge,proverbsin
Greek,Arab,Persian,Hebrew),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.LucyStone,DeborahMorris,MarySommerville,LadyHenrySomerset,
Whittier),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.kindness,truth,happiness,helpothers),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.SanAntonio,Washington),• travel(international;e.g.London,Europe),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaE.Hartshorne AnnaLeaBloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) AnnaF.Gilpin CarrieBondEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) EdithD.Bentley CarryGoverAvalon(RachelE.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas E.T.StablerCedars(EllenFarquhar) ElizabethJ.Holland ElizaN.MooreWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) EllenFarquhar ElizabethC.DavisOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) HadassehJ.Moore EllenStablerLeawood(AnnaE.Hartshorne) JanePorter F.W.RobertsonFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) LydiaG.Thomas FlorenceWetheraldPleasantGrove(ElizabethJ.Holland) MargaretS.Hallowell GraceHarvey
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Alloway(MaryM.Miller) MaryE.Moore HelenLeaSunset(JanePorter) MaryG.Tyson IdaM.Iddings MaryM.Miller IsabellMiller MaryT.Bond KateJanney MaryWillisKirk LouBrooke RachelE.Gilpin MaggieBond SarahA.Bond MargaretMagruder SarahE.Stabler MarianaStabler SarahH.Stone MarthaA.Holland SarahT.Miller MarthaLea MaryBentleyThomas MaryE.Gilpin MaryMatthews MillieMiles PolybethLea RebeccaT.Miller SarahA.Ellicott SarahKirk SophiePierce SueReese SueThomas ZadyMiller
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1892(pages110-157)Theminutesof1892spanfromFebruary25,1892toDecember29,1892.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewingforFriendsfreekindergartenofBaltimore),• death,• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.movementinIndia,weddingcustomsamongpeasantsin
France,foundlinghospitalinLondon),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• nature,• oldage,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.EllaWheelerWilcox,M.Bilcesco,AmeliaB.Edwards,Whittier,Countess
ofAberdeen,PunditoRamafar,MissKateMarsden),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.patience,happiness,cheerfulness,laughter),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.LakeMohawk),• travel(international;e.g.Tunis,London,Spain),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) AnnaE.Hartshorne(passedaway
in1892)A.Stabler
Plainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnShoemakerRosedale(SarahH.Stone) AnnaG.Lea CorneliaStablerTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) EdithD.Bentley E.N.MooreCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas)
ElizaN.Moore ElizabethC.Davis
Evergreen(SarahA.Bond) ElizabethG.Thomas EllenStablerMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) ElizabethJ.Holland(passedaway
in1892)GraceHarvey
Bloomfield(EdithD.Bentley) EllenFarquhar LouisaBrookePleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland)
HadassehJ.Moore MaryBentleyThomas
JanePorter Mrs.Moore
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LydiaG.Thomas Mrs.Potter MargaretS.Hallowell PattieFarquhar MarthaA.Holland RebeccaT.Miller MaryE.Moore SallieAnnGilpin(former
member;passedawayin1892) MaryG.Tyson(passedawayin
1892)SarahKirk
MaryM.Miller(passedawayin1892)
MaryOsborne MaryT.Bond MaryWillisKirk RachelE.Gilpin(passedawayin
1892)
SarahA.Bond SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1893(pages158-197)Theminutesof1893spanfromApril6,1893toDecember28,1893.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy(e.g.sewinggarmentsforsufferersofCarolinastorms),• domesticdisasters(e.g.Carolinastorms),• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.CatherineBooth,GroveCleveland,MaryLippincoll(?),QueenIsabelleof
Spain,AbrahamLincoln,LucyStone,LewisCarroll,MaryPalmer,Mrs.MinervaParkerNichols,Edison,Mozart,BetsyRoss,LadySomerset),
• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,kindness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.World’sFair,Maine),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsTheCedars(EllenFarquhar) AnnaF.Gilpin AlbinaO.StablerNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) AnnaG.Lea AnnaStablerMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) EdithD.Bentley BeulahLeaArgyle(AnnaG.Lea) ElizaN.Moore CorneliaStablerPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) ElizabethG.Thomas ElizabethC.DavisSunset(JanePorter) EllenFarquhar ElizabethStablerFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) HadassehJ.Moore EllenStablerTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) JanePorter EllenorHoughSunnyside(MaryOsborne) LydiaG.Thomas FlorenceWetheraldCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MargaretS.Hallowell HelenLea MarthaA.Holland KateJanney MaryE.Moore KateStabler MaryOsborne LouisaBrooke
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MaryT.Bond LucyStabler MaryWillisKirk MaryBentleyThomas SarahA.Bond MaryHull SarahE.Stabler MilliePorter SarahH.Stone Mrs.Flint SarahT.Miller VirginiaStar
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1894(pages198-236)Theminutesof1894spanfromJanuary25,1894toNovember30,1894.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• art,• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• economy,• education,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.poppiesforopiuminChina,manneroflivinginJapan,seven
wondersofCorea,domesticlifeinCorea),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.Whittier,EllaWheelerWilcox,Napoleon),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.sympathy,cheerfulness,contentment),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Paris),• tributestodeceasedmembers,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsRosedale(SarahH.Stone) AnnaF.Gilpin AlbinaO.StablerEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) AnnaG.Lea BelleHannumMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) EdithD.Bentley(passedawayin1894) CarolineH.MillerTheCedars(EllenFarquhar) ElizaN.Moore ElizabethC.DavisWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) ElizabethG.Thomas EllenorHoughOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell)
EllenFarquhar GraceHarvey
PleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland)
HadassehJ.Moore KateJanney
FairHill(MaryWillisKirk) JanePorter KateL.ReeceNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) LydiaG.Thomas LouisaBrooke MargaretS.Hallowell LucyStabler MarthaA.Holland M.E.Gilpin MaryE.Moore MaggieBond MaryOsborne MaryReese
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MaryT.Bond Mrs.D? MaryWillisKirk Mrs.HenryFarquhar SarahA.Bond Mrs.Patton SarahE.Stabler SarahH.Stone SarahT.Miller
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1895(pages237-274)Theminutesof1895spanfromJanuary3,1895toDecember5,1895.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• education,• faith,• fashion,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.ChineseNewYear,marriagecustomsinJapan,sphinxin
Egypt,lifeinChina,funeralsinJapanandChina,catacombofParis),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.JohnFletcher,FredrickDouglass,GeorgeWashington,ThomasJefferson,
PetertheGreatofRussia),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.purity,trust,love,enjoyment,doingtherightthing,cheerfulness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Newport),• tributestodeceasedmembers,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsPlainfield(HadassehJ.Moore) AlbinaO.Stabler AnnieStablerKnollton(ElizabethC.Davis) AnnaF.Gilpin BeulahThomasRosedale(SarahH.Stone) AnnaG.Lea CarolineH.MillerSunset(JanePorter) ElizaN.Moore CarrieH.BrookeSunnyside(MaryOsborne) ElizabethC.Davis DollieVedderTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) ElizabethG.Thomas EdithSpofford(?)CherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) EllenFarquhar ElizabethG.HoggEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) HadassehJ.Moore EllenorHoughMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) HarrietJ.Bentley EmmaStablerTheCedars(EllenFarquhar) JanePorter EstherWetherald LydiaG.Thomas EthelFarquhar MargaretS.Hallowell FlorenceStabler MarthaA.Holland LillieE.Kedder
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MaryE.Moore ElizabethS.Iddings MaryG.Colt LouisaBrooke MaryOsborne LydiaThomas MaryT.Bond MaryBentleyThomas MaryWillisKirk MaryC.Bentley SarahA.Bond MissBryon SarahE.Stabler Mrs.MortonStorm(?) SarahH.Stone Mrs.Teppercoll(?) SarahT.Miller PattieFarquhar
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1896(Volume5:pages275-288;Volume6:pages1-26):Theminutesof1896spanfromJanuary2,1896toFebruary27,1896inVolume5andMarch16,1896toOctober1896inVolume6.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.tenementhousesinNYC,UncleSam’scatsinpostoffices,
ArlingtonInstitute),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.IcePalaceinMontreal,mysteriousmountaininSouth
America,habitsofArabs),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• prominentpeople(e.g.MaryQueenofScots,SirWalterScott,AbrahamLincoln,Whittier,Miles
Standish),• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.goodhabits,happiness,noextravagance,contentment,comfort,
laughter),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(international;e.g.Budapest,Europe,London,St.Petersburg,Moscow,Wales,Germany),• war,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceStablerWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnaBentleyParkerBloomfield(HallieBentley) AnnaG.Lea AnnieD.StablerPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) ElizaN.Moore BessieMillerThomasOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) ElizabethG.Thomas CarolineH.BrookeFairHill(MaryWillisKirk) EllenFarquhar CarolineH.MillerMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) HadassehJ.Moore CarrieL.BrookePlainfield(HadassahJ.Moore) HarrietJ.Bentley CarrieM.Brooke
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WhiteCottage JanePorter ElizaBrookeRosedale(SarahH.Stone) LydiaG.Thomas ElizabethC.Davis MargaretS.Hallowell EllenStabler MarthaA.Holland EllenorHough MaryE.Moore EstherMoore MaryG.Colt F.W.Robertson MaryOsborne FlorenceWetherald MaryT.Bond FrancesStabler MaryWillisKirk JaneFawett SarahA.Bond JosephineMcDowell SarahE.Stabler KateBradley SarahH.Stone KateJanney SarahT.Miller LizzieIddings LizzieScott LydiaT.Hallowell Mar(?)S.Miller MaryBentleyThomas MaryMagruder MaryT.Jackson MissForest Mrs.Jannie(?) Mrs.Moore Mrs.Spofford NettieJohnson PattieR.Stable SarahLea SophiePeirce SueL.Thomas
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Volume6-2004.0018.0006
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromMarch27,1896toFebruary22,1900.Forty-threemeetingswererecorded(551total).
1897(pages27-67):Theminutesof1897spanfromJanuary28,1897toDecember30,1897.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.GeorgeRepublicinNewYork,farmlifeinKansas,ostrich
farminCalifornia,BiltmoreinAsheville),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.bellofSt.RegesinCanada,HolymanofBenareoinIndia,
Klondike,foodfoundinEgyptianpyramid,silentworshipinBombay,NewYearsuperstitionsinEuropeandAsia),
• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• otherreligions,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.Dr.MaryWalker,BetseyLee,SarahT.Rorer,ElizabethRoss,FrancisScott
Key,MilesStandish,RoseHardruckeThorne,MarthaWashington,QueenVictoria,DukeofWellington,FlorenceNightingale,ThomasHood,AndrewD.White,MaryA.Silvermore),
• Quakerism,• self-improvement(e.g.stillness,courage,happiness,hope),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.missionworkinWilmington,IllinoisYearlyMeeting,MammothCave,
NashvilleExposition,buffalo),• travel(international;e.g.Paris,Toronto,Norway,Rome),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• war,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
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Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AlbinaO.Stabler (?)MatthewsBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) AnnaF.Gilpin AgnesDarlingtonEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) AnnaG.Lea AliceTysonMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) ElizaN.Moore AlverdaEasterTheCedars(EllenFarquhar) ElizabethG.Thomas AnnaT.SpeakmanPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) EllenFarquhar AnnieD.StablerOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) HadassehJ.Moore(passedawayin
1897)AnnieM.Shoemaker
MountAiry(SarahT.Miller) HarrietJ.Bentley BeatriceTysonWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) JanePorter(passedawayin1897) BelleHarmenNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) LydiaG.Thomas BeulahS.ThomasPlainfield(MaryE.Moore) MargaretS.Hallowell CarolineH.Miller MarthaA.Holland CarrieL.Brooke MaryBentleyThomas CarrieS.Bond MaryE.Moore ClaraP.Moore MaryG.Colt CorneliaBentley MaryOsborne CorneliaN.Stabler MaryT.Bond E.B.Farquhar SarahA.Bond EdithHallowell SarahE.Stabler EdwardP.Thomas SarahH.Stone ElizabethC.Davis SarahT.Miller ElizabethT.Stabler EllenorHough ElsieP.Brown EmmaJackson EstherWetherald FarueyHallowell FlorenceBond FlorenceH.Riggs GraceHarvey GraceParseley HarrietJackson HarrietT.Kirk HelenG.Miller HelenStabler HernellaSnowden JanetM.Palmer KateD.Thomas KatherineThomas LouisaNesbitt MaryE.Thomas MaryHolland MaryMooreThomas MaryNichols MaryP.T.Jackson
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MaryPope MaryPorter MaryReese MaryW.Kirk Mrs.Phillips R.M.Stabler RebeccaT.Miller S.L.Thomas SarahE.Kirk SarahNeedles SarahT.Moore VirginiaH.Steer VirginiaM.P.Stabler WilliamN.Moore
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1898(pages67-106):Theminutesof1898spanfromJanuary20,1898toNovember23,1898.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.settlementofIcelandersonRedRiver,strangemoney
usedinmountainsofNorthCarolina,Biltmore,ChineseQuarterinNewYork,peanutindustryinSuffolkVirginia,cranberryharvestofCapeCod),
• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.coronationchairinEngland,GreatWallofChina,vanilla
beansinMexico,marriagecustomsofChinese,postofficeatstraitsofMagellan,AleutianIslands),
• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• othersocialclubs,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.JosephElliot,Raphael,RebeccaRussell,FrancisE.Willard,Frederic
Tennyson,Gladstone,HelenKeller),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.beauty,happiness,cheerfulness,trust,love,don’thurry),• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Wyoming),• travel(international;e.g.Sicily),• war,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceT.StablerCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AnnaG.Lea AliceTysonKnollton(ElizabethC.Davis) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnaMaeT.StablerRosedale(SarahH.Stone) ElizaN.Moore AnnieWetheraldMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) ElizabethC.Davis AugustaN.Thomas
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Sunnyside(MaryOsborne) ElizabethG.Thomas BeatriceTysonBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) EllenFarquhar BeulahThomasWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) HarrietJ.Bentley CarolineH.MillerCedarLawn(EllenFarquhar) LydiaG.Thomas CarrieL.BrookeWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) MargaretS.Hallowell CarrieM.Brooke MarthaA.Holland CatherineJanney MaryBentleyThomas CatherineStabler MaryE.Gilpin CorneliaGover MaryE.Moore CorneliaN.Stabler MaryG.Colt EdithHallowell MaryOsborne EdithWarfield MaryT.Bond ElizabethT.Stabler SarahA.Bond EllaHartshorne SarahE.Stabler EllenStabler SarahH.Stone EllenThomas SarahT.Miller EmmaStabler EstherWetherald FlorenceM.Bond FrancesD.Stabler FrancesOsborne GraceHarvey HannahB.Stabler HarrietJackson HarrietRamsey HelenLea HelenR.Shoemaker HelenStabler JulietBarlet KateBradley KateD.Thomas KatherineBrooke LouisaNesbitt LouisaT.Brooke LucyMiller MargaretB.Magruder MargaretBond MargaretG.T.Moore MarianaS.Miller MarthaS.Townsend MaryA.Gilpin MaryE.Thomas MaryMagruder MaryMuncaster MaryP.T.Jackson Mrs.Christian Mrs.Clarke
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Mrs.Lippincort Mrs.Phillips Mrs.Sead(?) NellieVedder PattieI.Farquhar RoseM.Gilpin SarahBeacham SarahJ.Moore SarahM.Hallowell SophiaPeirce SueL.Thomas
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1899(pages106-139):Theminutesof1899spanfromFebruary25,1899toNovember23,1899.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.pearlfisheries,IronMt.Co.ofMissouri),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.AraucaniansinChile,recentEgyptiancivilization,
Johannesburg),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.EmpressofChina,MarkTwain,HelenKeller,SusanB.Anthony,Frederic
Douglass,DavidHarum,Whittier,Edison),• self-improvement(e.g.hope,don’tworry,sincerity,happiness,kindness),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.California,Niagara,WatkinsGlen),• travel(international;e.g.Norway,Switzerland),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• war,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceStablerOakGrove(MargaretS.Hallowell) AnnaF.Gilpin AliceTysonMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) ElizaN.Moore AnneBellHigginsNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) ElizabethC.Davis BessieMillerWightPlainfield(MaryE.Moore) ElizabethG.Thomas CarolineH.MillerRosedale(SarahH.Stone) EllenFarquhar TheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) LouisaT.Brooke CarrieJanney
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PleasantView(VirginiaSteer) LydiaG.Thomas(passedawayin1899)
CarrieS.Bond
Sunnyside(MaryOsborne) MargaretS.Hallowell CarrieS.BrookeCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) MarthaA.Holland ClaraA.Moore MaryBentleyThomas CorneliaN.Stabler MaryE.Gilpin ElizaBrooke MaryE.Moore ElizabethBond MaryG.Colt ElizabethScott MaryOsborne ElizabethT.Stabler MaryT.Bond EmmaStabler SarahA.Bond EmmaWaters SarahE.Stabler FannySnowden SarahH.Stone FlorenceBond SarahT.Miller GraceHarvey VirginiaSteer HannahB.Brooke HannahB.Stabler HarrietKirk HelenLea HelenShoemaker JuliaPalmer LillieStabler LouisaWarfield MargaretB.
Magruder MargaretG.T.Moore MariannaBrown MarianneMiller MaryA.Gilpin MaryE.Gilpin MaryH.Stabler MaryMagruder MaryP.T.Jackson Mrs.Deeble(?) Mrs.EdwardTurner Mrs.Gambrell Mrs.Jackson PattieR.Stabler PattieT.Farquhar RebeccaT.M.Stabler SarahR.Janney SarahT.Moore VirginiaHerves
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1900(Volume6:pages139-148;Volume7:pages7-24):Theminutesof1900spanfromJanuary20,1900toFebruary22,1900inVolume6andMarch29,1900toOctober25,1900inVolume7.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• education,• faith,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.manufactureofTurkishrugs,famineinIndia,Christiansof
China),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• othersocialclubs,• otherreligions,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.FlorenceNightingale,Lincoln,Tennyson,QueenVictoria,MarieCorelli),• self-improvement(e.g.patience,happiness,don’tworry),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic;e.g.Norfolktoseesolareclipse,BlueRidgeSummit),• travel(international;e.g.Italy,Mexico),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceG.StablerMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) AnnaF.Gilpin AliceT.StablerKnollton(ElizabethC.Davis) AnnaG.Lea AnneLeaWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) ElizaN.Moore AnnieM.ShoemakerBrookePlace(LouisaBrooke) ElizabethC.Davis AnnieWetheraldCedarLawn(EllenFarquhar) ElizabethG.Thomas BessieThomWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) EllenFarquhar CallieLeaAvalon(MaryE.Gilpin) HarrietJ.Bentley CarolineBondPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) LouisaT.Brooke CarolineH.Brooke MargaretS.Hallowell(passed
awayin1900)CarolineH.Miller
MarthaA.Holland CarrieL.Brooke MaryBentleyThomas CatherineJanney MaryE.Gilpin CorneliaGover MaryE.Moore CorneliaN.Stabler MaryG.Colt ElizaStabler
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MaryOsborne ElizabethStabler MaryT.Bond EllenStabler SarahE.Stabler EmilieMassey SarahH.Stone EstherWetherald SarahT.Miller EthelMcKay VirginiaSteer FlorenceWetherald HannahB.Stabler HarrietHaines HarrietHarris HarrietKirk HelenaMoore IsabelMiller KateD.Thomas KateStabler KatherineGilpin LouisaBrooke LouisaNesbitt LydiaHaviland MariaWillis MarianTaturn MarthaReese MarthaVickers MaryP.T.Jackson MaryTilton MissBall Miss.Baldwin Miss.Schermerhorn Mrs.GranvilleFarquhar Mrs.Higgins Mrs.Jackson Mrs.Jas.P.Stabler Mrs.Massey NellieHartshorne PattieR.Stabler SadieHaviland SallieTurnerJanney SallyBrooke SarahBond SophiaRobinson SusannahL.Thomas VirginiaStabler
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Volume7-2004.0018.0007
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromMarch29,1900toMay4,1905.Fifty-onemeetingswererecorded(602total).
1901(pages25-54):Theminutesof1901spanfromJanuary22,1901toOctober24,1901.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.saltworksinSyracuse,NewYork,ruinsinPhoenix,
Arizona),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Philipinos,geysersinNewZealand,lacemakingbyRussian
peasants,womenphysiciansinRussia,Equatorville,experimentsatoxygenhospitalinLondon),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managing,servants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• otherreligions,• prominentpeople(e.g.QueenVictoria,HelenKeller,BelleKearney,QueenAlexandra,BookerT.
Washington,AnnaRobertson),• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,cheerfulness,enjoyment),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic;e.g.Pan-AmericanExposition,Niagara,PacificCoast),• travel(international;e.g.Edinburgh,Denmark,Russia,Alaska),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsArgyle(AnnaG.Lea) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceBoonre(?)Eldere(HarrietLea) AnnaF.Gilpin AliceTysonEvergreen(SarahA.Bond) AnnaG.Lea AmyP.MillerMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) CarolineL.Brooke AnnaBentley
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Plainfield(MaryE.Moore) ElizaN.Moore AugustN.ThomasNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) ElizabethC.Davis BeulahLeaSunnyside(MaryOsborne) ElizabethG.Thomas CarrieS.BondRosedale(SarahH.Stone) EllenFarquhar CatherineThomasTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) HarrietJ.Bentley ClaraChalfontePleasantViewFarm(VirginiaSteer) HarrietLea ClaraMoore LouisaT.Brooke CorneliaBentley MarthaA.Holland CorneliaMillerStabler MaryBentleyThomas CorneliaNicholsStabler MaryE.Gilpin D(?)Dressler MaryE.Moore DollieE.Vedder MaryG.Colt EdithHallowell MaryOsborne ElizabethIddings MaryT.Bond ElizabethLea SarahE.Stabler EllenStabler SarahH.Stone EmilieMassey SarahT.Miller EmmaE.Bond VirginiaSteer EstherWetherald FannySnowden FlorenceWetherald GraceHarvey HallieLea HannahStabler HarrietHarris HelenLea JuliaColt LeahOstler LizzieBond LizzieWilcox LydiaHaviland LydiaT.Hallowell MadgeMoore MarthaVickies MaryC.Bentley MaryMuncaster MaryPorter Mrs.Carr Mrs.Haslup Mrs.Jackson Mrs.Shoemaker PattieFarquhar RebeccaStabler RebeccaT.Miller SarahA.Bond SallieE.Taylor SarahMoore
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SarahWilcox SophiaPeirce SueL.Thomas TemperanceGover VirginiaStabler
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1902(pages54-98):Theminutesof1902spanfromJanuary2,1902toDecember26,1902.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.GeorgeJuniorRepublicinNewYork,treeinSierra
Nevada),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.immensityofSiberia,legendsofthePhilippineIsles,lily
fieldsinBermuda,habitsofJapanesewomen,extraordinaryvillagesaroundtheworld),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• history,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• otherreligions,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.HenryHarkhome,Whittier,QueenofHolland,PhillippsBrooke,Alice
FreemanPalmer),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.truth,thankfulness,politeness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• transportation,• travel(international;e.g.Egypt,Mexico,Philippines),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• war,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsCherryGrove(ElizabethG.Thomas) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceF.StablerBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) AnnaF.Gilpin AliceMillerMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) AnnaM.Shoemaker AnnaVanB.BentleyBrookePlace(LouisaT.Brooke) CarolineL.Brooke AnnieHoughWalbrooke(CarolineL.Brooke) ElizaN.Moore AnnieM.ChandleeWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) ElizabethC.Davis CatherineBeall
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Knollton(ElizabethC.Davis) ElizabethG.Thomas CatherineD.ThomasCedars(EllenFarquhar) EllenFarquhar CorneliaBentleyAvalon(MaryE.Gilpin) HarrietJ.Bentley DollieE.Vedder HarrietLea ElizabethS.Iddings LouisaT.Brooke ElizabethT.Stabler MarthaA.Holland EmilieT.Massey MaryBentleyThomas EstelleMoore MaryG.Colt EstherAppletone MaryE.Moore EvaGilpin MaryE.Gilpin FannySnowden MaryOsborne(passedawayin1902) FlorenceBentley MaryT.Bond FlorenceWetherald SarahE.Stabler HallieJ.Bentley SarahH.Stone HallieT.Lea SarahT.Miller HannahB.Stabler VirginiaSteer HarrietLea HelenShoemaker KateJanney LottieFarquhar LucyDavis LydiaHaviland MargaretC.Baucroft MargaretMagruder MaryBentley MaryE.Thomas MaryGilpin MaryJanney MaryMooreTilton MaryPotter MaryT.Jackson MaryT.Kirk MayTatum MinnieFeatherstone NellieHartshorne PattieT.Farquhar RoseGilpin SarahA.Bond SueL.Thomas
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1903(pages98-145):Theminutesof1903spanfromJanuary29,1903toDecember3,1903.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• coloredpeople,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.ArcadianIslands,St.Louisexposition,GrandCanyon),• economy,• faith,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foodpreservation,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.Londonslums,“slotmachines”inLondon,Chineseminister,
graveyardsinBrittany,Chineseproverbsaboutwomen,libraryinSpain),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• healthandexercise,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.PhillipsBrooke,LucretiaMott),Emerson,JessieBentonFremont,Dean
Stanley,FrancisScottKey),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.sympathy,truthfulness,happiness,courtesy,politeness),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• travel(domestic,e.g.NewOrleans,California,NewJersey,Rappahannock,Nebraska,NewYork),• travel(international;e.g.Bermuda,NewZealand,London,Philippines),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsPleasantView(MarthaA.Holland) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceTysonPlainfield(MaryE.Moore) AliceTyson AmeliaPorterRosedale(SarahH.Stone) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnabellePaxTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) AnnaM.Shoemaker AnnieBeallHigginsPleasantView(VirginiaSteer) CarolineL.Brooke AnnieLeaSunnyside(AlbinaO.Stabler) ElizaN.Moore BeatrixTysonBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) ElizabethC.Davis CarolineH.MillerWrenwood(MaryG.Colt) ElizabethG.Thomas CarolineB.ScottMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) EllenFarquhar CorneliaBentley HarrietLea DoraMoore LouisaT.Brooke EdithB.Farquhar MarthaA.Holland ElizabethC.Rumford
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MaryBentleyThomas ElizabethS.Iddings MaryE.Gilpin ElizabethScott MaryE.Moore ElizabethStabler MaryG.Colt ElizabethTatum MaryT.Bond EmilieMassey SarahE.Stabler EmmaBond SarahH.Stone EstelleMoore SarahT.Miller FaithFarquhar VirginiaSteer FannySnowden FlorenceBentley FlorenceSnowden HannahStabler HarrietHaines HarrietKirk IsabelMiller IsabelRussell JanetMiller KateT.Thomas KatherineGambrill KatherineJanney LilyB.Stabler LucyMiller LydiaHaviland MariaT.Willis MarnieM.Thomas MarthaR.Stabler MaryA.Gilpin MaryB.Gilpin MaryE.Thomas MaryJanney MaryP.T.Jackson MaryScott MaryWillisFarquhar MissAmos Miss.Freeman Mrs.Canby Mrs.Chiffelle Mrs.H.C.Smith Mrs.Leech Mrs.Relyea Mrs.SamuelScott Mrs.Smith PattieT.Farquhar RebeccaMiller RebeccaStabler SallieE.Taylor
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SallieRandolphMiller SarahA.Bond SarahMooreAdams VirginiaStabler
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1904(pages145-183):Theminutesof1904spanfromFebruary6,1904toOctober1,1904.TheminutesforthemeetingonDecember15,1904areinVolume8frompages27-30.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.immensetreesinCalifornia,MountPelé,International
PeaceConferenceinBoston,customsofEasterDay,JewishquarterinNewYorkCity,moneyinKentuckymountains,World’sFair,commonwealthofwomeninLaurel),
• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.babiesinJapan,birdcityinSandwichIsles,tininAlaska),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• othersocialclubs,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.DeanStanley,mayorofToledo,BishopofCanterbury,Georgeand
MarthaWashington),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.happiness,cheerfulness,humbleness),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• travel(domestic,e.g.trolleytripfromNewYorktoBoston,Maine),• travel(international;e.g.Philippines),• war,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsBrookePlace(LouisaT.Brooke) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceTysonCedarLawn(EllenFarquhar) AnnaF.Gilpin AmeliaPotterWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin) AnnaM.Shoemaker AnnaVanB.Bentley
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Alloway(AnnieM.Shoemaker) CarolineL.Brooke AnnieKirkAvalon(MaryE.Gilpin) ElizaN.Moore AnnieMcDowellPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) ElizabethG.Thomas CarrieBondMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) EllenFarquhar CarrieM.BrookeNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) HarrietLea CatherineJanney LouisaT.Brooke ClaraA.Moore MarthaA.Holland ClaraJanney MaryBentleyThomas CorneliaM.Stabler MaryE.Gilpin DeborahReese MaryE.Moore DollieE.Vedder MaryG.Colt DoraA.Moore MaryT.Bond EdithElbry SarahE.Stabler ElizabethRumford SarahH.Stone ElizabethS.Iddings SarahT.Miller ElizabethStabler VirginiaSteer ElizabethTatum EllenStabler EmilieT.Coulter EmmaBond EmmaStabler EstelleMoore EthelThompson EugeniaAmos EvaGilpin FannySnowden FannyTurnbull FlorenceHallowell FlorenceWetherald Mrs.H.C.Smith HannahB.Stabler HannahBrooke HarrietJackson HarrietKirk HelenB.Lea HelenShoemaker HelenThomas IdaSullivan IndiaDowney IsabelleFussell JanetMiller JuliaHallowell KateThomas KatherineBrooke LauraShoemaker LillieStabler LizzieBond
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LizzieWilson LottieFarquhar LydiaHaviland MamieThomas MargaretG.T.Moore MargaretLogan MargaretMagruder MarianTatum MariannaMiller MaryG.Colt MaryP.T.Jackson MaryWillisFarquhar Mrs.Rabea Mrs.Dow Mrs.Knip Mrs.Nichols Mrs.Pax Mrs.Reese OliviaLinsey PattieFarquhar PattieR.Stabler RebeccaT.Miller RebeccaT.Stabler SarahA.Bond SarahBond SarahH.Bond SarahKirk SueL.Thomas SusanDuck SusannahThomas VirginiaStabler
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1905(Volume7:pages184-199;Volume8:3-34):Theminutesof1905spanfromJanuary12,1905toMay4,1905inVolume7andfromMay25,1905toDecember1,1905.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.colossalcaveinKentucky,ShakerPeaceConference),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.mudhutsinJapan,Russia,toymanufacturinginGermany,
pygmiesinAfrica,libraryinParis,AmericansinChina),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• oldage,• otherreligions,• peace,• prominentpeople(e.g.TheodoreCuyler,HelenKeller,MartinLuther,Burbank,CountBertrand),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.contentment,simplicity,happiness,sympathy,tranquility,laughter,
love),• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,• travel(domestic,e.g.Portland,YellowstonePark,NewMexico),• travel(international;e.g.Australia,Azores,Gibraltar,Tangier,Cadiz,Japan,Italy,Holland,
Alaska),• womanhood,and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsWalbrooke(CarolineL.Brooke) AlbinaO.Stabler AliceTysonTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnaG.LeaSunnyside(AlbinaO.Stabler) CarolineL.Brooke BeatrixRumfordBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) ElizaN.Moore BelleHannumRosedale(SarahH.Stone) ElizabethC.Davis BessieDinsmore
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Magnolia(MaryT.Bond) ElizabethG.Thomas CarolineS.BondPlainfield(MaryE.Moore) EllenFarquhar CarrieBondWalnutHill(AnnaF.Gilpin HarrietJ.Bentley CarrieTaylor HarrietLea CatherineThomas LouisaT.Brooke CorneliaM.Stabler MarthaA.Holland CorneliaN.Stabler MaryBentleyThomas ElinorSimmonds MaryE.Gilpin ElizabethS.Iddings MaryE.Moore ElizabethStabler MaryG.Colt ElizabethTatum MaryT.Bond EllenStabler SarahE.Stabler EllenThomas SarahH.Stone EmilieCoulter SarahT.Miller EmilieT.Massey SarahF.Wilson EmmaBond VirginiaSteer EstelleMoore EthelThompson FannySnowden FlorenceBond FrancesStabler HallieBentley HannahB.Brooke HannahB.Stabler HarrietJackson HelenFarquhar HelenLea HelenMiller HelenShoemaker HelenStabler HelenThomas HuldaJanney IsabelFussell JanetMiller KatherineThomas LenaStabler LillieStabler LizzieHogg LizzieWilson LottieFarquhar LucilleLevick LydiaHaviland M.EdithFarquhar MadgeF.T.Moore MamieThomas MargaretB.Magruder MargaretBancroft
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MargaretG.T.Moore MargaretLipponcott MariamStabler MarthaVickers MaryA.Gilpin MaryC.Bentley MaryE.Thomas MaryP.T.Jackson MaryPotter MaryS.Booth MaryTatum MaryW.Farquhar MinnieIddings MissFreeborn MissGittings Miss.Hough Mrs.Hickock Mrs.Freeland Mrs.H.C.Smith Mrs.Hill Mrs.OttoSimon Mrs.Page Mrs.Taylor Mrs.Wilson NellieHartshorne PattieF.Farquhar PattieT.Farquhar PerleThomas RebeccaHollingsworth RebeccaT.Miller SarahA.Bond SarahM.Hallowell SueThomas
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Volume8-2004.0018.0008
ThisvolumecontainsthemonthlyminutesfromMay25,1905toDecember31,1909.Fortymeetingsrecorded(643total).Note:Thisfindingaidonlycoversthefirst50years,sothelastmeetingdocumentedin1907isinMay.
1906(pages40-73):Theminutesof1906spanfromFebruary22,1906toNovember29.1906.Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• coloredpeople,• death,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.socialsettlementformillionairesinChicago,schoolsin
southernDelaware,town-crierinNantucket,meteoriteinArizona,treesinCalifornia),• education,• faith,• fashion,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.China,recyclinginGermany,bridgenearVictoriaFalls,
India,Muslimwomen,Syria),• friendship,• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• handwork,• health,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• Indians,• managingservants,• marriage,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• othersocialclubs,• prominentpeople(e.g.MarshallField,GeorgeWashington,SusanB.Anthony,CharlesWagner,
JerryBlackMcCauley,AnneHamiltonDownell,SarahWentworth,PaulLawrenceDunbar),• Quakerism,• science,• self-improvement(e.g.success,politeness,silence,cheerfulness),• socialjustice,• technology/manufacturing/industry,• temperance,• transportation,• travel(domestic,e.g.Swarthmore,LakeGeorge),• travel(international;e.g.Sicily,Italy,Spain,Canada,Japan),• tributestodeceasedmembers,• womanhood,and• women’srights.
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Homes Members GuestsAvalon(MaryE.Gilpin) AlbinaO.Stabler AmyWarfieldPleasantGrove(MarthaA.Holland) AnnaF.Gilpin AnnaF.BrookeMountAiry(SarahT.Miller) CarolineL.Brooke AnnaG.LeaPlainfield(MaryE.Moore) ElizaN.Moore AnnaHeicockRoslyn(HelenS.Stabler) ElizabethC.Davis AnnieFrostBrownKnollton(ElizabethC.Davis) EllenFarquhar BelleHarmmonSunnyside(MaryOsborne) HarrietLea CarolineBond LouisaT.Brooke CatherineJanney MarthaA.Holland ClaraMoore MaryBentleyThomas CorneliaStabler MaryE.Gilpin EdithB.Farquhar MaryE.Moore(passedawayin1906) EleanorBrooke MaryG.Colt ElizaBrooke MaryT.Bond ElizaE.Farquhar SarahE.Stabler ElizabethHoff SarahF.Wilson ElizabethScott SarahH.Stone(passedawayin1906) ElizabethT.Stabler SarahT.Miller ElizabethTatum VirginiaSteer EllaBrown EllaMoore EmilieCoulter EmilieT.Massey EmilieTurnbull EmmaL.Bond EstelleT.Moore EthelTownsend EugeniaFawcett EvaS.Gilpin FannieB.Snowden FlorenceBond FlorenceWetherald HannahB.Stabler HelenG.Miller IdaStabler IndiaDowney IsabelTownsend KateThomas KatherineBrooke KatherineThomas LillieB.Stabler LucyO.Lea LydiaHaviland M.B.Magruder MannieThomas MargaretG.T.Moore
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MargaretJones MarianTatum MarionFarquhar MaryA.Gilpin MaryFarquhar MaryJanney MaryP.T.Jackson MaryScott MaryWarfield MissCross MissFreebourne MissYoung Mrs.Brigham Mrs.Erray Mrs.Geo.Banes Mrs.H.C.Smith Mrs.Heines Mrs.Shelton Mrs.Shipley Mrs.Taylor NellieHartshorne PattieT.Farquhar RebeccaStabler RebeccaT.Miller RoseHess SarahA.Bond SarahE.Kirk SarahT.Adams SophieRobinson VirginiaStabler
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1907(pages74-147):Theminutesof1907spanfromJanuary3,1907toDecember26,1907.ThisfindingaidonlygoesuntilMay1907,soitdoesnotcovertherestof1907(pages74-117).Topicsdiscussedatthemeetingsincluded:
• charityandphilanthropy,• childlabor,• coloredpeople,• domesticplaces/events/customs(e.g.DeathValley),• education,• faith,• fashion,• femaleemployment,• foodpreparationandrecipes,• foreignplaces/events/customs(e.g.explorationnearAmazon,NewYearsMassonFrench
beaches,womeninJapan,lakevillagesinAfrica),• gardening/agriculture/animalhusbandry,• history,• housekeepingtipsandcustoms,• motherhood/childrearing/familylife,• nature,• prominentpeople(e.g.EmilieBlackwell,JosephineButler,RusselH.Cornwell,MarkTwain,
LouisaM.Alcott,JosephJefferson,Mrs.RussellSage),• science,• self-improvement(e.g.cheerfulness),• socialjustice,• temperance,• travel(domestic,e.g.southernCalifornia),• travel(international;e.g.Hawaii,Philippines,Japan,Bermuda),and• women’srights.
Homes Members GuestsTheCottage(SarahE.Stabler) AlbinaO.Stabler AnnaG.LeaBelmont(MaryBentleyThomas) AliceTyson CarolineS.BondMarden(AliceTyson) AnnabelleO.Page ElizabethCanbyMagnolia(MaryT.Bond) AnnaF.Gilpin ElizabethGilpinLongmeade(SarahF.Wilson) CarolineL.Brooke ElizabethM.TaylorNorwood(ElizaN.Moore) ElizaN.Moore ElizabethS.Iddings ElizabethC.Davis ElizabethT.Stabler EllenFarquhar EmilieT.Massey EstelleMoore EmmaT.Stabler HarrietJ.Bentley EugeniaFawett HarrietLea FannieB.Snowden HelenS.Stabler FlorenceBond LouisaT.Brooke FlorenceWetherald MarthaA.Holland FrancesStabler
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MaryBentleyThomas HallieC.Bentley MaryE.Gilpin HannahB.Stabler MaryG.Colt HelenR.Shoemaker MaryT.Bond HelenWetherald PattieFarquhar KateD.Thomas SarahE.Stabler KateD.Thomas SarahF.Wilson KatieThomas SarahT.Miller LillieStabler VirginiaSteer MannieThomas MargaretBancroft MargaretG.T.Moore MarianaMiller MarianaS.Miller MaryCoffinBrooke MaryG.Moore MaryP.T.Jackson NellieHartshorne OliveGilpin RebeccaT.Miller RebeccaT.Stabler
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OnMay29,1907,thegroupheldameetingthatcommemoratedthe50yearsthatthegrouphadbeenmeeting.ThismeetingwasheldaNorwood,homeofElizaN.Moore.Atthismeeting:
• EdithD.Bentleypaintedsatinbadgeswithapairofclaspedhandsandinscriptionsoneachside,“Sherwood1857”and“Norwood1907.”
• ElizaMoorereadreminiscencesoffirstmeetingin1857.Shehadbeenpresentasayounggirltohelpwaitonthetable.Shereflectedonthesimplerlifeatthetime.
• Lettersfrommemberswhocouldnotattendwereshared.• Hopeforthefutureofthegrouptoextendanother50years,withdescendantsofthegroupstill
members.• HarrietJ.Bentleyreadanoriginalpoem.• KatherineL.Brookesangtwosongs.• MaryBentleyThomas(secretary)readahistoryoftheAssociation.