| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Guilford, Linda Thayer |
| Title: | Linda Thayer Guilford Papers |
| Dates: | 1843-1910 |
| Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) |
| Abstract: | Linda Thayer Guilford (1823-1911) was an educator and temperance advocate of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, speeches, notes on early Cleveland, Ohio, schools; newspaper clippings, scrapbook, and other papers concerning Miss Guilford's activities as a teacher at the Cleveland Female Seminary and the Cleveland Academy, and her interest in the temperance movement. Includes secretary's book (1882-1885) of the Young Ladies Temperance League and minutes and newspaper clippings (1885-1880) concerning the Young Ladies League for Temperance Education, Cleveland. Also contains notes in memory of her former student, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and extracts from the writings of Woolson. |
| MS Number | MS 0484 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Linda Thayer Guilford (1823-1911) was born in Lanesboro, Massachusetts and worked in the paper mills there until friends enabled her to attend Mt. Holyoke Seminary. After graduating in 1847, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, first to to become principal of the Young Ladies Seminary and then to be principal of the Female Academy. From 1854-1860 she was principal of the Cleveland Female Seminary, and from 1861-1866 she owned and operated her own private school for boys and girls. From 1866-1881 she was principal of the Cleveland Academy. Guilford was active in the temperance movement, serving as president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and as an active member of the Young Women's Temperance League.
View the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Linda Thayer Guilford
View the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Temperance Movement in Cleveland
View the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Cleveland Female Seminary
The Linda Thayer Guilford Papers, 1843-1910, consist of correspondence, writings, speeches, notes on early Cleveland, Ohio, schools; newspaper clippings, scrapbook, and other papers concerning Miss Guilford's activities as a teacher at the Cleveland Female Seminary and the Cleveland Academy, and her interest in the temperance movement. Includes secretary's book (1882-1885) of the Young Ladies Temperance League and minutes and newspaper clippings (1885-1880) concerning the Young Ladies League for Temperance Education, Cleveland. Also contains notes in memory of her former student, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and extracts from the writings of Woolson.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying this history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the life of Linda Thayer Guilford. Those interested in the temperance movement, women's history, and women's seminary education in the nineteenth century will find this collection useful. Those studying the life and writings of Constance Fenimore Woolson will find this collection useful. Those interested in the history and activities of the Young Ladies Temperance League and the Young Ladies League for Temperance Education will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find the membership lists in this collection useful.
While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 484 Linda Thayer Guilford Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Linda Thayer Guilford Papers 1843-1910 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence 1843-1910 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Copies of writings and speeches 1870-1903 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Notes on early Cleveland, Ohio, schools undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Miscellaneous financial papers 1883-1896 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Papers relating to temperance movement activities 1878-1888 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Newspaper clippings 1855-1886 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Miscellaneous papers, including application, poems, and notes 1888 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | School notebooks 1879-1880 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Secretary's record book of the Young Ladies Temperance League 1882-1885 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Secretary's record book for the Young Ladies League for Temperance Education 1875-1891 | |||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oversize Volume 1: Scrapbook 1857-1896 | ||||||||||