Howe Family Papers, 1800-1940, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the personal papers belonging to the Howe family of Middleton, Massachusetts. Included in this collection are photographs, Christmas cards, administrative church documents, receipts, a teacher's planning book, and journals.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1940, undated
Creator
- Howe family (Family)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
Galen Benjamin Howe was born on October 16, 1868 to Benjamin and Anne Jane Richardson Howe of Middleton, Massachusetts. He married Ruth Conant of Topsfield, Massachusetts on June 27, 1900; Ruth died on February 27, 1901. Howe remarried to Mrs. Esther Howe by 1936, although the exact date is unknown. He worked as a schoolteacher (circa 1912) and clerk of Middleton's Evangelical Congregational Church (circa 1924-1938).
Anne Jane Richardson Howe was born in Middleton, Massachusetts on February 24, 1837 to Daniel Richardson and Olive Berry Perkins Richardson. She married Benjamin Howe on December 25, 1856, a man nine years her senior (born August 8, 1828). The couple lived in Middleton and had three children: Annie Johnson (18 April 1858), Nellie Colburn (3 May 1864), and Galen Benjamin (16 October 1868). Benjamin Howe died in Middleton on March 24, 1889.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers belonging to the Howe family of Middleton, Massachusetts.
Series List
SERIES I. Howe Family Papers
SERIES II. Galen B. Howe Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This material was donated by Shari A. Dietz in 1989 (acc #89022).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Stephanie Spano, January 2008.
Subject
- Howe, Galen Benjamin, b. 1868 (Person)
- Howe, Ann J. Richardson, b.1837 (Person)
- Howe, Nellie Coburn, b. 1864 (Person)
- Perkins, Oliver (Person)
- Richardson, Daniel (Person)
- Richardson, Henry (Person)
- Richardson, Olive B. (Person)
- Evangelical Congregational Church (Organization)
- Foreign Missionary Auxiliary (Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- HOWE FAMILY PAPERS, 1800-1940, undated
- Author
- Processed by: Stephanie Spano; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository