Inventory of Sarah Kempton Collection MC.008 Processed and encoded by Ashley Kuhn; edited by Hanna Juergens; encoding edited by Megan Wheaton-Book Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections
Madeline Clark Wallace LibraryWheaton College26 East Main StreetNorton, MA, U.S.A.
November 2008 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-10-12T14:17-0400 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS September 10, 2012 Finding Aid edited by Hanna Juergens, encoding edited by Megan Wheaton-Book Inventory of the Sarah Kempton Papers, 1842-1844 Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections, Wheaton College, Norton MA. http://wheatoncollege.edu/archives/manuscripts-special-collections/ MC.008 Sarah Kempton Papers 1844 Kempton, Sarah, Attended Wheaton 1842-1844 0.2 2 The collection contains Sarah Kempton's compositions, drawing book, and black lace mitts. The papers also mention Sarah's sister Anna Kempton. The materials date from the year 1844. To access materials, please contact the Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

 Copyright

Copyright is retained by the authors, or their descendants, of items in these papers as stipulated by United States copyright law.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Sarah Kempton Collection, MC008, Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections, Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton MA, U.S.A.

 Processing Information

Processed by: Ashley Kuhn, November 2008

Encoded using Archivist Toolkit by: Hanna Juergens 2012

Encoding edited by: Megan Wheaton-Book 2012

 Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information not available for these papers. Papers inputted into database in 2008.

 Biographical Information

Sarah and Anna Kempton were from New Bedford, Massachusetts, and attended Wheaton Seminary from 1842 to 1844.

 Scope and Contents

The Sarah Kempton collection contains correspondence from Sarah Kempton to her cousin Rebecca Bailey regarding the summer of 1844, and from her sister Anna M. B. Kempton to Rebecca discussing the regulations of Wheaton Seminary, 1844. The letters are light-hearted descriptions of plans for summer activities and youthful exchanges between cousins. A drawing book that is also part of her collection contains various sketches of scenery by Sarah while she was a student at the Seminary, 1844.

 Physical Characteristics

The black mitts have a hole for the thumb and are open at the top of the fingers.

The black lace mitts have been physically separated from the Sarah Kempton Collection, and relocated to drawer 22.

 Subject Headings

The following terms suggest topics interspersed through the entire collection.

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Kempton, Anna, Attended Wheaton 1842-1844 Wheaton Female Seminary (Norton, Mass.) Women's education Collection Overview Compositions 1844 1 18 Drawing Book 1844 1 19 Black Lace Mitts 1844 22