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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Inventory of Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers
                    <num>MC.017</num>
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Ashley Kuhn</author>
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                <publisher>Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections</publisher>
                <address><addressline>Madeline Clark Wallace Library</addressline><addressline><emph>Wheaton College</emph></addressline><addressline>26 East Main Street</addressline><addressline>Norton, MA, U.S.A.</addressline></address>
                <date>October 2008</date>
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                    <p>website</p>
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            <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2012-10-23T15:48-0400</date>
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            <langusage>Description is in English</langusage>
            <descrules>Finding aid was prepared using <title>DACS</title></descrules>
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            <change>
                <date>9/11/2012</date>
                <item>Hanna Juergens</item>
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        <titlepage><titleproper>Inventory of the Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers<date normal="1865/1867" type="inclusive">1865-1867</date></titleproper></titlepage>
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                <corpname>Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections, Wheaton College, Norton MA.</corpname><extref ns2:actuate="onRequest" ns2:show="new">
                    http://wheatoncollege.edu/archives/manuscripts-special-collections/
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            <unitid>MC.017</unitid>
            <unittitle>Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers, <unitdate normal="1865/1867" type="inclusive">1865-1867</unitdate></unittitle>
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                <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Prouty, Elizabeth J., Attended Wheaton 1865-1867</persname>
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                <extent unit="folder">1</extent>
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            <physloc>To access materials, please contact the Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections.</physloc>
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            <head>Information for Users</head>
            <accessrestrict id="ref5">
                <head>Access Restrictions</head>
                <p>No restrictions. Open for research.</p>
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            <userestrict id="ref6">
                <head>Copyright</head>
                <p>Copyright is retained by the authors, or their descendants, of items in these papers as stipulated by United States copyright law.</p>
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            <prefercite id="ref4">
                <head>Preferred Citation</head>
                <p>[Identification of item], in the Jane L. and Elizabeth J. Prouty Papers, MC017, Marion B. Gebbie Archives and Special Collections, Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton MA, U.S.A.</p>
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            <processinfo>
                <head>Processing Information</head>
                <p>Processed by: Ashley Kuhn, October 2008 </p>
                <p>Encoded using Archivist Toolkit: Hanna Juergens, Spetember 2012 </p>
                <p>Encoding edited by: Megan Wheaton-Book, October 2012</p>
            </processinfo>
        </descgrp>
        <acqinfo><head>Source of  Acquisition</head>
            <p>Acquisition information not available for this collection. Collection inputted into database in 2008.</p>
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            <head>Biography</head>
            <p>Elizabeth and Jane were from Spencer, MA, and were enrolled at Wheaton Seminary from 1865 to 1867.</p>
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            <head>Scope and Content</head>
            <p>This collection contains semi-monthly reports for Jane (Jennie) L. Pronty for the subjects French and Arithmetic. It includes two monthly reports one of Jane Pronty and one of Elizabeth J. Pronty's order of room, order of wardrobe, care of health, promptness, accuracy in accounts, and deportment from Dec. 8 to Jan. 12, 1866. Correspondence between Jane (Jennie) L. Pronty and her sister Mary Pronty through the years of 1865 and 1866 are part of this collection.</p>
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        <controlaccess>
            <head>Subject Headings</head>
            <p>The following terms suggest topics
                interspersed through the entire collection.</p>
            <p>Search for similar materials in Wheaton Library's online catalog.</p>
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                <item><genreform source="lcsh">Correspondence.</genreform></item>
                <item><subject source="lcsh">Dormitory life</subject></item>
                <item><subject source="lcsh">School discipline</subject></item>
                <item><subject source="lcsh">Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.)</subject></item>
                <item><subject source="lcsh">Wheaton Female Seminary (Norton, Mass.)</subject></item>
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            <head>Collection Overview</head>
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                    <unittitle>Monthly Reports and Correspondence</unittitle>
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