The Eleanor Mason Letters
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History
These letters written by Eleanor Dewey Mason to Abby Howe Turner. Several letters are from Eleanor Mason's mother, Nettie Purssell Mason.
The Images
All documents have a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.
- A Letter Written on Mar 14, 1919, from Nettie Purssell Mason
- envelope Addressed to Miss Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from Eleanor's mother. Red seal on reverse reads "Garo Mission M. C> Mason Assam" No postmark or full address implies her mother put this letter with a letter to Eleanor, and asked Eleanor to deliver it to Miss Turner.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Apr 15, 1920, from Nettie Purssell Mason
- envelope Addressed to Miss Turner at Mount Holyoke College. Postmarked Jun 4, 1920 7pm in New York, NY.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Sep 15, 1921
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Sep 21, 1922 in Port Said.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jun 19, 1922
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, but then forwarded to England, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Jul ?4[, 1922] 10am in South Hadley, and Aug 4, 1922 in London.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Oct 5, 1922
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Oct 12, 1922 in Egmore, India.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Nov 29, 1923
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Nov 29, 1923 in Egmore, India.
- page 1 Full contents of letter.
- A Letter Written on Jan 10, 1924
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner and probably sent through campus mail.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 10, 1924
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Jan 10, 1924 6:35pm in an indecipherable town in India.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on May 27, 1924
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, but then forwarded to Brookline, Mass, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Jul 11, 1924 10am in South Hadley.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Aug 17, 1924
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in India. Postmarked Aug 21, 1924 6:35pm.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Apr 21, 1925
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jun 25, 1925
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, and forwarded to Brookline, Mass. Postmarked Jun 25, 1925 in Esmore, and transit marked Jul 22, 1925 10am in South Hadley.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Aug 20, 1925
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Aug, 1925 6:35pm in Mount Road.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Sep 4, 1925
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Sep 3, 1925 6:35pm.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Nov 12, 1925
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Nov 12, 1925 6:35pm.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Dec 3, 1925
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Dec 3, 1925 6:35pm.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 16, 1927
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Mar 17, 1927 11am in Brookline, Mass.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on May 15, 1928
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jun 15, 1928
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Sep 25, 1928
- envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Abby added a few names to the envelope, suggesting she was passing the letter around to other friends to read. Postmarked Oct 4, 1928 6:30pm in Mount Road. Stamp clipped off.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Dec 25, 1928
- envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Dec 28, 1928 4pm in Yer Caud.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 24, 1929
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Jan 24, 1929 6:30pm in Mount Road.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Apr 7, 1929
- envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Apr 10, 1929 6:30pm in Yer Caud. Stamp missing.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on May 8, 1929
- envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked May 8, 1929 10pm in Kotagiri.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Aug 15, 1929
- envelope Addressed to Prof. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at W. C. College in Madras, India. Postmarked Aug 15, 1929 6:30pm in Mount Road.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Nov 21, 1929
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Nov 21, 1929 6:30pm in Mount Road.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 23, 1930
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. M. at W. C. College in Madras, India. Postmarked Jan 23, 1930 10pm in Cathedral.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jun 14, 1930
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner in Berlin, forwarded to Copenhagen and then to Oslo, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Jun 16, 1930 2:30pm in Srinagar.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Sep 23, 1930
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Dec 30, 1930
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 12, 1931
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jul 9, 1931
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Oct 8, 1931
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Feb 27, 1932
- envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke, from E. D. Mason at Women's Christian College in Madras, India. Postmarked Jan 23, 1930 10pm in Cathedral.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Nov 24, 1932
- envelope Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke. Postmarked Nov 25, 1932 in Cathedral.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on July 31, 1934
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 25, 1937
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Feb 19, 1950
- page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.