Manuscripts

I'm counting anything handwritten that is not a letter and not a bound work as a manuscript. In a college collection, that's turning out to be mostly papers written for classes.

Collections

Essays by Harriet Ely x1849
Essays by Dorothy Johnson 1926

Individual pieces

A Sermon Delivered on Nov 14, 1843

page 1 A hand-written manuscript, bound in thread with a few extra pages attached after the binding was made, with straight pins.

Full contents of the sermon, though only the first page is scanned.

Two copies of an essay written on Apr 15, 1848 called "The Holyoke Girl's Complaint"

page 1 A copy of the essay submitted as an assignment. Full contents of essay, though only the first page is scanned.

page 1 A copy of the essay written for Miss Tolman. Full contents of essay, though only the first page is scanned. The two copies are almost identical, but there are a few differences in words, punctuation and emphasis.

An Essay Written after March 5, 1849

page 1 An essay written about Mary Lyon, sometime after her death, but probably before 1880, if the handwriting can be an indicator.

Full contents of essay, though only part of the first page is scanned.

A Composition written Jun 24, 1892

cover Written on lined paper and bound with gold and blue ribbon. Full contents of composition, though only the first page is scanned.

An undated school composition, circa 1897

outside "Susan Lawson's Composition No 3'rd"

page 1 Full contents of composition, though only part of the first page is scanned.

A Zoology Paper Written in June 1909

Page scans of the paper