While attending Mount Holyoke, Emily Dickinson wrote to her friend Abiah Root: “Miss Lyon and all the teachers seem to consult our comfort and happiness in everything they do and you know that is pleasant.”
Archives and Special Collections has this handwritten letter in our collections, as well as many other materials that can provide you with further information about Dickinson’s year at Mount Holyoke.
Anderson, Sarah J. Letter to [Hannah] Porter, January 17, 1848. Alumnae Biographical File, Class of 1848. RG 27.1 (LD 7096.6 1848 Anderson).
Dickinson, Emily. Letter to Abiah Root, November 6, 1847. MS 0716 (LD 7096.6 x1849 Dickinson).
Eddy, Mary C. Whitman. Papers. Letter to [Hannah] Porter, January 17, 1848. MS 0851 (LD 7082.23 1849).
Fiske, Rebecca W. Faculty Staff Biographical File; Services and Tributes in Memory of Mrs. Rebecca Wheelock Hart, wife of Rev. Burdett Hart, D.D. Who Died in New Haven, November 25, 1892; character sketch, pages 24-26.
Haile, Harriette C. Autograph album, 1848. Alumnae Biographical File, Class of 1848. RG 27.1 (LD 7096.6 1848 Haile); Emily Dickinson autograph.
Norcross, Emily L. Letter to Mrs. A.W. Porter, January 11, 1848. Alumnae Biographical File, Class of 1848. RG 27.1 (LD 7096.6 1848 Norcross).
Stevens, Mary M. Autograph album, 1845-1895. Faculty/Staff Biographical File, RG 19 (LD 7092.8 Stevens); Emily Dickinson autograph.
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Eleventh annual catalogue of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, in South Hadley, Mass., 1847-8. Amherst, [Mass.]: Press of J.S. & C. Adams, 1848; Emily Dickinson listing with the Junior Class.
Hartwell, Hannah Louisa Plimpton Peet. Papers. Series 1. Journals and Notebooks. Herbarium, 1847. MS 0761 (LD 7096.6 1848 Plimpton FOLIO).
Lang, Malvina Stanton. Papers. Series 2. Notebooks. MS 0779 (LD 7096.6 1849 Stanton).
Sanford, Harriet N. Compositions, 1847-1848. Alumnae Biographical File, x-Class of 1849. RG 27.1 (LD 7096.6 x1849 Sanford).
Mary Lyon Collection, ca. 1778-. MS 0500.
Cutter, Calvin. Anatomy and physiology; designed for schools and families. 2d ed. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1846.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Grecian history: from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. Hartford: Judd, Loomis & Co., 1837.
Nepos, Cornelius. De vita excellentium imperatorum. Editio secunda. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1845
Pope, Alexander. An essay on man. Hartford: Henry Benton, 1842
Silliman, B. Elements of Chemistry. 2 v. New Haven: H. How, 1830-31.
Wood, Alphonso. A class-book of botany. 29th ed., rev. and enl. Claremont, N.H.: Manufacturing Company, Simeon Ide, agent 1853 c1846.
Chick, Harriet N. Account book, 1847-1848. Alumnae Biographical File, x-Class of 1850. RG 27.1 (LD 7096.6 x1850 Chick).
Mount Holyoke College. Origins and Governance Records. Series 4. Statutes. RG 2.1.4, LD 7080; Rules for Sabbath, Book of Duties, Daily Schedule.
Mount Holyoke College. Buildings and Grounds, Seminary Building. RG 24. Exterior and interior images.
Mount Holyoke College. Students, Activities and Customs. Student Life Subject Files. Domestic Work; Food; Schedules. RG 25.1 (LD 7095.2 Student Life, General)
