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Elizabeth Buffum Chace and family papers (Ms.89.12)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Biographical and Family Information

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Clipping "Hartland" regarding Charlotte A. Rollins, MD
undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Genealogy of Buffum family
3 pages

undated
Box 1, Folder 7 Obituary of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, no identification of source
1899
Box 2, Folder 1 "She Helped to Fight Slavery," newsclip tribute on Elizabeth Buffum Chace's 90th birthday
undated
Box 2, Folder 2 "In Quaker Days," The Fall River Evening Reporter
circa 1898
Box 2, Folder 3 "Memorial Service in Honor of Elizabeth Buffum Chace at Westminster Unitarian Church"
undated
Box 2, Folder 6 Wedding invitation to the marriage of Mary B. Chace to Horace R. Cheney
1874
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from German class
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1897
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from Bible class
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1895-1896
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from French class
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1895
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from English Literature
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1895
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from Bible class
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1894-1895
Box 2, Folder 7 Certificate from English Literature
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
1895-1896
Box 2, Folder 7 Clipping concerning Wellesley College
Contents Note: Documents from E.B. Cheney's days at Wellesley College
undated
Box 2, Folder 8 "The Woman's Journal," Boston, Massachusetts, vol. XXX, no. 51
Contents Note: Obituary of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
1899 December 23
Box 2, Folder 9 "The Woman's Journal," Boston, Massachusetts, vol. XXXI, no. 1
1900 January 6
Box 2, Folder 19 "Some Recollections of Her Girlhood," by Elizabeth Buffum Read
12 pages

1892
Box 3, Folder 5 Reminiscences by Mary Chace Tolman
33 pages

undated
Box 3, Folder 6 "Six Generations in a Quaker Family" by Mary C. Tolman
53 pages

undated
Box 5, Folder 1 Scrapbook of letters, clippings, and stitchery of Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Arnold B. Chace
1801-1900
Box 5, Folder 2 Commonplace Book and Diary of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
1832-1854

Series 2. Correspondence

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 2 Arnold Buffum in Eagleswood to John Osborn
2 pages

Contents Note: This is a copy of the letter.
1859 March 6
Box 1, Folder 2 Samuel Shone in Galegvus to John Osborn
2 pages

1859 February 19
Box 1, Folder 2 John Gren in Logan County, Ohio to Arnold Buffum in Newport, Indiana
1 page

1841 May 26
Box 1, Folder 2 A. Allen in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Lillie B. Chase
3 pages

1863 December 30
Box 1, Folder 2 D. Rathbun in Blackstone to Arnold Buffum
1 page

1858 December 21
Box 1, Folder 5 Elizabeth Buffum Chace in Valley Falls, Rhode Island to Providence Monthly Meeting of Friends
4 pages

Contents Note: Resignation letter of Elizabeth B. Chase
1843 October 10
Box 1, Folder 6 Samuel B. Chace, letter
1 page

1864 October 17
Box 1, Folder 6 Letter to (children) "my dear little friends," in the hand of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
8 pages

undated
Box 2, Folder 5 Isabel Harris Metcalf of Providence, Rhode Island to Albert E. Carter of Newtonville, Massachusetts
1 Page

1930 January 13
Box 2, Folder 13 Bessie Cheney in West Newton, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Buffum Chace in Valley Falls, Rhode Island
1883 June 23
Box 4, Folder 2 Scrapbook of letters received by Elizabeth Buffum Chace
circa 1891

Series 3. Journal

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 6 Journal of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
6 pages

Contents Note: incomplete
1840 January
Box 1, Folder 6 Journal entry of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
5 pages

1837 May 8
Box 1, Folder 6 Journal entry of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
3 pages

1840 September 5
Box 1, Folder 6 Journal entry of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
4 pages

1837 September 7
Box 1, Folder 6 Journal entry of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
30 pages

Contents Note: incomplete
1837 September 4

Series 4. Writings

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 6 Poem
undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Poem
undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Fragment in the hand of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
1 page

undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Two page fragment in the hand of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
2 pages

undated
Box 1, Folder 7 "Old Quaker Days In Rhode Island" by Elizabeth Buffum Chace
circa 1898
Box 1, Folder 7 Manuscript in the hand of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, "On Receiving a Basket of lovely apples from Dr. and Sarah Mosem," Valley Falls, Rhode Island
2 pages

1891 December 26
Box 1, Folder 7 "Old Quaker Meeting House," The Evening Report
1898 March 11
Box 2, Folder 4 "To William Lloyd Garrison," poem by Elizabeth Buffum Chace, printed, Valley Falls, Rhode Island
1895 July 11
Box 3, Folder 4 "Quakers," by Mary Chace Tolman, West Newton, Massachusetts
40 pages

1897 December

Series 5. Photographs

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Rowing scull, no identification
undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Rowing scull, no identification
undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Family photograph
Contents Note: Mary Tolman, James Tolman, Elizabeth Cheney Carter, Albert P. Carter
undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of men and their children taken at Porter Place, West Newton, Massachusetts
Contents Note: The following individuals are identified: T.E. Stetson and Arthur Stetson, Frank Freeman and Ethel Freeman, Mr. Greenwood and Johny Greenwood, J.P. Tolman and Richard Tolman, Clarence Eastbrook and George Eastbrook, Samuel Barnard and Roger Barnard, Theodore Gore and Helen Gore, Herbert Burrage and Eleanor Burrage, Pierrepont Wise and Marguerite Wise.
1882 October
Box 1, Folder 1 Clara M. Homes
undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Clara M. Homes
undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Ned Chace
1871
Box 1, Folder 1 Richard Chace Tolman (aged 7 years) and Edward Chace Tolman (aged 2 years)
1888 May
Box 1, Folder 4 Photograph of Elizabeth C. Carter and her daughter, Elizabeth C. Carter
undated
Box 2, Folder 10 Photograph of Elizabeth Buffum Chace (on her deathbed?)
1899 November
Box 2, Folder 11 Elizabeth Buffum Chace with Elizabeth Caroline "Bessie" Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Elizabeth Buffum Chace with Elizabeth Caroline Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Elizabeth Buffum Chace with Elizabeth Caroline Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Copy print of Elizabeth Buffum Chace with Elizabeth Caroline Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 12 Photograph of Mary E. Chace
1869 March 26
Box 2, Folder 14 Photographs of Elizabeth Caroline Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Photographs of Elizabeth Caroline Cheney at Wellesley College
undated
Box 2, Folder 16 Photograph of Horace Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 17 Photographs of Elizabeth Caroline Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 18 Photographs of Mary C. Cheney
undated
Box 2, Folder 20 Richard Chace Tolman and Edward Chace Tolman
1888 May
Box 2, Folder 20 James P. & Mary C. Tolman on their wedding journey
1880 February
Box 2, Folder 21 Photographs of Edward Chace Tolman
undated
Box 3, Folder 1 James, Mary, Edward, and Richard Tolman
undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Edward Tolman
Contents Note: aged 5 years, 7 months
1891 December
Box 3, Folder 1 Elizabeth C. Cheney
undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Richard C. Tolman
Contents Note: aged 10 years
1891 December 31
Box 3, Folder 2 Photographs of Elizabeth M. Smith Tolman
Contents Note: aged 80 years
1888 February 20
Box 3, Folder 3 Photographs of James P. Tolman
undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Mary Chace and James Tolman
undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Mary Chace Tolman
undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Mary C. Cheney (aged 24 years) and Elizabeth C. Cheney (aged 4 months)
undated
Box 2, Folder 8 Photographs of Richard Chace Tolman
Contents Note: aged 2 years, 3 months
1883 June
Box 4, Folder 1 Scrapbook and Photograph Album of Buffums, Chaces, Earles, Lovells, Goulds, Lawtons, Bronsons, and Arnolds
95 pages

undated

Series 6. Objects

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 3 Piece of silk from dress manufactured by Lucy Buffum
Contents Note: Note from Mary C. Tolman explains this item
1800
Box 1, Folder 8 Sketchbook of Elizabeth Buffum Chace
1895-1898
Box 1, Folder 9 Leather Frame
undated
Box 1, Folder 10 Leather Frame
undated
Box 3, Folder 9 Leather notebook with hair specimens of deceased family members
undated