Mary J. Scarlett letters and broadside, 1845-1864 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Scarlett, M. J. (Mary J.)
Abstract:
Dr. Mary J. Scarlett was a Quaker, born in 1822 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She devoted her early years to being a teacher in Chester County, Pennsylvania, then entered and graduated from the Woman's Medical College in 1857. In 1862, she became professor of anatomy at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Extent:
1.01 Linear Feet (8 items)
Language:
Materials in English
Research Center:
Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine Collections
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Collection ID:
RL.11545

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains seven letters (22 pages) M. J. Scarlett wrote between 1845-1864. Two letters were addressed to her sister, Elizabeth (1845, 1849), and five to her niece (1858, 1860, 1863, 1864). In the letters she discussed details of her life at the time, from the teaching of students to the choosing of proper fabric for sewing a dress, making a comfortable sitting room, or studying public health and hygiene. She also mentioned many family matters. She commented on her hopes for the abolition of slavery and the infighting among abolitionists at a recent national meeting, and noted her puzzlement that those Quakers who would quickly speak as abolitionists would not also speak up on issues of faith within the Society of Friends. During the Civil War, she described the effect of the draft in Philadelphia, recorded the general concern that the Army of the Potomac needed to be successful, and pointed to camps nearby as well as to funerals passing. Collection also includes an undated broadside for "An Introductory Lecture to a Course on Physiology" to be delivered by Scarlett. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections (Duke University), the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Mary J. Scarlett was a Quaker, born in 1822 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She devoted her early years to being a teacher in Chester County, Pennsylvania, then entered and graduated from the Woman's Medical College in 1857. In 1862, she became professor of anatomy at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She married G. Washington Dixon in 1873 and died in 1900.

Acquisition information:
The Mary J. Scarlett Letters and Broadside were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2013 and 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, November 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2013-0056

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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