Box 1

Correspondence, from Mary Sheldon to the Ladies Literary Society, Oberlin, Ohio, n.d.
Composition Book, 1842-1853

"Duties of Students," 1842, September 26.
"Female Education," 1842, October 10.
"Knowledge Is Power," 1842, October 22.
"The Evils of Society," 1842, November 7.
"Dueling," 1842, May 31.
"Tight Lacing," 1842, June 7
"Politeness Is Essential to the Christian Character," 1842, June 14.
"To What Extent Are Christians Allowed To Gratify Their Tastes," n.d.
"Outline or Skeleton of a Composition Read Near the Close of the Spring Term 1842;" "Reasons Why the Country Is To Be Preferred to the City."
"Hope," 1842, November 21.
"Conversation," 1843, April 27.
"Tempus Fugit," 1843, May 5.
"A Journey - A Letter," 1843, May 17.
"An Allegory," 1843 December 6.
"Travels, Chapter 1st," 1844, January 17.
"Validictory," 1844, February 20.
"Spring," 1844, March.
"The Sabboth," 1844, March.
"Debates Perpetrated," 1844, March 22.
"The Choice of Life," by Ida Chatterfin, 1844, March 15.
"Reflections at Sunset," 1844, March 29.
"For an Album," 1847, March 5.
"My Window," 1846, Fall.
"Mordicai & Esther." 1847, February.
"A Scene In Babylon, 1847, February.
(Untitled Essay, 1847); "The Length of A N. England Holiday," 1847.
"A Letter;" "For the Wreath," 1847, May 10.
(Personal correspondence, 1847).
"The Signs of the Times," 1848, March 21.
"Meddlers," 1848, June 24
"Home," 1848, September 5: "No. 1," Miss Adams' class, Oberlin, Ohio.
"Women and Politics," 1848, September 20.
"No. 2," Oberlin.
"No. 3 was a letter to Benjamin no copy kept.
"Two Days In the Life of a Colporteur," 1848, October 24. "No. 4, Oberlin."
"Life," 1849, February 22.
"The Power of Consciences" 1849, March 26. "No. 1. Prof. Fairchild's Class, Oberlin."
"The Thoughts of the Past," 1849, March 26. "No. 2 (Prof. Fairchild's class)."
"A Sister's Influence," 1849, April 5. "No. 3."
"The World Is Sad" 1849, April 24.
Literary Society, Oberlin.
"The Land of Dreams," 1849, May 2. "No. 4, Oberlin."
"Straws Shows Which Way the Wind Blows," 1849, May 7. "No. 5."
"The Power of Prayer," 1849, May 21. "No. 6, Oberlin."
"The Destruction of Jericho," 1849, June 4. "No. 7."
"Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers," 1849, July 9. "No. 8."
"Self-Possession," 1849, July 9. Literary Society
"What Is Valuable?," 1849, July 15.
"No. 9," 2nd Year Young Ladies Course, Oberlin, Ohio.
"He That Hath Friends Must Show Himself Friendly, or, The Secret of Pleasing In Social Life," 1849, July 23. "No. 9, 2nd Year Young Ladies Course, Oberlin, Ohio." "No. 10, Second Year Class."
"History of the Facts Relative to the Late Illness of Our Literary Society," 1849, August 29.
"The Circuit Preacher," 1849, September 17. "Prof. Monroe's class, Sept. 17, 1849, 3rd Year."
"For the Budget: Sketches By the Sitting Room Spy. No. 1." Oberlin, September 19, 1849.
"Sketches By the Sitting Room Spy, No. 2" Oberlin, October 2, 1849.
"The Telegraphic Age," Oberlin, Oct. 6, 1849, No. 2, Third Year."
"Sketches: By the Sitting Room Spy. No. 3. (For the Budget)," 1850, April 1.
"The Revealing Process," "April 8, 1850, Third Year Class."
"Sketches By the Sitting Room Spy. No. 4. Copy Lost."
"Giving Not Benevolence, or, How Benefactions May Be a Curse Both to the Giver or Receiver." "May 2, 1850 ____ Class."
"Good From Evil," n.d.
Financial records (income and expenses), September 1843–July 1853
Index of essays, n.d.

Detached essays from the composition book, 1850, 1852, n.d.

"Rochester Knockings," 1850?
"Good From Evil,," 1850, May 11. "Prof. Monroe's class, No. 3."
"Our Duty to the Oppressed," 1850, May 28.
"Ladies Anti-Slavery Society."
"To a Spider," 1850, June 3.
"Prof. Monroe's Class, Third Year No. ____ ."
"The Life of the Rev. Wm. B. Gurley," 1850 July 13.
"The Goodness of God, 1852, April 11. (duplicate).
"What the Heart Most Desires, That Will the Heart Most Seek and In That Will It Find Its Greatest Happenings" 1852, May 17.
"The Poems of David," n.d.
"To the Shadow Lifted?," 1850, May 29.
(Untitled essay, 1850, September 16).
"Celestial Visitantz," 1852, March 22.
"New Discoveries In Chemistry," 1850, October 4. (Two copies).
"Sketches By The Sitting Room Spy, No. 5," 185-, July 10.
"Erratic Stars . . . Eccentric Characters., Cleveland (Ohio), December 10."

Introspective personal essays by Mary Sheldon, 1850, 1852
Micellaneous materials (receipt, torn page from a journal) 1836, n.d.
Other essays of Mary Sheldon, 1850, 1852