Series 1. Biographical, 1909, 1921-25, n.d.
Box 1
Miscellaneous Papers (includes passport, check stubs, receipts, brochures reflecting her life in S.A.), 1921-25
Diary of Helen’s boat trip to South Africa, 1909
Case file (includes obituary material, other biographical info), n.d.
Series 2. Correspondence, 1858-90, 1906-25, n.d.
Box 1 (cont.)
To/from Sabra Sargent, b. 1848 (Aunt of Helen A. Sargent) |
To |
From |
Date |
“My darling Little Sobrety” |
Neal Ely |
n.d. |
“My dear Sister” |
S.E. Fuller |
Feb. 3, ? |
no salutation |
signature illegible |
n.d. |
“My dear Sabrey” |
signature illegible |
n.d. |
“My dear Sabra” |
Anstis |
n.d. |
“Dear Niece” |
Libbie Whiting |
Mar. 21, 1864 |
“Dear friend Sabra” |
Eliza |
Apr. 4, 1865 |
“Dear Sabe” |
Susan A. |
Sept. 1865 |
“Dear Sabrie” |
Mother |
Aug. 26, 1867 |
“Ever dear Sabrie” |
Bine (?) |
Oct. 12, 1867 |
“Friend Sabe” |
Will |
Oct. 13, 1867 |
“Miss Sabrie Sargent” |
Rosie Hubbard |
Jan. 1, 1868 |
“Miss Sargent” |
__ Prentice |
Jan. 25, 1868 |
“Dear Sabrioletten” |
Eva Sherwood |
June 14, 1868 |
“My dear Sabra” |
loving sister Lealia |
July 3, 1868 |
“Dear Sister Sabra” |
Emma |
Oct. 2, 1868 |
“My dear Sister” |
loving sister Lealia |
Oct. 4, 1868 |
“Dear Mdm” |
J.W. Bradley |
Dec. 11, 1868 |
“Miss Sargent” |
J.W. Bradley |
Feb. 21, 1869 |
“My darling friend Sabrey” |
Eva Sherwood |
Feb. 22, 1869 |
“Dear Sister” |
Mattie |
Mar. 5, 1869 |
“Miss Sabrie Sargent” |
F.O. Kittredge |
Mar. 20, 1869 |
“Mr. O.N. Booth” |
Sabrie Sargent |
Mar. 25, 1869 |
“Dear Sabrie” |
Eva Sherwood |
Mar. 21, 1869 |
“Well, Sabrie” |
Father |
May 2, 1869 |
“Dear Sabra” |
Aunt Augusta Sargent |
May 12, 1869 |
“Dear Sabrie” |
Eva M. Sherwood |
June 5, 1869 |
“Dear Sister” |
Lealia |
June 8, 1869 |
“Good Morning” |
Mother |
Sept. 10, 1869 |
“Dear Sister” |
Mattie |
Sept. 18, 1869 |
“My dear Niece” |
J.S. Sargent |
Oct. 22, 1869 |
“Dear Sabrie” |
Eva M. Sherwood |
Nov. 21, 1869 |
“S.H. Sargent” |
Wm.H. Weed |
Feb. 10, 1870 |
“Dear friend Sabrey” |
? |
1872? |
“Miss Sargent” |
E.M. Trapp |
May 26, 1870 |
“Dear Sister” |
Lealia |
June 25, 1870 |
“Dear friend” |
Hattie (?) |
Aug. 28, 1870 |
“Dear Sabrie” |
Elise E. Harding |
Oct. 1, 1870 |
“My dear Sabrie” |
Cousin Corrise |
Sept. 13, 1873 |
“Well Sabra” |
P. Sargent |
Apr. 12, 1875 |
“Miss Sabrie Sargent” |
W.E. Hutchinson |
Nov. 1, 1876 |
“My Dear Sister” |
? |
June 16, 1880 |
Miscellaneous Letters to James Sumner Sargent and 1st wife Anstis
To |
From |
Date |
“Brother Sumner” |
Judson Sargent |
May 8, 1859 |
“My dear Sister Anstis” |
L.J.W. |
Feb. 14, 1870 |
“My dear Sister Anstis” |
Sister L.J. Whiting |
Nov. 22, 1870 |
“My own dear papa” |
Lucy |
Feb. 20, 1890 |
J.S. Sargent |
(Birthday cards) |
July 28, 1906, July 24, 1907 |
Letters to Mr. & Mrs. Jason Sumner Sargent from Harry J. Sargent
To |
Location |
Date |
Postcards |
Dec. 21, 1909, Jan. 22, 1910 |
Dec. 21, 1909, Jan. 22, 1910 |
“Dear Home folks” |
Mar. 8, 1910 |
Mar. 8, 1910 |
Postcards |
July 18, 1910, Aug. 30. 1912 |
July 18, 1910, Aug. 30. 1912 |
“My dear Father” |
Nov. 18, 1910 |
Nov. 18, 1910 |
“My Dear Father and Mother” |
somewhere in France |
ca. 1914-18 |
“My Dear Parents” |
Flee, France |
Apr. 7, 1919 |
Letters to James Sumner Sargent from Helen A. Sargent
To |
Location |
Date |
“My Dear Father” |
South Africa |
n.d. |
“Dear Papa” |
Hornellsville, NY |
Apr. 26, 1889 |
“Dear Papa” |
Canisteo, NY |
Dec. 11, 1889 |
“My own dear father” |
Cape Town, S. Africa |
Jan. 11, 1910 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Feb. 16, 1910 |
“My own dear family” |
Tuscarona, Baius Kloof, S.A. |
July 4, 1910 |
“My own dear ones” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Sept. 7, 1910 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Oct. 4, 1910 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Nov. 20, 1910 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Feb. 27, 1912 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
May 28, 1912 |
“My dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Aug. 20, 1912 |
“My dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Aug. 28, 1912 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Sept. 10, 1912 |
“My own dear father” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Apr. 7, 1913 |
“Dear Mother” |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
Apr. 22, 1913 |
“My dear Mother” |
Mt. Pleasant, Kalk Bay, S.A. |
Sept. 19, 1913 |
Letters to Helen A. Sargent |
From |
Location |
Date |
Hettie |
Wellington, Cape Colony, S.A. |
n.d. |
May Chamberlain Pomroy |
St. Petersburg, FL |
Sept. 17, 1907 |
Ida |
Canisteo, NY |
Dec. 24, 1908 |
Blaten |
Bloemfontein |
Sept. 25, 1910 |
Anonymous note |
Bliss Hall, S.A. |
Nov. 17, 1910 |
Mrs. David M. Haines (Mary) |
Norristown, PA |
Jan. 9, 1924 |
L.L. Dawes (?) |
Wembley Park, England |
Aug. 16, 1924 |
Mrs. David M. Haines (Mary) |
Norristown, PA |
Aug. 24, 1924 |
Mother |
Irvington, NJ |
Jan. 10, 1925 |
C. Sch__? |
Lulleagh, S.A. |
Feb. 1, 1925 |
L.C. __? |
La Rochelle, S.A. |
Feb. 17, 1925 |
Grace |
Victoria West, S.A. |
Apr. 13, 1925 |
M.M. Kriel |
R.M.S. “Balmoral Castle” |
June 17, 1925 |
Miscellaneous Letters collected by Jason Sumner Sargent
To |
From |
Date |
“Dear Sister” |
O.J. Whiting (brother) |
Oct. 2, 1858 |
“My dear Mother” |
Sumner Sargent |
1862 |
“Dear Cousin” |
Hettie Whittemore |
Dec. 22, 1867 |
“My dear Cousin” |
Olive |
Apr. 2, 1868 (?) |
“Miss Sargent” |
E.M. Pratt |
Jan. 9, 1870 |
“Mrs. Whiting – Dear Friend” |
Nellie Jackson |
Apr. 5, 1875 |
“My dear Brother” |
Joseph |
July 1, 1875 |
Series 3. Miscellaneous Items, 1899, 1900, 1905, n.d.
Box 1 (cont.)
Penmanship Exercise Book by O.L. Whiting, n.d.
Book – family record by Sargent Family (see page 125), 1899
Box 2 (oversize)
Academic Hood, n.d.
Diplomas and Citation
B.A. diploma – Oberlin College, 1900
M.A. diploma – University of Cape of Good Hope, S. Africa, 1905
Citation on her 71st birthday – University of Cape of Good Hope, S. Africa, 1905
Envelopes (empty) used in Correspondence
Series 4. Photographs, 1910, ca. 1925-30, n.d.
Box 1 (cont.)
11 small photos, ca. 1910, n.d.
Box 2 (oversize) (cont.)
Family group, unidentified, n.d.
2 large group photos (conference groups?), Helen A. Sargent identified by glasses and floral tie, ca. 1925-30?
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