Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper papers

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal material includes letters, Sarah and her daughter Harriet's diaries, calling cards, photographs, and daguerreotypes.

Included is correspondence of Ella Adams, Philip D. Armour, Rachel Foster Avery, Earl Barnes, Sophia L. Boardman, Nicholas E. Boyd, Lucy Brinkerhoff, Charles O. Browne, F.C. Clarke, Henry C. Dane, John Eaton, Nellie B. Eyster, Helen G. Fairchild, George T. Gaden, Minna V. Gaden, Caroline T. Haven, Phoebe Hearst, Ellen M. Henrotin, Robert G. Ingersoll, David Starr Jordan, Miranda W. Lux, Irena Ingersoll Rawlings, Emma B. Ryder, Caroline M. Severance, William E. Sheldon, Harriet Ingersoll Skilton, Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman), Sarah A. Stewart, Ada van Pelt, E.G. Waite, and Joseph Warren.

Also includes material relevant to works and organizations that Sarah was involved in such as annual reports from Kindergarten Associations, lesson plans from Bible School classes, and programs from meetings of Women's Organizations.

Dates

1813-1921.

Creator

Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll, 1836-1896. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CHRONOLOGY

December 12, 1835
: Sarah Ingersoll born in Cazenovia, New York
1849
: Sarah teaches District summer school in Eagle Village, New York; Begins Bible Class for the community
1850-1853
: Sarah attends Cazenovia Seminary; Meets Halsey Fenimore Cooper
1854
: Sarah attends Troy Female Seminary of Emma Willard, studies Music and Foreign Language
1855
: Works as a governess for the Schley family in Augusta, Georgia; Sarah is permitted to teach scripture to slaves on Sunday afternoons
September 4, 1855
: Marries Halsey Fenimore Cooper
1855
: Moves to Chatanooga, Tennessee. Works as assistant editor for Halsey F. Cooper atThe Advertiser
1856
: Daughter Harriet (Hattie) born; Sister Harriet (Hattie) marries Julius Skilton
1861
: Sarah, Halsey, and Hattie flee north to Washington, D.C. Halsey works in Treasury Department in Internal Revenue Office; Daughter Mollie born
1863
: Sarah and her family return South to Memphis; Sarah organizes Bible Class for Union Soldiers; Sarah is president ofAssociation for Relief of White Refugees
1864
: Daughter Mollie dies
1864-1869
: Sarah falls ill, travels around southern United States to find a more suitable climate
1866-1868
: Sarah recuperates in St. Paul, Minnesota
1869
: Sarah, Halsey, and Hattie move to San Francisco; Sarah's health markedly improves
1873
: Halsey F. Cooper given job as Special Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for district in San Francisco
June-October, 1875
: Sarah and Hattie on cross-country trip
1879
: Sarah Cooper starts Jackson Street Kindergarten Association; Cooper School founded; Halsey F. Cooper fired from Internal Revenue Service
1881
: Heresy charge brought against Sarah Cooper by Deacon Roberts of the Calvary Presbyterian Church
1884
: Jackson Street Kindergarten Association becomes Golden Gate Kindergarten Association
August 18, 1885
: Sarah's sister Jennie dies
December 6, 1885
: Halsey F. Cooper commits suicide
1886
: Sarah writesA Refutation- a letter to John Morton, Surveyor of Internal Revenue Service, in defence of her husband
1886-1896
: Sarah works extensively with Kindergartens, Women's Organizations, and her Bible Class.
1893
: Harriet Cooper suffers from Melancholia and Exhaustion
1893
: Sarah gives addresses at World's Columbian Exposition
1895-1896
: Harriet Cooper's condition worsens
December 11, 1896
: Sarah and Harriet Cooper die

Extent

13.2 cubic feet. (13.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Personal material and material relating to Sarah B. Cooper's work in Bible Schools, Kindergartens, and Women's Organizations.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence and Personal Material, 1813-1921

General correspondence between Sarah Cooper and her family and friends as well as letters from Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard, Anna Howard Shaw, and Robert G. Ingersoll. Also letters and material concerning Sarah Cooper's involvement in the Reverend Brown trial and her own Heresy Trial. Diaries of Sarah Cooper and her daughter Harriet and biographical sketches of Sarah.

Series II. Writings, 1844-1895

Manuscript of The Bankrupt's Daughter, a novel by Sarah Cooper; essays; articles; speeches.

Series III. Education, 1871-1906

Lessons from Sarah Cooper's Bible Classes; Annual Reports from the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association; essays on Kindergartens and Education by Sarah Cooper and others

Series IV. Women's Organizations, 1881-1898

Series V. Photographs and Daguerreotypes, 1850-1897

includes photographs and daguerreotypes of Sarah Cooper, her family, friends, kindergartens.

Series VI. Clippings, 1850-1899

Newspaper clippings by or related to Sarah Cooper.

Series VII. Miscellaneous

Miscellany

RELATED MATERIAL

Frank A. Skilton papers, #1273. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Julius A. Skilton papers, #1273. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs, diaries, newspaper clippings.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Maria A. Keating, Sarah K. Gordon
Date completed:: September 22, 2003
EAD encoding:: Sarah K. Gordon, 2003
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, May 2018