Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing or quoting from the memoir, please contact the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Preferred Citation

Bertha Warren Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

Biographical Note

She was born April 1875, the daughter of Norman Warren and the stepdaughter of Frances M. Warren.  She lived in Hartford County, Connecticut.  She attended the Mystic Oral School,  later changed to Whipple Home School, in Mystic, New London County, Connecticut in 1894 and 1895. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Bertha Warren

Scope and Contents

Letters to Bertha Warren from her stepmother, Frances M. Warren, of Hartford County, Connecticut, and her friend, Edith Adam of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.  Bertha Warren is a deaf student, about 20 years old, who attends the Mystic Oral School, later changed to Whipple Home School, in Mystic, New London County, Connecticut.  The letters talk of skills that Bertha must learn, especially her art work, her activities, school and news from home.

Arrangement of Materials

Grouped by writer, then chronological within each group.

Index Terms

Corporate Name:

• Mystic Oral School
• Whipple Home School

Genre/Form of Material:

• Correspondence

Geographic Name:

• Connecticut--History--19th century.
• New London County (Conn.)--History--19th century.

Topical Term:

• Deaf--Education--United States.

Additional Information