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Homemaker, of Beloit, Wis.; New Haven, Conn.; and Peace Dale, R.I. Papers, 1869-1922 Size: 1 linear foot Catalog number: MSS 483 sg 51 Processed by: Steve Dalpe and Rick Stattler, September 1998 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Dotha Bushnell (1861-1921) was the youngest of four children of Congregationalist minister George Bushnell (1818-1898) and Mary Elizabeth Blake (1833-1916). She was named after her grandmother, Dotha (Bishop) Bushnell (1781-1838). She was raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, and moved with her family to New Haven, Connecticut in 1884. After the death of her father in 1898, she moved to Peace Dale, R.I., where her sister Mary P. (Bushnell) Hazard resided. There she became involved with the Italians who came to work at her brother-in-law's textile mill, and founded the Dove and Distaff Society, a shop that sold lace and other handicrafts on behalf of Italian-American immigrant women. She was also very active in American Red Cross activities during World War I, and taught Sunday School at the Peace Dale Congregational Church. She died in 1921.
Bibliography:
Bushnell, George E. Bushnell Family Genealogy... (Nashville, Tenn.: Published by author, 1945), 303, 436-437, 559-560.
"Miss Dotha Bushnell Dies", Narragansett Times, July 1, 1921, p. 1.
Scope and content:
This collection consists mostly of correspondence dating from 1869 to 1910. These files include frequent letters from brother George E. Bushnell, brother-in-law Rowland G. Hazard II (1855-1918), sister-in-law Caroline Hazard (1856-1945) and especially sister Mary P. (Bushnell) Hazard (1859-1936). There are also other files extending through her estate papers dated 1922.
Provenance:
Most of these papers were donated by the Hazard family as part of the Hazard Family Papers in 1985. They had been placed on deposit at the library in 1975 and 1983.
Processing note:
This collection is part of the Hazard Family Papers, which were processed with support from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, the Beinecke Foundation, and the extended Hazard Family.
Inventory:
Box 1, folder 1. 1869-1875
Box 1, folder 2. 1876-1878
Box 1, folder 3. 1879-1880
Box 1, folder 4. 1881
Box 1, folder 5. 1882-1884
Box 1, folder 6. 1885
Box 1, folder 7. 1886
Box 1, folder 8. 1887
Box 1, folder 9. 1888
Box 1, folder 10. 1889
Box 1, folder 11. 1890
Box 1, folder 12. 1891
Box 1, folder 13. 1892-1893
Box 1, folder 14. 1894-1895
Box 1, folder 15. 1896-1897
Box 1, folder 16. 1898-1899
Box 1, folder 17. 1900-1901
Box 1, folder 18. 1902-1906
Box 1, folder 19. 1909-1910
Box 1, folder 20. Undated, from Hazard family (Caroline, Rowland G. II, etc.)
Box 1, folder 21. Undated, January - March
Box 1, folder 22. Undated, April - June
Box 1, folder 23. Undated, July - September
Box 1, folder 24. Undated, October - December
Box 1, folder 25. Undated
Box 1, folder 26. Undated
Series 2: Miscellaneous
Box 1, folder 27. Cookbook, undated and 1917-1918 "war recipes".
Box 1, folder 28. Estate correspondence and bills, 1921-1922
Box 1, folder 29. Minutes, New Lebanon Sewing Society, 1893-1897 (Connecticut?)
Box 1, folder 30. Passport, 1900
Box 1, folder 31. Power of attorney to John R. Carpenter, 1921
Box 1, folder 32. Letter register of mother Mary E. (Blake) Bushnell, 1906-1912
Subjects:
Bushnell, George E. (1853-1924)
Bushnell, Mary E. (Blake) (1833-1916)
Connecticut - Social life and customs
Hazard, Caroline (1856-1945)
Hazard, Mary P. (Bushnell) (1859-1936)
Hazard, Rowland G. II (1855-1918)
New Lebanon Sewing Society
South Kingstown, R.I. - Social life and customs
Wisconsin - Social life and customs
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