Centre County Library & Historical Museum - Mary E. D. Wilson Composition Collection

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  • Date = ~1851-09-22
  • Original Format = Reports

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Compositions on abstract concepts created by a young Mary E. D. Wilson of Bellefonte, PA and written while attending the Lawrenceville Female Seminary in New Jersey circa 1851 and 1852. Concepts include: twilight, intemperance, ignorance, falsehood, liberty, peace, sad and dreary, friendship, sunset, evening, childhood, night, love, the importance of a well-spent youth, the life of man, sadness and mirth, and home. Also includes daguerreotype and B&W photographs of Mary E. D. Wilson and several of her report cards from the school.
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School Composition on 'Friendship' (Version 2)
Women in 19th Century Higher Education
'An envious man sees a rival in every one, who excels him, his friends not excepted.' Composition written by Mary E. D. Wilson of Bellefonte, PA at the age of 17 years of age while at the Lawrenceville Female Seminary, a private educational institution for women. This is a second version of the same abstract theme.
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