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

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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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Image - B&W Photograph of Mary E. D. Wilson
Image - B&W Photograph of Mary E. D. Wilson
19th Century Women
B&W image of Mary Elizabeth Davis Wilson (1834 - 1907)
Image - Daguerreotype of Young Mary E. D. Wilson with her Mother
Image - Daguerreotype of Young Mary E. D. Wilson with her Mother
19th Century Women
Daguerreotype image of Mary Elizabeth Davis Wilson (1834 - 1907) as a young teenager with her mother, Mary H. Roberts Benner Wilson (1795 - 1850).