Seward Family Digital Archive

Download or read book Seward Family Digital Archive written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The William Henry Seward Papers is the largest and most frequently cited manuscript collection in University of Rochester’s Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation Department (RBSCP). Uniquely, it also contains a complete family manuscript collection that spans roughly a century from 1817 (when his then future wife, Frances and William Henry were teenagers) to 1920 (the death of William Henry Seward, Jr., heir to the Seward house and the last survivor of his generation). The letters and related materials offered in the project provide a very different perspective on health, socializing, social networks, medical practice, spirituality, child-rearing practices, reading, the Underground Railroad, abolitionism, and activism in social movements, including woman suffrage and prison reform. The digitized manuscripts are transcribed, annotated, and tagged in TEI for display.