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Maxfield, Jane Ernisse Crowe

This small collection of papers documents the education and writings of Susan Ernisse Crowe and her daughter Jane Ernisse Crowe Maxfield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both women grew up and received schooling in Rochester, NY. Both were proficient at writing and drawing, as reflected in these papers. Jane went on to graduate studies at the University of Rochester and Columbia University at a time when women were beginning to achieve the goal of higher education.

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Stone, Georgia C.
The Livingston Park Seminary, originally called the Curtis Seminary, operated from 1860 to 1934; the name Livingston Park Seminary was adopted follwing the death of Mrs. Cathro Curtis in 1892. The materials in this collection include operating records of the Seminary between 1892 and 1934 (accession 2019.058), records of the Alumnae Association dating from 1896 to 1964 (accession 2019.057), and personal papers of the third and final principal, Eurith Trabue Rebasz, dating from 1863 to 1931 (accession 2019.056). The bulk of the collection consists of ledger books containing operating records and grades, while the Alumnae Assocation records include letters, memoranda, clippings and notes. Mrs. Rebasz's papers include letters and ephemera.