mshm309 Friedline Papers, ca. 1911-ca. 1943 (bulk 1926) Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Collection Overview Friedline, Jessie May Williams F. (Jessie May Williams Freeman), 1870-1943. Friedline Papers ca. 1911-ca. 1943 1926 MS 0819 LD 7096.6 x1890 Williams 1 box (2.5 linear in.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Friedline, Jessie May Williams Freeman, 1870-1943; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary student 1886-1887. Papers consist of a journal, a published article and biographical information, primarily concerning a summer visit to Mount Holyoke College in 1926. Biographical Note

Jessie May Williams was born on November 5, 1870 in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania to Thomas Jones Williams and Louisa Rumiser Williams. She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1886-1887 then studied at schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio. She obtained a teacher's certificate and taught in Pennsylvania. She also served as the first female Justice of the Peace in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She married the Reverend Albert Freeman in 1893 and had two children. After his death in 1896 she married Edward Jacob Friedline, a farmer and carpenter, and had three children. She died at the age of seventy-two at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1943 (some sources give the year as 1941).

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Jessie May Williams F. Friedline Papers consist of a journal, a published article and biographical information. The papers primarily concern her visit to Mount Holyoke College in 1926 after an absence of forty years. In a journal that she kept during that trip she describes her journey to and from South Hadley, Massachusetts, time spent visiting former teachers Anna C. Edwards and Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker, and tours of College's buildings and grounds. She also describes the scenery and flora she observed in South Hadley and nearby Holyoke, Massachusetts and on Mt. Holyoke (the mountain). In addition, she expresses her religious convictions and reminisces about her late mother Louisa Rumiser Williams, who attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary during the 1860s. An article by Friedline published in the Greensburg "Morning Review" summarizes her summer trip to Mount Holyoke College. The biographical information consists of biographical notes and obituaries.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into four series:

Journal (original) Journal (photocopy) Article Biographical Information Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

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 Preferred Citation

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Jessie May Willliams F. Friedline Papers. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA.

 Search Terms Friedline, Jessie May Williams F. (Jessie May Williams Freeman), 1870-1943. Williams, Louisa Rumiser, 1838-1917. Hooker, Henrietta Edgecomb, 1851-1929. Edwards, Anna C. (Anna Cheney), 1835-1930. Mount Holyoke College - Faculty. Mount Holyoke College - Buildings. Mount Holyoke College - Campus. Women travelers - Massachusetts. Voyages and travels. Women - United States - Religious life. Religion. South Hadley (Mass.) - Description and travel. Holyoke (Mass.) - Description and travel. Holyoke, Mount (Mass.) Diaries.