mshm067 Winter family correspondence, 1861-1872. 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 Winter family. Winter family correspondence 1861-1872. MS 0602 LD 7096.6 x1864 Winter 1 box (2.5 linear in.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Winter Family. Papers contain letters from Mrs. S.A. Winters and daughter, Adelaide Winter Hiett, d.1871, a student at Mount Holyoke College, 1860-1862, to her son, Henry A. Winter, in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the United States Civil War. English. Biographical Note

Mrs. Winter had two children, Adelaide and Henry. In 1961 Henry joined the Wisconsin Volunteers, Adelaide went to Mount Holyoke Seminary (x-Class of 1864) and Mrs. Winter moved in with Aunt Lizze and Uncle Charles in Berlin. Adelaide married and had one son, Johnny Hiett. She died in 1871 from tuberculosis.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Chiefly letters to Henry A. Winter (dated 1861-1862) from his mother, Mrs. S. A. Winter, and sister, Adelaide Winter, written while he was stationed with the 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers. Reflects his mother's activities in Berlin, Wisconsin, and his sister's life as a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Also includes two letters (dated 1871-1872) describing Adelaide's illness and death from tuberculosis, after her marriage to Francis H. Hiett.

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 Search Terms Mount Holyoke Female Seminary - History - Sources. Winter, Henry A., fl. 1840-1872. Winter, S. A., Mrs., fl. 1820-1872. Hiett, Adelaide Winter, d. 1871. Family - United States - History - Sources. Soldiers - United States - Family relationships - History - Sources. Tuberculosis - United States - History - Sources. United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Sources. Berlin (Wis.) - Description and travel. Mount Holyoke College - Student life - 1861-1862. Thanksgiving - 1861. Letters