mnsss256 Adelaide Wellington Houghton diary, 1925-1929 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Adelaide Wellington Houghton diary, 1925-1929 Finding Aid MS 290 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Houghton, Adelaide Wellington, 1867- Adelaide Wellington Houghton diary 1925-1929 MS 290 1 volume (.25 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Homemaker. Privately printed diary doumenting her life during the period her husband was in public service, first in Congress, then as U.S. ambassador to Berlin (1922-25) and to London (1925-29), and his return to Washington (1929-41). Biographical Note

Adelaide Wellington was born in Tioga, Pennsylvania in 1867, the third child of Quincy Winthrop Wellington and Matilda Wickham. She married Alanson Bigelow Houghton and had five children. They lived in Corning, New York. The Houghton family dominated the civic and religious life of the community. Adelaide traveled abroad with her husband who was involved in international politics.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Privately printed diary covering the years when Houghton's husband Alanson was involved in public life, from the time he went to Congress in 1918, to serving as U.S. ambassador to Berlin (1922-25) and to London (1925-29), and then his return to Washington (1929-41). The diary ceases on the day of Alanson Houghton's death in 1941. From the Foreward to the diary: "Much of the truth of the diary lies between its lines. It understates the significance of the events it describes. It was not that [Adelaide Houghton] felt them less strongly, but that she accepted life for what it was, quietly, gracefully, imaginatively, with humor, and with more than one grain of salt."

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Search Terms Houghton, Claus von Bigelow, 1863-1941 Houghton, Adelaide Wellington, 1867- London--Social life and customs--20th century--Sources