A Mount Holyoke Woman in Macedonia

Examples of Mary Matthews’ Letters and Diaries

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_{^{Mary Matthews letter to her brother John, October 22, 1888}}

^{_{Mary Matthews circulatory letter to “My dear Friends,” September 9, 1912}} _{^{(not in compass)}}

_{^{Mary Matthews circulatory letter to “My dear Friends,” October 30, 1912}}

^{_{Mary Matthews’ diary entries, January 1917. Click on image to read the entire diary.}}

^{_{Mary Matthews’ diary entries, March 1917. Click on image to read the entire diary.}}

^{_{Mary Matthews letter to Mrs. Haskell, July 19, 1916}}

^{_{Mary Matthews’ autograph postcard to “Dear Holley,” December 7, 1915}}

Mary Matthews’ Quilt

This album quilt was made for Mary Matthews before she left for Monastir in 1888. Mary’s mother, Jane, probably organized this quilting project with members of her group in or near Millville, New York. The top center square contains a unique Pythagorean Theorem design apparently embroidered by Mary’s Aunt Emma Louise Gillette, Mount Holyoke Class of 1851.

We are grateful to Virginia Capan, Mary Matthews’ grand niece to whom this quilt was willed, for loaning this beautiful artifact for the exhibition.