Winter 1900, "Sweet heart, this paper I have found in my desk"

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Title

Winter 1900, "Sweet heart, this paper I have found in my desk"

Subject

Work
Presidency
God
New Year

Description

Woolley speaks of arriving at Mount Holyoke to her new job as president, and God's blessing for the New Year

Creator

Mary Woolley

Date

December 31 1900

Format

Correspondence

Identifier

ms0865-s01-b02-f03-i002

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Text

[1]
Mount Holyoke College
President’s Office

South Hadley, Mass. 12’31’1900

Sweet heart, this paper I have
found in my desk and I
christen it by writing to
you and mamma!
It is ten o’clock and I
can see by your match which
is before me on the desk
and is a delight because
it seems as if you must
be near me-
If only you could look
in how happy I should be.
The rooms look very
attractive, just as they are
[2]
There is a big vase of
white roses from some of
the teachers, a bunch
of fragrant violets a
fern and a prim rose
in bloom, all of which
the gardener brought in
from the green houses-
Two of the faculty and
Mr. Williston met me
at Springfield and two
more visitors at Holyoke,
so I was well escorted
to the very doors of
Brigham Hall, where
Miss Cowles and the
housekeeper met me.
Darling, I think that you
will like it here and
[3]
Mount Holyoke College
President’s Office

I shall be so happy when
we are working together
South Hadley, Mass.
I am thinking of you and
loving you this night and at
twelve o’clock I shall pray
for you with my whole
heart and soul. May God
guide us every hour of
this new year and along the
Century, as far as he
might have us go. I am
asking that He may
comfort you tonight and
bring great peace and
joy out of all the sorrow
that you have had. My
own Darling, the year has
brought me no gift as
[4]
great as your love,
A New Year full of love
for my own Jean.
Your own May

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Citation

Mary Woolley, “Winter 1900, "Sweet heart, this paper I have found in my desk",” Digital Exhibits of the Archives and Special Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/items/show/560.

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