Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932
Mabel Loomis Todd papers, 1863-1948.
The papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, diaries, lectures, financial records, scrapbooks, subject files, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Mabel Loomis Todd. Correspondence and diaries detail Todd's personal attitudes and feelings toward her family, her relationship with William Austin Dickinson, her travels with her husband, David Peck Todd, and other matters. Legal and financial papers document court battles over her status as editor of Emily Dickinson's work. Lectures and subject files detail much of Mrs. Todd's work as a speaker and author, including material on Emily Dickinson and David Peck Todd's eclipse expeditions.
Mabel Loomis Todd received her education in Boston and Washington, D.C., beginning school in 1865 at the Boston South End School for Young Ladies. When her father moved to Washington, D.C., in 1869, she transferred to the Georgetown Female Seminary, where she remained until 1874. Later in life, Mabel and her husband went on astronomical expeditions to Japan (1887, 1896), Tripoli (1900, 1905), the Dutch East Indies (1901), Chile (1907), and Russia (1914). Drawing on her experiences in these exotic foreign lands as well as her knowledge of Emily Dickinson, New England history, and astronomy, she prepared a series of popular lectures. Beginning in the early 1890s Mabel Loomis Todd went on the professional lecture circuit, traveling throughout the country. By all accounts, she was an entertaining speaker. In addition to these activities, Mabel Todd was a prolific writer. Between 1880 and 1913 she wrote or edited twelve books and hundreds of articles on literature, astronomy, and travel.
Todd family.
Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932
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