Stone-Jackson Family Papers

1819-1954

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Collection Description

Acquisition Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Collection Summary

Title:	Stone-Jackson family papers
Dates:	1819-1954
Physical Description:	7 record cartons
Call Number:	OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org

Abstract:

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Pauline F. (Stone) Jackson and her husband Arthur L. Jackson, their respective families, their children (Pauline R.J. Harris and Elizabeth G.J. Edson), and friends. The collection also contains earlier Stone and Fay family correspondence.

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Biographical Sketches

Stone family

William Eben Stone (1845-1921), the son of Ebenezer (b. 1797) and Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes Stone (1809-1860), graduated from Brown University in 1866 and received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1868. He served as the treasurer of the Champion Iron Co. of Michigan in Boston from 1882-1903 and had homes in Cambridge, Mass. and Fisher's Island, N.Y.

Stone married Katharine Maria Fay (1849-1928), the daughter of Charles Fay, in 1871. They had four children: Pauline Fay Stone Jackson (1874-1961), Reginald Stone (1877-1892), Amy Fay Stone (b. 1884), and Margaret Gerrad Stone Wright (b. 1886).

Jackson family

Arthur Loring Jackson (1874-1924) was one of four children of prominent textile manufacturer Patrick Tracy Jackson (1844-1918) and Eleanor Baker Bray Jackson (b. 1847). Following his marriage on December 10, 1902 to Pauline Fay Stone, he and his new wife moved to Bolivia where he pursued a career in the buying of rubber for the Chicago-Bolivian Rubber Co. and the Andes Trading Co. until their return to the United States in 1909.

They had two daughters: Elizabeth (Elsie) Gray Jackson Edson (b. 1913) and Pauline Rosamond (Posie) Jackson Harris (1910-1986).

Elsie married George Edson; Posie married J. Dexter Harris.

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Collection Description

The Stone-Jackson family papers consist primarily of the correspondence of Pauline F. (Stone) Jackson and her husband Arthur L. Jackson. They corresponded with each other, their respective families, their children (Pauline R.J. Harris and Elizabeth G.J. Edson), and friends.

Letters of Arthur to his parents (Patrick T. and Eleanor B.G. Jackson) from 1898, and of Pauline to her family (William E., Katherine M.F., and Amy F. Stone, and Margaret G.S. Wright) from 1902 to 1909, describe Bolivia and Arthur's work for the Chicago-Bolivian Rubber Co. and the Andes trading Co.

The collection also contains earlier Stone and Fay family correspondence, including letters to Dr. Ebenezer Stone and a series of letters from Charles Fay to his daughter Katherine M. (Fay) Stone (1880s).

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Acquisition Information

The Stone-Jackson family papers were donated by Greg Harris, 1990.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The Stone-Jackson family papers, housed in 7 record cartons, center around the marriage of Pauline Fay Stone and Arthur Loring Jackson, their respective families, and their children. The collection has been arranged into two series: I. Stone family correspondence and II. Jackson family correspondence.


Carton	Barcode	Contents
		I. Stone family correspondence, 1819-1947 This series contains primarily family correspondence between Pauline Fay Stone, after 1903 Mrs. Arthur Loring Jackson, and various members of her family. The letters, written both before and after her marriage, center on the relationship between her and her mother, Katharine Fay Stone, but also include letters between her and her father, William E. Stone, and correspondence with his sisters, Amy Fay Stone and Margaret Gerrad Stone (later Mrs. Austin T. Wright). This series of correspondence spans from 1881-1947. Because Pauline and Arthur Jackson were living in Bolivia from 1903-1909, many of the letters to her family include descriptions of life there. Several of Pauline's letters from Bolivia also include typescript copies. Letters from Pauline's parents were written from several locations, among them Cambridge and Boston, Mass., Paris, and Fisher's Island, N.Y. This series also contains some earlier Stone and Fay correspondence (Carton 1) dating from 1819-1888, including letters to Dr. Ebenezer Stone; and letters to Katherine Maria Fay (later Stone) from her father, Charles Fay.
Carton 1	SH 1539 K		1819- Aug. 1902
Carton 2	SH 1534 F		Sept. 1902 - 1904
Carton 3	SH 1535 G		1905 - May 1908
Carton 4	SH 1536 H		June 1908 - 1947
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		II. Jackson family correspondence, 1898-1954 This series is broken up into two smaller sections. The first is the correspondence from Arthur Loring Jackson home to his family, primarily from Bolivia, and date from 1898-1904. It also includes letters between Arthur and Pauline Jackson dating from 1898-1923. There is an extensive series of courtship letters dating from 1898 until their marriage in 1902. Some of these letters contain hits and allusions to pre-marital sexual encounters between the two. The Jackson family correspondence later contains letters from the Jackson children, Elsie and Rosamond (Posie) Jackson, to their mother Pauline. These letters, most of which were from Elsie, date from 1929-1954. A few other miscellaneous items in this section include two small booklets containing lists of callers of Pauline, 1893-1895; her personal account book, noting in particular food purchases, for 1905; and a notebook of hers for 1906; photographs; and a few printed items. The second section of this correspondence (Carton 7) contains letters to Pauline Jackson from various friends, 1898-1909.
Carton 5	SH 1537 I		1898-1902
Carton 6	SH 1538 J		1903-1943
Carton 7	SH 153A L		1944-1954, and miscellaneous papers
Carton 7	SH 153A L		Pauline Stone Jackson correspondence with friends, 1898-1909

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Preferred Citation

Stone-Jackson family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.


	Persons:
		Edson, Elizabeth Gray Jackson, 1913- .
		Fay, Charles.
		Fay family.
		Harris, Pauline Rosamund Jackson, 1910-1986.
		Jackson, Arthur Loring, 1874-1924.
		Jackson, Eleanor Baker Gray, 1847- .
		Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 1844-1918.
		Jackson, Pauline Fay Stone, 1874-1961.
		Jackson family.
		Stone, Amy Fay, 1884- .
		Stone, Ebenezer, b. 1797.
		Stone, Katherine Maria Fay, 1847-1928.
		Stone, William Eben, 1845-1921.
		Stone family.
		Wright, Margaret Gerrad Stone, 1886- .


	Organizations:
		Andes Trading Company.
		Chicago-Bolivian Rubber Company.


	Subjects:
		Bolivia--Description and travel.
		Courtship.
		Family history--1850-1899.
		Family history--1900-1949.
		Jackson family--Genealogy.
		Love-letters.
		Premarital sex.
		Rubber industry and trade.
		Stone family--Genealogy.

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Collection processed by Katherine H. Griffin, 1990.
Revised 30 Oct. 2003
Encoded by Michael Rush, Oct. 2002