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© 1987 Radcliffe College
Call No.: 86-M25
Repository: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Creator: Louise Weston (Sewall) Mildram
Title: Papers, 1887-1972, 1985-1986
Quantity: 1 file box
Abstract: Diaries, photographs, slides, etc., of Louise Weston Sewall Mildram, businesswoman and homemaker.
Louise Weston (Sewall) Mildram was born on October 24, 1886, in Livermore Falls, Maine, the eldest daughter of Eugene and Fannie Dinsmore Weston Sewall. After attending the local grammar school, she graduated from Westbrook (Maine) Seminary in 1904 and spent the following year at Mount Ida, a finishing school in Newton Corner, Massachusetts. In 1905 LWSM entered Vassar College but was forced to return home later that autumn for surgery; her father's illness then made it impossible for her to return to school.In 1909 she married Frank Clement Mildram, an accountant and businessman. They had four children and lived for most of their lives in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Summers were often spent in Wells, Maine. An energetic and adventurous woman, LWSM began a knitting business in 1932 to supplement the family's income; her husband regularly knitted display models for her shop. Her subsequent endeavors included dog breeding and the sale of magazine subscriptions. She was also active in civic affairs, participating in neighborhood improvement associations in Massachusetts and Maine. FCM died in 1962; four years later LWSM suffered a severe stroke,which left her partially paralyzed. She was, however, able to live at home for several years until 1971, when she was hospitalized with a broken hip. LWSM died on December 12, 1974. For further biographical information, see #7.
This collection consists of LWSM's diaries, and photo-graphs and slides of her, her family, and friends. Also included is a biography of LWSM by her daughter Barbara, which also provides genealogical information and a guide to names and abbreviations used by LWSM in the diaries.The diary entries are short, and although there are gaps, they cover the years 1917-1922, 1924, 1926-1933, and 1936-1972. They record the activities of a middle-class woman, and her familial, health, civic, and business concerns. There is occasional mention of a miscarriage, and LWSM's use of a code during 1920 suggests that she took measures to prevent pregnancy. Following her stroke in 1966, LWSM typed her daily entries.
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