Mary Jane Durkee Kennedy
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content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982
label: Collection Creator
content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
label: Collection Creator
content: Pease, L.F.
label: Collection Creator
content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford Greeting Card Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972
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content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers
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content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers / Series 3: Kennedy Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1867-1882
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1252, Subseries 3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains material relating to the mother of Mary Elizabeth Kennedy Sandford.  Mary Jane Durkee Kennedy was born in 1829 in Conesus, New York.  She taught school before her marriage to James Frank Kennedy on October 23, 1849.  After the death of her husband Mary Jane returned to teaching but soon took in fine laundry as a more stable means of income. About two years after the death of her husband Mary Jane received a small pension and was able to purchase a house. She died in 1906. Materials consist primarily of correspondence and information relating to her widow's pension.  These materials are arranged in chronological order.