Student Research

Service with the Sewards: Frances Seward’s Relationships with Domestic Workers

by Shellie Clark | PDF (1.6 MB)

An analysis of Frances Seward's relationship with domestic workers.


In the Garden with Frances Seward

by Carrie Knight | PDF (7 MB)

A walk through Frances Seward's garden, exploring the ways nineteenth-century women experienced and shaped their understanding of the natural world.


John, Frances, and Henry: An Intimate Look at the Relationship of a Nineteenth-Century Deaf-Mute Artist and Prominent Political Couple

by Corinna S. Hill | PDF (220 KB)

This project explores the written conversation between Frances and William Henry Seward and their deaf-mute friend, John Carlin. Soon, the letters and entire transcription between Carlin, Henry and Frances will be uploaded to our site. 


Mapping the Seward Library

by Michael Read, Kate Hughes, and Camden Burd

This project maps the printing locations of the Seward family's library and explores how books reveal additional information about this nineteenth-century family.


Seward Family Photographs

by Lindsey Willstatter

A collection of family photographs, portraits, and other images relating to the Seward family.


Seward Genealogy

by Jordan Shapiro

A genealogy of the Seward and Miller family created using TNG software. The software allows for tracking of birth and death dates and making connections between different generations of the family. To the genealogy.