The following links may be of use to scholars interested in Sedgwick, her contemporaries, and early U.S. culture. We welcome new links; email us with suggestions.
ONLINE TEXTS
Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s writings are becoming increasingly available online (often as scanned facsimile editions.) Browse or search the following sites for texts by Sedgwick and others. (For a list of Sedgwick’s published works, including magazine stories and essays, see our bibliographies.)
Making of America (Cornell University)
Making of America (University of Michigan)
(The two MOA sites have different resources)
Wright American Fiction 1851-1875
Sedgwick Stories: The Uncollected Periodical Writings of Catharine Maria Sedgwick
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Biographical information on Sedgwick
The Heath Anthology of American Literature author page
American Passages: A Literary Survey
Site sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation; provides a brief summary of Sedgwick’s life and literary reputation
Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Catharine’s page on the Sedgwick family genealogy site
Biographical essay by William Brooks
From the “Slavery in New England” site created by Dr. Deborah Gussman’s Intro to Literary Research class
Summary of Sedgwick’s Life and Career
From the eNotes study site
Finding Your Roots: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
PBS’s Finding Your Roots program traced the ancestry of actress Kyra Sedgwick, the fourth-great-granddaughter of Theodore Sedgwick. You can view the full program here.
SEDGWICK’S FAMILY
Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)
from PBS.org’s “Africans in America” Resource Bank
“Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet)”
from the Massachusetts Historical Society, “African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts”
Mumbet/Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman
Brady Barrows’ extensive site dedicated to Elizabeth Freeman, including biographical and historical information and his own imaginative materials
TEACHING SEDGWICK
“Slavery in New England”
A course blog created by Dr. Deborah Gussman’s Intro to Literary Research class at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Sedgwick Site by Donna Campbell of Washington State University
Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society 