Queer Places:
Wellesley College (Seven Sisters), 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
Woodlawn Cemetery, 148 Brook St, Wellesley, MA 02482, United States
Margaret Hastings Jackson (July 25, 1861 - September 25, 1939) was born on July 25, 1861, in Florence, Italy, the daughter of the noted American sculptor John Adams Jackson
(1825–1878) and Jane M. Remick Healy Jackson (1829–1916). Her early life was touched by family tragedy, as she survived four siblings who all died in childhood: Jeanie
Remick Jackson, Gracie Jackson, Charles Green Jackson, and Thomas Ayrault Jackson. Following her academic and professional development, Jackson built a distinguished career
as an academic, librarian, and curator, becoming best recognized for her long-standing professional association with Wellesley College. During the decade spanning from 1900
to 1910, she served on the faculty and staff at Wellesley, engaging deeply with the academic community during an era marked by the prominent presence of independent
professional women, academic networks, and intimate female partnerships often characteristic of higher education environments at the time.
Her most notable institutional legacy involves her work with the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Collection of Italian Books and Manuscripts in the Library of Wellesley
College. Having acted as an early curator of this esteemed collection, Jackson meticulously cataloged and researched the rare texts, culminating in her authorship of
"The Catalogue of the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Collection of Italian Books and Manuscripts in the Library of Wellesley College," published by Harvard University
Press in 1929. This foundational catalog highlighted extensive Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, and early editions spanning the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries.
Jackson passed away on September 25, 1939, at the age of 78 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, leaving behind a lasting imprint on Wellesley's academic and special collections
history. She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
References:
Other references:
- Wellesley College Library & Special Collections Archives: Documentation regarding Margaret Hastings Jackson's role as an early curator of the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Collection.
- Harvard University Press (1929): The Catalogue of the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Collection of Italian Books and Manuscripts in the Library of Wellesley College, compiled by Margaret Hastings Jackson.
- Vital Records and Cemetery Documentation: Birth records from Florence, Italy (July 25, 1861), and death and burial records from Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (September 25, 1939).
- Historical Census and Family Registry Data: Documentation detailing her parents (John Adams Jackson and Jane M. Remick Healy Jackson) and siblings (Jeanie Remick, Gracie, Charles Green, and Thomas Ayrault Jackson).
- Wellesley College Faculty and Staff Records (1900–1910): Institutional documentation reflecting her academic association and presence on campus during that decade.
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