The Beecher-Stowe Family was a prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, social reform, and literature. Its most notable members included:

• author Harriet Beecher Stowe;
• clergyman Lyman Beecher and his children;
• clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher;
• educator Catharine Beecher; and
• suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker.

The papers in our collection center around abolition, education, family relationships, health, and publishing.