However, modern critics of Sheldon's work note her limited sociocultural views and blinding patriotism. In 1985 and 1986, the Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers and Earl Barnes Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College by Betty Barnes, the daughter-in-law of Earl Barnes, and his second wife, Anna Koehler Barnes. List of works Books Barnes, Mary Sheldon (1885). Studies in General History. Boston, Health & Co., 1885. Studies in American History. Boston, Heath & Co., 1891. Studies in Greek and Roman History, 1894. Studies in Historical Method, 1896. Essays Barnes, Mary Sheldon (1879). — (May 1882). "Poor White Trash". Cornhill Magazine 45: 579–584. — (July 1895). "History: A Definition and a Forecast". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 6 (5): 285–290. — (July 1889). "General History in the High School". The Academy: Journal of Secondary Education 4 (5): 285–290. Barnes, Earl and Mary Sheldon (April 1898). "Collections of Sources in English for History Teachers". Educational Review 15: 331–338. References External links "Our Miss Sheldon" - University of Michigan Heritage Project Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers, 1850-1898, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. Mary Sheldon Barnes collections at Stanford University Libraries 1850 births 1898 deaths 19th-century American historians American women academics People from Oswego, New York State University of New York at Oswego alumni State University of New York at Oswego faculty Wellesley College faculty University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Stanford University Department of History faculty American women historians 19th-century American women writers Historians from New York (state)