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Start Over Organization Bryn Mawr College People Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935 Year 1950 to 1999

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Deanery Files, Bryn Mawr College, 1917-2010 (inclusive) 1980-1991 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear ft. ((two cartons and two large document boxes))
Abstract:
The Deanery was the home of the first Dean and second President of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas, from 1885 to 1933. From 1933 until 1968, when the building was demolished for the construction of Canaday Library, the building served as the college's Alumnae Center and Inn. The collection is comprised primarily of Deanery records, mostly inventories of the building, and the files of Carol Campbell, Curator of Art and Artifacts in Bryn Mawr College's Special Collections

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Dorothy Burr Thompson diaries and papers, 1912-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear ft.
Abstract:
Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900 – 2001) was a prominent archaeologist who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1923. She specialized in Greek terracotta. Burr Thompson and her husband, Homer A. Thompson, were both heavily involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The collection includes her diaries, personal correspondence, and professional papers. It also includes contains both personal and research related photographs and postcards.

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