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Anne E. W. Kierstead papers, 1884-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 boxes (1 box)
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Genealogical and biographical documents for Anne Williams Kierstead, BMC 1943, and her mother, Helen Elizabeth Jones Williams, BMC 1906. Included are: letters from Kierstead to her family while she taught and traveled in Turkey in the late 1940's, a diary and an autobiographical account of Williams' travel in Europe during the outbreak of WWI, and a genealogy of the family compiled by Kierstead in 1976.

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Mary Meigs papers, 1942-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
9.1 linear ft. (17 boxes)
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Mary Meigs was born on April 27, 1917, and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II as a WAVE. She later became a painter, writer, and activist for elderly lesbians, and she had close ties with several other painters, writers, activists, and social commentators throughout her life. The collection is divided into four sections: Correspondence, Writings, Artwork, and Other Materials and includes letters from throughout her life, journals, manuscripts, research, reviews, and her artwork.

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Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordan papers, 1913-1994 (inclusive)

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42 linear ft.
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Phyllis Walter Goodhart (1913-1994) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (BA 1935) and a Latin and Greek scholar. While at Bryn Mawr, she developed a life-long interest in the works of the Italian humanists, especially Poggio Bracciolini. Mrs. Gordan's extensive scholarly papers reflect her many years of careful study of Italian humanism. Over the years she had acquired a notable collection of published and unpublished research materials from which she generated her meticulous notes on literally hundreds of medieval and Renaissance scholars and events. A majority of the collection is bibliographic and biographic notes on Renaissance leaders, scholars, and ecclesiastics. Additionally the collection contains a catalog of humanist manuscripts in European libraries, notes on Ernst Walser's archive of research materials, and a concordance for the numeration of Poggio' letters to Nicolaus de Niccolis in the editions of Gordan, Tonelli, Wilmanns, and Rüegg (unpublished). Furthermore, the...(see more)

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Claud Lovat Fraser and Grace Crawford Lovat Fraser collections, 1906-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:
88 boxes
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Claud Lovat Fraser was born in London on May 15, 1890 to Florence Margaret Fraser, an amateur artist, and Claud Fraser, a city solicitor. He became a clerk at his father's law firm but left in 1911 to seriously pursue art. In 1914, Fraser enlisted with the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps and was quickly commissioned to the 14th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. He suffered from poor health and was eventually discharged in 1919. In 1916, he met Grace Crawford and the two were married on February 6, 1917. Miss Crawford was born in Paris in 1889, daughter of Theron Clark Crawford, an American entrepreneur, and a highly trained amateur pianist. During the four years after their marriage, until Fraser's death in 1921, the two worked jointly on a number of theatre projects and had one daughter, Helen Catherine Adeline Lovat Fraser, born in 1918. After Fraser's death, she worked with several design companies and as an editor. The collection consists of artwork, photographs and...(see more)

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A.E. Housman papers, 1859-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 boxes
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Alfred Edward Housman, the English poet and classicist, was born on March 26, 1859 near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He was appointed to the Chair of Greek and Latin at University College, London in 1892. Housman soon began writing the series of poems which was eventually published as "A Shropshire Lad" in 1896 and later in 1922,"Last Poems" was published. In 1911, he became the professor of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge where he taught for more than 30 years. Housman passed away from heart disease in April of 1936. This collection includes family related materials, notes on his famous lecture "The Name and Nature of Poetry", photographs, general correspondence and writings.

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Susan Walker FitzGerald papers, 1875-1924 (inclusive)

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3.1 linear ft. (7 boxes)
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Susan Walker FitzGerald (1871-1943) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While at Bryn Mawr, class of 1893, she founded the Student Government Association and graduated with a degree in history/political science. Susan W. FitzGerald is best known for her commitment to the women's suffrage movement and her involvement in progressive political organizations. The papers are arranged chronologically beginning with a few letters, postcards and memorabilia from Susan's childhood and ending with letters from the early 1920's, including letters pertaining to her term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1923-1925.The vast majority of letters are between Susan and Richard, many of them from Richard to Susan.

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Theresa Helburn collection, 1900s (inclusive)

Extent:
14 linear ft.
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Bryn Mawr alumna Theresa Helburn (B.A. 1908) had a long and distinguished career behind the scenes on Broadway, and made important contributions to the professions of film and television from the 1930s to the 1950s. As a producer with New York's Theatre Guild from 1919, Helburn served as a literary manager and casting director, before becoming a co-producer, with Lawrence Langner. The Theatre Guild specialized in bringing the highest-quality drama of Europe and America to Broadway stages. Helburn's responsibilities were wide-ranging, including everything from vetting scripts, to casting plays, to fund-raising, to leading advertising and marketing campaigns. The Theresa Helburn Theater Collection includes over 1400 photographs, 160 playscripts, 139 ground plans, 171 theater programs, and numerous advertisements and other theatrical ephemera. Most of the photographs relate to Helburn's work as producer of the Theatre Guild, while a small portion are her personal collection of...(see more)

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Margaret Ayer Barnes papers, 1920-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear ft.
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Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886-1967) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (class of 1907). She was a novelist, playwright, and short story writer. In her three years of service as the College's alumnae director, beginning in 1920, Barnes helped to organize the Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. Barnes' short stories were first published in 1926, and she continued to write consistently throughout the next decade. Barnes is especially well known for her contribution to the critically acclaimed stage production of Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence, as well as her novel Years of Grace (1930), for which Barnes won the Pulitzer Prize. This collection consists of correspondence primarily concerning the joint lawsuit she and playwright Edward Sheldon had against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other personal matters, as well as varying versions of her published and unpublished works, legal papers pertaining to the lawsuit, and photographs, some of the Barnes family and others of stage actors in...(see more)

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Ralph Hodgson and Aurelia Bolliger Hodgson papers, 1896-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:
16 linear ft.
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Very little is known about the early life of Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962), a British poet. In the 1890s, he worked as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, signing some of his works 'Yorick', and, in 1913, founded "The Sign of the Flying Fame" publishers along with Claud Lovat Fraser and Holbrook Jackson. Hodgson published a variety of poetry volumes prior to joining that army at the beginning of World War I. In 1923, he accepted a position as a lecturer in English at Sendai University in Japan. It was here that he met his third wife, Aurelia Bolliger (1898-1984), an American born teacher at the Women's College of Sendai. The couple faced a variety of difficulties during the early years of their marriage, including Aurelia's young age, loss of job because of her relationship with Ralph, and her family's struggle to accept their marriage. In 1938, the Hodgson and Bolliger retired to the United States at Owlacres a farm outside of Minerva, Ohio where Hodgson lived his remaining years in...(see more)

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Constance "Zinnia" Maravell papers, 1979-1995 (inclusive)

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1 boxes
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Constance Maravell was a Bryn Mawr graduate of the class of 1965. In the years follower her time at graduate school at the University of Chicago, Maravell delved into the world of art. She adopted the name Zinnia to represent her artistic identiy, and has exhibited her work of high art photography in the Washington D.C. area numerous times. Zinnia's work has been recognized and praised in a number of newspapers and newsletters. This collection contains the clippings from the articles that acknowledged her work, as well as an assortment of pamphlets and booklets summarizing her pieces in exhibitions, and a few select photographs taken at one of Zinnia's exhibition openings.

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Karl D. Jessen papers, 1872-1980 (inclusive) 1890-1917 (bulk)

Extent:
6.2 linear ft. (13 document boxes, 3 items)
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Karl Detlev Jessen (1872-1919) was a professor of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1910 to 1919. He was involved with the Socialist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Karl D. Jessen papers house the records of Karl D. Jessen. This collection dates from 1872 to 1980, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1917. This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Jessen and his family, friends, and colleagues, in addition to manuscripts and manuscript drafts, clippings, scrapbooks, bibliography cards of Jessen's research, and other ephemera.

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Conversational Club of Norristown papers, 1885-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
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The Conversational Club of Norristown is a women's education club founded in 1885 that continues to meet today whose purpose is the "Study of History, Literature, and Art, and the promotion of intelligent thought and conversation." The collection of the club's papers consists of records of the meetings and activities of the club from 1885 to 2013 primarily in the forms of minutes, programs, correspondence, and other sources collected by the club.

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Dorothy Foster papers, 1902-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 document box containing 9 folders)
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Dorothy Foster was a student at Bryn Mawr from 1900-1904. The papers consist of her letters written by Foster to her mother, Genevieve Stimpson, during her junior and senior years of college (1902-1904). The letters primarily concern her school work, her duties as class president, news about the college, guests she hosted, and lectures she attended. They are arranged in folders by date, with the exception of the first folder of miscellaneous items including academic records and an essay about May Day. Dorothy Foster was born in 1883 in Salem, Massachusetts, daughter of Genevieve Stimpson and James M. Foster. She majored in English and Philosophy and held the offices of Senior Class President in '04, secretary to the Philosophy Club in '03- '04, and membership in the English Club in '03-'04. After Bryn Mawr, Foster earned an A. M. in English Literature from Radcliffe in 1908 and did further graduate work at Harvard from 1913-1914. Her field of interest was Restoration and...(see more)

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Frances Arnold Family Letters, 1893-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 folders
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Frances Arnold was born in New York City in 1874, daughter of Francis and Augusta Arnold. After graduating the Brearly School, she attended Bryn Mawr College from 1893 to 1895, affiliating herself with the class of 1897. Upon leaving the College, she attended French finishing school and traveled abroad. In 1899 she returned to New York to teach mathematics at Brearly. Except for a brief stint supervising women building torpedos during World War I, Arnold remained at Brearly until 1930. She then retired to New Hampshire, where she was involved with community affairs. The Frances Arnold family letters comprise a collection of the personal correspondence of Frances Arnold, Bryn Mawr College class of 1897. The letters in the collection range from 1895 to 1902. The bulk of the collection is personal correspondence between Arnold and her family and Arnold's personal memorabilia.

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George Aaron Barton papers, 1859-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes (2 boxes, each containing 8 folders)
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George Aaron Barton taught at Haverford College as a lecturer for two years and at the same time joied the Bryn Mawr faculty as Associate Professor of Biblical literature and Semitic Languages, 1891. He taught at Bryn Mawr continuously as Professor of Biblical Literature and Semitic Languages until 1922 when he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylcania as Professor of Semitic Languages. In addition, Dr. Barton was director of the American School for Oriental Research at Jerusalem, 1902-03, and at Baghdad, 1921-34; also Professor of New Testament Literature and Laguage at the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,, 1921-37. An acknowledged minister of the Society of Friends (Orothodox) from 1879-1918, Barton was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1918 and priest the following year. He was the author of many publications on Semitic origins, writing, and religion. The George Aaron Barton papers is comprised of the Barton's private...(see more)

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The Elizabeth Barker and Agnes Davis collection of the papers of Albert Winslow Barker, 1888-1982 (inclusive) 1920s-1940s (bulk)

Extent:
4.5 linear ft. (11 flat files and 1 box)
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Albert Winslow Barker served as the Director of Art Education in the Public School District of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1921 and 1929. 1927, at age 53, he apprenticed himself to one of the masters of American lithography, Bolton Brown. Barker spent the rest of his life in the practice of lithography, furthering the development of that art.

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Henry Joel Cadbury papers, 1965-1971 (inclusive)

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1.75 linear ft.
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Henry Joel Cadbury graduated from Haverford College (A.B. 1903) and Harvard University (M.A. 1904 and Ph.D. 1914). Cadbury served as a trustee and director of Bryn Mawr College for many years and was Chairman for the Board of Directors from 1956 to 1969. He was one of the foudners of the American Friends Service Committee in 1917 and Chairman of that organization 1928-34, 1944-60. AFSC won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Britain's Service Council in 1947. The Henry Joel Cadbury papers holds the papers of the AFSC Family Planning and Population Education Committee relating to a special report being prepared for publication on the subject of abortion. The collection, which is from around 1965-1971, sheds light on the Quaker opinion on abortion, contraceptives, and sex education during the late 1960s-early 1970s.

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Elizabeth Miller Caldwell letters, 1894-11-14-1897-04-04 (inclusive)

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1 folders
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Elizabeth Miller Caldwell (1874-1945) was a member fo the Class of 1897 who took her A.B. in English and Latin. She lived in Merion Hall during her first three years at Bryn Mawr and then moved into Pembroke West for her senior year. Originally from Pittsburgh, she studied at Miss Baldwin's School in Bryn Mawr prior to enrolling at BMC. She married Gerard Fountain in 1898 and later sent her two daughters to Bryn Mawr College (Audrey Fountain, A.B. 1922, and Olivia Caldwell Fountain, A.B. 1924). The Letters of Elizabeth Miller Caldwell comprise a collection of eight letters written by Elizabeth Caldwell to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Caldwell. The letters span from November 14, 1894 to April 4, 1897, and discuss a wide range of topics, from student protests to SGA meetings.

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Mary Whitall Worthington papers, 1906-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
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Mary Whitall Worthington was a 1910 graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the president of the Bryn Mawr chapter of the Woman's Equal Suffrage League. She was the niece of Bryn Mawr president M. Carey Thomas, being the daughter of Thomas's sister, Grace Thomas Worthington. She grew up with her mother in England, after her parents' divorce in 1896, and returned to England during the summers while she was in college. Worthington was an ardent suffragist who met with several prominent suffragists of the day, including Anna Howard Shaw. After graduation, she attended the Johns Hopkins Medical School, but died as the result of congenital heart failure in January 1912. The Mary Whitall Worthington papers houses Worthington's personal papers and diaries. Her diaries, which cover April 1907 to November 1911, describe her time at Bryn Mawr College from late in her first year to her graduation, and then during her first year of medical school at Johns Hopkins University.

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Susan FitzGerald papers, 1926-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 boxes
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Susan FitzGerald was a member of the Bryn Mawr class of 1929, the daughter of Susan Walker FitzGerald, who founded the Self-Government Association. Susan FitzGerald taught Spanish and German from 1930-1945 before becoming involved with the United States Information Agency. She worked all over the world as the director of English language programs and teaching English. FitzGerald retired in 1972. The Susan FitzGerald papers house the personal papers of Susan FitzGerald. The collection, which spans 1926 to 1954, is comprised of correspondence and USIA (United States Information Agency) printed material.

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Elizabeth Congdon (Barron) scrapbook, scrapbook 1: 1898-1901 scrapbook 2: 1901-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 volumes (2 scrapbooks)
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Elizabeth Congdon graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1902. She was a passionate horticulturalist and directed Food Conservation and Victory Garden efforts in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania during both world wars. The Elizabeth Congdon scrapbook collection houses Congdon's two scrapbooks. The scrapbooks, which cover 1898-1901 and 1901-1902 respectively, document Congdon's social life at Bryn Mawr, as well as many off-campus events.

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Elizabeth Anna Harlan scrapbook, 1904-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 boxes
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Elizabeth Anna Harlan graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1909 with a major in English. After graduation, she acted as the president of the Visiting Nurses Association of Coatesville. She served 25 years as a board member of Coatesville Hospital. She was also highly involved with the Coatesville Presbyterian Church throughout her life. She had one adopted daughter. Harlan died in 1972. The Elizabeth Anna Harlan scrapbook houses the scrapbook and some other ephemera of Harlan's. The collection ranges from 1904-1909.

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Jeannie Colston Howard scrapbook, 1897-1911 (inclusive) 1897-1901 (bulk)

Extent:
1 volumes (1 volume scrapbook and an addition "exercise folio" scrapbook)
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Jeannie Colston Howard was born in Richmond, Virginia on December 23, 1878. She attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1901. After graduation, she taught at Shipley School and St. Margaret's. From 1905-1918, she was a teacher and then principal at Stuart Hall. Howard later pursued her masters in Latin at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1926. She was a member of Colonial Dames. Howard passed away in 1968. The Jeannie Colston Howard scrapbook contains Howard's one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook covers Howard's years at Bryn Mawr, from 1897 to 1901, and contains mostly personal correspondence, calling cards and invitations.

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Mary Grace Kilpatrick scrapbook, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes (1 diary/scrapbook)
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Mary Kilpatrick was born in 1879. She was a member of the class of 1900 who lived in Pembroke East. She received her AB degree in French, Spanish, and Italian (Languages). She had a lifelong interest in the arts. Kilpatrick died April 1, 1964. The Mary Grace Kilpatrick scrapbook houses Kilpatrick's one volume diary/scrapbook. The scrapbook spans Kilpatrick's freshman-junior years at Bryn Mawr, from 1897-1899, and highlights all aspects of college life.

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Elsie Kohn Rauh scrapbook, 1901-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Elsie Kohn was born November 25, 1881. She attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1904. She married Aaron S. Rauh in 1908 and had three children. Kohn was a civic leader who was extremely involved in the women's suffrage movement. She was one of the founders of the League of Women Voters and was also active in Planned Parenthood. Kohn died March 27th, 1972. The Elsie Kohn Rauh scrapbook contains Kohn's one volume scrapbook from her first two years at Bryn Mawr, 1900-1902. Kohn left Bryn Mawr in 1902 to care for her mother, so in addition to the typical memorabilia, this scrapbook also contains letters from friends regarding her decision to leave.

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Tirzah Nichols scrapbook, 1892-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Tirzah Nichols attended the Friends' Central School in Philadelphia, as well as Miss Florence Baldwin's School in Bryn Mawr (now called The Baldwin School). She was a member of Bryn Mawr College's class of 1896, graduating with degrees in History and Political Science. After graduation, she returned to Miss Baldwin's School, this time as a science teacher (1896-1906). She later became a teacher of Culture of the Speaking Voice and a librarian at Miss Baldwin's School, which had then been renamed The Baldwin School (1906-1917). The Tirzah Nichols scrapbook contains Nichols' one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook spans the years from 1892 to 1902 and contains a lot of material, mostly musical programs and Bryn Mawr memorabilia. It provides useful insight into Bryn Mawr at the turn of the century.

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Mildred Pressinger (Kienbusch) scrapbook, 1905-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Mildred Pressinger (later Kienbusch) graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an A.B. in Philosophy and Psychology. She was a member of the Mayflower Descendants, the National Society of Colonial Dames, Founder and Patriots, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also active in a number of charities in New York City. She married Carl Otto von Kienbusch, the owner of an internationally celebrated collection of medieval arms and armor. Mildred Kienbusch died in 1968. The Mildred Pressinger scrapbook houses a very large one-volume scrapbook containing a great deal of material from Pressinger's four years at Bryn Mawr College (1905-1909). The scrapbook contains a large amount of Bryn Mawr memorabilia.

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Mary Ayer (Rousmaniere) diary, 1897-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Mary Ayer was a member of Bryn Mawr's class of 1901. While at college, Ayer was involved in varsity basketball, Mandolin and Banjo Club, and class plays. After graduating from Bryn Mawr, Ayer pursued graduated studies at Radcliffe (1901-1902) and Simmons College (1905-1906). In 1910, she married John Rousmaniere, a graduate of Harvard Law School. Ayer died in 1954. Ayer's one volume diary spans her freshman through junior years at college, from 1897-1900. However, only the first two of these were spent at Bryn Mawr; Ayer passed her junior year at Radcliffe College before returning to Bryn Mawr for her senior year. Ayer's diary offers insight into student athletics and academics, social life, and variations between Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe.

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Marie A. Richards scrapbook, 1931-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Marie A. Richards was born June 8, 1913. She was prepared at Gordon-Roney and Agnes Irwin, both in Philadelphia. She attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1935. After graduation, she worked as Associate Editor for the American Philosophical Society until 1978. During that time she travelled all across the globe with her brother, attending geological conventions and sightseeing. She also worked as a laboratory assistant as Leeds and Northrup Company. After retiring, she moved to Philadelphia, where she volunteered with the Owl Book Shop. Richards died on April 7, 2009. The Marie Richards scrapbook contains Richards' one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook covers the years 1931 to 1936 and mainly consists of photographs and newspaper clippings.

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Lydia Sharpless (Perry) scrapbook, 1903-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Lydia Sharpless was born 1885, the daughter of Isaac Sharpless, then the president of Haverford College. She was prepared by Westtown Boarding School in Westtown, Pennsylvania and by private study. She attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating with the class of 1908 and holding the Foundation Scholarship from 1905-1908. While at school, she was highly involved in athletics, as the captain of the class hockey team and a member of the basketball and track teams, as well. After graduation, Sharpless worked part-time for a year in a Philadelphia settlement, then taught at Wykeham Rise, a girl's boarding school. She married Harvey C. Perry in 1911. Together they had 3 biological children, one of whom died young, and one adopted child. Sharpless died in 1932. The Lydia Sharpless Perry scrapbook contains Sharpless' one-volume scrapbook. The scrapbook contains material from 1903 to 1910 and contains the usual Bryn Mawr memorabilia, with an emphasis on hockey memorabilia.

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Helen Rutgers Sturgis scrapbook, 1901-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Helen Rutgers Sturgis was born in 1883 in New York City. She was prepared by Miss Spence's School. She entered Bryn Mawr with the class of 1905 on the matriculation scholarship for New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. While at Bryn Mawr, she was the secretary of the Self-Government Association and studied Languages (French, Italian, Spanish). After graduation, she worked as a magazine editor. Sturgis died on March 16, 1966. The Helen Rutgers Sturgis scrapbook contains Sturgis' one-volume scrapbook. The scrapbook, which covers Sturgis' first two years at Bryn Mawr (1901-1903), mostly contains personal memorabilia.

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(Martha) Caroline Warram (Lane) scrapbook, 1950-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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(Martha) Caroline Warram (later Lane) was a member of the Bryn Mawr College class of 1955. While at school she was on the editorial board and business board of the yearbook and was active in WMBC. Warram majored in English. After college, she became a teacher. Her scrapbook comprises one volume and and contains a typical collection of Bryn Mawr College and personal memorabilia and covers the years 1950 to 1955.

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Edith Wetherill (Ives) scrapbook, 1888-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volumes
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Edith Wetherill was a member of the Bryn Mawr Class of 1892. She was one of the founders of the Civic Club in Philadelphia, which was one of the first organizations of its kind in the country. She was an active volunteer, working with the Bellevue Hospital, the Unitarian Church, the Red Cross, and the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. Her scrapbook houses Wetherill's one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook is very large and contains materials from 1888-1934, both well before and after Wetherill attended Bryn Mawr. The scrapbook primarily consists of photographs and newspaper clippings, giving a very comprehensive vision of Bryn Mawr from the 1890s well into the 1900s.

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James L. Crenshaw papers, 1911-1929 (bulk)

Extent:
1 boxes (1 oversized document box containing 17 notebooks and 9 folders)
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James Llewellyn Crenshaw was a professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College for 30 years. This collection, which ranges from 1911-1929, is comprised of notes, experiments, and papers on sulphides and pyrrhotite.

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Michi Kawai Christian Fellowship papers, 1950-1959 (bulk)

Extent:
1 boxes (1 oversized box containing 25 folders and a book)
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Michi Kawai was one of the first recipients of the Japanese Scholarship, graduating from Bryn Mawr in 1904 with high honors. She was an important figure in international Christian relationships and women's education in Japan. She was instrumental in founding the YWCA in Japan and later started Keisen School, which would become an important horticultural school for women. This collection consists largely of incoming correspondence to Esther Sinn Neuendorffer, a former classmate and friend of Kawai's, and materials concerning the Keisen School.

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James Leuba papers, 1896-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 boxes
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James Leuba was an influential professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr. Howard Gray was a professor of History at Bryn Mawr. This collection, which ranges from 1896 to 1950, primarily consists of research notes from the two professors.

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Helen Hill Miller papers, 1969-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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Helen H. Miller (BMC 1921) was a prolific writer and journalist. This collection, which ranges from 1969-1974, mainly consists of materials for a book that Miller wrote in 1969 titled The Realms of Arthur.

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Eva Levin Milbouer papers, 1929-1935 (inclusive)

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1 boxes and 1.25 linear ft.
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Eva Levin Milbouer was a member of the Bryn Mawr College class of 1934. Her collection, which ranges from 1929-1935, contains Milbouer's exams, class notes, and notebooks.

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Valentine Muller papers, 1930s-1940s (bulk)

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1 boxes and 1.5 linear ft.
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Valentine Muller was a Professor of Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College from 1931 until his death in 1945. This collection is comprised of Muller's manuscripts and other papers. The materials in the collection are primarily from the 1930s-1940s.

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Emily Cheney Neville papers, circa 1960s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:
4 boxes
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Emily Cheney Neville (BMC 1940) was an award-winning author of primarily children's books, columnist, and lawyer. Her collection spans from circa 1960s-1970s and is made up of drafts and versions of four of Neville's novels.

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Nettie Maria Stevens papers, 1896-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 boxes (1 document case containing 8 folders)
Abstract:
Nettie Maria Stevens was a research biologist who made important contributions to cytogenetics, embryology and the hypothesis of sex determination by chromosomes. She received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1903, and acted as an Associate in Experimental Morphology from 1905-1912. The Nettie Maria Stevens papers contain her personal and professional papers. The collection ranges from 1896-1979 and contains assorted biographical materials, correspondence, obituary notices, articles about Stevens, and other various materials.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Dorothy Wyckoff papers, 1920-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear ft. (2 boxes, 2 document cases)
Abstract:
Dorothy Wyckoff was an expert in the petrology of metamorphic rocks and a scholar of medieval Latin. Her collection of professional and academic papers spans from circa 1920-1981. It contains Wyckoff's notes, travel diaries, correspondence, etc., as well as some photographs and articles that are also relevant to Wyckoff, but were not created by her.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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