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Rita Rubinstein Heller Collection on the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry

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Call Number:
13D
Repository:
Bryn Mawr College
Extent:
3 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Rita Rubinstein Heller Collection on the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library.
Date:
1921-1938 (inclusive)
Creator:
Heller, Rita Rubenstein
Abstract:
Rita Rubenstein Heller, a Bryn Mawr College graduate of the Class of 1959 was a co-producer of the award-winning documentary "Women of Summer: A History of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, 1921-1935." Heller also directed "Chanceman's Brothers & Sisters: The Origins of the 20th Century Morris County Black Community." The collection consists of material from the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, a two-month program on the Bryn Mawr campus designed to educate one hundred women workers. The school was in operation from 1921 to 1938 (excluding 1935).

After receiving her AB from Bryn Mawr College in 1959, Rita Heller earned an MA in History from Columbia University and a PhD in American History from Rutgers. She was employed at the County College of Morris County in New Jersey as a History professor. Besides being co-producer of the award-winning documentary "Women of Summer: A History of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, 1921-1935," she also directed "Chanceman's Brothers & Sisters: The Origins of the 20th Century Morris County Black Community."

The Rita Rubenstein Heller collection on the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry contains material from the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. The collection contains materials from 1921-1938, from when the school was in operation.

The collection is divided into two boxes. Box 1 contains material pertaining to the students of the SSWWI. Box 2 contains material related to the faculty of the SSWWI.

Box 1 is divided into three subseries: "Student Rosters and Applications," "Student Writings and Publications," and "Student Interviews and Miscellaneous Biographical Materials." "Student Rosters and Applications" includes the applications of both accepted and rejected students, as well as a faculty/student roster. "Student Writings and Publications" contains various student writings, such as student magazines, songbooks, and an unemployment history written by a student. "Student Interviews and Miscellaneous Biographical Materials" contains a number of interviews conducted by Heller with alumnae about their experiences in the Summer School. These interviews are arranged in alphabetical order. Biographical information is available for some interviewees. Box 2 is divided into four subseries: "Faculty Interviews and Miscellaneous Material," "Information on Related Programs on Other Institutions," "Program and Course Related Materials," and "Miscellaneous Materials." The first subseries, "Faculty Interviews," contains interviews conducted by Heller with faculty members about their experiences teaching in the Summer School. These interviews are arranged in alphabetical order. Biographical information is available for some interviewees, including obituaries, articles about the interviewee, and CVs. "Information on Related Programs at Other Institutions" includes financial information, school documents, and a curriculum. "Program and Course Related Materials" includes syllabi, a reading list, and a curriculum. "Miscellaneous Materials" includes a recollection of the Bryn Mawr Summer School by Eleanor Roosevelt, a standardized test, and materials from the Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell.

The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry was a two-month program on the Bryn Mawr campus designed to instruct one hundred women workers each year in English composition, economics, science, history, psychology, literature, and music appreciation. Heller produced an award-winning documentary on the school, entitled "Women of Summer: A History of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, 1921-1935." Her collection of materials provides insight into the inner workings of the school, and the experiences of its faculty and staff. It would be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the SSWWI.

The materials in this collection were received by the College Archives in 2007 as a gift from Rita Rubenstein Heller '61.

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Publisher
Bryn Mawr College
Finding Aid Author
Ruth Storch, Celeste Ledesma, Cassidy Gruber Baruth
Finding Aid Date
December 2008
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Rita Rubinstein Heller Collection on the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry is the physical property of the Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.

Collection Inventory

Faculty/Student Rosters, 1921-1938.
Box 1 Folder 1
Applications Rejected, 1921.
Box 1 Folder 2
Applications Rejected, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 3
Applications Accepted, 1923.
Box 1 Folder 4
Applications Accepted, 1924.
Box 1 Folder 5
Applications Rejected, 1924.
Box 1 Folder 6
Applications Rejected, 1925.
Box 1 Folder 7
Applications Accepted, 1926.
Box 1 Folder 8
Applications Accepted, 1927.
Box 1 Folder 9
Applications Accepted, 1928.
Box 1 Folder 10
Applications Rejected, 1928.
Box 1 Folder 11
Applications Accepted, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 12
Applications Rejected, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 13
Applications Accepted, 1930.
Box 1 Folder 14
Applications Accepted, 1931.
Box 1 Folder 15
Applications Rejected, 1931.
Box 1 Folder 16
Applications Rejected, 1932.
Box 1 Folder 17
Applications - unclear whether accepted or rejected, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1938.
Box 1 Folder 24 Box 1 Folder 18 Box 1 Folder 20 Box 1 Folder 19
Applications Accepted, 1936.
Box 1 Folder 21
Applications Rejected, 1937.
Box 1 Folder 22
Applications, 1937, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 25 Box 1 Folder 23
Bryn Mawr Daisy, Student Publication, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 26
Finkel, Anya Feinblitt, Student Memorabilia, 1927-1932.
Box 1 Folder 27
Miscellaneous Student Writings.
Box 1 Folder 28
Shine on Light, Bryn Mawr Light, Student Publication, 1925.
Box 1 Folder 29
Shop and School, Student Publication, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938.
Box 1 Folder 31 Box 1 Folder 32 Box 1 Folder 30 Box 1 Folder 34 Box 1 Folder 33
Song Book, 1939, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 36 Box 1 Folder 35
Spring Magazine, 1930.
Box 1 Folder 37
Typewritten collection of poems and songs.
Box 1 Folder 38
Student Writings: Unemployment Histories, 1930, 1931.
Box 1 Folder 39
Torch Bearers, 1924.
Box 1 Folder 40
Branthwaite, Loise Delling, Student, Biographical Information, 1924-1925.
Box 1 Folder 41
Flexner, Jena (Lewinsohn), BMC Tutor and BMC Alumna, Student Writing.
Box 1 Folder 42
Logan, Marjorie Lynch, Student, Interview, 1983 June 15.
Box 1 Folder 43
Lucia, Carmen, Student, Interview and Biographical Information, 1927, 1930.
Box 1 Folder 45 Box 1 Folder 46 Box 1 Folder 44
Manning, Helen Taft, Interview, 1983 November 9.
Box 1 Folder 47
Miller, Helen Hill, BMC Student '21, Excerpt from an Interview, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 48
Montulli, Phyllis, Student, Interview 1983.
Box 1 Folder 49
Newman, Pauline, Labor Leader, Interview, 1976 May 15.
Box 1 Folder 50
Nord, Elizabeth, Student, Interview, and Biographical Information, 1976 July 22.
Box 1 Folder 51
Rodolfo, Sophie Schmidt, Student, Response to Heller's Dissertation Questionaire, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 52
Goodman, Sadie, Publication and Personal Letter to Rita Heller, 1976 November.
Box 1 Folder 53
Hiss, Priscilla (Mrs. Alger), BMSS Tutor and BMC Alumna, Curriculum Information.
Box 1 Folder 54

Coit, Eleanor (Labor Educator) and Smith, HW, Transcript of Video Interview, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 1
Cook, Alice Hanson, Economics Faculty, Interview and Biographical Information, 1983 June.
Box 2 Folder 2
Cook, Alice Hanson, Article, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 3
Hersein Lillian, Economist, Interview and Biographical Information, 1971 May 7.
Box 2 Folder 4
Hewes, Amy, Economics Faculty, Obituary and Biographical Information.
Box 2 Folder 5
Huberman, Leo, BMSS Economics Faculty, Obituary, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 6
Lockwood, Helen Drusilla, Economics Faculty, Biographical Information, 1921-1923.
Box 2 Folder 7
Loud, Oliver, Science Faculty, Biographical Information, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 8
McIntosh, Millicent Carey, BMSS Tutor 1920's, Letters, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 9
Mitchell, Broadus, Economics Faculty, Interview, 1982 January 20.
Box 2 Folder 10
Mitchell, Broadus, Interview, 1983 June 21.
Box 2 Folder 11
Mitchell, Broadus, Endorsement Letter of the Bryn Mawr Summer School; Interview with Historian Mary Frederickson; Recalling writer Mary Heaton Vorse.
Box 2 Folder 13 Box 2 Folder 14 Box 2 Folder 12
Muste, A.J., Labor Economist.
Box 2 Folder 15
Peterson, Esther, Faculty Member, Interview, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 16
Peterson, Esther, C.V.
Box 2 Folder 17
Peterson, Esther and Gilmore, Marguerite, Faculty, Interview, 1983 June 14.
Box 2 Folder 18
Smith, Hilda Worthington, Interview, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 19
Smith, Hilda Worthington, Birthday Party Description, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 20
Sweezy, Sue Shepherd, English Faculty, Interview, 1983 May.
Box 2 Folder 21
Sweezy, Sue Shepherd, Interview, 1980 July 12.
Box 2 Folder 22
Warne, Colston E, Economics Faculty, Interview, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 24
Warne, Colston E, Interview Transcript an Memorial Service, 1976, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 25
Williams, Constance, Economics Tutor, Biographical Information, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935.
Box 2 Folder 26
Archival Inventory: HW Smith Schlesinger Library.
Box 2 Folder 27
Archival Inventory: Rutgers Labory Library, Annotated File Index of School Documents.
Box 2 Folder 28
Archival Inventory: Wisconsin State Historical Society, American Labor Education Service Papers of Schools and Programs.
Box 2 Folder 29
Curriculum: Unit Plan, Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Box 2 Folder 30
Financial Information Copied from Cornell's ALES Collection.
Box 2 Folder 31
Racial Integration Statement, 1928.
Box 2 Folder 32
Reading List, Economics, 1928.
Box 2 Folder 33
Science Syllabus, 1936.
Box 2 Folder 34
Special Report: Wisconsin State Historical Society on Bryn Mawr Summer School, 1938.
Box 2 Folder 35
Summer School Crisis: Statement by President Marion Edwards Park, 1935.
Box 2 Folder 36
Brown, Louise, Science, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 37
Carter, Jean and Palmer, Gladys, 1931.
Box 2 Folder 38
Carter, Jean, English, 1930, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 39
Denkinger, Emma, English, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 40
Faculty Unknown, English and Economics.
Box 2 Folder 41
Fernald, Mabel, Psychology, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 42
Herbst, Griffith, Economics, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 43
Hewes, Amy, Economics, 1922, 1924, 1930s.
Box 2 Folder 44
Hewes, Amy and Carter, Jean, Economics and English, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 46
Huberman, Leo, English, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 47
Kennan, Ellen, English, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 48
Kurk, Hazel, Economics, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 49
Lockwood, English, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 50
Loud, Oliver, Science, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 51
May, Stacy, Economics, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 52
Mitchell, Economics, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 53
Moultin, Mildred, Economics, 1930.
Box 2 Folder 54
Palmer, Gladys, Economics, 1929.
Box 2 Folder 55
Pollack, Katherine and Herrmann, Helen, Economics, 1929.
Box 2 Folder 56
Sassaman, Walter, History, 1933.
Box 2 Folder 57
Saunders, Lawrence, History, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 58
Tyson, Francis, Economics, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 59
Warne, Colston, Economics, 1920s.
Box 2 Folder 60
Warne, Colston, Economics, 1922, 1924, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 61
Wolfson, Theresa, Economics, 1926, 1937.
Box 2 Folder 62
Wylie, Laura, English, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 63
Standardized Tests for Students; Thorndike-McCall Reading Test Social Attitudes, by Warne, Colston.
Box 2 Folder 64
Archival Inventory: Cornell: Industrial Labor Relations.
Box 2 Folder 65
Curriculum: Miscellaneous, Cornell: ILR School.
Box 2 Folder 66
Roosevelt, Eleanor, Recollections of the Bryn Mawr Summer School, 1933.
Box 2 Folder 67

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