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Henry Nevill Sanders papers

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Bryn Mawr College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
2010-04
Repository:
Bryn Mawr College
Extent:
2.5 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as Henry Neville Sanders papers, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.
Date:
1851-1971 (inclusive) and 1910-1937 (bulk)
Creator:
Sanders, Henry Nevill
Form:
Correspondence and Diaries
Abstract:
Henry Neville Sanders (1869-1943) studied at Edinburgh University, Gottingen, and the University of Toronto prior to joining joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College in 1902. Sanders remained at Bryn Mawr until his retirement in 1935. Angela Darkow (AB – 1911; MA – 1912; PhD – 1919) studied Greek and Latin at Bryn Mawr College. Aditionally, her sister, Marguerite, received her AB from Bryn Mawr in 1915. The collection consists of correspondence and diaries of Henry Neville Sanders (1869-1943) and Angela Darkow documenting their lives at Bryn Mawr, careers and relationships. A small part of the collection pertains to Marguerite, the Ferris Family, and M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr.

Henry Neville Sanders was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1869. He studied at Edinburgh University, Gottingen, and the University of Toronto. He joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College in 1902 as Associate Professor of Greek and became Professor of Greek in 1905. He remained at Bryn Mawr until his retirement in 1935. He died in 1943. Angela Darkow received her AB in Greek and Latin from Bryn Mawr College in 1911, her MA in Greek in 1912, and her PhD in 1919. Angela's sister Marguerite received her AB from Bryn Mawr in 1915. Angela was briefly married to someone with the surname of Ferris. She also died in 1943.

The collection consists of correspondence and diaries of Henry Neville Sanders (1869-1943) and Angela Darkow. Sanders was a professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr and Darkow was a student of Greek. The diaries and letters cover a thirty-year span, starting with their lives at Bryn Mawr and following their careers and relationship. There is also some correspondence related to Angela's sister Marguerite and the Ferris Family. There is one letter from M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr.

This collection was donated to Bryn Mawr College Special Collections by Dickinson College in 2010. It had apparently been held by Dickinson since 1967 when it was donated by the Moyerman family.

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Publisher
Bryn Mawr College
Finding Aid Author
Lorett Treese ?, Melissa Torquato
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Henry Neville Sanders papers are the physical property of Bryn Mawr College Special collections. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors' legal heirs and assigns.

Collection Inventory

Burton-Sanders Correspondence, 1920.
Box 1 Folder 1
Bloomfield-Sanders Correspondence, 1914.
Box 1 Folder 2

Dairies, 1911.
Box 1 Folder 3
Diaries and Letters, 1913-1914.
Box 1 Folder 4
Diaries and Letters, 1915-1916.
Box 1 Folder 5
Diaries and Letters, 1917-1919.
Box 1 Folder 6
Diaries and Letters, 1926-1929.
Box 1 Folder 7
Diaries and Letters, 1932-1934.
Box 2 Folder 1
Letters, 1913-1915.
Box 2 Folder 2
Letters, 1913-1920.
Box 2 Folder 3
Letters, 1914-1915.
Box 2 Folder 4
Letters, 1915.
Box 2 Folder 5
Letters, 1921-1929.
Box 2 Folder 6
Letters, 1930-1931.
Box 2 Folder 7
Letters, 1932-1933.
Box 2 Folder 8
Letters, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 9
Letters, 1935.
Box 2 Folder 10
Letters, undated.
Box 2 Folder 11
Darkow, Marguerite Correspondence, undated.
Box 2 Folder 12
Ferris, Alex Correspondence, 1935-1936.
Box 3 Folder data_value_missing_baf00927792f6910220cec66f6f84f47
Ferris, Henry Financial Material, 1934-1937.
Box 3 Folder 2
Ferris, Henry Jr. School Report, 1899-1900.
Box 3 Folder 3
Ferris, Henry Jr. Correspondence, undated.
Box 3 Folder 4
Ferris, Lawrence Correrspondence, 1934.
Box 3 Folder 5
Ferris, Mary Correspondence, 1934.
Box 3 Folder 6
Ferris, Nancy Correspondence, 1937.
Box 3 Folder 7
Ferris Poems, undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
Gildersleeve-Darkow Correspondence, 1918.
Box 3 Folder 9
Halliday-Sanders Correspondence, 1916.
Box 3 Folder 10
Passmore-Sanders Correspondence, 1916.
Box 3 Folder 11
Richardson-Sanders Correspondence, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 12
Burden-Sanders Correspondence, 1910.
Box 3 Folder 13

Diaries, 1897-1913.
Box 3 Folder 14
Diaries, 1913-1915.
Box 3 Folder 15
Diaries, 1914-1916.
Box 4 Folder 1
Diaries, 1917-1920.
Box 4 Folder 2
Diaries, 1923-1925.
Box 4 Folder 3
Diaries, 1924.
Box 5 Folder 1
Letters, 1910-1911.
Box 5 Folder 2
Letters, 1912.
Box 5 Folder 3
Letters, 1913.
Box 5 Folder 4
Letters, 1914.
Box 5 Folder 5
Letters, 1915.
Box 5 Folder 6
Letters, 1915-1917.
Box 5 Folder 7
Letters, 1918-1920.
Box 5 Folder 8
Letters, 1921.
Box 5 Folder 9
Letters, 1923-1925.
Box 5 Folder 10
Letters, 1932.
Box 5 Folder 11
Letters, undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Saunders Correspondence, 1851.
Box 5 Folder 13
Skinner-Sanders Correspondence, 1919.
Box 5 Folder 14
Sutliff-Sanders Corrrespondence, 1937.
Box 5 Folder 15
Thomas-Sanders Correspondence, 1914.
Box 5 Folder 16

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