Place: Asia -- description and travel - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 boxes
Abstract:: Margaret Trumbull Corwin (1889-1983) received an A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1912 with a major in French and a minor in German. After graduation she worked at Yale University Press until 1919. In 1916 she took a leave of absence to work as executive secretary to the Connecticut Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1919 Miss Corwin went to France with the YMCA and was stationed in Beaune at the American Expeditionary Forces University. Upon her return, Miss Corwin served as executive secretary of the Yale University Graduate School from 1919 until 1934. In 1934 she was appointed dean of New Jersey College for Women (part of Rutgers University), now Douglass College. She held this position for twenty-one years, until her retirement in 1955. The material in this collection consists mostly of copies of letters home, photographs, various notes, and printed material. It is an odds-and-ends collection. The majority of Miss Corwin's...(see more)

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 42 volumes (5 boxes)
Abstract:: Though much of the contents of the journals contain commentary that is mundane and seemingly trivial, this set of works offers broad social history and insight into the imagination and perceptions of primarily 20th-century middle-class American women, probably Quaker, as they perceive the world beyond their own spheres of reference. (Written by Emma Lapsansky-Werner)

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (1 boxes)
Abstract:: The bulk of this collection consists of about 60 letters written by William Nisbet to his mother and sister during his travels abroad in the 1860s. William F. Nisbet was a retired businessman and travelor from a wealthy New York family. In 1865, at the age of 30, he retired in order to travel. In 1858, he traveled to South America, and from 1865 to 1868, he traveled around the globe. During his travels, he wrote letters and sent artifacts and artwork back home to his family in New York.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains a letter on the Steere's trip to England in 1968, and a letter on the Steere's trip to various places in Asia in 1970, including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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