Flying Club, 1945 - 1948

Series

Staff Only

Correspondence and early draft of club constitution circulated among several administrators, including Professor Victoria Schuck, and a student, Dorothy Segal '48, pertaining to the offering of aviation ground school classes and formation of a flying club at Mount Holyoke

"Constitution of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club"

"Constitution of the Mount Holyoke Flying Club," early version

"Constitution of the Mount Holyoke Flying Club," two early versions

Press release from Helen High, Mount Holyoke Press Bureau, about upcoming activities of the flying club, international relations club, and chemistry club

Letter from Alison Butler, President of the Smith College Student Government Association, to Mount Holyoke student Eleanor Spence, Class of 1948, with Constitution of the Smith College Flying Club attached

"Constitution of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club," latest version

"Flying Girls," from the Boston Globe, picturing six members of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club, l-r, Dorothy Segal '48, Ethel Edwards '47, Arlene McAuliffe '47, Miriam Bobrow '47, Jean McEwen '46, and Claire Baertschi '48 posing with an airplane in April, 1947

Press release from the Public Relations Department of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company to the Holyoke, Mass. Papers about the Northeastern Association of College Flying Clubs, of which Mount Holyoke was a member

Letter from Constance M. Austin, Class of 1949, to Charlotte Parker in New York, about the activities of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club

Six members of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club studying a map beside an airplane at LaFleur Airport, Northampton, l-r, Ethel Edwards '47, Dorothy Segal '48, Miriam Bobrow '47, Jean McEwen '46, Arlene McAuliffe '47, and Claire Baertschi '48

Six members of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club, l-r, Dorothy Segal '48, Ethel Edwards '47, Arlene McAuliffe '47, Miriam Bobrow '47, Jean McEwen '46, and Claire Baertschi '48 standing at the tail of an airplane, with the Holyoke Range in the background

"Flying Club. Dot Segal, President," from the Mount Holyoke Telescope, picturing six members of the Flying Club studying a map beside an airplane at LaFleur Airport, Northampton, l-r, Ethel Edwards '47, Dorothy Segal '48, Miriam Bobrow '47, Jean McEwen '46, Arlene McAuliffe '47, and Claire Baertschi '48

Members of local college flying clubs, including Dorothy Segal '48 (left), president of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club

Members of local college flying clubs, including Mount Holyoke Flying Club members Dorothy Segal '48 (third from left), Ethel Edwards '47 (second from right), and Miriam Bobrow '47 (far right)

Two members of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club, l-r, Miriam Bobrow '47 and Ethel Edwards '47, posing with airplane

Several members of the Mount Holyoke College Flying Club and other college flying clubs posing with aircraft

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

The Mount Holyoke College student organizations collection is composed of materials related to student groups since the mid 19th century to present. Student organizations were formed as a way for Mount Holyoke students to engage with one another outside of the classroom. Activities of the organizations included academic, cultural, social, religious, musical, recreational, and political. The types of material vary from club to club, but may include charters, flyers, photographs, posters, programs, articles, buttons, publications and meeting notes. The collection has some overlap with the Buildings and Grounds and Student Life records.