Correspondence, 1957-1969
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents note
Consists of letters by and to Gettell. Most of the correspondence is with individuals invited to present Commencement or Convocation addresses and receive honorary degrees. These documents include a letter from James Thurber (March 29, 1960) declining an honorary degree and referring to his wife Helen Wismer Class of 1924. Other correspondence is with Mount Holyoke trustees, alumnae, faculty, staff, students, and parents of students as well as with friends and colleagues. There is a letter from the College Physician, Dr. Carol Craig (March 17, 1967) describing her experiences on leave while working in a hospital in Da Nang Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Letters to students by Gettell including one concerning a change in required chapel regulations (July 30,1958) and another thanking those who awarded him an honorary degree of Hall Residency
(April 30, 1964). Many letters written from September 1967-November 1968 respond to a ten-year report that Gettell wrote concerning the College or thank him for his service as President. A partial index to Gettell's correspondence is part of this series.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1969
Conditions Governing Access note
Unrestricted
Extent
3 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically with an alphabetical index to the names of many correspondents.
- Emerson, Mary Albrecht (Class of 1935) TLS to President Richard G. Gettell
- Useem, Ruth Hill (Research Consultant, Michigan State U.) TLS to President Richard Gettell
- Alexander, Brooke TL to Ruth Hill Useem
- Wasserman, Elga (Yale College) TLS to President Richard Gettell
- Hill, Mrs. Harry R. (1962 Class Agent) TL to Ernie (Ernestine Stowell); + memo
- Groves, Marion Nash (Class of 1917) ALS (copy) to Miss Cameron; + memo + reply
- Merritt, Ruth S. (Mt. Holyoke Club of Indiana) TLS to Board of Trustees
- Coeducation Questionaire (Class of 1968) annotated copy with additional note
- Perry, J. Christopher TLS to Gerhard Loewenberg
- Tuttle, Mary E. TL to Jean Lovejoy
- Mackall, Margaret R. ALS to Meribeth Cameron (Acting President)
- Meribeth E. Cameron (Acting President) TL (copy) to Mrs. Henry C. Mackall
- Barbara Stephenson TLS (copy) to Meribeth E. Cameron (Acting President)
- Tentative budget for coeduation study
- Elliott, Randle (President, Hood College) TLS to Meribeth Cameron
- Tobias, Sheila (Cornell University) TLS to President David Truman; + reply
- Matz, David (Assistant to the President, Hampshire College TLS to President David Truman; + reply
- Hollander, Gayle D. (Hampshire College) TLS (copy) to David Truman; + memo to Anthony Farnham
- Farnham, Anthony (Department of English) Memo to President Truman
- Tuttle, Mary Memo to Mr. Turman
- Truman, David Draft TL to Calvin H. Plimpton (President, Amherst College); + memo
- Farnham, Anthony (Department of English) Memo to President Truman
- Truman, David Draft TL to Calvin H. Plimpton (President, Amherst College); + 3 memos
- Wilson, John D. (President, Wells College) TLS to David Truman
- Wilson, John D. (President, Wells College) Memo to President Charles DeCarlo, et als.
- Perry, Marvin B. (Presient, Goucher College) TL to President John D. Wilson
- Truman, David TL to John D. Wilson
- Truman, David TL to Margery S. (Dean, Douglass College, Rutgers U.)
- Foster, Margery Somers TLS to David Truman
- Perry, Marvin B. (President, Goucher College) TL (copy) to John D. Wilson
- Wilson, John D. (President, Wells College) TL (copy) to Marvin B. Perry
- Park, Rosemary (Vice Chancellor, UC Los Angeles) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Truman, David Memo to the Faculty
- Ludwig, Clara R. (Board of Admissions) Memo to Mary Tuttle
- Farnham, Anthony Memo to David Truman
- Suggested release on the Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation Report; + memo
- Galbraith, Virginia, James Nelson and Victoria Schuck Memo to David Truman; + reply
- Truman, David TL(copy) to Rosemary Park (UC Los Angeles)
- Nelson, Clifford C. (The American Assembly, Columbia U.) Memo to "Certain Presidents and Trustees; + note + reply
- Truman, David Memo to the Faculty
- Holmes, Roger W. TL (copy) to Robert G. Wiese
- Haas, Sister Geraldine (Fontbonne College) TLS (copy) to Irma Rabbino (Office of Public Information); + 3 memos
- Shannon, Amalie R. (Assistant to the President, Cedar Crest College) TLS to David Truman
- Giroux, Robert J. (President, Clarke College) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Eddy, Edward D. (President, Chatham College) TLS to Mary E. Tuttle
- Eddy, Edward D. (President, Chatham College) TLS to David Truman; + reply + memo + reply
- Oldershaw, Louis F. TLS to David Truman
- Tuttle, Mary Memo to Miss Ludwig
- Stevenson, Joan Morin (Class of 1952) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Saintonge, Conny ALS to David Truman
- McLean, Sydney R. ALS to David Truman; + reply
- Davenport, Russell L. (former trustee) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Gerhart, Virginia (Class of 1970) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Andrews, Katherine S. (Dick) ALS to Mary E. Tuttle
- Truman, David Annotation on Memo
- Dillon, Mary T. Steyn TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Piskor, Frank P. (President, St. Lawrence University) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Truman, David Memo to Presidents Longsworth, Mendenhall, et al.
- Pfoutz, Dorothy McCall (Class of 1948) Postcard to David Truman
- Miller, Leslie (Class of 1973) ALS to David Truman; + reply
- Line, Louise (Class of 1914) TLS to David Truman
- Rabbino, Irma L. (Director of Public Information) Memo to David Truman; + 2 letters
- Truman, David TL (copy) to Lawrence K. Miller (Publisher, Berkshire Eagle)
- Hansen, Susan (Alverno College) TLS to David Truman
- Elaine L. Weygand for David Truman Memo to Mrs. Robert McClung
- Dunn, Lee J. Jr. TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Tuttle, Mary Memo to David Truman
- Smith, Alice K. (Radcliffe Institute) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Meals, Mary Louise ALS to David Truman; + reply
- Edwards, Ralph G. (parent) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Fenton, Ellen (Class of 1974) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Horn, Francis H. (President, Albertus Magnus College) TLS to David Trumen; + reply
- Pankow,Arthur E. (Amherst Central High School, NY) TLS (copy) to Director of Admissions; + memo
- White, Barbara M. TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Truman, David TL (copy) to Alan Pifer; and Pifer, Alan (President, Carnegie Corporation of New York) "Women in Higher Education"
- Director of Admissions Memo to David Truman
- Jeannette, Claire (University of Michigan) TLS to David Truman; + reply
- Westervelt, Esther M. TLS to David Truman; + reply + memo
- Childers, Marjorie and Penny Martin TL to "Colleagues"
- Perry, Marvin B. (President, Goucher College) Correspondence with David Truman
- Truman, David TL (copy) to Penny G. Martin
- Childers, Marjorie and Penny Martin "Conference Report on Equal Opportunity for Women"
- Childers, Marjorie and Penny Martin "Conference Report on Equal Opportunity for Women" Draft Copy Annotated
- Robertson, Elizabeth Marvel (Class of 1968) ALS to David Truman; + reply
- True, James A. (Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts) Minutes; 2 Memos; Report; reply from David Truman
- Memo with newsclippings from the Philadelphia Inquirer Response to editorial "Wellesley bucks the trend"
- Weston, Dorcas ALS to David Truman; + reply + memo
- Tuttle, Mary Memo to David Truman
Repository Details
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50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
