Charters and Acts of Incorporation, 1836, 1868-1970
Series
Identifier: rg02.02
Scope and Contents note
Charters and Acts of Incorporation contains copies of the original charter for Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, granted on February 11, 1836 as well as reports and acts concerning charter amendments with regard to funding for the school and how much real estate Mount Holyoke could own. These materials include a summary of all changes to the charter from 1836-1968 and a newspaper article written in 1936 on occasion of one hundredth anniversary of the original charter.
Dates
- 1836, 1868-1970
Conditions Governing Access note
Unrestricted.
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
- Act of Incorporation (Charter)
- Newsclipping re: marking of centenary of charter
- Summaries of Acts affecting Mount Holyoke and trustees
- Act of Incorporation
- Statutes concerning Corporations
- Act authorizing ability to hold additional property
- Copy of Act appropriating aid to Mount Holyoke
- Correspondence with Secretary of Commonwealth
- Correspondence with Attorney Avery
- Act authorizing ability to hold property in any amount
- Correspondence related to copy of 1968 Act
- Correspondence from Attorney Lyon and statutes related to corporations
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
