Policy Documents and Studies, 1936-1976
Scope and Contents note
Policy Documents and Studies consist of records documenting the work of four committees and one working group at Mount Holyoke College from 1936-1938 and 1968-1976 and a conference report concerning affirmative action from 1972. The earliest of these groups, the Committee of Four, was initially established as the Committee of Ten in the spring of 1937 to study the inter-relationships among trustees, administrators, faculty, students, and alumnae in the aftermath of the divisive controversy over the selection of Roswell Gray Ham to succeed Mary Emma Woolley as President of Mount Holyoke College. Records for the committee date from 1936-1938 and consist of minutes, correspondence, and reports, including a examination of The Machinery of Control at Mount Holyoke College
that was published in the November 1937 issue of the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly. In 1969, numerous Mount Holyoke students worked on a study of Mount Holyoke's educational philosophy and curriculum. The results of their work was issued as A Working Paper on Education for Mount Holyoke College,
written by Janet Hall, Judy Harris, Jane Hickie, Susan Norton, and Merrill Wasserman with Susan Essock. Records of the Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation (1968-1970) consist of correspondence, questionnaires, articles, press releases, and reports that concern the work of a group of trustees, faculty, administrators, and students that thoroughly examined Mount Holyoke's single-sex status. Activities of the Danforth Workshop Committee, comprised of Mount Holyoke faculty members who participated in seminar-workshop about women in higher education at Danforth Foundation Workshop on Liberal Arts Education in 1972, are documented by memoranda and a report (1972-1973). Records of the Ad Hoc Committee on Communications and Decision-Making (1974-1976) which was established by the Board of Trustees to recommend ways to improve communication among trustees, students, faculty, and staff and allow students to more fully participate in the decision-making processes at the College, consist of minutes and agenda, correspondence, notes, articles, and a final report. The Conference Report on Equal Opportunity for Women: University Affirmative Action Programs
by Mount Holyoke professors Marjorie Childers and Penny Martin (later Gill) from December, 1972 concerns discussions at a meeting sponsored by the Urban Research Cooperation.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1976
Conditions Governing Access note
Unrestricted.
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
- Danforth team: Memo to Faculty with document "Mount Holyoke: A College For Women and A Women's College"
- Report of MHC Danforth team to MHC community
- Memo to Legislature Reps Re: open meetings for faculty and students to discuss Danforth Workshop committee's report
- Danforth Workshop committee: Memo to MHC faculty Re: Disposition of Proposals in the Danforth Report
- The Case of Mary Lyon vs. The Committee of Nine (broadside)
- Report of the Committee appointed to consider the relation of the outgoing president of the Alumnae Association to the Board of Trustees of the College
- Resolution taken at 1937 Alumnae Council
- Coordinating Committee: formation and representation of administration
- Higley, Mary C. J. (Alumnae Secretary) TLS to Dean Harriett Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett TLS to Miss C. D'Evelyn
- Allyn, Harriett TLS to President Mary E. Wooley
- Higley, Mary C. J. (Alumnae Secretary) TLS to Dean Harriett Allyn
- Association of Private School Teachers, New York Bulletin No. 19 (proceedings of their meeting of 24 Apr 1937)
- Committee of Ten: minutes, May 19, 1937
- Wooley, Mary E. TLS to Miss [Harriett] Allyn; + reply
- Hubbard, Ursula P. and Bernice L. Maclean TLS (copy) to Proffessor Emma P. Carr
- To the Committee of Ten: Memo A (Comments on the book Government of Higher Education)
- To the Committee of Ten: Memo B (Reading List for Alumnae)
- Committee of Four: Bibliography
- To the Committee of Ten: Memo C (Interviews)
- To the Committee of Ten: Memo D (Regarding women on the Board of Trustees)
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Emma P. Carr
- Hubbard, Ursula P. TLS to Dr. [Harriett M.] Allyn; + reply
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Harriett Allyn
- Committee of Four: [minutes] + attachments
- Foster, Mary Forbes TLS to Miss [Harriett M.] Allyn
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss [Harriett M.] Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Department of Education
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mrs. Howard S. Foster
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Professor R. E. Himstead
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Miss Ursula P. Hubbard
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Frank Clayton Myers
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Dr. Guy E. Snavely (Association of American Colleges)
- Hubbard, Ursula TL (telegram transcript) to [Harriett M. Allyn?]
- Quarterly Report on Committee of Four
- McNeely, John H. (U.S. Office of Education) TLS to Dean Harriett M. Allyn; + reply
- Hubbard, Ursula P. ALS to Dean [Harriett M.] Allyn; + replies
- Secretary to Dean Allyn TL to Dr. Guy E. Snavely (Association of American Colleges)
- Myers, Frank Clayton TL to Miss Harriett M. Allyn; + reply
- Hubbard, Ursula P. TLS to Miss Florence Clement (Alumnae Quarterly), enclosing ms. article
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Harriet M. Allyn
- Secretary to Dean Allyn 2 TL to Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn and Mrs. Howard S. Foster; enclosing clipping
- [Allyn, Harriett M.] TL to Miss [Ursula P.] Hubbard
- [Allyn, Harriett M.] TL to Kathleen
- Hubbard, Ursula P. 2 TLS to Dean [Harriett M.] Allyn; + reply
- Hubbard, Ursula P. Memo to Dean [Harriett M.] Allyn (Summary of Participation of Alumni in Government of Colleges...)
- Painter, Mrs. H. K. (Amer. Assoc. of Univ. Women) TLS to Miss [Harriett M.] Allyn; + replies (2)
- Allyn, Harriett M. 2 TL to Mr. Frank Clayton Myers and Mrs. Howard K. Foster
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Harriett M. Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Frank Claton Myers
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Dr. Kathryn McHale (AAUW)
- McHale, Kathryn (AAUW) TLS to Dean Harriett M. Allyn
- Bruyn, Gertrude V. TL to Mrs. John H. Wells
- Committee of Four: [minutes]
- Hubbard, Ursula P. TLS to Dean Harriett Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Dr. Kathryn McHale (AAUW)
- Committee of Four: [minutes]
- Chair, Committee of Four [Allyn, Harriett M.] TL to Mr. David E. Ross
- McHale, Kathryn (AAUW) TLS to Dean Harriett M. Allyn
- Parks, Bessie (Sec. to David E. Ross) TLS to Harriett M. Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Boardman Bump
- Ross, David E. TLS to Harriett M. Allyn; + reply
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Frank Clayton Myers
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mrs. Howard S. Foster
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Professor Charlotte D'Evelyn
- Report of the Committee of Four: handwritten notes [by Harriett M. Allyn]
- Report of the Committee of Four: preliminary typed draft
- Report of the Committee of Four: final draft
- Foster, Mary Forbes Telegram to Miss [Harriett] Allyn
- Allyn, Harriett M. 2 TL to Mrs. Howard S. Foster and Mr. Frank Clayton Myers, attaching minutes of Committee of Four for Oct. 19
- Handwritten MS. believed to be working notes for a report or article
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Frank Clayton Myers
- Committee of Four: "The Machinery of Control at Mount Holyoke College" [TD] for publication in the Alumnae Quarte
- The Machinery of Control at Mount Holyoke College: reprint from Alumnae Quarterly
- Allyn, Harriett M. TL to Mr. Frank Clayton Myers
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Harriett M. Allyn
- Committee of Four: Report of Progress and Recommendations
- Comments on the recommendations to the Faculty made by the Committee of Four
- Myers, Frank Clayton ALS to Miss [Harriett M.] Allyn with proposed revision
- Myers, Frank Clayton TLS to Miss Harriett M. Allyn; + reply
- Committee of Four: recommendations to Alumnae Association and Board of Trustees
- Committee of Four: Report by Mrs. Foster
- Committee of Four: Report of Progress and Recommendations (typescript draft)
- Committee of Four: Report of Progress and Recommendations (published version)
- A Working Paper on Education for Mount Holyoke College
- Cross, K. Patricia. "College Women: A Research Description." TD prepared for annual meeting of the Natl. Assoc. of Women Deans & Counselors
- Warfel, Ruth E. (Dean of Students, MHC) 2 TL to Bonnie Garber and Elizabeth Bachman
- Bonnie Garber and Elizabeth Bachman TLS (part mimeograph) to Ruth Warfel enclosing results of questionnaire on coeducation distributed to Class of 1968
- James K. Graby TL to Edith Estey
- Meribeth E. Cameron (acting MHC President) TLS to Miss [Ruth E.] Warfel et al.
- Fact-Finding Committee on Co-education: resolution presented to Board of Trustees re: formation of cmtee
- MHC press release
- Marion Nash Groves ALS (photocopy) to [Meribeth E.] Cameron + reply by Mary E. Tuttle
- Coeducation questionnaire: responses from some alumnae clubs
- Mary E. Tuttle TL to Mrs. Allen P. Lovejoy III
- Newspaper clipping: "Mount Holyoke Girls Among 700 Spending A Week At Princeton" Holyoke Transcript
- Committee on Co-education: members
- Mrs. Henry C. Mackall ALS to Miss Cameron (poor quality photocopy) + reply
- Barbara Stephenson (MHC Alumnae Association) TLS to Meribeth E. Cameron
- Mary E. Tuttle (Sec. to Board of Trustees) TL to members of Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation
- Clippings re: MHC applications to 10-College Exchange Program.
- Gerhard Loewenberg TL to members of Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation
- Fact-Finding Committee on Co-education: list of members? (handwritten document)
- Report on Coeducation Questionnaire to Clubs
- Fact-Finding Committee on Co-education: meeting notes (handwritten document)
- Tentative budget for study on co-education
- Gerhard Loewenberg: Memorandum to members of Fact-Finding Committee
- Clipping: "Coeducation" by Bonnie Malory in Choragos
- Anthony E. Farnham (Director, Fact-Finding Study) Tentative plan for a study on coeducation at MHC (2 annotated copies)
- Questionnaire for Alumnae
- Questionnaire for withdrawn applicants to MHC freshman class entering in fall 1969 and brief summary of results
- Possible projects and order of priorities for coeducation study
- Full report of results from questionnaire for withdrawn applicants to MHC freshman class entering in fall 1969
- Withdrawal questionnaires: comparison 1967 & 1969
- Anthony E. Farnham (Director, Fact-Finding Study) Memorandum to Fact-Finding Committee
- Agenda and minutes of meeting of Fact-Finding Committee
- Freshman Questionnaire - sample copy
- Facts About Coeducation: What do You Think?
- Clipping: "The Girls At Amherst College Want to Stay"
- Peggy Steiner TLS to Mr. David Truman (president, MHC)
- Anthony E. Farnham: Memorandum to members of the Fact-Finding Committee
- Tentative Plan for Coeducation Report
- Anthony E. Farnham: Memorandum to members of the Fact-Finding Committee
- Questionnaire to Faculty
- Results of questionnaire for sophomores, juniors and seniors (raw numbers)
- Results of questionnaire for sophomores, juniors and seniors (selected percentage comparisons)
- Results of same questionnaire: students who would , if choosing a college again, decide against MHC in favor of a coeducational school
- Anthony E. Farnham: TLS to President David B. Truman
- Peggy Steiner ALS to Mr. [Anthony E.] Farnham (photocopy)
- Robert E. Barrett, Jr. (President, Holyoke Water Power Co.) - TL to President David B. Truman + enclosures
- Statistics re: SAT scores, family income and enrollment projection
- Draft report to Trustees of MHC
- Freshman questionnaire - Class of 1973 (result totals)
- Freshman questionnaire - Class of 1973 (members expressing greatest interest in coeducation)
- Freshman questionnaire - Class of 1973 (members expressing no interest in coeducation)
- Anthony E. Farnham: TL to members of Fact-Finding Committee
- Anthony E. Farnham: TL to members of Fact-Finding Committee
- Report to the Trustees of Mount Holyoke College from the Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation (final report)
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