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Moulton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0799

Scope and Contents

The Anna Y. Moulton Papers consists of course records, memorabilia, correspondence, and biographical information. The material in the collection relates mainly to her years as a Mount Holyoke College student, 1912-1916. These papers consist primarily of course records, including compositions and notes. The records are for English language courses and there is also a paper written for a philosophy class. The compositions include comments written by English teachers Helen Griffith and Caroline Foote Lester. Topics of her compositions include "The Foreigner at Home," "The Principal Subjects of Education," "Books and Progress," and "How to Start an Automobile." She also writes about aspects of her life at Mount Holyoke, including President Mary Emma Woolley ("My first impression of Miss Woolley"), student housing ("The Present System of Room-Choosing"), and religious activities ("The System of Compulsory Chapel"). Memorabilia consists of Moulton's speech to the Class of 1916 at their 25th reunion in 1941, a booklet from that reunion, and a letter written to the Class of 1916 on February 13, 1947. Correspondence consists of letters from one of her classmates, Priscilla Larned Clarke Dinsmoor, and from Mrs. William W. Hildreth, one of her colleagues from East Jaffrey High School, congratulating her after the birth of her first son in August 1921. Correspondence also includes twelve letters and cards from Mount Holyoke president Mary Emma Woolley, 1934-1947, and a letter from Jeannette Marks dated November 11, 1944 concerning Woolley's health after suffering a stroke. The biographical information consists of two biographical notes circa 1923 and circa 1937, as well as newspaper clippings about Class of 1916 activities, circa 1930s-1941, and Moulton's obituary, September 28, 1965.

Dates

  • 1908-1965
  • Majority of material found within 1912 - 1916

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Biographical Note

Anna Kimball Young was born on October 26, 1891 in North Berwick, Maine to Augustus Young, a merchant, and Elsie Perkins Young. She attended Robinson Seminary at Exeter, Maine and then went to Mount Holyoke College between 1912-1916, receiving a B.A in economics. She taught at East Jaffrey High School in New Haven, Connecticut from 1916-1917 and was a teacher and the principal of the same institution from 1917-1918. From 1918-1919 she taught at Quincy (Massachusetts) High School and from 1919-1920 she worked as a substitute teacher and an adviser for students at the same institution. On June 28, 1920 she married James William Moulton, an executive at General Electric Corporation and they had two children. She died at the age of seventy-three in Topsham, Maine on September 28, 1965.

Extent

1 boxes (Class of 1916 Young)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Moulton, Anna Kimball Young, 1891-1965; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1916. Papers contain course records, memorabilia, correspondence, and biographical information; consisting primarily of compositions and notes for English language courses taken at Mount Holyoke College.

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 Series: Series 1. Course records. Series 2. Memorabilia. Series 3. Correspondence. Series 4. Biographical Information.

Title
Moulton papers, 1908-1965 (bulk 1912-1916)
Subtitle
Finding Aid
Status
Edited Full Draft
Date
© 2004
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository

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