Sperry papers
Scope and Contents
The Adeline Eliot Stone Sperry Papers contain correspondence (1904-1905) and an astronomy notebook (1906-1907). The letters are all written to members of her family and discuss academics as well as her social life. The notebook contains detailed notes and diagrams.
Dates
- Creation: 1904-1907
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Adeline Eliot Stone was born on April 8, 1887 in Guilford, Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1908. In 1911 she married Harold Fowler Sperry. The had three children: Dorothy Eliot (Mount Holyoke College Class of 1934), Alvin Jay and Robert Jay. Adeline Stone Sperry died on April 26, 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Extent
3 folders (1908 Stone)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sperry, Adeline Eliot Stone, 1887-1941; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1908. Papers contain correspondence to her family regarding her social and academic life at Mount Holyoke, and a notebook for an astronomy course.
- Title
- Sperry Papers, 1904-1907.
- 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
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
