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Friends and benefactors records

 Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 08

Scope and Contents

The Mount Holyoke College Friends and Benefactors Records date from 1818-1986 and include correspondence, press releases, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, periodicals, catalogues, pamphlets, biographical sketches, lecture transcriptions, commencement and Founder's Day programs, thank-you cards, funeral addresses, death certificates, obituaries, extracts from last wills and testaments, property appraisals, treasurers' reports, gift reports, comptrollers' reports, lists of Parents Committee members, a biography of Daniel K. Pearsons, and photographs. In general, the records pertain to buildings or projects toward which benefactors wished their donations to be spent, the establishment of scholarship and funds, and lecture series. The records also include biographical information regarding individual friends and benefactors and their relationships to Mount Holyoke College. While many friends and benefactors gave money, others promoted Mount Holyoke through writing or public speaking. Still others donated time and energy by participating in lecture series sponsored by Mount Holyoke. Significant benefactors include Elizabeth Arden, Jane Addams, Hagop Bogigian, Newcomb Cleveland, John Dwight, Minnie Ryan Dwight, Frank Felice, Emily Abbey Gill, Stanley High, Miriam LeWine, Mary Mandelle, Daniel Pearsons, the Rockefeller family, Lydia H. Sigourney, the Skinner family, Nora McCarter Warbeke, and Herbert A. Wilder.

Dates

  • Creation: 1818-1986

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted

Conditions Governing Use

Records restricted to use by office/department of origin for 25 years from date of record creation.

Historical Note

This is an artificial record group compiled by the Mount Holyoke College Archives staff.

Extent

9.38 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Mount Holyoke College Friends and Benefactors Records date from 1818-1986 and include correspondence, press releases, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, periodicals, catalogues, pamphlets, biographical sketches, lecture transcriptions, commencement and Founder's Day programs, thank-you cards, funeral addresses, death certificates, obituaries, extracts from last wills and testaments, property appraisals, treasurers' reports, gift reports, comptrollers' reports, lists of Parents Committee members, a biography of Daniel K. Pearsons, and photographs.

Title
Friends and Benefactors Records, 1818-1986
Subtitle
Finding Aid
Author
Finding aid prepared by Archives and Special Collections.
Date
2011
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository

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