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Adams, A. Elizabeth, 1892-1962; teacher, zoologist, dean. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1914. Papers contain correspondence, writings, Mount Holyoke College presidential succession documents, biographical information, and photographs; primarily relates to her time as a faculty member at Mount Holyoke College.

Abstract Brewer, Alice Firman Van Ess. 1919-2006; student, secretary, United States Naval Lieutenant, United States Foreign Service assistant. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1941; Brewer, William Dodd. 1922-2009; student, soldier, diplomat, ambassador. Williams College graduate, 1943. Papers consist of correspondence, course records, writing, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs. Materials include letters from her years as a Mount Holyoke student, letters by her parents, Dorothy...

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Allen Family. Luella Mary Allen, Winifred Shirley Allen, and their relatives. Collection consists of letters, photographs, and transcriptions of the letters prepared by a descendent. Letters include some written from mid-nineteenth century California mining fields, and many detailing student life at Mount Holyoke College in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Abstract Alumnae Biographical Files primarily contain biographical questionnaires, correspondence, articles and other publications, press releases, and notes documenting the lives of Mount Holyoke alumnae.. Also include diaries, letters, notebooks, and other personal materials for these individuals, often describing their experiences as students. Topics discussed by alumnae in these materials include their personal lives and employment in teaching, missionary work, and other fields. There is also...

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Morgan, Ann Haven, 1882-1966; Zoologist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1906-1947. Papers consist of writings, correspondence, biographical information and photographs. Principally documenting her academic career and research on aquatic biology.

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Babcock, Virginia Frances, 1909-1997; student and secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1931. Mount Holyoke College graduate student and graduate assistant, 1931-1933. Papers consist of a scrapbook, a photograph album, an account book, correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs; principally documenting her years as an undergraduate and graduate student at Mount Holyoke.

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Baker, Helen Craig, 1888-1990; student, clerical worker. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1910. Papers consist of correspondence, material relating to the Gamma Kappa secret society, programs for Mount Holyoke College Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs concerts, biographical information, a photograph album and photographs; primarily documenting undergraduate social activities and activities of members of Gamma Kappa and the Class of 1910 while at Mount Holyoke and after.

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Gilson, Barbara, b. 1925; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1945. Papers consist of course records, correspondence, an account book, a brief diary, calendars, freshman hazing material, memorabilia, biographical information and a photograph; pertaining principally to her daily activities and academic studies at Mount Holyoke. Also included are documents describing conditions in Massachusetts and London, England during World War II.

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Taylor, Barbara Howland Barber, 1889-1975; student, teacher, scholar, housewife. Mount Holyoke College Graduate, 1913. Papers contain research material, writings, memorabilia, information on plants and gardening, biographical information, and photographs; primarily relating to her research about Mexican culture and literature and the Spanish language.

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White, Barbara Jeanne Johnson, 1918-; student and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1939 (M.A. 1941). Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1939-1944. Papers consist of correspondence, course records, a scrapbook, teaching records, a published article, biographical information, and photographs, primarily documenting her academic and social life as a Mount Holyoke College student and instructor.

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This collection consists of the papers of dancer, author, and educator Barbara Mettler. The collection includes professional correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, artworks, photographs, articles detailing her dance career, notebooks, and numerous published works related to her philosophy of dance.

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Barkhuff, Margaret (Margareta) Niles, 1892-1992; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1914. Papers consist of a scrapbook, a photograph album, recollections, memorabilia, biographical information and a photograph; principally pertaining to her undergraduate years at Mount Holyoke. Also included are recollections of her childhood in Amsterdam, New York.

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Beach, Emily Kellogg, 1871-1955; Teacher and Young Women's Christian Association member. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1893. Papers consist of a scrapbook, writings, memorabilia, biographical information and photographs. Mainly documenting her experience at Mount Holyoke with special attention to the Presidential election of 1892 and her later interest in missionary work.

Abstract Beal, Helen Brugger, 1890-1984; Secondary school teacher and art collector. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1912. Papers consist of correspondence, clippings and memorabilia including a herbarium made in botany class. Chiefly documents her experience at Mount Holyoke including her letters to alumnae members of the Psi Omega secret society and later, her letters to antique dealers. Researchers should note that the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections also has the papers of...

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Bridges, Jeannette Bickford, 1896-1986; teacher and student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1918. Papers contain course records, an account book, memorabilia, a photograph album, biographical information, and photographs; primarily concerning Bridges' academic work at Mount Holyoke College.

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Brown, Annie Louise "Nancy", 1870-1942; Teacher and columnist. Mount Holyoke Seminary and College graduate, 1892. Papers contain writings, information on the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, correspondence, biographical information, and photographs. Primarily focusing on her work as a columnist and her work on the Peace Carillon project.

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Brown, Rachel Fuller, 1898-1980; Chemist. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1920. Papers consist of course records, writings, correspondence, memorabilia, an autograph album, biographical information, and photographs. Primarily documenting her coursework at Mount Holyoke College and her collaboration with Elizabeth Lee Hazen in the discovery of the antibiotic Nystatin.

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Byfield Female Seminary. Founded in Byfield, Massachusetts in 1806; moved to Saugus, Massachusetts in 1822 while Rev. Joseph Emerson was the principal. Collection contains catalogs of students, historical information, and a photograph of the school; materials date primarily from 1824 to 1827.

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D'Evelyn, Charlotte, 1889-1977; college teacher, Medievalist. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1917-1954. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, dies of bookplates and a coat of arms, photographs and lantern slides. Primarily documenting her studies and experiences at the University of Oxford in England during World War I and her writings in medieval studies.

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Consist of reports, correspondence, minutes and agenda, course records, research records, subject files, questionnaires, records concerning programs and events, historical sketches, brochures, announcements, lists, films, lantern slides, glass slides, and photographs documenting the Department's history, administration and activities from 1890 to the present.

Abstract Smith, Christianna, 1893-1983; Zoologist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1915. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1915-1958. Papers consist of writings, correspondence and memorabilia, tributes and information regarding her death, sampler of needlework, newspaper articles, resumes, and photographs. Primarily documenting her professional career as a researcher and professor at Mount Holyoke College. Also contains Helen A. Padykula's correspondence concerning the...

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Clooney, Faith Miltmore, 1916-1998; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1937. Papers consist of a photograph album, her obituary, and a photograph of her. Primarily document student activities at Mount Holyoke.

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Collins, Mary Jane, 1840-1859; student. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1856-1858. Papers contain correspondence, a notebook, a memorial sermon, a photograph, and a portrait concerning primarily her life as a Mount Holyoke student. Includes references to her health, expenses, clothing, and study of music.

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Coon, Edith Marion, 1889-1939; teacher and school administrator. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1913. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1914-1916; Women's Christian College teacher and administrator, 1916-1939. Papers consist of letters, writings, biographical information and photographs, chiefly documenting her work as a science teacher and administrator and her travels in south Asia.

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Coulter, Cornelia Catlin, 1890-1960; college teacher. Mount Holyoke College faculty member 1926-1951. The papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical information, Chamberlain Family Papers, and photographs. The papers primarily document family relationships and her time at Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke.

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Cowles, Eunice Caldwell, 1811-1903; Teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Associate Principal, 1837-1838. Papers contain correspondence, writings, biographical information, Caldwell and Cowles family papers and a photograph. Chiefly focusing on her connections to Mary Lyon and Zilpah P. Grant Banister through both Mount Holyoke and Ipswich Female Seminaries and her activities and social events at each institution.

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Cramer, Frederick Henry, 1906-1954; historian and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1938-1954. Papers consist of writings, biographical information, and photographs; primarily documenting his scholarly activities and his interest in automobile racing.

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Currier, Margaret, 1910-1998; Librarian. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1931. Papers consist of correspondence, course records, memorabilia, biographical information and photographs. Primarily containing her letters to her family regarding her experience at Mount Holyoke, her career (noting the Depression's impact on the library profession), and her travels within the United States.

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Curtis, Lucy M., d. 1849; student and college teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1844. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1844-1849. Papers consist of correspondence to Hannah Porter and Mary Lyon, a commonplace book, biographical material, and a photograph; primarily documenting her association with Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and the illness of Mary Lyon.

Abstract Dakin, Janet Frances Wilder, 1910-1994; conservationist and environmentalist. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1933 and M.A., 1935. Papers consist of course records, writings, Christianna Smith Retirement Gift Fund records, Parliamentarian's record for the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke, Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center Steering Committee records, biographical information, and photographs primarily documenting her academic work in zoology, her career as an environmentalist and...