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Ipswich Female Seminary. Founded in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1828. Papers consist of catalogues, circulars and announcements, administrative and regulatory documents, records for the Society for the Education of Females, correspondence, ceremonial records, published materials, and photographs documenting primarily the philosophies of the school, the activities of students and teachers, and the administrative work of Zilpah P. (Grant) Banister and Mary Lyon.

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Ireland-Frey, Louise Myrth, 1912- ; Doctor and housewife. Mount Holyoke College M.A., 1936. Papers consist of letters written to her family; primarily describing her experience as an assistant in the Zoology Department at Mount Holyoke as well as her social activities and the behavior of colleagues and students.

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Yuan, Irene He, 1949-1983; Graduate student. Attended Mount Holyoke College, 1980-1982. Papers contain an unfinished autobiography comparing her life in China and the United States as well as her struggle with cancer. Title transcribed.

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Letter to Julia Sanders written in April 1854 describing a journey his nephew and niece, Pierre and Helen Irving, took to North Carolina via Washington, D.C.

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The Mount Holyoke College Italian Language and Literature Department Records consist of reports; press releases; performance programs; examinations; and photographs.

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Jackson, Elisabeth Averill, 1909-1991; Housewife. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1931. Papers consist of journals, desk calendars, correspondence, evaluations, documents pertaining to her work as a reader for the Aspen Playwrights Conference, biographical information and photographs. Primarily documenting her reflections on her life as a wife and mother and her travels to Lebanon and Europe.

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Travel Journal and notebook belonging to James B. Sleigh, of Glasgow, Scotland. Contains account of trip from Jun 22-29th 1861 in Scottish mountains, as well as an accounting of costs from the trip and scraps of poetry. The narrative account describes includes train, boat, coach and foot travel from Loch Lommond to Ft. William, and to Oban. In addition, there is an account of walking up Ben Nevis.

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Scudder, Jane, ca. 1828-1906; Student. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary 1844-1846. Papers consist of 15 letters to her parents, primarily describing her life at Mount Holyoke.

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Brown, Janet Louise, b. 1930; student and child psychologist. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1950. Papers contain correspondence to her parents and memorabilia (1946-1949) discussing her activities at Mount Holyoke with special notes on post-World War II politics.

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The records contain a brief history of the prize.

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Kidwell, Janice Mary, 1930-1991; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1952. Papers consist of correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, photographs, and a photograph album; primarily concerning her activities as a student at Mount Holyoke, 1948-1952, including a spring vacation to Bermuda in 1951.

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Japan Society of New York Summer Study in Japan Records consist of a March 6, 1966 newspaper article describing a summer program which provided Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts with an opportunity to study at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.

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Jean E. Taylor is a 1966 graduate of Mount Holyoke College and former professor at Rutgers University. This collection includes correspondence, primarily written to her parents, as well as student work, biographical materials, and ephemera from the presidential election and inauguration of 1964/1965.

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Grossholtz, (Thelma) Jean; political scientist and social activist; Mount Holyoke College politics professor, 1961-1999 and women's studies professor, 1991-2000. Correspondence, writings, subject files, committee records, course records, articles, drafts, publications, memorabilia, and audio visual materials relating to her teaching and social activism.

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The records contain one memo concerning the 1973 recipient of the award.

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Bird, Jeanne Yvonne Pinard, 1914-1953; Housewife. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1935 and M.A., 1936. Papers consist of professional records, photographs, newspaper articles, a small watercolor, and a travel diary. Primarily focusing on her experiences while accompanying her husband in Europe at the beginning of World War II.

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Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964; author and college professor. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1901-1941. Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947; college professor and administrator. President of Mount Holyoke College, 1901-1937. Papers contain correspondence, primarily describing their daily lives, work, and travel.

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Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964; Author and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1901-1941. Papers contain correspondence, writings, clippings, and course materials. Primarily documenting her literary career and work at Mount Holyoke through correspondence to faculty and writers and subject files on her theater interests.

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Jerome, Jennie Gilbert, 1888-1979; Student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1911. Papers contain correspondence, scrapbook, writings, artwork, memorabilia, oral history transcript, biographical information, mah jong game, and photographs. Primarily documenting her experiences as a student at Mount Holyoke including her daily activities, teachers, and special events.

Abstract Jerome family. Nelson Jerome and Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome and two children. Papers consist of scrapbook, autograph album, commonplace book, spelling book, course records and a school catalog, biographical and genealogical information and photographs. Primarily documenting the education and work of three generations, including Elizabeth, 1824-1910, Jane Gilbert (Jennie G.) Jerome, 1861-1887, Elizabeth Maude Jerome, 1864-1939, and with a particular emphasis on Gilbert Nelson Jerome, 1889-1918...

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Jewish Studies Program Records date from 1993-1996, 2000, and 2009 and consist of announcements and newspaper articles describing lectures and other programs presented by the Program.

Abstract Creighton, Joanne Vanish, 1942-; College and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College President, 1996-2010. Records concern activities, issues and events during her administration as President of Mount Holyoke College and during the tenure of her immediate predecessor, Elizabeth T. Kennan (President, 1978-1994). Consist of correspondence; writings; subject files, Development Office records concerning foundations; records of her travels while in office; campus planning...

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The records contain one press release and a letter concerning the establishment of the prize.

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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Records consist of an August 8, 1999 newspaper article describing a three-week summer program at Mount Holyoke sponsored by Johns Hopkins University.

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Joseph Brodsky, (1940-1996); Russian Poet and Literature professor, Mount Holyoke College. Papers contain a letter, select writings, teaching materials, biographical information and multi-media materials documenting his teaching and life in the Five College community.

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Hardy, Josephine M. Kingsley, -1871; Student. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1857. Papers consist of diaries, compositions, and history class notes principally documenting her life at Mount Holyoke. Also includes commonplace books containing writings by students at Northfield Seminary and elsewhere, ca 1851-1853.

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Transcription made by Noriko Iwaya in 1998.

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Spaulding, Julia Brooks; missionary. Ipswich Female Seminary graduate, 1830. Papers consist of correspondence chiefly describing her activities as a missionary in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) in 1832. Also includes an 1897 letter containing a recollection of Mary Lyon.

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Ward, Julia E., 1832-1921; teacher and college principal. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1857, teacher, 1857-1883, and Principal, 1862-1883. Papers date from circa 1861-1921 and consist of correspondence, biographical information, and photographs of her. The materials concern both her personal life and her work at Mount Holyoke.