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Records of the Committee on Student Affairs, established in 1968 to encourage student participation in the development of social life regulations at Mount Holyoke College, date from 1968-1993 and consist of agenda and minutes, correspondence, reports, questionnaires, proposals, petitions, drafts, newspaper articles and press releases, memoranda, and lists.

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Records of the Committee of Trustees, established in 1982 to replace the Board of Trustees Nominating Committee, concern the selection of new members of the Board as well as commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients at Mount Holyoke College. The records date from 1982-1993 and consist of agenda for meetings correspondence, memoranda, lists, curriculum vitae, and biographical material.

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Computer Science Department Records consist of annual reports (1992-1994) discussing course offerings, finances, and staffing.

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The records of Computing and Information Systems include annual reports, committee minutes, memoranda, newsletters, announcements, mission statements, conference material, and grant information. The records include material relating to this department and its predecessor organizations such as the Central Records Unit, WANG word processing,

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Comstock, Alzada Peckham, 1888-1960; Economist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1910. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1910-1960. Papers contain correspondence, writings, biographical information and photographs; principally consisting of letters describing her activities as a graduate student at Columbia University, her career at Mount Holyoke and in the field of economics, and her friendships with Helen Graves Fisk and Amy Hewes.

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Conant, Margaret, 1899-1903; Social worker. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1921. Papers contain excerpts of letters and diaries, and "reminiscences" recorded in 1991, as well as maps and photographs that document her experiences during World War II; primarily discussing her experience as an international worker for the Red Cross.

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Records of the Conference Committee, established in 1925 to promote cooperation and communication among Mount Holyoke College trustees, faculty members, and students, date from 1942-1955, 1967-1969, 1985-1993 and include minutes, correspondence, reports, questionnaires, surveys, and lists.

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The records of the Conference Office include memos; campus announcements; and brochures.

Abstract Records for conferences and special events document meetings of students, alumnae, or visiting scholars and dignitaries held at Mount Holyoke College from 1915 to the present. Many of these programs were sponsored by the College while others were intercollegiate events or programs arranged by other institutions or organizations. Materials include correspondence, reports, speeches, programs, articles, press releases, biographical information about participants, and photographs. Some...

Abstract Consortial and Conference Memberships Records document Mount Holyoke's affiliation with two organizations: the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) created to allow a number of private U.S. colleges and universities to collaborate and support each other on financial and academic issues and the Seven College Conference established by administrators of Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley to encourage discussion of and collaboration...

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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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Demas, Corinne; award-winning author, fiction editor, and professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. Contains biographical information, correspondence with editors and publishers, dissertation materials, drafts and manuscripts of works, production materials, and published works.

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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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The records contain one press release concerning the foundation of the Cornelia Catlin Coulter Scholar in Classics Award.

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Clapp, Cornelia Maria, 1849-1934; Zoologist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1871. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1872-1916. Papers consist of letters, writings, biographical information, and photographs; principally documenting her career as a zoology researcher, her work at Woods Hole Marine Biological Institute and her travels.

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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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Records for the Critical Social Thought Program date from 1995-1996 and consist of two articles and an announcement relating to the program.

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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...

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The Mount Holyoke College Dance Department Records contain programs; advertisements; calendars; brochures; newspaper clippings; a videocassette; reports; and photographs.

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Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802; physician and philosopher. Letter dated May 1775 to physician/botanist William Withering discussing a purchase of new books, an experiment by Dr. William Small, and a Parliamentary bill concerning James Watt's steam engine patent.

Abstract David Bicknell Truman, 1913-2003; Political scientist, college and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College president, 1969-1978. Papers consist of correspondence, documents relating to organizations in which Truman was active, his published and unpublished writings, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings, primarily documenting his work as an educator and political scientist. Includes material concerning his work with United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific...

Abstract Truman, David Bicknell, 1913-2003; Political scientist, college and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College President, 1969-1978. Records concern activities, issues and events during his tenure as President of Mount Holyoke College and include documents from administrations of Richard Glenn Gettell (President, 1957-1968), Roswell Gray Ham (President, 1937-1957), and Mary Emma Woolley (President, 1901-1937). Consist of letters by and to Truman; copies of his speeches and...

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The records of the Dean of First Year Students include announcements to the Faculty from the Dean; correspondence with President Kennan; letters to the incoming class; and an annual report for 1990.

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The records of the Dean of International Affairs contain correspondence with foreign alumnae, committee minutes and reports, office files, and student records which provide information about office activities involving the concerns of international students at the College. The documents also include material relating to the International Conference on the Worldwide Education of Women held at the College on Founder's Day, 1987.

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The records of the Office of the Dean of Studies include annual reports, statistics, correspondence, committee minutes, budgets, proposals, advising and administrative procedures, and student applications.

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Records of the Dean of the College date from circa 1975 to the present and primarily reflect the Dean's involvement with both administrative and academic matters at Mount Holyopke. Materials include reports, correspondence, subject files, committee records, surveys, position descriptions, programs, announcements, and lists.

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Hutchings, Deborah Richards Simpson, 1956-; Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1978. Papers contain correspondence and photographs primarily documenting her academic and personal life during her undergraduate studies (1974-1978).