Mount Holyoke College -- Buildings
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Administration of Elizabeth T. Kennan Records, 1956-1997
Series
Abstract:
Kennan, Elizabeth T.; medieval historian, author, college and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1960. Records concern activities, issues, and events during her administration as President of Mount Holyoke College (1978-1995) and also include materials from her years as a Mount Holyoke student (1956-1960) and from the administrations of her immediate predecessor David Bicknell Truman (President, 1969-1978) and successor Joanne V. Creighton, who took office...
Dates:
1956-1997
Amy Roberts Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0770
Abstract
Jones, Amy Sarah Roberts, 1876-1944; Housewife. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1900. Papers consist of correspondence. Primarily documenting her academic and social experiences at Mount Holyoke and comments on the Spanish-American War and a fire that destroyed the Seminary Building.
Dates:
1896 - 1944; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1900
Barkhuff papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0806
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1910 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1914
Chapin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0519
Abstract
Chapin, Margaret Learned, 1904-1961; Secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1925. Papers consist of correspondence from her time at Mount Holyoke; mainly focusing on her academic and social activities.
Dates:
1921-1925
Committee on Buildings and Grounds records
Sub-Series
Identifier: RG 03-03-05
Abstract
Records of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, established in 1908 as the Building Committee, date from 1929-1996 and chiefly concern the construction and renovation of facilities, improvements to the campus, and the purchase and sale of property at Mount Holyoke College. Materials consist of minutes and agenda, reports, architectural plans, correspondence, financial records, memoranda, and lists.
Dates:
1929-1996
David B. Truman Records, 1906-1978 (bulk 1969-1978)
Series
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...
Dates:
1906-1978 (bulk 1969-1978)
David B. Truman records
Series
Identifier: RG 04-06
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...
Dates:
1906-1978; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1978
Downer papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0528
Abstract
Downer, Sara Boddie, 1896-1987; Physicist, college teacher, and missionary. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1918. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1919-1920, 1934-1935, and 1945-1946. Papers contain correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, biographical material, and photographs. Primarily documenting her work as a missionary in China during World War II and her correspondence with Mount Holyoke College President, Mary Emma Woolley.
Dates:
1918-1988
Eleanor C. Parker papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0623
Abstract
Parker, Eleanor Clark, 1920-1995; student and secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1941. Papers contain scrapbooks, an autobiography that includes excerpts from letters written while at Mount Holyoke and recollections by her father, Leander Fox Parker, biographical information, and photographs; primarily relating to her academic and social activities as a Mount Holyoke student, her later work as a high school English teacher, and travels in the Middle East and China. Also...
Dates:
1937-1995; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1941
Elizabeth T. Kennan records
Series
Identifier: RG 04-07
Abstract
Kennan, Elizabeth T.; medieval historian, author, college and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1960. Records concern activities, issues, and events during her administration as President of Mount Holyoke College (1978-1995) and also include materials from her years as a Mount Holyoke student (1956-1960) and from the administrations of her immediate predecessor David Bicknell Truman (President, 1969-1978) and successor Joanne V. Creighton, who took office...
Dates:
1956 - 1997
Friedline papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 0819
Abstract
Friedline, Jessie May Williams Freeman, 1870-1943; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary student 1886-1887. Papers consist of a journal, a published article and biographical information, primarily concerning a summer visit to Mount Holyoke College in 1926.
Dates:
ca. 1911-ca. 1943; Majority of material found in 1926 - 1926
Haynes papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 0807
Abstract
Haynes, Frances E., 1870-1958; librarian. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1895. Papers consist of correspondence, a commonplace book, an account book, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs. The collection relates primarily to her work as Mount Holyoke College Assistant Librarian, 1901-1936, with special emphasis on the 1935 Library expansion. Correspondence includes a letter from Edith M. Coon describing her work at Women's Christian College in Madras and letters regarding the...
Dates:
1894-1958
Joanne V. Creighton Records, 1980-present
Series
Abstract:
Creighton, Joanne Vanish, 1942-; College and university professor and administrator. Mount Holyoke College President, 1996-present. 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). Include Creighton's published writings, biographical information about her, and records relating to her inauguration; records of the Presidential Search...
Dates:
1980-present
Joanne V. Creighton records
Series
Identifier: RG 04-08
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...
Dates:
1973 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2010
Lebourveau papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0814
Abstract
Lebourveau, Jennie Lord Winslow, 1895-1960; teacher, housewife. Mount Holyoke College student, 1912-1916. Papers contain correspondence, a scrapbook and biographical information, primarily concerning Lebourveau's time as a student at Mount Holyoke College. Include references to traditions, domestic work, her expenses and campus jobs, faculty, academics, new buildings, food, clothing, and political matters such as a women's suffrage lecture and a mock presidential election.
Dates:
1910-1960; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1916
Mount Holyoke College Films, Video Recordings, and DVDs collection
Record Group
Identifier: RG 44
Principals and presidents reports
Series — Box 1: [Barcode: Principals and Presidents Reports]
Identifier: RG 04-01
Abstract
Mount Holyoke College Principals and Presidents Reports, 1867-1985, containing information about academic and administrative matters, the activities of faculty and students, and improvements to facilities and the campus.
Dates:
1867-1985
Principals and Presidents Reports, 1867-1985
Series
Abstract:
Mount Holyoke College Principals and Presidents Reports, 1867-1985, containing information about academic and administrative matters, the activities of faculty and students, and improvements to facilities and the campus.
Dates:
1867-1985
Richard Glenn Gettell records
Series
Identifier: RG 04-04
Abstract
Gettell, Richard Glenn, 1912-1988; economist, college and university teacher and administrator. Mount Holyoke College President, 1957-1968. Records concern activities, issues and events during his tenure as President of Mount Holyoke College and consist of correspondence, writings, materials relating to the College's Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Rules and Standards and to the United States-India Women's College Exchange Program, subject files, inauguration records, an appointment book,...
Dates:
1954-1969
Richard Glenn Gettell Records, 1954-1969
Series
Abstract:
Gettell, Richard Glenn, 1912-1988; economist, college and university teacher and administrator. Mount Holyoke College President, 1957-1968. Records concern activities, issues and events during his tenure as President of Mount Holyoke College and consist of correspondence, writings, materials relating to the College's Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Rules and Standards and to the United States-India Women's College Exchange Program, subject files, inauguration records, an appointment book,...
Dates:
1954-1969
Selsam papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0759
Abstract
Selsam, Georgia Elizabeth Kauffman, 1902-1997; student and secondary school teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1924. Papers contain correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs primarily documenting her daily activities while at Mount Holyoke and special events.
Dates:
ca. 1919-1997; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1924
Shurcliff, Merrill and Footit records
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS 0662
Abstract
Shurcliff, Merrill and Footit; Boston, Massachusetts landscape architects. Founded by Arthur Asahel Shurcliff (1870-1957) with his son, Sidney Nichols Shurcliff (b.1906). Later partners were Vincent N. Merrill, and Douglas B. Footit. Records contain correspondence, architectural drawings and plans, aerial photographs, cost estimates, bills, receipts, lists, and memoranda reflecting the firm's work at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts from 1933-1975.
Dates:
1933-1975; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1973
Usher papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0646
Abstract
Usher, Jessie, d. 1906; student. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1857. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1860-1861. Papers consist of fourteen letters to her family, notes from her sister, Melissa Usher Tyler, and three notebooks on Bible studies. Primarily documents her academic and social activities at Mount Holyoke.
Dates:
1854-1861