Skip to main content

Mount Holyoke College -- Inception

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nichols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0677
Abstract Nichols, Bethiah Avery Miller, 1815-1865; Student. Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary 1837-1838. Papers contain a letter, lecture notes and a photograph. Primarily documenting her experience at Mount Holyoke and her interactions with Mary Lyon, including a visit she made to Heath, Massachusetts requesting funds for the Seminary. Housed in control files; two letters from John Kirkland Clark, grandson of Priscilla Maxwell, to Mary Woolley, regarding a letter written to his mother by...
Dates: 1837 - 1838

Zilpah P. Grant Banister papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0506
Abstract

Banister, Zilpah Polly Grant, 1794-1874; Educator. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical sketches, maps and charts, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs. Primarily containing correspondence to family and colleagues pertaining to her work at Adams Female Academy and Ipswich Female Seminary.

Dates: 1803-1971