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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Inception

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cowles papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0718
Abstract

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.

Dates: ca. 1821-1903

Origins and governance collection

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 02
Abstract

The Origins and Governance Collection brings together materials concerning the creation and administration of Mount Holyoke College, an institution for the higher education of women that was founded by Mary Lyon, granted a charter as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, and opened in 1837. Materials date from 1834 to the present and include a ledger notebook, charters, acts, regulations, minutes, planning documents, publications, speeches, questionnaires, drawings, and photographs.

Dates: 1834-