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Bryn Mawr College

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Katharine Elizabeth McBride papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-RG1-DD4
Overview

The papers of Katharine Elizabeth McBride contain the office files and correspondence and some personal files of Katharine Elizabeth McBride who was president of Bryn Mawr College from 1942 to 1970.

Dates: 1942 - 1976

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M50
Overview Lucy T. Shoe Meritt (1906- 2003) was an acclaimed archaeologist, scholar, teacher and editor who received her B.A, M.A, and Ph.D degrees from Bryn Mawr. During her life time, Shoe Meritt taught at Mount Holyoke College and the University of Texas at Austin, was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome, and served as the Editor of Publications for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Additionally, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Institute...
Dates: 1888 - 2003

Series I. Miscellaneous Biographical material, Personal Letters, Reprinted Information

 Series — Box 1
Overview

This collection contains the subject files of Marion Edwards Park, president of Bryn Mawr College from 1922 to 1942.

Katharine Shepard papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M81
Overview

Katharine Shepard (1905-1986) attended Bryn Mawr College in the late 1920s and early 1930's, and received degrees in Latin, Classical Archaeology, and Greek. She went on to a career in archaeology, and was employed by the National Gallery of Art. The Katharine Shepard Papers contains letters to and from her family and friends, primarily from her many trips abroad, as well as a few family momentos.

Dates: 1906 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1939

Lily Ross Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-05
Overview

Lily Ross Taylor was Professor of Latin and Dean at Bryn Mawr College, Director of the American Academy in Rome, and a renowned Classicist. Her papers include lecture notes, correspondence, and personal memorabilia.

Dates: 1886 - 1969

Speer Family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M72
Overview The Speer Family papers represent four generations of that family, with the bulk of material attributed to the last two generations, especially Robert Elliott Speer and his wife and three of his five children: Emma Bailey, Elliott, Margaret Bailey, and William Speer. The family was active in the Presbyterian Church, serving that institution in a variety of different capacities. The children, in addition to their religious roles, held prominent positions in academic administration. The...
Dates: 1802 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1943

Dorothy Burr Thompson diaries and papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-2010-14
Overview

Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900 – 2001) was a prominent archaeologist who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1923. She specialized in Greek terracotta. Burr Thompson and her husband, Homer A. Thompson, were both heavily involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The collection includes her diaries, personal correspondence, and professional papers. It also includes contains both personal and research related photographs and postcards.

Dates: 1912 - 1991

Andrew H. Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M78
Overview Andrew H. Woods (1872 – 1956) became vice president of Canton College in Guangzhou, China in 1899. He maintained his association with Canton Christian College throughout the Boxer Rebellion, or Yihetuan Movement, and the end of the Qing dynasty. Woods moved back and forth between China and the United States with his wife, Fanny Sinclair, who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1901. In 1929, the couple and their children settled in Iowa. In Iowa, Woods worked as a professor and practitioner of...
Dates: 1885 - 1956

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correspondence 7
diaries 4
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Education 3
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Undergraduates -- United States 3
Universities and colleges -- China 3
Women -- Education -- Pennsylvania 3
Women in education 3
notebooks 3
postcards 3
Education -- United States 2
Education, Higher 2
Greece 2
Missionaries 2
Schools -- Records and correspondence 2
Women college students -- China 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
family papers 2
photographs 2
publications (documents) 2
research notes 2
Architecture 1
Art 1
Beijing (China) 1
Bergen County (N.J.) 1
Charities 1
China -- History -- 20th Century 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 1
Chinese Students 1
Classical Antiquities 1
Classicists 1
College teachers -- China -- Correspondence 1
Concentration camps 1
Drawing 1
Excavations (Archaeology) 1
Huntingdon County (Pa.) 1
Iowa 1
Iran 1
Itineraries 1
Journalism 1
Lakeville (Conn.) 1
Law 1
Manuscripts, Latin 1
Mental health 1
Missionaries -- China 1
Missionaries -- China -- Correspondence 1
Missions, American 1
Missions, American -- China 1
Murder -- Massachusetts 1
Neurology 1
Northfield (Mass.) 1
Northfield Schools 1
Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government -- 1865-1950 1
Phillips Academy 1
Preparatory schools -- United States 1
Princeton (N.J.) 1
Private schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Psychology 1
Repatriation -- United States 1
Rome (Italy) 1
School management and organization -- United States 1
Schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877 1
Women -- Education 1
Women -- Education -- China 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
Women in charitable work 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men's Christian Associations 1
financial records 1
genealogical tables 1
minutes (administrative records) 1
newsletters 1
notes 1
pamphlets 1
photograph albums 1
sketches 1
speeches (documents) 1
yearbooks 1
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