Bryn Mawr College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Frederica de Laguna papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1975-06
Overview
The papers of Frederica de Laguna consist of family and personal photographs, collections of clippings, typescripts, and publication materials of this Bryn Mawr College professor and scholar in anthropology, who studied Arctic cultures.
Dates:
1922 - 1975
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Frederica de Laguna papers
Fritz and Karoline Solmitz papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M94
Overview
Fritz Solmitz (1893-1933) was an early and outspoken leader in the opposition to Nazism, an editor of a Social Democratic newspaper in Lübeck and a member of the City council. Because of his active opposition to the Nazis, and probably because he was a Jew, he died of mistreatment in a German prison shortly after Hitler came to power. Karoline Somitz (1893-1966) was, like her husband, active in civic affairs. Much of the collection contains letters and photographs, some translated from...
Dates:
1929 - 2006
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Fritz and Karoline Solmitz papers
James Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract
James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates:
Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921
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- Quakers 2
- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- correspondence 2
- manuscripts (documents) 2
- Agriculture 1
- Anthropology 1
- Archaeology 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Education 1
- Europe 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Refugees 1
- Religion 1
- Sheep 1
- Society of Friends 1
- Travel 1
- Women in education 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- diaries 1
- family papers 1
- financial records 1
- lecture notes 1
- pamphlets 1
- trade catalogs 1
- travel photography 1 + ∧ less
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