Bryn Mawr College
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Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Grace Kilpatrick scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-9LS-7
Overview
Mary Kilpatrick was born in 1879. She was a member of the class of 1900 who lived in Pembroke East. She received her AB degree in French, Spanish, and Italian (Languages). She had a lifelong interest in the arts. Kilpatrick died April 1, 1964. The Mary Grace Kilpatrick scrapbook houses Kilpatrick's one volume diary/scrapbook. The scrapbook spans Kilpatrick’s freshman-junior years at Bryn Mawr, from 1897-1899, and highlights all aspects of college life.
Dates:
1897 - 1899
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Georgiana Goddard King papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-15
Overview
Georgiana Goddard King was a professor of art history at Bryn Mawr College. The collection consists of handwritten notes on art subjects, correspondence, and publications.
Dates:
1874 - 1939
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Helen Clements Kirk papers
Collection
Identifier: A12-45
Abstract
Helen Clements Kirk was a student at Bryn Mawr from 1888-1892. She studied History and Economics. This collection consists of papers belonging to Helen and her family, particularly her mother, Emma Newbold Clements, and her father, Samuel Clements. Most of the collection consists of correspondence from Helen to her mother, which spans two decades, 1888-1908. In her letters from college, Helen writes about her social life, academics, professors, and events on campus. In letters written after...
Dates:
1881 - 1917
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Laura Knipe collection of cartoons
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M83
Overview
Laura Elizabeth Knipe (1932-2010) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (Class of 1953). Throughout her time as an undergraduate she produced numerous cartoon drawings based on her and her friends’ experiences as Bryn Mawr students. Many of her witty cartoons good naturedly mock their own study habits, life in the Rockefeller Dorm, academics, particularly the Anthropology and Geology departments, and their social antics and misadventures. This collection, donated to Bryn Mawr College by one of...
Dates:
1949 - 1953
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Gertrude Leighton papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC.2006-11
Overview
Gertrude Leighton was born in Belfast, Ireland. Leighton first came to Bryn Mawr College as a member of the class of 1938 and majored in classical archaeology. In 1940, she was hired by Barnard College as a lecturer in the English Department. She entered law school at Yale in 1942, graduated in 1945. Leighton returned to Bryn Mawr in 1950 as Assistant Professor of Political Science. Later promotions made her full professor and department chairman. The collection consists mainly of...
Dates:
1930 - 1982
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Katherine Lower papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1981-18
Overview
Katherine Lower came to the Carola Woerishoffer Graduate Department of Social Work and Social Research in the fall of 1946 as a part time lecturer in social research. Eventually she progressed to lecturer, associate professor, professor and finally director and dean of the department. During her administration as director, the social work faculty grew as did the student enrollment. She greatly expanded and enriched the graduate curriculum. The bulk of the collection consists of office...
Dates:
1946 - 1970
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Elizabeth Yarnall Maguire papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-RG12-H-Maguire
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Elizabeth Yarnall Maguire scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 9LS-18-SCP-15
Overview
Elizabeth Yarnall Maguire attended Bryn Mawr with the class of 1913, majoring in History, Economics, and Politics. Her one-volume scrapbook consists of materials from 1908-1913 and mostly contains Bryn Mawr memorabilia. It offers a valuable view into the social life and traditions of Bryn Mawr students during the early 20th century.
Dates:
1908 - 1913
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Helen Taft Manning papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-4BD4
Overview
Helen Herron Taft Manning (1891-1987) was the daughter of President of the United States William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron. Taft graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1915, was named dean in 1917, and rose to acting president in 1919. The Helen Taft Manning papers house the records of Helen Taft Manning. This collection, which dates from 1861 to 1992, with bulk dates of 1915 to 1974, consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, and personal objects from the Manning family.
Dates:
1861 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1974
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Margaret Hall Whitfield Papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M103
Abstract
Margaret Rumsey Hall Whitfield (bornJune 23, 1933) was a 1955 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, did graduate work at Radcliffe and Harvard in Education in the late 1950s, and spent much of her life in either Concord or Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where she raised a family, raised and rode horses, managed businesses and property, and wrote. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, founder of Simon’s Rock College, and Livingston Hall, who taught law at Harvard. The papers consist...
Dates:
1943 - 2013
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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