Archaeology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Phyllis Pray Bober papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2004-08
Overview
Phyllis Pray Bober (b. 1920) received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1941. In 1973 she accepted the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Bryn Mawr College which she held until 1980. Bober's life long interest in culinary history led to courses, "historical banquets", and a book: Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronony. The collection consist of miscellaneous materials on Bober's career, miscellaneous research notes, typescripts, materials...
Dates:
1940 - 2002
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Phyllis Pray Bober papers
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 distinguished scholar in anthropology, specializing in Arctic cultures.
Dates:
1922 - 1975
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Frederica de Laguna papers
Machteld J. Mellink papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2010-01
Overview
Machteld Johanna Mellink, celebrated archaeologist and professor of archaeology at Bryn Mawr College from 1949 to 1988, was born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1917. She received her BA in 1938 and MA in 1941 from the University of Amsterdam, and her PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1943. The Machteld Mellink papers cover Professor Mellink’s academic and archaeological career from the late 1950s to the early 2000s. Included in the collection are her writings and notes, photographs,...
Dates:
1938 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1958 - 2001
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Machteld J. Mellink papers
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 of...
Dates:
1888 - 2003
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers
Rebecca Wood Robinson letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-212
Overview
This collection contains letters written by Rebecca Wood Robinson to her friend Marty Grundy.
Dates:
1981-2010
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
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Katharine Shepard papers
Mary Hamilton Swindler papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2001-01
Overview
Born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1884, Mary Hamilton Swindler graduated from the University of Indiana in 1905 and received her master's degree from the same university in 1906. Swindler first came to Bryn Mawr College in 1906 as a graduate scholar in Greek. From 1912 until 1949 she taught Archaeology and Classics at the college. The collection consists of loose correspondence received from the Archaeology Department, scrapbooks and notebooks, miscellaneous correspondence and manuscript...
Dates:
1906 - 1949
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Mary Hamilton Swindler papers
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
