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Bryn Mawr College

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Constance Applebee papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1981-58
Overview

Constance Applebee introduced the sport of field hockey to the US and was for many years the director of physical education at Bryn Mawr College. Her papers occupy ten boxes and contain miscellaneous correspondence, memorabilia, sports programs, and publications that probably belonged to her

Dates: 1898 - 1981

Grace de Laguna papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1994-01
Overview

Grace de Laguna was a professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, a past president of the American Philosophical Association, and mother of Frederica de Laguna, the noted anthropologist. This collection consists of Personal Material, Correspondence, Reprints, and Typescripts.

Dates: 1899 - 1969

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

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

Emmy Noether materials

 Collection
Identifier: BMC.2012-15
Overview

Born in Germany, Emmy Noether was a distinguished mathematician who immigrated to the United States as a refugee Jewish scholar in the 1930s where she took a teaching position at Bryn Mawr College. During the 1934-1935 academic year Noether taught one graduate level course in Algebra in the department of mathematics. Noether died suddenly in 1935 at the Bryn Mawr Hospital. The collection consists mainly of material written about Noether and memorializing Noether.

Dates: 1885 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1935

Marcelle Parde materials

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1976-20
Overview

Marcelle Parde (1891-1945) was a Bryn Mawr College French professor and leader of a French Resistance unit in WWII. This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and official documents.

Dates: 1919 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950

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

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