Bryn Mawr College
Organization
Found in 3 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
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
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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- Subject
- Quakers 2
- photograph albums 2
- photographs 2
- Agriculture 1
- Archaeology 1
- Archaeology and history 1
- Art 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- Education 1
- Europe 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Refugees 1
- Religion 1
- Sheep 1
- Travel 1
- Women in education 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 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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