Bryn Mawr College
Organization
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Deanery Files, Bryn Mawr College
Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: BMC-M129
Abstract
The Deanery was the home of the first Dean and second President of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas, from 1885 to 1933. From 1933 until 1968, when the building was demolished for the construction of Canaday Library, the building served as the college's Alumnae Center and Inn. The collection is comprised primarily of Deanery records, mostly inventories of the building, and the files of Carol Campbell, Curator of Art and Artifacts in Bryn Mawr College's Special Collections
Dates:
1917 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1991
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Ruth Emerson (Fletcher) scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 9LS-29b -SCP-35
Abstract
Ruth Emerson majored in Greek and Latin, graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1893. She did graduate work at Columbia College and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in these areas, as well. She taught Latin, Greek, and History at the secondary school level. The Ruth Emerson (Fletcher) scrapbook houses the one volume scrapbook of Ruth Emerson, Bryn Mawr College class of 1893. The scrapbook, which ranges from 1890-1897, consists mostly of letters and poems to Ruth from friends...
Dates:
1890 - 1897
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Emily Lyman Storer Scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-9LS-45
Scope and Contents
The Emily Lyman Storer scrapbook contains the one volume scrapbook of Emily Storer, Bryn Mawr College Class of 1910. The scrapbook consists of materials from 1906-1927, largely comprising Bryn Mawr memorabilia and documentation of cultural events and extracurriculars specific to this institution. Coverage of the last decade of this range is sparse, but meaningful. It offers a valuable perspective on the social life and traditions of Bryn Mawr Students during the early twentieth century,...
Dates:
1906-10 - 1927-06
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jacqueline Pascal Morris Evans papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M91
Abstract
Jacqueline Pascal Morris (later Evans) (1886-1947) graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1908. Following her graduation, she and two cousins, Agnes and Alida, travelled through Europe for three months. Their route took them from Paris into Switzerland, and then down the Italian peninsular. They returned the same way, travelling along the French Riviera before their return from London. This collection contains 26 letters, written to Jacqueline’s father over the course of her travels.
Dates:
1908 - 1928; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1909
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College Posters for International Expositions Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M130
Abstract
Bryn Mawr College showcased its mission and prestigious programs at international expositions with an array of displayed materials. The awards in the collection demonstrate the success of these exhibitions and recognition of the high level of education provided to the undergraduate and graduate students in attendance at the college. The earliest exhibited materials in the collection were shown in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the college won an Educational...
Dates:
1893 - 1926
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
FIG collection
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-074
Abstract
The collection contains email and website printouts with information about the club and members lists.
Dates:
2007 - 2010
Susan Walker FitzGerald papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M19
Abstract
Susan Walker FitzGerald (1871-1943) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While at Bryn Mawr, class of 1893, she founded the Student Government Association and graduated with a degree in history/political science. Susan W. FitzGerald is best known for her commitment to the women's suffrage movement and her involvement in progressive political organizations. The papers are arranged chronologically beginning with a few letters, postcards and memorabilia from Susan's childhood and ending with...
Dates:
1875 - 1924
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Dorothy Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-12H-Foster-1904
Abstract
Dorothy Foster was a student at Bryn Mawr from 1900-1904. The papers consist of her letters written by Foster to her mother, Genevieve Stimpson, during her junior and senior years of college (1902-1904). The letters primarily concern her school work, her duties as class president, news about the college, guests she hosted, and lectures she attended. They are arranged in folders by date, with the exception of the first folder of miscellaneous items including academic records and an essay...
Dates:
1902 - 1904
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Friends Freedmen's Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-024
Abstract
Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to formerly enslaved people during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947-1955 the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955-1970 the income from investments was used to provide grants for...
Dates:
1863-1982
Fritz and Karoline Solmitz papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M94
Abstract
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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- photographs 10
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- Education -- United States 7
- Travel 7
- Women -- Education -- Pennsylvania 7
- Women's colleges 7
- clippings (information artifacts) 7
- Archaeology 6
- World War, 1939-1945 6
- Archaeology and history 5
- College students -- United States -- Correspondence 5
- Women's colleges -- Archives 5
- World War, 1914-1918 5
- family papers 5
- notebooks 5
- photograph albums 5
- Art 4
- Law 4
- Schools -- Records and correspondence 4
- Undergraduates -- United States 4
- Universities and colleges -- China 4
- Women college students -- China 4
- financial records 4
- letters (correspondence) 4
- manuscripts (documents) 4
- Archaeological expeditions 3
- Europe 3
- Greece 3
- notes 3
- postcards 3
- publications (documents) 3
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- Chinese Students 2
- Education, Higher 2
- France 2
- Indians of North America 2
- Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) 2
- Mental health 2
- Missionaries 2
- Philosophy 2
- Philosophy -- Study and teaching 2
- Preparatory schools -- United States 2
- Quaker businesspeople 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- Family relationships 2
- Rome (Italy) 2
- School management and organization -- United States 2
- Schools -- Pennsylvania 2
- Women travelers -- Europe 2
- business records 2
- pamphlets 2
- Africa 1
- African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Southern States 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Virginia 1
- African Americans -- Services for -- Southern States 1
- Aging 1
- Agriculture 1
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
- American periodicals 1
- Anthropology 1
- Archaeology -- History 1
- Architecture 1
- Art critics -- United States 1
- Art, American -- 20th century -- Catalogs 1
- Art, American -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
- Asia -- Description and travel 1
- Authors 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
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- Caricatures and cartoons 1
- Charities 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Child Labor -- New York (State) 1
- China 1
- China -- History -- 20th Century 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
- China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 1
- Chinese Students -- Foreign Countries 1
- Classical Antiquities 1
- Classicists 1
- College student newspapers and periodicals -- Pennsylvania 1
- College students -- United States -- Diaries 1
- College teachers -- China -- Correspondence 1
- College theater -- United States 1
- Colonies 1
- Commencement ceremonies 1
- Company of strangers. Motion picture 1
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