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Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1857 - 1935

Found in 7 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

Susan Walker FitzGerald papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M19
Overview 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

Mary Garrett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1970-01
Overview Mary Elizabeth Garrett (1854-1915) promoted women's education by founding the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland, helping to finance Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and ensuring that women were admitted to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her family was prominent in Baltimore society, which allowed her to pursue her philanthropic activities. She was an active suffragist and financially helped that cause until her death in 1915. The Mary Garrett family...
Dates: 1874 - 1915
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

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
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

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
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Asa S. Wing correspondence on the presidency of Bryn Mawr College

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-000-008
Overview

This collection consists of letters to and from Asa S. Wing while he was President of the Nominating Committee for Bryn Mawr College's presidential search in 1921.

Dates: 1921

Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M88
Overview

The Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection includes a variety of ephemera related to the fight for women's suffrage dating from c. 1910 until the early 1920s.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

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Bryn Mawr (Pa.) 3
correspondence 3
diaries 3
Pennsylvania -- Politics and Government -- 1865-1950 2
Suffrage 2
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Women's rights -- United States 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Archaeological expeditions 1
Archaeology 1
Archaeology and history 1
Baltimore (Md.) 1
Beijing (China) 1
Bergen County (N.J.) 1
Charities 1
Child Labor -- New York (State) 1
China -- History -- 20th Century 1
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 1
Chinese Students 1
Classical Antiquities 1
College teachers -- China -- Correspondence 1
Concentration camps 1
Drawing 1
Education 1
Education -- United States 1
Education, Higher 1
Excavations (Archaeology) 1
Greece 1
Huntingdon County (Pa.) 1
Iran 1
Itineraries 1
Journalism 1
Lakeville (Conn.) 1
Law 1
Legislators -- Massachusetts 1
Library exhibits -- Pennsylvania -- Bryn Mawr -- 21st century 1
Missionaries 1
Missionaries -- China 1
Missionaries -- China -- Correspondence 1
Missions, American 1
Missions, American -- China 1
Murder -- Massachusetts 1
Northfield (Mass.) 1
Northfield Schools 1
Phillips Academy 1
Preparatory schools -- United States 1
Princeton (N.J.) 1
Private schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Repatriation -- United States 1
School management and organization -- United States 1
Schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Silver mines and mining 1
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 1
Travel 1
Undergraduates -- United States 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877 1
Universities and colleges -- China 1
Women -- Education 1
Women -- Education -- China 1
Women -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
Women -- Suffrage -- United States 1
Women college students -- China 1
Women in charitable work 1
Women in education 1
Women's colleges 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men's Christian Associations 1
autobiographies (documents) 1
business records 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
ephemera (general object genre) 1
notebooks 1
notes 1
photographs 1
postcards 1
publications (documents) 1
speeches (documents) 1
yearbooks 1
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