Letters home, April 1919

The twenty-fifth folder in the Natalie Gookin papers contains letters written every day in correspondence between Bryn Mawr College junior Natalie Gookin and her family in Chicago during April 1919. These letters have been arranged chronologically according to the date that they were written. In her letters, Natalie demonstrates the close and intimate relationship she has with her parents through the amount of details she shares. Much of what she writes about includes her classes and grades, her wardrobe, and her trip to Boston. She spends copious amounts of time detailing the perfect wardrobe of clothes for the weather and for Boston. Her writing style is informal and tangential but some highlights include taking the General Information test, her thoughts on M. Carey Thomas, and her comparisons between Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Radcliffe. These letters would be of interest to anyone studying student life, home relationships, fashions in 1919, and women’s colleges.