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Judith Kate Haywood Jacoby papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC.M96
Abstract
Judith Kate Haywood (later Jacoby) (1934-1997) graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1955 with an AB in economics. Judith was chairwoman of the college’s Chapel Committee (1953-1954) and president of the Bryn Mawr League (1954-1955). Just before Judith entered college, she toured Europe. During her college years and after, she continued to pursue her passion for travel by taking trips to Mexico, Alaska, and other parts of North and South America. After graduating from Bryn Mawr,...
Dates:
1951 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1955
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Janet and Wyatt MacGaffey Photograph Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-MacGaffery
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images of individual objects, likely taken in a studio, as well as photographs of Mayivangwa Thérèse and Wadimbudula Esther. There is one portrait of Mayivangwa Thérèse seated on a woven mat, next to two boys. Thérèse is patterning a jug. Alongside this portrait, there is a series of photographs of her handpulling vases. There is one portrait of Wadimbudula Esther shaping a ceramic with a stick with a wooden board on her lap. Some...
Dates:
1965 - 1975
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Japanese Women in Politics after World War II collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-M28
Abstract
Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was an historian and a campaigner for women's suffrage and Ethel B. Weed was a lieutenant in the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Civil Information and Education Office in Japan. Beard and Weed corresponded, with Weed providing research assistance to Beard for a proposed book on Japanese women's history and Beard providing advice to Weed regarding her activties with the Civil Information and Education Office. The collection consists of documentation...
Dates:
1945 - 1951
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jeannette Piccard papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M95
Abstract
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, BMC class of 1918, was the first woman licensed to pilot a balloon in the United States, and the first woman to enter the stratosphere (with a flight that reached 57, 559 feet). She served as a consultant and lecturer for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center from 1964-1970. At the age of 79 Piccard was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, one of the “Philadelphia Eleven”- the first ordained female priests. The material in this collection consists of...
Dates:
1960 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Karl D. Jessen papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-3H-Jessen
Abstract
Karl Detlev Jessen (1872-1919) was a professor of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1910 to 1919. He was involved with the Socialist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Karl D. Jessen papers house the records of Karl D. Jessen. This collection dates from 1872 to 1980, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1917. This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Jessen and his family, friends, and colleagues, in addition to manuscripts and manuscript...
Dates:
1872 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1917
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Myra Jessen papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-3H-Jessen-Myra
Abstract
Myra Stephannie Richards Jessen (1893-1985) graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1915. She worked as a German and Latin instructor at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, and then as a German Instructor at Bryn Mawr College, where she also pursued her graduate studies in German. She received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1932. In 1952 she was appointed head of the college's German department. This collection, which is undated, consists primarily of research notes on Franz Grillparzer, an Austrian dramatist...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jewish Mawrters Oral History Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-RG12-OHJ
Scope and Contents
This collection includes eight oral history interviews with Jewish alumnae/i conducted by Caitlin Haskett (class of 2020) during a fellowship project, "Mid Century Jewish Mawrtyrs: A Collection of Oral Histories," through the Pensby Center between June and July 2019. Includes audio files, release forms, interviewer notes, and audio transcription.
Dates:
2019-06-17 - 2019-07-22
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Joaquín and Jeanne Maurín Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BMC-M-54
Scope and Contents
Organization of the Collection: The collection is divided into five sections: Writings and Related Materials, Joaquín
Maurín Correspondence, Other Materials, Jeanne Maurín Papers, and Photographs and Artwork.Writings and Related Materials is organized into Fiction, Articles and Political Works, Ramón J. Sender Correspondence, Materials for Cómo se Salvó Joaquín Maurín, and Unpublished Writings. Most of the papers in this section consist of unpublished materials or manuscripts...
Dates:
1910 - 2005
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Martha Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M69
Abstract
Martha Johnson and Doris Thompson owned and operated the Francis Scott Key Bookshop and Johnson & Thompson Literary Agency in Georgetown. During Johnson’s many years as a bookseller and literary agent, she met and corresponded with a large number of authors, public officials, editors, and publishers. Additionally, Johnson opened operated a literacy agency along with her friend Doris Thompson. Together they represented many authors including Anne Malcolmson, Elizabeth Kirtland, John...
Dates:
1944 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1975
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Josephine R. Bull Collection on Polar Exploration
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M137
Dates:
1899 - 1932
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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