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Sylvia Scudder (Bowditch) scrapbook

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BMC-9LS-6

Scope and Contents

The Sylvia Scudder Bowditch scrapbook houses the one volume scrapbook of Sylvia Scudder (later Bowditch), who entered Bryn Mawr with the class of 1899, but graduated in 1901. The scrapbook contains materials from 1895 to 1906 and primarily contains photographs and other Bryn Mawr memorabilia.

The scrapbook constitutes one large volume. It gives a good example of the types of memorabilia typically kept in scrapbooks. There are a variety of letters, newspaper clippings, BMC correspondence, and small cards and notes from friends. There are a few photographs of basketball and tennis teams, as well as professional photos of plays. Also contains are various examples of student-life-related material, related to self-government, literary publications and social events. Of particular note in the scrapbook are photographs of the campus buildings (from a catalog or publicity publication); pictures of the ’96 and ’99 basketball teams; and programs from the graduations of 1896, 1899, and 1901; and copies of exams for Christian Ethics, Required Philosophy, Modern History, and Psychology.

This scrapbook contains a representative assortment of the memorabilia typically found in Bryn Mawr scrapbooks. It would be of value to anyone interested in student life, Bryn Mawr, athletics, etc. from the turn of the century.

Dates

  • Creation: 1895 - 1906

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

Sylvia Scudder (later Bowditch) was born in 1875. She was prepared by the Cambridge School for Girls in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She matriculated with the Bryn Mawr class of 1899, but received her degrees—in Greek and French—in 1901. From 1901-1902, she did graduate work in Greek at Radcliffe College. She taught Greek and English as the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland from 1902-1904. She married Ingersoll Bowditch in 1904. For 21 years, she was the treasurer of the Bryn Mawr Club of Boston, as well as being the collector and editor for her class. She passed away in 1964.

Extent

1 volumes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Sylvia Scudder (later Bowditch) was born in 1875. She was prepared by the Cambridge School for Girls in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She matriculated with the Bryn Mawr class of 1899, but received her degrees—in Greek and French—in 1901. From 1901-1902, she did graduate work in Greek at Radcliffe College. She taught Greek and English as the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland from 1902-1904. She married Ingersoll Bowditch in 1904. For 21 years, she was the treasurer of the Bryn Mawr Club of Boston, as well as being the collector and editor for her class. She passed away in 1964. The Sylvia Scudder Bowditch scrapbook houses Scudder's one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook contains materials from 1895 to 1906 and primarily contains photographs and other Bryn Mawr memorabilia.

Contents: Large photo [front cover] of Bryn Mawr College dorm room and two students; Bryn Mawr College dramatic and musical performance programs, 1895-1899; Various official Bryn Mawr correspondence throughout; Calling cards and invitations throughout; Class song booklet, 1889; 8 small professional photos of campus, including little poems; Letter from Bridget C[?], re a burned shirt she was laundering for Sylvia, other small notes regarding laundry; Photos (4) from ‘The Critic” performed at Bryn Mawr College, December 1895; Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Sylvia, removed to Mss Coll, May ‘79; Notice of Meeting of Self-Governance meeting, March 1896; Programs from musical and theatre performance in Philadelphia 1895-1899; Admission materials, room assignment cards; Invitation to the University of Pennsylvania Library and picture of library; Small picture of Merion and floor plan, labeled with inhabitants of each room; floor plan for Denbigh; Magazine (no title) called “Our Colleges for Women: A Day at Bryn Mawr” with illustrations of laboratory, rooms, campus buildings; Undated newspaper article on women in athletics (around 1896); Commencement invitation & program, June 1896; Large, very good quality photo of 1899 Basketball team; poor quality photo of 1896 team; Small portrait photos and small photo of women playing tennis at Bryn Mawr; Ribbon from Princeton (?), “1746-1896”; Photos (3) from “The Leap-Year Wooing of Prince Knowledge” performed by class of 1900, Nov 1896; Note from President’s off “the ice on the College pond is bearing to-day”, Jan 1897; 1897 monthly calendar; Various homemade valentines, sketches, notes, hand-written poems (“to Sylvia” and “Who is Sylvia?”); Hand-drawn sketches of women in costume; Watercolor poster for the “Fortnightly Philistine Out To-day”; Note from M.Carey Thomas for subscription to the “College Settlement”; Circular and letter from “Colchester, Roberts and Co.”, providing “original essays, orations and debates” to college women, priced per hundred word; Elaborately painted dance card; Invitation to wedding of Marie Chase Scattergood, and recall of invitation due to the death of Mary W. Garrett, 1897; Invitation to Baldwin School Graduation, 1897 and 1899; Postcard of woman on horseback; Invitations to various lectures at Bryn Mawr College (James Wood, presenting college flag; W.H. Tolman and De Rebus club); Letters from Helen Thomas; letters from M.Carey Thomas removed to Mss Collection; toast card with donkey and lion; various letters from friends, c. 1899; newspaper clipping from fire at Professor Scott’s house; various exam question sheets (loose in back); Self-Governance Constitution and resolutions (loose in back), 1899; One-page The Yellow and White Journal, June 1906
Title
Sylvia Scudder (Bowditch) scrapbook
Status
Completed
Author
Cassidy Gruber Baruth
Date
2017 June 30
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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