correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Garrett, McCollin, and Vail family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-081
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence of the Garrett, McCollin, and Vail families.
Dates:
1820-1920
Mary Garrett family papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1970-01
Abstract
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
