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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:

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

John Masefield collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M8
Abstract The poet John Masefield was born on June 1, 1878 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. Masefield was best known for his sea poems, including "Sea Fever" and "Cargoes," and for his long, narrative poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy." He also wrote adventure novels, short stories, and works for children, as well as two autobiographical works. In 1930, he was appointed poet laureate of England, and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Masefield died near Abingdon, Berkshire on 12 May...
Dates: 1894 - 1944
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Wilmer G. Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-123
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence and photocopies and reproductions of Quaker documents.

Dates: 1964

Media Friends School records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-127
Abstract

This collection is comprised of materials concerning appeals for funds and the admission of all qualified children regardless of race to Media Friends School in the late 1930s.

Dates: 1937-1965

Joseph Mendenhall papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-128
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of lively letters by Joseph Mendenhall, a Quaker bachelor, to his cousin. They are written from Lawrence, Kansas, between 1882 and 1903, on topics ranging from Quaker ministers, the possibility of less plainness in meetinghouses, and many details about episodes in his or others' lives.

Dates: 1882-1903

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M50
Abstract Lucy T. Shoe Meritt (1906- 2003) was an acclaimed archaeologist, scholar, teacher and editor who received her B.A, M.A, and Ph.D degrees from Bryn Mawr. During her life time, Shoe Meritt taught at Mount Holyoke College and the University of Texas at Austin, was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome, and served as the Editor of Publications for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Additionally, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Institute...
Dates: 1888 - 2003
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Joseph Meyers correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-883
Abstract

Joseph E. Meyers entered Westtown School at the age of 15 in November of 1873. The letters in the collection are from classmates at Westtown, discussing life events, mutual friends, and reminiscence of the Westtown days and are dated from his graduation from the school in 1877 until 1924.

Dates: 1877-1924

Oliver Warren Meyers correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-129
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the handwritten family correspondence of Oliver Warren Meyers. His letters describe his daily life and travels.

Dates: 1906-1907

Benjamin H. Miller, U.S. Indian Inspector transcribed letters,1889-1890.

 Collection — Othertype SC-250
Identifier: SFHL-SC-250
Abstract

The collection consists of typed transcripts of letters published in a local newspaper. They describe the places and people visited during Benjamin H. Miller's tenure as Indian Agent in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. The nineteen clippings, 1889-1890, were transcribed by William T. Thom, 3rd, a great-grandson. Also includes a typed manuscript introduction that describes Miller's farm, Mt Airy, Montgomery County, Maryland, and a typed index to the letters, 1974-1975.

Dates: ca. 1974-1975

James T. Morgan letter to the Committee of Instruction

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-101
Abstract

The collection contains one handwritten letter and one typed copy of Morgan's letter to the Haverford College Council of Instruction regarding his wishes for the students' New Year's Eve supper in 1833.

Dates: 1833