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Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Ackworth School, England records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-001
Abstract

Ackworth School was founded in 1779 as a co-educational boarding school for Quaker children by Dr. John Fothergill and other Quakers. It is located in West Workshire, England. It was intended to be a board school for children whose parents were not rich. This collection is comprised of four volumes, one of which is a transcription of one of the other volumes. They all relate to the rules and regulations for the Ackworth School in England.

Dates: 1785-1786, undated

Constance Applebee papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1981-58
Abstract

Constance Applebee introduced the sport of field hockey to the US and was for many years the director of physical education at Bryn Mawr College. Her papers occupy ten boxes and contain miscellaneous correspondence, memorabilia, sports programs, and publications that probably belonged to her

Dates: 1898 - 1981
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Phyllis Pray Bober papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-2004-08
Abstract Phyllis Pray Bober (b. 1920) received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1941. In 1973 she accepted the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Bryn Mawr College which she held until 1980. Bober's life long interest in culinary history led to courses, "historical banquets", and a book: Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronony. The collection consist of miscellaneous materials on Bober's career, miscellaneous research notes, typescripts, materials...
Dates: 1940 - 2002
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

T. Wistar Brown Fund papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1315
Abstract

This collection includes the administrative and financial documents of the T. Wistar Brown Teachers Fund.

Dates: 1912-1999

Chronological Table of Arctic Discovery

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-006
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume timeline of Arctic discovery, written anonymously. The timeline begins in 790, and ends in 1857.

Dates: 1885

John Davison papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-839
Abstract

John Davison was a prolific composer who taught music at Haverford College from 1959 until his death in 1999. Several of his compositions were performed and recorded by orchestras throughout the United States. Within this collection are drafts of almost all his 144 scores, as well as audio recordings of a couple dozen of his pieces. Thus any researcher interested in his work should start here. Also of note to alumni are the scores Davison saved from his students.

Dates: 1938-1999

Frederica de Laguna papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1975-06
Abstract

The papers of Frederica de Laguna consist of family and personal photographs, collections of clippings, typescripts, and publication materials of this Bryn Mawr College professor and scholar in anthropology, who studied Arctic cultures.

Dates: 1922 - 1975
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Grace de Laguna papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1994-01
Abstract

Grace de Laguna was a professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, a past president of the American Philosophical Association, and mother of Frederica de Laguna, the noted anthropologist. This collection consists of Personal Material, Correspondence, Reprints, and Typescripts.

Dates: 1899 - 1969
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Theodore de Laguna collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-16
Abstract

Theodore de Laguna (1876-1930) was a professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College for 23 years and an author. The Theodore de Laguna collection, dating from 1896 to 1989, contains diverse writings and annotated books by de Laguna. This collection focuses mainly on de Laguna's manuscripts, off prints, and poetry, but also contains original musical arrangements, annotated works by others, and correspondence regarding de Laguna's death in 1930.

Dates: 1896 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1930
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Education Advocacy Group collection

 Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-069
Abstract

The collection contains emails with reminders about the club's events.

Dates: 2012 - 2013