Bryn Mawr (Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Taylor Updegraff Allen Letters, 1920 - 1959
Series — Box 1, Folder: 10-13
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Ann Taylor Updegraff Allen to her family from the 1920s to the 1950s (folders divided by decade). The letters follow her through boarding school (the Kodaikanal School for Missionaries' Children, Highclerc Campus, as well as schools in England and Switzerland) to Bryn Mawr College, from where she graduated in 1942. Ann was the third child of David Benjamin Updegraff and Melanie Atherton Updegraff, following David Dirick (1919-1920), who died in infancy, and Melanie Parke...
Dates:
1920 - 1959
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
Lucy Evans Chew diaries and papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M90
Abstract
Lucy Evans Chew graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1918. Shortly after her graduation, she married Samuel Chew, an English professor at Bryn Mawr. For the majority of their married life, the Chews remained in the area surrounding Bryn Mawr. The Lucy Evans Chew Collection is primarily comprised of 58 volumes of her diaries from the years from 1920 to 1968. The diaries include descriptions of her daily life, her association with the college, her travels, and her reflections on her...
Dates:
1912 - 1967
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jean Scobie Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M85
Abstract
Jean Scobie Davis, a 1914 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, taught economics and sociology at Agnes Scott College, Vassar College, Pierce College, Wells College and the American Women’s College in Beirut. A lifetime interest in prison reform resulted in her work at the New York State Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York.The Jean Scobie Davis papers is a collection consisting largely of Jean Scobie Davis’ diaries and correspondence covering nearly all stages of her life....
Dates:
1892 - 1985
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
Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M89
Abstract
Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp attended Bryn Mawr College as part of the class of 1937, and was a journalist living in France in the 1950s and 1960s where she began writing about fashion. She served as the Fashion and Style Editor for the Philadelphia Bulletin from 1968 to 1982, and also did much free-lance writing. The collection includes interviews and correspondence with figures in the fashion industry, and copies of nearly all of her writings. Additionally, it contains over 300 photographs,...
Dates:
1930 - 2017
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Olivia Stokes Hatch papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M86
Abstract
The Olivia Stokes Hatch papers reveal the relief work of women during the early 20th century, as well as family relationships, largely illustrated through extensive family correspondence. Olivia Stokes Hatch (1908-1983) was born in New Haven, CT and attended Bryn Mawr College from 1925 to 1930. Prior to her marriage she was very active with the American Red Cross and American Conferences of Social Work. In 1939, Olivia Phelps Stokes married John Davis Hatch, Jr. an art collector, consultant,...
Dates:
1859 - 1993
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
M. Carey Thomas Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-RG-1DD2
Scope and Contents
M. Carey Thomas was the first Dean and second President—a title she held for twenty-eight years—of Bryn Mawr College. Thomas’s professional and personal lives were both deeply connected to the College, and she is one of the chief architects of the college post-1894, when she began her tenure as President. Even after her retirement, Thomas continued to live on campus in the home she and her life partner Mary Garrett built, The Deanery. Although Thomas was a proponent of women’s education and...
Dates:
1853 - 1940
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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
Katharine Elizabeth McBride papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-RG1-DD4
Abstract
The papers of Katharine Elizabeth McBride contain the office files and correspondence and some personal files of Katharine Elizabeth McBride who was president of Bryn Mawr College from 1942 to 1970.
Dates:
1942 - 1976
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
