College graduates -- Employment -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gertrude Gilmore Lafore letters received
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-011
Abstract
Gertrude Gilmore Lafore (1905-1993) was an alumna of Swarthmore College and a nursery school teacher based in Moylan, Pa. The bulk of the Gertrude Gilmore Lafore letters received date from 1928 to 1933 and are personal in nature, although there are also letters relating to her education, employment, and finances. There are a few letters from later years, and a couple photographs.
Dates:
circa 1890-1944; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933
Swarthmore College Career Services records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-I002-A
Abstract
Although informal vocational lectures were offered on campus as early as 1916, it was not until 1938 that a formalized vocational guidance and job placement program was instituted at Swarthmore College. Initially, support was provided to male students through the Alumni Office and to female students through the Women's Student Government Association. The gender-segregated programs were later consolidated into a single Career Planning and Placement Office, today known as the Office of Career...
Dates:
1947 - 2017
