Bryn Mawr College
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Phyllis Pray Bober papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2004-08
Overview
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
Henrietta Cozens papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M3
Overview
Henrietta Cozens (fl. 1900-1930s) was a horticulturalist and a friend of the artists Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (1872-1954), Violet Oakley (1874-1961), and Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935). In 1902, the three artists held their first group exhibition at the Plastic Club, a professional organization for women artists on Camac Street in Philadelphia. After their experience renting studio space at Bryn Mawr College to escape the summer heat of the city, they decided in 1902 to lease the...
Dates:
1889 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1938
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Georgiana Goddard King papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-15
Overview
Georgiana Goddard King was a professor of art history at Bryn Mawr College. The collection consists of handwritten notes on art subjects, correspondence, and publications.
Dates:
1874 - 1939
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M50
Overview
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
Anne Truitt Papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC.M109
Overview
Anne Dean Truitt (1921-2004,) BMC 1943, was an artist and writer. Truitt's formal training as an artist began in 1948 when she studied sculpture at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Washington D. C. In the early 1960s Truitt began to develop what would become her signature style, applying layer upon layer of paint to hollow wooden structures. In the aftermath of two retrospective shows in the mid-1970s, Truitt began keeping detailed journals documenting the details of her life, her...
Dates:
1945 - 1997
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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