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Bryn Mawr College

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Henrietta Cozens papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M3
Abstract 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

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

Deanery Files, Bryn Mawr College

 Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: BMC-M129
Abstract

The Deanery was the home of the first Dean and second President of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas, from 1885 to 1933. From 1933 until 1968, when the building was demolished for the construction of Canaday Library, the building served as the college's Alumnae Center and Inn. The collection is comprised primarily of Deanery records, mostly inventories of the building, and the files of Carol Campbell, Curator of Art and Artifacts in Bryn Mawr College's Special Collections

Dates: 1917 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1991
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Friends Freedmen's Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-024
Abstract Friends' Freedmen's Association was an organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded in 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freemen. Its purpose was to provide relief and education to formerly enslaved people during and after the Civil War. The name was changed circa 1873. From 1947-1955 the Association supported black students in schools and summer work camps. From 1955-1970 the income from investments was used to provide grants for...
Dates: 1863-1982

Haverford College student newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: HCL-003-003
Abstract

This collection contains issues of Haverford College's official student newspapers that were published between 1909 and 2021. For some years during that time, the newspapers were published in collaboration with Bryn Mawr College students.

Dates: 1909-2021

Judith Kate Haywood Jacoby papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC.M96
Abstract Judith Kate Haywood (later Jacoby) (1934-1997) graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1955 with an AB in economics. Judith was chairwoman of the college’s Chapel Committee (1953-1954) and president of the Bryn Mawr League (1954-1955). Just before Judith entered college, she toured Europe. During her college years and after, she continued to pursue her passion for travel by taking trips to Mexico, Alaska, and other parts of North and South America. After graduating from Bryn Mawr,...
Dates: 1951 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1955
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

Marcelle Parde materials

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1976-20
Abstract

Marcelle Parde (1891-1945) was a Bryn Mawr College French professor and leader of a French Resistance unit in WWII. This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and official documents.

Dates: 1919 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Marion Edwards Park papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-RG1-DD3
Abstract Marion Edwards Park (1975-1960) graduated Bryn Mawr College in 1898. After continuing her studies at the University of Chicago, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Colorado College, and Johns Hopkins University, she earned her PhD in classics from Bryn Mawr College in 1918. As president of Bryn Mawr College (1922-1942), she significantly increased enrollment, broadened the curriculum, and expanded cooperation with Haverford, Swarthmore, and the University of Pennsylvania. The...
Dates: 1922 - 1942
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Lily Ross Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-05
Abstract

Lily Ross Taylor was Professor of Latin and Dean at Bryn Mawr College, Director of the American Academy in Rome, and a renowned Classicist. Her papers include lecture notes, correspondence, and personal memorabilia.

Dates: 1886 - 1969
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

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