Bryn Mawr College
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dorothy Burr Thompson diaries and papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-2010-14
Overview
Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900 – 2001) was a prominent archaeologist who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1923. She specialized in Greek terracotta. Burr Thompson and her husband, Homer A. Thompson, were both heavily involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The collection includes her diaries, personal correspondence, and professional papers. It also includes contains both personal and research related photographs and postcards.
Dates:
1912 - 1991
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
James Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1218
Abstract
James Wood (1839-1925) was “interested in education, philanthropy, in the various branches of agriculture, in archaeology, history, Indian lore, anthropology, science, in prison reform and above all, in the Bible and religion,” (ABS, 2). He was also a business man, serving as President of the Genesee Salt Company in Piffard, New York. The James Wood papers are divided into twelve series: “Biographical Material:” “Agriculture;” Business and Financial Material;” “Collected Quaker Material;”...
Dates:
Bulk, 1865-1921 1865-1964; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1921
Andrew H. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M78
Overview
Andrew H. Woods (1872 – 1956) became vice president of Canton College in Guangzhou, China in 1899. He maintained his association with Canton Christian College throughout the Boxer Rebellion, or Yihetuan Movement, and the end of the Qing dynasty. Woods moved back and forth between China and the United States with his wife, Fanny Sinclair, who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1901. In 1929, the couple and their children settled in Iowa. In Iowa, Woods worked as a professor and practitioner of...
Dates:
1885 - 1956
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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- Bryn Mawr (Pa.) 2
- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- financial records 2
- notebooks 2
- postcards 2
- Agriculture 1
- Archaeological expeditions 1
- Archaeology 1
- Archaeology and history 1
- Bedford (Westchester County, N.Y.) 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
- Classical Antiquities 1
- Drawing 1
- Excavations (Archaeology) 1
- Greece 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Iowa 1
- Itineraries 1
- Mental health 1
- Missionaries 1
- Mount Kisco (N.Y.) 1
- Neurology 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Psychology 1
- Quakers 1
- Religion 1
- Sheep 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
- awards 1
- bookkeeping records 1
- business records 1
- genealogical tables 1
- lecture notes 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- minutes (administrative records) 1
- notes 1
- pamphlets 1
- photograph albums 1
- publications (documents) 1
- sketches 1
- trade catalogs 1
- travel photography 1 + ∧ less
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