• Classification number: 1DD8
• Title of Record Series: Margaret Clapp Papers
• Record Group: College
• Sub Group: President's Papers
• Date: June 21, 1979
• Accession Number: A75-49, A 78-74, A73-41, A73-44
• Source: Lois Olds, Tyringham, MA 02164; Wendell Morgan; Information Services, President's Office Files
• Restrictions: None
• Volume: 9 Boxes & 1 Oversize Container

Papers of Margaret Clapp (1910-1974), alumna (Class of 1930) and 8th President of Wellesley College(1949-66); dating from 1924 to 1974; arranged alphabetically by subject, with research notes and honorary degrees following; compiled from President's Office Files, Information Services biographical files and files of publications, and personal papers on her work, writings and travel donated by Lois Olds (Margaret Clapp's sister) and others; consisting of articles, catalogues, clippings, constitution, correspondence, degrees, itineraries, note¬books, photographs, recommendations, record book, research notes, training manual; covering Lady Doak College (Madurai, India), the United States Information Service (US1S), talks given by Margaret Clapp to Alumnae Groups, Wellesley College audiences (including Chapel Talks), and at other schools, and universities, and research notes on the New Deal.

• Margaret Clapp (1910-1974): General
• Margaret Clapp: Biographical Information
• Articles about Margaret Clapp (1949-66)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1949)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1949-50)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1950-59)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1960-65)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1965-68)
• Clippings about Margaret Clapp (1974)
• Notebook of clippings about Margaret Clapp (1949)

• Notebook of clippings about Margaret Clapp (1949-50)
• Notebook of clippings about Margaret Clapp (1950-51)
• Notebook of clippings about Margaret Clapp (1951-52)
• Notebook of clippings about Margaret Clapp (1952-53)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (typescript) (1950-60) Includes Alumnae Council addresses (1950-60).
• Addresses: College Events (typescript) (1949-56) Includes inaugural address (March 17, 1950), Convocation addresses and Honors Day talks.
• Addresses: Schools & Universities (typescript) (1951-62)
• Addresses: Miscellaneous Audiences (typescript) (1950-66)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (1949-56)

• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (1957-59)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (1960-62)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (1963-65)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (undated)
• Addresses: Alumnae Groups (undated, some incomplete)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1949-51)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1952-53)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1954-55)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1956)

• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1957)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1958)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1959)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1960)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1961)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1962)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1963)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1964)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (1965-66)

• Addresses: Chapel Talks (undated)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (undated)
• Addresses: Chapel Talks (undated, some incomplete)
• Addresses: College Events: Folder I (includes draft and copies of inauguration address (March 17, 1950), presentation of new faculty, Oct. 1, 1949, Oct. 1958)
• Addresses: College Events: Folder II (includes Commencement speeches (1951, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1964), Convocation addresses (1949, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1964), Honors Convocations ("Some Problems and Possibilities for Educated Women" [n.d.] 1968)
• Addresses: College Events: Folder III (list enclosed) (1953-65)
• Addresses: Freshmen (undated, 1965, some incomplete)
• Addresses: Graduating Seniors (1950-65, undated) Includes Senior Breakfast and Senior Parents' Dinner talks.
• Addresses: India (Miscellaneous) (1966-67) Talks about American & Indian education and addresses to Indian students.

• Addresses: Miscellaneous (undated, 1950-65, 1968) Includes Jan. 25 [196?] draft of resignation announcement; talks to Trustees; Shop Club (1964¬1965); AAUW [1963?]
• Addresses: Miscellaneous (undated, some incomplete, some typescript versions) Includes "Problems of Academic Excellence in the Liberal Arts Colleges from the Point of View of a College President" and "Science -- An Element in Liberal Education."
• Addresses: Schools & Universities (undated, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1962-63, 1965,1966) Addresses: Schools &, Universities (1967, 1968) Addresses: Village Talks (undated, 1955) Articles by Margaret Clapp (1930-61)
• Correspondence between Margaret Clapp and Members of the Class of 1930 [includes letters from family and friends after her death] (1949-74)
• Correspondence between Margaret Clapp and Nathan Lesowitz re: his thesis (1948-49) (Gift of Nathan Lesowitz, May 8, 1978. Includes cover letter and xeroxed copies of correspondence)
• Correspondence & Tributes (Miscellaneous) (1964-74) Includes letters from various publishing houses, letter from Wellesley College Staff (1964) and Service of Remembrance at Lady Doak College, 1974.
• Consultative Committee for Christian College in India (U.S.) & National Board for Christian Higher Education in India (India): Folder I (includes correspondence, minutes, reports) (Aug. 1967-Jan. 1968)
• Consultative Committee for Christian Colleges in India (U.S.) & National Board of Christian Higher Education in India (India): Folder II (Includes correspondence, minutes, reports) (April 1968-May 1968)
• Danforth Trip to India, 1968: Correspondence & Itineraries (March 1967-Jan. 1968) Danforth Trip to India. 1968: Correspondence & Itineraries (Feb.1968-Apr.1968)

• Department of State: Board of Foreign Scholarships: Correspondence and Reports (Apr.1951-Mar 1954) [For list of abbreviations, see: Board of Foreign Scholarships: Correspondence and Reports (April 1954-74, 1976).]
• Department of State: Board of Foreign Scholarships: Correspondence and Reports (April 1954-74, 1976) Includes list of abbreviations. Lady Doak College: Correspondence about LDC prior to assuming Presidency of LDC. Includes information about Lady Doak College and faculty staff biographies. (1964-66)
• Lady Doak College: General (Includes transcript of Installation Ceremony as Principal of LDC, drafts of LDC Constitution, Notes, Report of First Impressions, Account of Taking Over as Principal of LDC.)
• Lady Doak College: General (September 1966-February 1967)
• Lady Doak College: General (March 1967-May 1967)
• Lady Doak College: General (June 1967 Aug. 1967) Includes Constitution of LDC, Correspondence, minutes, etc.
• Lady Doak College: Correspondence (Sept.-Oct. 1967) Includes printed letter to Dr. Dudley (Oct. 19, 1967); Handbook (1967-68)
• Lady Doak College: Correspondence (Oct. 1967-Feb. 1968)
• Lady Doak College: Correspondence (April 1968 Aug. 1969)
Lady Doak College Funds Corporation (LDCFC): By-Laws, Correspondence, Printed Information (1964-67)

• Lady Doak College Magazine (1966, 1967)
• Lady Doak College: Record book of Accounts & Living Expenses (Sept. 9, 1966 - Aug. 8, 1967)
• Memberships and Gifts (1957-66)
• Notes (Miscellaneous) (undated, 19[51?] to 1967) Includes notes on Chapel Talks drafts of letters to Palfrey Perkins.
• Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education: Printed Catalogue and Information (1960, n.d.)
• Sweet Briar College: Academic Affairs Committee (1967) Travel (Summer 1959, Summer 1962)
• United States Information Service (USIS): The American Review, (ed by Margaret Clapp as chief cultural officer (1969-71)
• USIS: Correspondence re: Appointment (February -April 1968)
• USIS: Correspondence, Recommendations, Reports (March 1968-Oct. 1971, undated) Includes list of abbreviations.
• USIS: The Delhi Training and Orientation Center for Foreign Technicians in India (Manual) [n.d.]
• USIS: Lectures and Talks (undated, 1968)

• Research Notes on New Deal Legislation (compiled 1946-47 by Margaret Clapp while working as research assistant for Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec. of the Treasury, 1934-45.)
• Research Notes on New Deal Legislation (compiled 1946-47 by Margaret Clapp while working as research assistant for Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec. of the Treasury, 1934-45.
• Research Notes on New Deal Legislation (compiled 1946-47 by Margaret Clapp while working as research assistant for Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec., of the Treasury, 1934-45.)
• Research Notes on New Deal Legislation (compiled 1946-47 by Margaret Clapp while working as research assistant for Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec. of the Treasury, 1934-45.)
• Honorary Degrees Awarded to Margaret Clapp:
Smith (1949)
Northeastern (1950)
Mt. Holyoke (1951)
Boston University (1954)
Union College, N.Y. (1955)
Brown University (1955)
Skidmore (1955)
Wheaton (1960)

Honorary Degree Awarded to Margaret Clapp: Columbia University (1956)