Records of the Class of 1896, 1892-1976: a guide.
6C.1896

Summary Information

Repository: Wellesley College Archives
Title: Records of the Class of 1896
ID: 6C.1896
Date [inclusive]: 1892-1976
Extent: 4.5 Linear feet ; 2 file boxes, 1 half file box, 3 oversize boxes
Language: English

Historical Note

Wellesley College, first named The Wellesley Female Seminary, was founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant. In 1875, 314 students enrolled as part of the first class. 18 of those women graduated in 1879.

Scope and Contents

Records of the Class of 1896; dating from 1892 to 1976; consisting of correspondence, class histories, clippings, class constitution, minutes, notebooks, oars, photographs, photograph albums, programs, poetry and scrapbooks; concerning class meetings and the social and academic activities of members of the class as undergraduates, and information on reunions, careers and activities of members of the class as alumnae.

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Wellesley College Archives

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Collection Inventory

List of Contents
	Box	Folder
Students: general 1892-1896	1
Students: course completion books: Grace B. Townsend, Helen F. Cooke	1
Students: course completion books: Grace E. Morgan, Ima M. Chipmans; loose cards from Clara B. Foster's course completion book	1
Class Book 1896	1
Alumnae: general undated, 1897-1976	1
Alumnae: Gertrude Carter: book of verses 1897-1904	2
Alumnae: Isabella Fiske Conant; letter from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1916-1944, 1942	1
Annuals 1897-1908	3
Annuals, Biennials 1909-1912, 1915; 1913, 1916	3
Biennials 1918, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1933	3
Year Books 1937, 1942, 1946, 1951, 1956	3
Agnes Caldwell: Scrapbook	Oversize 3
Abby Wilson Demarst: Photo Album	Oversize 1
Alice Downing: scrapbook	Oversize 2
Alice Schouler: scrapbook	Oversize 2
Grace B. Townsend: class admission cards for graduate work at Wellesley; biographical materials	1
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