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Records of the Class of 1898, 1896-1958: a guide.
6C.1898

Summary Information

Repository
Wellesley College Archives
Title
Records of the Class of 1898
ID
6C.1898
Date [inclusive]
1896-1958
Extent
3.2 Linear feet ; 3 file boxes, 2 oversize boxes
Language
English

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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 1898; dating from 1896 to 1958; 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

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Box Folder

Students: General 

1

Students: Programs 

1

Mary Belle Charlton: Class outlines 

1

Mary Belle Charlton: Required course books 

Oversize 2

Alice Woolley Childs: Notebook 

1

Bessie Ellen Fisher: Required course books 

Oversize 2

Katherine B. Gates: Selections: from many sources and on many themes recorded in her notebooks 

3

Mary Olive Malone: Student paper, correspondence, invitation (includes a June 16, 1896 letter from W. L. Claflin to "Bessie," and a Frebruary 16, 1897 letter from Sophie Jewett to Mary Olive Malone) 1896, 1897 

1

Sarah Pamelia Taylor: Photo album 

3

Alice Bosworth Tuxbury: Required course books 

Oversize 2

Mabel Minerva Young: Required course books 

Oversize 2

Alumnae: General 

1

Alumnae: Individuals 

1

Alumnae: Reunions 

2

Alumnae: Reunion programs 

2

Recod Book 1908 

2

Record Book 1913 

2

Record Book 

2

Record Book 1919, 1923 

2

Record Book 1923 

2

Record Book 1923 

2

Record Book 1926 

2

Record Book 1928 

3

Record Book 1933, 1938 

3

Record Book, Directory (1942) 1942, 1948 

3

Record Book, Supplement (1948) 1948 

3

Directory 1953, 1958 

3

Scrapbook of Alumnae Quarterly clippings about the class of 1898 1918-1945, except Oct. 1931-Dec.1935 

Oversize 1

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