- Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Historical Note
- Scope and Contents
- Administrative Information
- Collection Inventory
- List of Contents
- Wellesley College Archives
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Records of the Class of 1889, 1885-1957: a guide.
6C.1889
Summary Information
- Repository
- Wellesley College Archives
- Title
- Records of the Class of 1889, 1885-1957
- Date
- 1885-1957
- ID
- 6C.1889
- Extent
- 6.5 Linear feet; 6 file boxes, 1 half file box, 4 oversize boxes
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 1889; dating from 1885 to 1957; consisting of correspondence, clippings, invitations, notebooks, photograph albums, programs, course requirement books, scrapbooks, class history, record books, songs and other memorabilia, correspondence (1886-87) of Phillips Brooks, honorary member of the class, and letters home of Alice L. Brewster from Wellesley (1885-89), and Directions for Special Exercises in the Wellesley College Gymnasium, by Lucile Eaton Hill.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Wellesley College Archives
Collection Inventory
List of Contents | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Students: General | 1 | |||
Correspondence: Phillips Brooks (1886-1887); ; Corespondence: Minnie Goodwin to Ruth Shield (1885); In Memoriam: Alice Elizbeth Waterman (1888) 1885, 1886-1887, 1888 | 1 | |||
Chronicles of '89 (2 copies) 1889 | 1 | |||
Chronicles of '89 1889 | 1 | |||
Abbott, Ruth: Memorabilia; Letters | 1 | |||
Abbott, Ruth: Account book; Directions for Special Exercises in the Wellesley College Gymnasium, by Lucile Eaton Hill; College Regulations; Course Requirement Book; Examination Cards | 1 | |||
Bean, Mary L.: Scrapbook 1886-1949 | 2 | |||
Brewster, Alice L.: Letters Sept. 1885-June 1886 | 2 | |||
Brewster, Alice L.: Letters Sept. 1886-June 1887 | 2 | |||
Brewster, Alice L.: Letters Sept. 1887 - Jan. 1888 | 2 | |||
Brewster, Alice L.: Letters Feb-Jun. 1888 | 2 | |||
Brewster, Alice L.: Letters Oct. 1888-Mar. 1889 | 2 | |||
Hoyt, Dr. Mary Osborn: photograph album | Oversize 2 | |||
Hutchinson, Maud: Scrapbook 1888-1889 | 3 | |||
Leffingwell, Lucia D.: Biographical information; Catalog; Photographs of portraits | 3 | |||
Sherwin, Eleanor: Course requirement book | 3 | |||
Soule, Florence: Legenda-covered scrapbook 1885-1888 | 3 | |||
Soule, Florence: Legenda-covered scrapbook 1889-1891 | 4 | |||
Soule, Florence: Photographs 1889 | 4 | |||
Soule, Florence: photograph album | Oversize 3 | |||
Alumnae: General: A Memorial (Ellen Scott Davison 1921); Dedication of the Gamble Window (1939) 1921, 1939 | 4 | |||
Alumnae: Bertha Jones: Scrapbook of holiday card designs | Oversize 4 | |||
Alumnae: Bertha Jones: Valentines designs | Oversize 4 | |||
Class Letters 1889, 1891, 1892 | 4 | |||
Class Letters 1893 | 4 | |||
Class Letters 1894 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1895, 1896 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1897, 1898 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1899, 1900 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1901, 1902 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1903, 1904 | 5 | |||
Class Letters 1905, 1908 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1909, 1914 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1915-1921 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1922-1931 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1932-1937 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1937-1940 | 6 | |||
Class Letters 1941-1944 | 7 | |||
Class Letters 1945-1950 | 7 | |||
Class Letters 1951-1954 | 7 | |||
Reunion Reports 1890, 1892, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1919, 1940 | 7 | |||
Class of 1889 photograph album | Oversize 1 | |||
Photograph album | ||||
Topical Song for '89 by Florence Soule | ||||