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Records of the Class of 1899, 1898-1954: a guide.
6C.1899

Summary Information

Repository
Wellesley College Archives
Title
Records of the Class of 1899
ID
6C.1899
Date [inclusive]
1896-1954
Extent
13.5 Linear feet ; 17 file boxes, 3 half file boxes, 4 oversize
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 1899; dating from 1896 to 1954; consisting of invitations, clippings, correspondence, histories, constitutions, minutes, photo albums, gavel; concerning class activities as students and alumnae, reunions, and individual members of the class.

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Wellesley College Archives

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Collection Inventory

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Box Folder

Students: General 

1

Alumnae: Individuals: A-M 

1

Alumnae: Individuals: N-Z 

1

Alumnae: Class constitution, class records 1909-1954 

1

Alumnae: Class letters, songs 

1

Alumnae: Reunions 

1

Record Book 1916 

2

Record Book 1924 

2

Record Book 1929 

2

Record Book 1936, 1943 

2

Record Book 1949 

2

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Oct.-Dec. 1895 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Feb. 1985-Jun. 1986 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Sept.-Nov. 1896 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Nov. 1896-Feb. 1897 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Mar.-May 1897 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Oct. 1897-Jan. 1898 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Jan.-Jun. 1898 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Oct.-Dec. 1898 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Dec. 1898-Feb. 1899 

3

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Feb.-Mar. 1899 

4

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Jun. 1899 

4

Mabel L. Bishop: Letters home Mar.-Jun. 1899 

4

Mabel L. Bishop: Transcripts of Letters Home 1895-1899 

4

Lucie C. Briggs: Photo album 

Oversize 4

Zulema Cook: Photo album; Class of 1899 gavel 

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Mary B. Gilson Papers: General 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General biographical information, inc. resumes 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters of introduction 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Family genealogy; photocopy of letter to Thomas C. Pollock, Mary Gilson's grandfather 1842; honorary degree presentation speeches 1842 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letter to Mrs. Giloon from Mrs. Maxwell1890; Correspondence with family (From Mary, and Agnes and Helen, her sisters, to their parents) 1890, 1895-Sept. 1897 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family Oct.-Dec. 1897 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family Jan.-Apr. 1898 

5

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family (misc. letters) May-Nov. 1898 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family Jan.-Mar. 1899 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family (misc. letters) Apr.-Aug. 1899 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family 1900 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family 1902 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family 1903 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Homer B. Smith; "Riverside: June 15, 1898" a true story by Homer B. Smith 1898 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence with family from Boston Trade School 1910-1912 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters with drawings from Tony Sarg 1900-1905 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters with drawings from Tony Sarg 1905-1906 

6

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters with drawings from Tony Sarg 1907-1916 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Class of 1899: Mary B. Gilson and Alma Scipp Hay 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Alma Scipp Hay; Correspondence with Mary Hine 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Sophie Hart; Ellen Pendleton; Vida Scudder; Mary Shackford 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Margaret Sherwood 1910-1952 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Ida Tarbell; Correspondence re Fodor controversy 1933-1939 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from English friends (some early ones re her work on unemployment insurance - later ones re the war) 1923-1940 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from English friends 1940-1961 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Rebecca West (Cicily Andrews); clippings of reviews of her books and her articles on Africa and US 1953-1964 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from Letitia Fairfield (Rebecca West's sister) 

7

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters from professionals re her work in employment management 1910-1919 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Letters re Dr. Wallace re malpractice; article on doctors 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General letters 1920-1929 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence and reports re MBG's work as management consultant to Lockwood, Greene and Co. 1919-1924 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Corresondence re possible study for PhD (mainly with Harvard) 1924 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Corresondence with the Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government re applying to their program 1924 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General letters 1930-1939 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General letters 1940-Sept. 1946 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General letters Oct. 1946-1949 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Correspondence re speaking engagements (WWII) 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General letters; letter by Jeanette M. Elder re Mary Gilson Tutorial Fund 1950-1965 

8

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: letters re civil rights, Fascism, etc. in Canada; information (Fr and Eng) for Women's vote 1938, 1937 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: notes, clippings, some publication and letters re Catholic Church's reaction to communism, Fascism, Nazism (also deals w/ Spanish church) 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: newspaper clippings re the conditions, esp. in Fr Cnanadaa, which promote Fascist beliefs 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: Pro-Fascist materials 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: Anti-Fascist materials 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: French Canadian Fascist newspapers; "The Key to the Mystery", Canadian Fascist newspaper 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Canadian Fascism: Notes on Fascism in French Canada 1938 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Discharge of Industrial Employers: letters, notes, publications 

9

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Discharge of Industrial Employers: Publications 1 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Discharge of Industrial Employers: Publications 2 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Education: two articles on Education; speech on education (1942); notes on Noyes School of Rhythm 1942 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Education: Publications re education 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Education: Publications re education 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Finland: Notes 1935 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Finland: Notes, newspaper clippings, articles, pamphlet; letter from MP Kyllikki Polyala; newspaper interviews of Mary Gilson; photographs and postcards undated, 1935 

10

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: Letters to her mother and Agnes, her sister; letters from various people, many re her attack of appendicitis 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: Reports on the Hawaiian planations 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: Letters to University of Hawaii; Beyer Questionaire; postcards and photos 1924-1925 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: "The Peoples of Hawaii"; "Investigation of Labor Conditions and Employment of Filipines in Hawaii"; pictures of plantations with descriptions 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: First draft of Mary B. Gilson's article on Hawaiian sugar planation labor conditions 1926 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Hawaii: Fourth copy (incomplete) "Handbook for the Survey of Industrial Relations in the Hawaiian Sugar Industry Undertaken for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association" 1925 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Mexico: Newspaper and magazine articles about; printed information from National campaign for the animals; letters from Marion Storm; phtotocopy of two inscriptions to Mary Gilson by Marian Storm in her books; postcard of a Mexican Indian 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Mexico: Booklets on Mexico (1) 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Mexico: Booklets on Mexico (2) 

11

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Materials from pre-Nazi Germany, including an essay, "Faschings Montag at Mainz"; Newspaper articles re Pro-Nazi lecture at University of Chicago; notes on Nazi Germany; confidential document from Professor Hatagn of Helsinki University; pictures and negatives from 1932 trip to Germany 1932, 1933, 1935 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Examples of Nazi propaganda; two newspapers from Germany 1932 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Newspaper clippings and articles re Nazi Germany 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Magazine articles re Nazi Germany 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Correspondence with Wilhelm Holzman; letters from Edith Feiss, anonymous, Frieda Wunderlich re aspects of Nazi Germany 1933 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Articles and notes re the oppression of women in Nazi Germany 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Two copies of "The Resolute" Dec. 1933, Apr. 1934 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Two pro-Nazi books on Hitler 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Germany: Materials (mainly from the Chicago Committee for the Defense of Human Rights Against Naziism) against Nazi Germany; letter to Mary B. Gilson from the Committee re German anti-Nazi speaker at Madison Square Garden; copy of the Hour and The Fifth Column in Congress 

12

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): notes, publications, and clippings re Wartime Labour Relations c 1941 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Correspondence re search for wartime government job in Washington 1941-1943 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): General file on War Manpower Commission; Mary B. Gilson's sample personnel forms 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Correspondence with National War Labour Board and other War Manpower boards, commissions, etc. 1942-1943 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Correspondence with the office of war information re a trip to Britain as a consultant 1943-1944 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Wartime personnel and employment problems, especially in women 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Study for War Manpower Commission of Electric Boat Co.; reports for War Manpower Commission 1944 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Various studies for War Manpower Commissions (Bath Iron Works; New Departure Division, General Motors, Meriden; Fafnir Bearing Co.; Marlin Rockwell Co., Division of Standard Steel) 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Study for War Manpower Commission of New Departure Division, General Motors, Bristol, Connecticut 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Wartime Labour Relations (WWII): Various studies for War Manpower Commission (Veeder-Root, Inc.; Cushman Chuck Co.; Raytheon Co.; Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.; National Company; Monsanto Chemical Co.; New England Shipbuilding Corp.; Union Manufacturing Co.; New England Buck Co. ; McCallen Co.; Clifford Manufacturing Co; Walsh-Kaiser Shipyards; Independent Nail and Packing Co.; George O. Jenkins Co.) 

13

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Women: Publications re women 

14

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Women: article on college women "What's your BA to Industry?"; letters and notes re women in industry 

14

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Women: article re women in the world (especially industry) 

14

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Women: notes for speech on Women and War Work "Little Women, What Now?"; notes for speech on women in industry c 1942 

14

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Women: notes, articles, and clippings re women 

14

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Ch 1, Ch 19 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Ch 1-6 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Ch 7-10 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Ch 11-14 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Ch 15-19 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": Interviews with British citizens re unemployment insurance 1928-1929 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": letter from Paul Douglas re the book; press releases and reviews of the book; article on unemployment insurance 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: "Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain": letters from Ordway Tead of Harper's and Bros, the publisher; press releases and reviews; letters from admiring readers; notes re its republication value 1966 

15

Mary B. Gilson Papers: published works undated-1920 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: published works 1921-1930 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: published works 1933-1940 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: published works 1940-1967 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: unpublished works 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: unpublished works 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: unpublished works 1918-1944 

16

Mary B. Gilson Papers: unpublished works: two copies of "The Meda", a short story about Tony Sarg 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: magazine articles and publicity materials re Mary B. Gilson 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: newspaper clippings and articles about Mary Gilson 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes for articles (1) 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes for articles (2) 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes from first industrial conference; notes for Kature on Scienific Management 1919 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes and articles re Taylor for talk on Taylor and Scientific Management 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes from Boston Trade School; general notes for articles; brief biographies of people in labor relation work 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes on Duke -- Democracy in Theory and Practice 

17

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes on trade unions; on "Bosses and Bosses' Wives" 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: articles re industrial relations; notes and articles re management 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes and clippings on workers' hours and fatigue 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: notes for lecture re "Discipline in Industry" 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General notes, clippings, articles 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General notes (1) 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General notes (2) 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: General notes (3) 

18

Mary B. Gilson Papers: Notes for outside lectures 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: two notebooks and loose notes 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: general newspaper clippings 1935-1962 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: publications on management by Richard G. Feiss, Mary B.Gilson's employer from 1912-1924 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: publications from Mary B. Gilson's collection re Labour and Management undated-1932 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: publications from Mary B. Gilson's collection re Labour and Management 1932-1961 

19

Mary B. Gilson Papers: publications from Mary B. Gilson's collection with an artistic/literary slant 

20

Mary B. Gilson Papers: publications from Mary B. Gilson's collection re foreign affairs and segregation 

20

Mary B. Gilson Papers: War employment Management (WWI) 

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Mary B. Gilson Papers: photograph album 

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Mary B. Gilson Papers: Shakespeare society 

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Mary B. Gilson Papers: Nazi Germany 

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Mary B. Gilson Papers: Scrapbook 1895-1909 

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Mary B. GiIlson: Travel diaries undated, 1902, 1903, 1935-1936 

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Nettie Hill: Photo album 

2

Blanche Adeline Lincoln and Lilian Haskell Lincoln: Scrapbook 

1

Edna M. Sandersen: Class requirement book 1894-1897 

1

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