Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914
Variant namesAgnes Irwin was dean of Radcliffe College from 1894-1909.
From the description of Letters, 1875, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007310
Agnes Irwin, school and college administrator, descendent of Benjamin Franklin, was born and educated in Washington, D.C. After teaching in New York, she became principal of the Penn Square Seminary, later the Agnes Irwin School in Philadelphia (1869-1894). Appointed Dean of Radcliffe College in 1894, she maintained excellent relations with Harvard, improved opportunities for graduate study, and oversaw the physical expansion of the college. She was president of the Woman's Education Association (1901-1907) and of the Headmistresses' Association of Private Schools (1911-1914). She received honorary degrees from Western University of Pennsylvania, St. Andrew's University, Scotland (1906), and the University of Pennsylvania.
From the description of Papers, 1894-1949 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007399
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| referencedIn | Saturday Morning Club (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1871-1983 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Gilman, Arthur, 1837-1909. Scrapbook, 1876-1914 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Additional papers, ca. 1870-1922. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934. Records of the President of Radcliffe College, 1903-1925 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914. Letters to Agnes Repplier, 1886-1894. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College governing boards records, 1878-1999 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Charles Eliot Norton papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. Papers, 1884-1959 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | John Chipman Gray correspondence | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Governing Board Records, 1878-1999 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Nichols-Shurtleff family. Papers, 1780-1953, (bulk: 1850-1940) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Wister, A. L. (Annis Lee), 1830-1908. Letter, 1908 September 11, Lindenshade, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, to Barrett Wendell [manuscript]. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College autograph collection, 1705-1946 (inclusive), 1881-1946 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Saturday Morning Club (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1871-1983 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Briggs, Elizabeth, 1863-1937. Papers of Elizabeth Briggs, 1883-1937 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | McCleary, Helen C. Radcliffe College yearbook of Helen C. McCleary, 1901. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Church, Blanche Bonnelle, 1882-1969. Papers, 1899-1905 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. Records of Radcliffe College President Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, 1879-1978 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records of the President of Radcliffe College | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of the Hamilton family, 1818-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College. Office of the Dean. Records of the Office of the Dean, 1894-1977 (inclusive), | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Curtis family. Papers, 1797-1991 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Warren, Arthur, 1860-1924. Letters received, 1884-1920. | Boston Athenaeum | |
| referencedIn | Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Papers, 1906-1909 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records of Radcliffe College President Ada Louise Comstock, 1923-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914. Letters, 1875, n.d. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College Archives biography files, 1855-2007 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Thomas Wentworth Higginson correspondence | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914. Papers, 1894-1949 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Office of the Dean, 1894-1965 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Paine, Elsie Miriam. Additional papers, 1900-1948 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers of Julia Ward Howe, 1858-1908. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Paine, Elsie Miriam. Papers of Elsie Miriam Paine, 1904-1972 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Nichols-Shurtleff family. Papers, 1780-1953, (bulk: 1850-1940) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, 1834-1959 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914. Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1879-[1886], n.d. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers and correspondence, 1884-1959 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of the Hamilton family, 1818-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Norton family. Letters received by the Norton family, 1830-1920 | Houghton Library |
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