Schaper, Ethel, 1923-

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Ethel Gersch Adelson was born on May 10, 1923 in New York City to Charles Robert Adelson, a candy manufacturer, and Jane Levinson Adelson. She attended high school in New York City and Great Neck, New York. From February to June 1940 she attended the Art Student's League in New York City. She attended Mount Holyoke College from 1940 to 1944, graduating with a major in art and a minor in philosophy. She also attended a number of art schools during summers away from Mount Holyoke. On February 15, 1948 she married Armin Newton Schaper, an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and a Navy veteran, and moved with him to Harrison, NY. They had two children: Elizabeth Ann (MHC '74) and Douglas Barnard. Mr. and Mrs. Schaper operated the Schaper Collection, Antiques & Interiors in Rye, New York.

From the guide to the Schaper papers MS 0785., 1939-ca.1948, 1940-1944, (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Schaper papers MS 0785., 1939-ca.1948, 1940-1944 Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Schaper, Ethel, 1923-. Schaper papers, 1939-ca. 1948 (bulk 1940-1944). Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
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associatedWith Glesmann's Drugstore (South Hadley, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Glesman's Drugstore (South Hadley, Mass.) - Pictorial works. corporateBody
associatedWith Mount Holyoke College corporateBody
associatedWith Mount Holyoke College - Students. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts--South Hadley
United States
Massachusetts
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African American college students
African American college students
Clothing and dress
College students
College students
College students
College students
Dating (Social customs)
Hazing
Hazing
Mountain Day
Mountain Day
Mountain Day - 1940
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Student activities
Student activities
Student volunteers in social service
Women college students
Women college students
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1923

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