Origins and Governance Collection 1834-present

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Origins and Governance Collection 1834-present

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The Origins and Governance Collection brings together materials concerning the creation and administration of Mount Holyoke College, an institution for the higher education of women that was founded by Mary Lyon, granted a charter as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, and opened in 1837. Materials date from 1834 to the present and include a ledger notebook, charters, acts, regulations, minutes, planning documents, publications, speeches, questionnaires, drawings, and photographs.

9 boxes; (3.12 linear ft.)

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6322082

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Mount Holyoke College. Fact-Finding Committee on Coeducation.

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Mount Holyoke College. Committee of Ten.

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Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...

Mount Holyoke College. Ad Hoc Committee on Communications and Decision-Making.

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Mount Holyoke College. Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the College.

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Mount Holyoke College. Danforth Workshop Committee.

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Mount Holyoke College. Board of Trustees.

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Members of the Mount Holyoke College Board of Trustees are responsible for overseeing the institution's finances, admissions policies, academic affairs, student life, development, and physical plant. Board members also play a role in the selection of presidents of the College and honorary degree recipients. The Board was established in 1836 and originally consisted of several benevolent gentlemen who helped Mary Lyon plan a school for the higher education of women that would its own property and...

Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was chartered in 1836; it was reincorporated as Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and as Mount Holyoke College in 1893. From the description of Catalogue, 1862. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007161 ...

Mount Holyoke College. College Planning Task Force.

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Mount Holyoke College. Committee of Four.

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Mount Holyoke College. Strategic Planning Task Force.

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