Papers, 1919-1993

Young Women's Christian Association (Cambridge, Mass.)

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In June 1891, members of the Cambridgeport branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union established the YWCA in Cambridge "to promote the temporal, moral, and religious welfare of the young women of Cambridge." The organization received its charter and was incorporated in February 1892. The YWCA's first concern was to provide inexpensive, safe accommodation for women who were newly employed, strangers, or transients. This was achieved by the purchase, in 1897, of t...

People's Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.)

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The People's Theatre was founded in 1964 by Ruth Elder, formerly a professor of speech and drama at Tufts University. One of the most noted features of the company was its dedication to multiracial casting, a policy that was established by Elder and adopted by her successors, Chris Connaire (1967-1980) and June Judson (1980-1982). When it closed in 1982, the People's Theatre was the oldest continuously operating small theatre in the Boston area. From the description of Records, 1964...

Bundesschule für Körperbildung und rhythmische Erziehung (Essen, Germany)

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Gerson, Tove Gertrud Mueller, 1902-1998

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Tove Gertrud (Müller) Gerson, émigré social activist, YWCA administrator, gymnastics teacher, and physical therapist, was born on September 18, 1902, in Munich, Germany, the daughter of Ellen (Dyhr) and Albert Müller. She attended a private elementary school in the village of Dachau, and went on to the Humanistisches und Realgymnasium in Munich, graduating in 1919. After spending a year in Denmark with her mother(s family, Gerson took courses at a business school, worked as a bank ...

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders), 1906-1988

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Born in Wilmington, Delaware. Brown University Class of 1928. Professor of English at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1943 to 1966. Married Esther Elizabeth James. Brother Louis Lorenzo Redding was Brown Class of 1923; sister C. Gwendolyn Redding was Pembroke Class of 1923. Children: Conway Holmes Redding and Lewis A. Redding (both attended Brown University). At different times was Professor of American History at Georgetown University; Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Hum...

Trippers (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Kilson, Marion, 1936-....

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Jacobs, Dore

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Dickinson, Lenore M.

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Boston University-Students

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