Inventory to the Records of the Dean of Douglass College (Group I) 1887-1973

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Inventory to the Records of the Dean of Douglass College (Group I) 1887-1973

The history of Douglass College, formerly the New Jersey College for Women, as a coordinate college of Rutgers University, is thoroughly documented in the records of the Dean of the College. These records, dating from 1887, include correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes, annual reports, and other records from the administrations of Mabel Smith Douglass (1918-1933), Albert E. Meder, Jr, (acting dean, 1932-1934), Margaret T. Corwin (1934-1955), Mary I. Bunting (1955-1960), Ruth M. Adams (1960-1966), and Margery Somers Foster (1967-1975).

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The office of the Dean of Douglass College has been in existence since the founding of the college as New Jersey College for Women (N.J.C.) in 1918. The first dean was Mabel Smith Douglass, she was followed by Albert E. Meder Jr., Magaret T. Corwin, Mary I. Bunting, Ruth M. Adams, Margey Somers Foster and Jewel Plumer Cobb. The functions of the Dean of Douglass College have changed throughout the years. Prior to the mid 1960's, the Dean as the chief administrative office...

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