Mary Patterson Routt papers 1776-1983 1905-1983

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Mary Patterson Routt papers 1776-1983 1905-1983

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Mary Patterson Routt was one of the original signers of the founding articles for Scripps College and served on the college's first board of trustees from 1926 to 1965. She was also one of the first female Washington correspondents and had a nationally syndicated column from 1933 to 1945. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, and newspaper clippings related to her private life and to her career as a Washington correspondent. Also included in the collection are Board of Trustees' reports for Scripps College from 1976 to 1983. The materials in the collection range from 1776 to 1983 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1905 to 1983.

4.75 linear feet; (8 manuscript boxes and two oversize boxes)

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Claremont Colleges. Library. Ella Strong Denison Library.

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Scripps College

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Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1926, it had an enrollment of 1,109 students as of 2019. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges and is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum and historic campus. Scripps is an undergraduate institution with an emphasis in the humanities and in interdisciplinary education. It is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the Western United States, and is consistentl...

Routt, Mary Patterson, 1888-1986

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Biography / Administrative History Mary Patterson Routt was a founding trustee of Scripps College as well as one of the first female members of the White House press corps. She was born on May 13, 1888 in Mitchellville, Iowa, a small farming community. The only child of Burton Robert Patterson, a grain broker, and his wife, Ida Patterson, it was always understood that she was expected to attend college; as a child, her mother had sent in an a...