Records, 1895-1955 (inclusive).

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Records, 1895-1955 (inclusive).

Letters and other papers relating to the early history of Radcliffe Library include: photocopy of letter from Justin Winsor, Librarian of Harvard College, with a plan of the Radcliffe tables in the Harvard Library, 1895; fundraising speech by Charlotte Adams '06, and address at the opening of the Library in 1908 by John Shaw Billings.

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Harvard university library

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The University Library consists of all the collections of books in the possession of the University. It originated in 1638 with books left to the college by John Harvard. The library system currently consists of over 100 separate facilities, ranging from very small specialized collections to Widener Library, with its 5 million volumes. Each of the faculties within the University maintains one or more libraries serving its special constituency. The largest unit is the Harvard College Library (inc...

Radcliffe College. Library.

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Radcliffe College Library, partially funded by Andrew Carnegie, was designed by Winslow and Bigelow and built in 1908. Prior to this time, the Library had been housed at 6 Appian Way, then in Fay House (1885-1901) and later in Gilman House (1901-1908). In 1966 the Library was transferred to Hilles Library at the Radcliffe Quadrangle and since 1971 has been managed by Harvard University. From the description of Records, 1895-1955 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122372924 ...

Coes, Mary, 1861-1913.

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College administrator. Educated at Radcliffe, A.B. 1887; A.M. 1897. She was appointed Assistant Secretary at Radcliffe in 1890, Secretary 1894, Acting Dean 1909, and Dean 1910-1913. She was Secretary to the Council 1903, permanent associate 1904, and member of Council, 1906. Served as President of the Alumnae Association from 1905 to 1906. From the description of Papers of Mary Coes, 1880-1958 (inclusive), 1880-1913 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006472 ...

Radcliffe College. Class of 1906

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Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...

Adams, Charlotte H. (Charlotte Hannah), 1873-

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Collord, Martha Fiske, d.1908.

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Farley, Caroline.

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Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

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U. S. Army surgeon and founder of the Army Medical Library. From the description of John Shaw Billings letters, 1891, Apr. 13 and May 13, New York City, to W.R. Benjamin. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992422 1860. Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with A.B., M.A. From the description of General correspondence June 1862-Oct. 1901 [microform]. (Alma Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7883610 The Adjutant General of the Army had re...