Papers of Anna Boynton Thompson, 1842-1960 (inclusive), 1862-1935 (bulk)

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Papers of Anna Boynton Thompson, 1842-1960 (inclusive), 1862-1935 (bulk)

1842-1960

Correspondence, diaries, etc., of Anna Boynton Thompson, history teacher at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass., and her mother Harriot Boynton (Sawyer).

.42 linear feet ((1 file box) plus 1 photograph folder)

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Holman, Anna Eveleth, 1892-1969

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Anna Eveleth Holman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1914. A science teacher, she was an active alumna, and was editor of the Radcliffe Quarterly (1942-1952, 1954-1964). From the description of Papers, 1893-1967 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009408 Science teacher (Radcliffe, A.B., 1914; Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M., 1928), Holman was head (April 1919-May 1920) of the Radcliffe Unit in France established by the Radcliffe Alumnae ...

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Anna Boynton Thompson, 1848-1923

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Anna Boynton Thompson, teacher and student of philosopy, was born on September 10, 1948 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Harriot Boynton (Sawyer) and William A. Thompson. Her earliest years were spent in Iowa and Illinois. Following the accidental death of her father, the family returned East. Her mother ran a boarding house in Boston for school teachers while ABT and her sister Mary Frances attended Boston Girls High School. They were sent by their mother to study in Europe (187...

Channing, Edward, 1856-1931

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Channing (Harvard, A.B. 1878) taught history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Edward Channing, 1893-1931 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069347 ...

Harriot Boynton Thompson, -1900

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Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943

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Albert Bushnell Hart (1854-1943), American historian, writer, and editor, taught history and government at Harvard University and Radcliffe College from 1883 to 1926. Hart was born on July 1, 1854 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania to physician Albert Gaillard Hart and Mary Crosby Hornell Hart. He had a brother, Hastings Hornell Hart, and two sisters, Helen Marcia Hart and Jeannette M. Hart. The family moved to Ohio in 1860, eventually settling in Cleveland, where Hart graduated from West High Sc...

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Loring, Katharine P., 1849-1943

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Thompson, Anna Boynton, 1848-1923.

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Anna Boynton Thompson was born in 1848 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Harriot Boynton (Sawyer) and William A. Thompson. She attended Radcliffe College between 1884 and 1902, receiving her A.B. in 1898 and her A.M. in 1899. Anna Boynton Thompson was a teacher of Greek and history at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts, until her retirement in 1920. Her book, Unity in Fichte's System, was published in 1895 in the Radcliffe College Monograph Series. She, her sister Mary Frances Thompson...

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Thompson, Harriot Boynton, d. 1900.

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