Thyra Jane Foster Papers, 1917-1984.

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Thyra Jane Foster Papers, 1917-1984.

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Foster, Thyra Jane Meyers, 1898-1984; Secondary school teacher, author, and archivist. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1921. Papers contain course records, a scrapbook, writings by Foster, correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information, and photographs primarily concerning her academic and social activities as a Mount Holyoke College student an alumna as well as her childhood and family members. Course records are for zoology and freshman English classes and the scrapbook contains photographs of Mount Holyoke students, faculty, and buildings. Includes her writings about the history of the Quaker religion and cards, notes, and photographs from a Mount Holyoke College classmate, Marion Kendall Parsons.

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Parsons, Marion Kendall, 1903-1967

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Foster, Thyra Jane, 1898-1984

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Thyra Jane Meyers Foster, a secondary school teacher, author, archivist and Mount Holyoke College graduate, was born on March 12, 1898 in West Branch, Iowa to Joseph E. Meyers, a dairy farmer, and Mary Meyers. She attended Westtown Preparatory School in Westtown, Pennsylvania and went to Mount Holyoke College from 1917-1921, graduating with a B.A. in chemistry and minors in zoology and physiology. She married Henry C. Foster, a farmer, on September 5, 1924 and had three children. She taught high...

Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...