Ruth S. Rafferty Papers, ca.1909-1926.

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Ruth S. Rafferty Papers, ca.1909-1926.

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Rafferty, Ruth Sherburne, 1892-1926; Student, summer camp counselor, and high school English teacher. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1915. Papers contain correspondence, a journal, essays and other writings (including her illustrated verses in the style of Edward Lear's nonsense poems), a scrapbook, memorabilia, a biographical note, obituaries, and photographs. Materials primarily concern her academic and social activities as a Mount Holyoke College student, her experiences as a counselor at a summer camp, and her work as a high school English teacher in Hudson, New York. Her journal contains a detailed description of a high school trip to Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York in ca.1909.

1 box (5 linear in.)

Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Rafferty, Ruth Sherburne, 1892-1926.

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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...

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888

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