Gertrude L. Didcoct Papers, 1890-1979 (1901-1905).

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Gertrude L. Didcoct Papers, 1890-1979 (1901-1905).

Didcoct, Gertrude Ruth Lukins, 1882-1979; Secondary school teacher and librarian. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1906 (affiliated with the Class of 1905). Papers contain correspondence, memorabilia, biographical information and photographs, primarily concerning her social life as a student at Mount Holyoke College from 1901-1905. Her letters include descriptions of faculty, traditions, her domestic work, clothing and expenses, and President Mary Emma Woolley. Also includes three letters from a cousin training with the United States Army in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

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Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947

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Mary Emma Woolley, college professor and President of Mount Holyoke College from 1901-1937, was born on July 13, 1863 in South Norwalk, Connecticut to Joseph Judah Woolley, a Congregational minister, and Mary August Ferris Woolley, a schoolteacher. She attended Mrs. Fannie Augur's school in Meriden, Connecticut until her family moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1871, when she enrolled in Providence High School. In 1882 she began attending Wheaton Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, graduating i...

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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...

Didcoct, Gertrude Lukins, 1882-1979.

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