Papers, 1917-1984.

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Papers, 1917-1984.

Correspondence, articles, photographs. Includes 43 long letters written by Merrill while teaching at Matsuyama Girls' School in Japan, 1924-1940, which offer detail about the school, her travels, and life in Japan.

1 box : ill.

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Merrill, Katharine, 1895-1983

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Katharine Merrill was born on August 3, 1895, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Her father, John Flint Merrill, was in the real estate business. She attended Woodward Institute in Quincy, from 1909-1913 then went to Mount Holyoke College from 1913-1917. She majored in German, zoology, and physiology and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917. She graduated from Harvard University Summer School of Physical Education in 1922 and received her Masters in Education from Harvard Graduate School in 1928. S...

Matsuyama Girls' School

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