Records of the Office of the Dean, 1894-1977 (inclusive),

Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893-1983

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Bernice Brown Cronkhite was born in Calais, Maine in 1893 and after the death of her mother in 1896, was brought up with her older brother, by her father and aunt. She attended schools in Providence, Rhode Island and following graduation from high school taught school in Tiverton for one year. She attended Radcliffe, 1912-1916, because of its course offerings in government and law and received a "distant work" scholarship because she came from a city outside of Boston. While at Radcliffe for rea...

Comstock, Ada Louise, 1876-1973

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Ada Louise Comstock (December 11, 1876 – December 12, 1973) was an American women's education pioneer. She served as the first dean of women at the University of Minnesota and later as the first full-time president of Radcliffe College. Ada Louise Comstock was born on December 11, 1876, in Moorhead, Minnesota, to Solomon Gilman Comstock, an attorney, and Sarah Ball Comstock. Her father recognized her capabilities and potential and set about to cultivate them by encouraging an early and sound ...

Radcliffe College. Office of the Dean

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The Office of the Dean was created in 1894, after the incorporation of Radciffe College, with overall responsibility for graduates' and undergraduates' academic and extra-curricular life. In 1934 the Radcliffe Graduate School became administratively separate, and the Dean's office was divided into the Office of the Graduate Dean and the Dean of the College. In 1946 the office was again divided. The Dean of Instruction took over responsibility for academic affairs while the Dean of th...

Baker, Christina Hopkinson, 1873-1959

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Historian and genealogist, of New Haven, Conn.; b. Christina Hopkinson. From the description of Christina Hopkinson Baker papers, 1932-1963. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319540491 Christina Hopkinson Baker graduated from Radcliffe College in 1893 and the same year married George Pierce Baker, then involved in the "47 Workshop" in Cambridge. She was acting Dean at Radcliffe from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1922 to 1923. From 1919 to 1938 ...

Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907

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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, educator and college president, was born in Boston, December 5, 1822 and married the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz in 1850. She was an educational reformer, member of the Woman's Education Association, but never an advocate of women's suffrage or of co-education. ECA administered the Agassiz School for Girls from 1855 to 1863. She was one of the managers of the program for the Private Collegiate Instruction for Women (also known as the Harvard Annex); was p...

Irwin, Agnes, 1841-1914

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Agnes Irwin was dean of Radcliffe College from 1894-1909. From the description of Letters, 1875, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007310 Agnes Irwin, school and college administrator, descendent of Benjamin Franklin, was born and educated in Washington, D.C. After teaching in New York, she became principal of the Penn Square Seminary, later the Agnes Irwin School in Philadelphia (1869-1894). Appointed Dean of Radcliffe College in 1894, she maintained excelle...

Gilman, Arthur, 1837-1909

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Arthur Gilman was an author, editor, and founder of Radcliffe College. For biographical information, see Who Was Who in America. From the description of Scrapbook, 1876-1914 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009465 Arthur Gilman, banker, educator, and historian, was instrumental in founding Radcliffe College; he served as Secretary (1879-1894) and Regent (1894-1896). He was also founder (1886) of the Gilman School for Girls (later names: the Cambridge...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Shorthall, Mary C.

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Kerby-Miller, Wilma.

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Park, Marian Edwards.

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Solomon, Barbara Miller

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Barbara Miller Solomon, historian, received her A.B. (1940) and Ph.D. (1953) from Radcliffe College. She was Director of the Radcliffe Seminars (1959-1963), Director of the Schlesinger Library (then the Women's Archives) (1960-1965), and first woman dean of Harvard College (Assistant Dean, 1971-1973). As Senior Lecturer in American Civilization, she taught the first courses in women's history at Harvard University. From the description of Oral history interview with Barbara Miller So...

Williston, Catharine.

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Walzer, Judith B.

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Whitman, Sarah

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Radcliffe College. Office of Women's Education

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Seelye, Clark.

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Coes, Mary, 1861-1913.

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College administrator. Educated at Radcliffe, A.B. 1887; A.M. 1897. She was appointed Assistant Secretary at Radcliffe in 1890, Secretary 1894, Acting Dean 1909, and Dean 1910-1913. She was Secretary to the Council 1903, permanent associate 1904, and member of Council, 1906. Served as President of the Alumnae Association from 1905 to 1906. From the description of Papers of Mary Coes, 1880-1958 (inclusive), 1880-1913 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006472 ...

Sherman, Mildred Percival.

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Radcliffe College. Radcliffe Auxiliary.

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Bureau of International Research of Harvard University and Radcliffe College

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The Bureau of International Research was established in 1924 through a grant to Harvard University and Radcliffe College from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. The grant was given to promote research in the field of international relations. From the description of Records of the Bureau of International Research, 1924-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972559 The Bureau, funded by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1924-1942) and administ...

Schwalbe, Marianne 1955-

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Humphrey, Caroline

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Sherman, Rose, 1873-1952.

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Librarian. Educated at Radcliffe (A.B. 1894) and Simmons College (Library Science degree, 1904). Librarian at Radcliffe Library from 1909 to 1927. Research assistant to Christina Hopkinson Baker, author of the Story of Fay House published for the fiftieth anniversary of Radcliffe (1929). From the description of Papers of Rose Sherman, 1894-1929 (inclusive), 1927-1929 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006483 ...

Jordan, Frances Ruml, 1899-1980.

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Frances Ruml Jordan attended Radcliffe College as a graduate student in economics (A.M., 1930). She married historian W.K. Jordan in 1930. She then served as Assistant Dean (1930-1934) and Dean of the College (1934-1939). W.K. Jordan was president of Radcliffe College from 1943 to 1960. From the description of Oral history interview with Frances Ruml Jordan, 1973 February 21. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009678 ...

Boody, Bertha M., 1877-1943

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Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934

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Briggs (Harvard, A.B., 1875) taught English and served as Dean of Harvard College and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Overseer. From the description of Papers of Le Baron Russell Briggs, 1907-1929 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972766 Educator. Harvard: A.B. 1875, A.M. 1882, LL.D. 1900. Assistant professor of English at Harvard, 1885-1890; professor of English, 1890; Dean of Harvard College, 1891-1902; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 190...

Baker, Ezra H.

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Elliott, Kathleen Overmyer.

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Dean and college administrator, Elliott received her A.B. from Ohio State University (1931) and Ph.D from Radcliffe (1942). She held many administrative positions at Radcliffe from 1943 until 1976, including director of admissions, and dean and vice-president of the college. She was lecturer in Classics at Harvard University and a member of many professional and community associations. She was married to Van Courlandt Elliott, teacher of Greek at Roxbury Latin School, and died in 1995. ...