Class collections, 1890-1985 (inclusive).

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Class collections, 1890-1985 (inclusive).

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Radcliffe class collections contain material relating to the activities of students and alumnae and include minutes of class meetings, reunion material, photographs of alumnae, and autobiographical and biographical information on individual alumnae. Collections, which were compiled by class secretaries, exist for the Classes of 1883-1889, 1890, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901-1904, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1917-1920, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1947, 1963, 1967-1978, and 1980. These records supplement the individual alumnae biographical folders and printed reunion reports.

42 linear ft. (83 file boxes, 1 carton, 1 folio box, 4 folio+ boxes).

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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