Correspondence, 1923-1932.

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Correspondence, 1923-1932.

Letters to her mother, Rose Boyd Graves, reflecting her activities as a student at Mount Holyoke College, 1923-1927, and her work there as an art instructor, 1929-1932. Includes detailed accounts of her academic and social activities which reveal her enthusiasm for college life and also show her very close relationship with her mother.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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Graves, Rose Boyd.

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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...

Mount Holyoke College. Art Dept.

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Graves, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Boyd), 1907-

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Dorothy Boyd Graves was born in July, 1907. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in June of 1927 and went to Italy to study art. In 1929, she received a master's degree in art from Smith College. That fall she became an instructor at Mount Holyoke until 1932. She married George F. Thomas of Princeton, New Jersey and later worked at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, Vermont. From the guide to the Graves correspondence MS 0544., 1923-1932., (Mount Holyoke Coll...