Papers 1924-1935.

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Papers 1924-1935.

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The Sarah Arny Holmes Papers include correspondence, biographical information, and photographs. The correspondence includes twenty letters written between 1924 and 1928 addressed to her family in Montclair, New Jersey. The letters discuss her life as a student at Mount Holyoke College. They include descriptions of traditions such as Big Sisters, the hazing of freshmen, Mountain Day celebrations, Junior Prom, and Faculty Show. The letters also describe lectures, trips off campus, parties, picnics, and conferences with faculty members. The biographical information includes a wedding announcement and an "at home" card dating from 1935. The two photographs in the collection include one from her senior year in high school, ca. 1924, and one from her senior year at Mount Holyoke College, 1928.

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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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...

Holmes, Sarah Arny, 1906-

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Sarah Elizabeth Arny was born on November 11, 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was Henry Vinecomb Arny, a professor of chemistry. After graduating from Montclair New Jersey High School, she came to Mount Holyoke College in September 1924. She majored in botany with a minor in history and graduated in 1928. She received her M.S. degree for botany and biochemistry from Tulane University in 1930 and worked at Columbia University. She worked on vitamin testing and research before she married acco...