Papers of Edith May, 1898-1970 (inclusive), 1898-1918 (bulk).

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Papers of Edith May, 1898-1970 (inclusive), 1898-1918 (bulk).

Collection includes passport, correspondence (mostly letters from Edith in Europe to family and friends, 1898-1909, 1914-1918); notes and lectures; printed material; photographs; letters from sister Helen to family, 1914-1918; reminiscences of May by Rosamond Thaxter, a former student; etc.

1 linear ft. (1 carton)

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Frenaye, Helen G. M.

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French Wounded Emergency Fund.

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Wellesley College

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May, Edith, 1877-1970.

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The daughter of Helen McClees and Samuel May, Edith May was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Wellesley College in 1897. She taught at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and during the summers traveled in Europe. In 1904 she founded the Travel School for American Girls, based in Paris and Florence, which offered an eight-month educational program and which flourished until the outbreak of World War I. May joined the French Wounded Emergency Fund where, as an official a...

Thaxter, Rosamond

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Rosamond Thaxter was the granddaughter of writer Celia Thaxter. From the description of Motor log book, 1925-1936 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008896 ...

Villa Collina Ridente.

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