Dorothy McSparran Arnold administrative records, 1924-1962.

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Dorothy McSparran Arnold administrative records, 1924-1962.

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The Arnold Papers are the administrative files of Dorothy McSparran Arnold who served as the Advisor to Women's Office (1924-28), Assistant Dean of Washington Square College (1928-48), and Dean of Women (1948-61). Arnold was the administrator responsible for women's interests at Washington Square College for forty-three years. The collection includes her administrative files with minutes, correspondence, memoranda, printed material, news clippings that describe, and photographs that illustrate her activities on behalf of women students. The Arnold Papers describe the evolution of the counseling and programming system Washington Square College developed to coordinate students' intellectual growth with their development as social and moral beings. The papers also reveal the growth of strong women's organizations at the college and present some insights into the attitudes toward women and their roles. Washington Square College, set in an urban environment with a large commuter student body, valued and promoted the extracurricular customs of undergraduate life. Societies and sororities, athletics, undergraduate class loyalties and clubs were community builders. Student activities created the illusion of a society in miniature, preparing the student for citizenship and building loyalty and friendships at the college.The collection includes material on such student organizations as Gamma Gamma Sigma, the Eclectic Society, and the League of Women. There is also some material relating to two NYU faculty members affected by anti-communist measures in the 1950s, Edwin B. Bergum and Lyman R. Bradley.

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Arnold, Dorothy McSparren.

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Dorothy McSparran Arnold (? - 1971) received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1918. She was a professor and administrator at Washington Square College for forty-three years. Arriving in 1924 as a young instructor in the English department, Arnold found a ten-year old college with a strong commitment to women's undergraduate education. A year after her arrival she became involved in the other side of college life - the development of the student's social and moral character. She went into studen...

Arnold, Dorothy McSparran.

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Berger, Dorothea

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Dorothea Berger was born in 1907 and educated in Germany. She came to Washington Square College in 1949 as an instructor in the German Language Department. By 1962, she had become Assistant to the Dean of Students as well as Counselor for Women Students, succeeding Dorothy McSparran Arnold, who had held the title Dean of Women. Berger was made a full professor in 1966 and became emerita in 1973. From the description of Dorothea Berger administrative records, 1952-1966. (New York Univ...

Washington Square College. Office of the Dean of Women.

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Bergum, Edwin Berry.

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Bradley, Lyman R.

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Washington Square College

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Washington Square College. League of Women.

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Washington Square College. Eclectic Society.

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Washington Square College. Student Committee on Educational Policy.

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Gamma Gamma Sigma (Association of Women Students)

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Washington Square College. Women's Office.

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...