Philips papers, 1927-1935 (bulk 1927-1931).

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Philips papers, 1927-1935 (bulk 1927-1931).

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The Frances Hurrey Philips papers consist of correspondence, a photograph album and loose photographs. The correspondence dates from 1927-1931, her undergraduate years, and is addressed to her parents and younger sister "Jiggs" (Marguerite Hurrey Wolf, Mount Holyoke College Class of 1936). In the correspondence she discusses a wide range of activities on campus from classes and faculty to outings with her friends. She frequently mentions food, clothes, gym, sports, chapel, movies, table waiting, concerts, faculty, and travel. She includes comments on lectures and sermons, and often mentions Robert Wicks, Mount Holyoke Chaplain from 1926-28, and his family. She provides detailed descriptions of many events on campus, including room choosing, the May Day pageant, and Junior Show. Specific letters describe Faculty Show (1928), hazing, and Junior Prom which she attended as a freshman usher. She also describes her sister's visit to campus (1930) and a special assembly during which President Mary Emma Woolley discussed the expulsion of four students for drinking and smoking (Feb. 1928). In her letters she makes frequent reference to Frances Dorman Menning (Class of 1931), as well as Ruth Tenny Hall (Class of 1929) and her future husband Frederick R. Hall. The correspondence includes letters from Hurrey's junior year in France describing her coursework, the families she lived with and travels in Europe as well as mentioning food and the French fashions she could not resist. The photograph album dates from 1927-33 and contains photographs from her year in France at the UniversiteĢ de Nancy and the Sorbonne in Paris as well as from the time she spent in Geneva as a tutor and student from 1932-33. It also includes photographs from her years at Mount Holyoke and features fellow members of the Class of 1931. The biographical information consists of press clippings about Hurrey from 1929-1947. The loose photographs include photographs of Hurrey during her undergraduate years, a picture of students at the UniversiteĢ de Nancy in 1929 and two photos of her from a weekend at Colgate College in 1931.

1 box (5 linear in.)

Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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