Eloise Ellery papers, 1870-1959, 1923-1958 (bulk).

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Eloise Ellery papers, 1870-1959, 1923-1958 (bulk).

Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, diaries, legal and financial records, family papers, photographs, and miscellaneous items. Correspondence is the largest portion of the papers and consists primarily of letters received from her father Frank Ellery, 1891-1929; from Ilse Hecht on teaching in East Germany, 1947-1957; from Rebecca L. Lowrie, friend and Vassar colleague, about personal and professional issues, 1936-1956; from Irene Mott, wife of a High Court Judge in India, about political situations there, Indian people, and World War II, 1924-1951; from C. Mildred Thompson, Vassar President, about teaching duties, education conference in London (1944), professional and social life and the University of Georgia, and teaching in Europe, 1941-1952; and other matters, the estate of Mary Frazer, and family affairs, 1929-1958; and a few family and personal letters by Ellery, 1899-1957. Diaries include records of daily activities, 1940-1957, health records, 1953-1955, reading and quotation journal, 1919-1956, and grade books, 1926-1939. Manuscripts and printed materials include an account of Ellery's trip to China, 1923-1924, by her former student Sophia Chen Zen; her published articles, 1928-1929; and articles and clippings about Ellery and her father, Frank Ellery, 1897-1929, and his diaries for 1910-1929; and estate papers, receipts, and inventories for Abby M. Alling, Eloise Ellery, and Mary Frazer, 1929-1958.

3.4 cubic ft. (1200 items in 17 boxes)

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Frazer, Mary.

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Lowrie, Rebecca Lawrence, 1891-1975.

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Lowrie (Vassar College Class of 1913) was book reviewer for Harper Brothers, 1913-1932, first reader for Book-of-the-Month Club, 1931-1943, and trustee and benefactor of Vassar College. From the description of Papers, 1909-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519345 From the description of Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie papers, 1846-1996, 1909-1977 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576544 Editor and reviewer, Lowrie (Vassar College, A.B., 1913; Radcliffe, A.M., 19...

Thompson, C. Mildred (Clara Mildred), 1881-1975

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Clara Mildred Thompson (1881-1975) was born 27 November 1881 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert Galbraith Thompson and Alice Wood. During her public school years, to distinguish her from another schoolgirl by the name Mildred Thompson, the initial "C" was added to the beginning of her name. After attending public school in Atlanta, she earned degrees in history from Vassar College, AB (1907) and PhD (1915). After briefly teaching in private schools in Baltimore, Maryland, she joined the History Depa...

University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...

Mott, Irene.

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Ellery, Eloise, 1874-....

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Ellery, a 1897 Vassar graduate, went on to study at Cornell University and the Sorbonne, and then returned to teach history at Vassar, 1900-1939. From the description of Papers, 1870-1959, 1923-1958 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518948 From the description of Eloise Ellery papers, 1870-1959, 1923-1958 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576464 ...

Chen, Hengzhe, 1890-1976

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Ellery, Frank.

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Vassar College.

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Hecht, Ilse 1907-

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Alling, Abby M.

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