Elsie Foerderer correspondence collection, 1935-1969.

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Elsie Foerderer correspondence collection, 1935-1969.

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This collection contains the typed and handwritten letters to several important administrators at the Mount Vernon College and some of the carbon copy responses to Foerderer. One of these correspondents was George Lloyd. Lloyd served as Head of the College Division from 1932 to 1962 and President from 1936 to 1962. The collection also contains letters to Lloyd's wife, Olwen Lloyd, who served as Headmistress from 1938 to 1962. In addition to the letters from Foerderer to the Lloyds the collection has carbon copies of correspondence and telegrams from both Lloyds to Foerderer. The other major correspondent found in the collection is Peter Pelham, President of Mount Vernon College from 1962 to 1976) and carbons and handwritten drafts of his correspondence to her. These letters within this collection date from 1935-1969.

0.25 linear feet (1 slim document box).

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Lloyd, George

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Pelham, Peter, 1697-1751

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Foerderer, Elsie, 1890-1969.

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Elsie Foerderer (September 1, 1890-June 25, 1969) graduated from the Mount Vernon Seminary in 1909. In 1928 she became President of the Alumnae Association and an Alumna Trustee. She became a regular member of the Board of Trustees in 1936 and participated in organizing activities for the celebration of the centenary of founder Elizabeth Somers birth and the memorial for Jean Dean Cole (Headmistress, 1924-1938; President, 1923-1936). In 1941 she became Chair of the Board of Trustees and served i...

Mount Vernon College

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Lloyd, Olwen.

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Mount Vernon Seminary

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George Washington University

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