Papers of Helen Reed Atwood, 1909-1953.

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Papers of Helen Reed Atwood, 1909-1953.

Collection includes academic records and writings; photographs; sketches of Atwood and her children by Eileen Chandler; correspondence; baby and wedding books; obituaries; etc.

.4 linear ft. (1 file box, 1 folio folder, 1 oversize folder)

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Radcliffe College. Class of 1930

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Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Atwood, Helen Reed, 1909-1951.

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High school and college teacher, Helen Reed Atwood was born in Boise, Idaho, the only child of E.G. and Jessie A. Reed; Helen had a half-brother Stanley and a half-sister Irma. She was raised in Idaho in a family of Christian Scientists, although she left the faith in the 1930s. A graduate of Radcliffe College (A.B. 1930), Atwood taught high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California, before moving to Bakersfield, California, to teach English at Bakersfield Junior College. She w...