Papers. 1895-1952.

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Papers. 1895-1952.

Educator and author. Correspondence, mostly mss., mss. drafts of essays, research notes, clippings, subject files, family financial records, and memorabilia. Includes materials relating to Ball's research and teaching as member of Mount Holyoke College English Department from 1901-1902, 1906-1943, and to her undergraduate years at Mount Holyoke College, 1896-1900; and her extensive correspondence with over one hundred fellow alumnae and faculty members.

5.5 ft. : ill.

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Ball, Margaret, 1878-1952

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Margaret Ball was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April 9, 1878. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke in 1900, and went on to obtain a Master's Degree in English Literature and a Ph.D. in Education and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in 1903 and 1908 respectively. She published her first work in 1907, entitled "Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature." In 1910 she published "The Principals of Outlining," and in 1924 an introduction to Charlette Bronte's "Ja...

Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...