Family and Friends (Three Picture Collection)
The three picture set includes: one photo of a student in her graduation robes with an adult, a photo of two girls posed together, and a photo of a student standing outside of a dorm.
1917 Photo Album
Circa 1910-1920
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Proposal for a Women's Studies Program
Women's Studies
A proposal containing the description of the women's studies major.
Academic Policy Committee
DAPS
February 13, 1982
Adra Powers, Class of 1921, Suffrage essay and bibliography, 1918
Adra Powers turned in these two assignments about suffrage for her English II class, showing that students were engaging in political topics through the curriculum. The first, a revision of a short paragraph, does not debate whether women should be granted suffrage, but instead focuses on how that right should be granted. She argues that constitutional amendments for individual states would be more effective than a federal amendment—a realistic viewpoint at the time, since the Nineteenth Amendment kept falling short of getting enough votes in Congress. It would be defeated five times before it passed through both the House and the Senate with enough support a year later. Her second assignment is a bibliography, and covers a larger scope of material, suggesting that Adra was researching the issue of women’s suffrage beyond constitutional amendments.
Adra Powers
MHC Archives
1918
Paper, ink
English
Essay, bibliography
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Why Women Should Vote, Alice Stone Blackwell, 1904
Alice Stone Blackwell was a prominent feminist, suffragist, and journalist during her lifetime. In this pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Blackwell outlines 16 reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. Many of her arguments focus on how women’s suffrage would improve women’s lives as well as other areas of society.
Alice Stone Blackwell
MHC Archives
National American Woman Suffrage Association
1904
Leaflet
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Photograph of Barbara Smith and Friends
Barbara Smith
Alumnae Quarterly
DAPS
1969
The Committee on Civil Rights Fundraising Letter, 1961
This letter shows that the Committee on Civil Rights worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in their fundraising efforts, specifically mentioning the group’s involvement in voter registration activism. Signed by the organizers of the group, it was sent to Mr. Ben L. Reid, who was an English professor at the college. A note in pencil indicates that he sent the Committee a $10 check (equivalent to about $85 in 2019) on November 11th, 1961. Their stated goal was to raise $800 (equivalent to about $6,000 in 2019).
Anne Martin
MHC Archives
November 2, 1961
Marion Fitch, Sandra Kenyon, Jean Mammon, Marilyn Kirk, Stephanie Krass
Paper
English
Letter
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Original Astronomer Article
Anonymous
Choragos
DAPS
Car with dust storm approaching, March, 1936
Arthur Rothstein, photographer
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998018489/PP/
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
May Day 1902 Butterfly Dancers
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
6 women in costume in front of trees
Asa Kinney
1902
Digital Contact Print
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May Day 1902 Winding the Maypole
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
Crowd of students around Maypole, in and around gazebo
Asa Kinney
1902
Digital Contact Print
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May Day 1903 Winding the Maypole
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
Crowd of students around Maypole, some with umbrellas
Asa Kinney
1903
Digital Contact Print
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May Day 1904
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
3 women in costume, 1 astride a horse
Asa Kinney
1904
Digital Contact Print
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May Queen 1910 Miss More
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
1 woman with flower crown and scepter, sitting near trees
Asa Kinney
1910
Digital Contact Print
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May Day 1911 Dancers
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
30 women in costume, some with musical instruments, standing in front of trees
Asa Kinney
1911
Digital Contact Print
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May Day 1911 Dramatic Club Fair Rosamond
Mount Holyoke College, May Day
2 women in costume holding hands, sitting on hay under structure
Asa Kinney
1911
Digital Contact Print
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