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COLLECTION Identifier: HUD 3317.3xxx

Records of the Society of Harvard Dames

Overview

The Records of the Society of Harvard Dames include the organization's constitution and by-laws, yearbooks, minutes, corresponding secretary's reports, president's files, activity and program records, scrapbooks, event calendars, financial records, and annual reports dating from 1896 to 1983.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1983

Creator

Researcher access

Open for research; some access restrictions apply. Requires review by archivist.

Extent

5 cubic feet (9 document boxes, 7 folders, 3 volumes, 1 record carton, 1 flat box, and 1 half document box)

The Records of the Society of Harvard Dames include the organization's constitution and by-laws, yearbooks, minutes, corresponding secretary's reports, president's files, activity and program records, scrapbooks, event calendars, financial records, and annual reports dating from 1896 to 1983.

Historical note on the Society of Harvard Dames

The Society of Harvard Dames, an organization of wives, mothers, and sisters of Harvard students, was founded in 1896 by Anna P. Lowell, wife of former Harvard President Abbott L. Lowell, to promote “acquaintance and social fellowship among its members.” In 1972, the name of the organization changed to the Student Wives Association.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 17 series:

  1. General information by and about the Society of Harvard Dames (HUD 3317.3000)
  2. Constitution and by-laws (HUD 3317.3209)
  3. Yearbooks, 1913-1968 (HUD 3317.3218)
  4. Address to Harvard Dames by Charles W. Eliot, 1921 (HUD 3317.3221)
  5. Address to Harvard Dames by Charles W. Eliot, 1923 (HUD 3317.3223)
  6. A brief history of the Society of Harvard Dames by Gladys Hazen, 1934 (HUD 3317.3234)
  7. A brief history of the Society of Harvard Dames by Gladys Hazen, 1934 (HUD 3317.3234.1)
  8. Minutes, 1896-1973 (HUD 3317.3500)
  9. Corresponding secretary's reports, 1909-1940 (HUD 3317.3510)
  10. President's files, 1921-1945, 1961-1979 (HUD 3317.3515)
  11. Activity and program records, 1939-1982 (HUD 3317.3550)
  12. Scrapbook and miscellaneous memorabilia, 1907-1959 (HUD 3317.3580)
  13. Event calendar, 1951-1977 (HUD 3317.3725)
  14. Financial records, 1965-1983 (HUD 3317.3728)
  15. Accounts, Harvard Dames Fund, 1911-1931 (HUD 3317.3730)
  16. Annual reports of the Executive Board and Interest Groups, 1909-1970 (HUD 3317.3775)
  17. Audio tape of Society of Harvard Dames : fashion show (HUD 3317.3800)

Related Materials

The Harvard University Archives also holds Grace Thayer Richards Conant's Notes for speeches to student wives and the College Teas Association, circa 1940-1953 (HUG 4291.11).

Inventory update

This document last updated 2022 May 02.

Processing Information

This finding aid was created by Jennifer Pelose in June 2020.

Information in this finding aid was assembled from container management data. The collection was not re-examined.

Titles are transcribed. Content in brackets was supplied by the archivist.

Title
Society of Harvard Dames. Records of the Society of Harvard Dames, 1896-1983 : an inventory
Author
Harvard University Archives
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hua47020

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository

Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.

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