Alice Gordon Gulick personal archive

The Alice Gordon Gulick personal archive documents Gulick’s tenure as the Dean of Women for the Harvard Cuban Summer School of 1900 and her friendships with the many Cuban teachers who participated in the program. The collection primarily contains letters and writings from Cuban teachers to Gulick as well as Cuban Summer School memorabilia.

All personal materials addressed to Gulick from the Cuban teachers are in Spanish and include letters, poems, articles, and visiting cards. Letters discuss life and family updates, express gratitude for Gulick’s hospitality, and recount memories from the summer school program. Newspaper clippings report on Gulick’s involvement in the summer school, social events organized for the Cuban teachers, and negotiations between Spain and the Vatican on revising the Concordant of 1851.

The collection includes a few official documents related to the Cuban Summer School kept by Gulick. As the Dean of Women for the Harvard Cuban Summer School, Gulick coordinated chaperone assignments for the women Cuban teachers. The collection includes an annotated list of houses for women teachers that notes the home address, capacity, and chaperone. A letter to Gulick from the Congregational Home Missionary Society notes four participants in the Cuban Summer School who are interested in missionary work in Havana. There is also a Spanish transcript of the welcome address to Cuban teachers delivered by the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Edgar R. Champlin, on July 21, 1900.

Photographs include inscribed portraits of Eladia Sainz, Adriana Bellini, and B.R. Barroso and four photographs of unidentified women Cuban teachers. Memorabilia includes pins and ribbons used to identify Cuban teachers, chaperones, and guides, a Cuban flag, and a visiting card from Domingo Fernandez de Castro with an attached photo pin. Programs and invitation cards document the social events organized for the Cuban teachers.