Overview
Scrapbook of Helen Henderson Worth, Radcliffe College Class of 1916.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1916
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Closed; extremely fragile.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Helen Henderson Worth as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.42 linear feet (1 file box)College scrapbook, 1912-1916, containing invitations, ticket stubs, newspaper clippings, examinations, handbooks (Student Government, Radcliffe Guild, etc.), copies or Radcliffe and Harvard publications, and a few miscellaneous photographs.
BIOGRAPHY
Helen Henderson Worth attended Watertown High School and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1916. In 1919 she married Franklin De Merritt and had three children. She was a language teacher and dramatic director at Natick High School for 10 years. She retired in 1953 and died in 1954 after a long illness. She was past president of the Women's Union of the First Congregational Church (Natick).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: R-75-20
College scrapbook given to the Radcliffe College Archives in 1975 by Eleanor De Merritt, Helen Henderson Worth's daughter.
Processing Information
Processed: August, 1979
By: Isabelled Bland Dry '35
Subject
- Radcliffe Choral Society (Organization)
- Radcliffe College--Students (Organization)
- Title
- Worth, Helen Henderson, 1895-1954. Scrapbook of Helen Henderson Worth, 1912-1916: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Radcliffe College Archives, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00763
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.