Overview
Photograph album of Vivian Kistler, Radcliffe College Class of 1921.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1921
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Vivian Kistler 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
1 VolumesThis album contains photographs, taken during Vivian Kistler's college years, 1917-1921, of students and student life in the Radcliffe Yard and Radcliffe dormitories, athletics, outings to Silver Bay, the war bond parade, and college theater.
BIOGRAPHY
Vivian Kistler was born in Buffalo, New York. She received her A.B. in 1921 from Radcliffe and her A.M. in Education in 1927. She taught English in Goffstown High School, New Hampshire (1921-1926) and in Malden High School (1927-1964). She was active in the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: R86-37
This photograph album was given to the Radcliffe College Archives in October 1986 by Eleanor Porritt, sister of Ruth Porritt, Radcliffe College Librarian, who was housemate of Vivian Esther Kistler.
Partial index of photographs
- Adlow, Lillian, 7
- Barnard Hall, 31, 45
- Baseball, 28
- Basketball, 5, 36
- Browne and Nichols School, 2
- Class of 1921, 41
- Commencement, 19, 49
- Eliot Hall, 2
- Field Day, 26
- Fitzgerald, Margaret, 5
- Founders Day, 26
- Freshman Play, 10, 11, 25, 33
- Harbor Trip, 45
- Haskins, Charles Homer, 3
- Hockey Team, 36
- Idler Club, 12-14, 24, 33-35, 43-44
- Indian Head, 39
- Kistler, Vivian Esther, 47
- Victory Loan Parade, 19
- Radcliffe Yard, 1-4
- Rudd, Bessie, 32
- Seniors, 6-8
- Silver Bay, 27, 37-38
- Taussig, Helen Brooks, 18
- Washington Elm, 2
Processing Information
Processed: June 1987
By: Isabelle Bland Dry '35
Subject
- Radcliffe College--Students (Organization)
- Title
- Kistler, Vivian, 1900-1983. Photograph album of Vivian Kistler, 1917-1921: 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
- sch00812
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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