Radcliffe College Pauline Agassiz Shaw Prize essay collection, 1957-1961
Overview
Essays about Pauline Agassiz Shaw and other women leaders, submitted for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Prize.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1961
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Essay 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
7 foldersThis collection consists of essays about Pauline Agassiz Shaw and other women leaders, submitted for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Prize, 1957-1961.
BIOGRAPHY
Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841-1917) was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, the third child of scientist Louis Agassiz and his wife Cecile Braun Agassiz. After the death of Cecile (1846), Louis Agassiz married Elizabeth Cabot Cary who later became the first president of Radcliffe College. In 1860, Shaw married Quincy Adams Shaw, son of wealthy Boston merchant, Robert Gould Shaw and his wife Elizabeth Parkman. Pauline Agassiz Shaw and Quincy Adams Shaw had five children.
Shaw was a philanthropist and social reformer. She was active in women's suffrage, peace, prison reform, and the Kindergarten movement.
Maud Wood Park, her friend and admirer, established the prize at Radcliffe College in Shaw's memory.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: R90-11
This collection was transferred from the Schlesinger Library to the Radcliffe College Archives in July 1990.
Processing Information
Processed: March 1993
By: Vicky Clisham '95
Subject
- Catt , Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 (Person)
- Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955 (Person)
- Title
- Radcliffe College Pauline Agassiz Shaw Prize essay collection, 1957-1961: 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
- sch01081
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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