Overview
Course notes, committee reports, and alumnae reunion material of Lillian Shapiro Radlo, Radcliffe College Class of 1936.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1981
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Lillian Shapiro Radlo 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
.63 linear feet (1 1/2 file boxes)Course notes, mostly in History, 1932-1936; Radcliffe committee reports, and alumnae reunion material.
BIOGRAPHY
Lillian Shapiro Radlo, daughter of Anne and David Shapiro was born in Roxbury on June 15, 1915. She attended Girls' Latin School, concentrated in History at Radcliffe, and was graduated cum laude in 1936.
An active alumna, she served on the advisory board of the Radcliffe Quarterly, the Board of Management of the Radcliffe Alumnae Association, ran luncheons for incoming freshmen and their mothers, and wrote the reunion show for her 25th reunion.
A reporter for the Boston Traveler in 1936, then after her marriage in 1941, she turned to civic and volunteer activities. In the 1950s she helped to found the Temple Shalom in West Newton. She was Director of Public Relations at Dana Hall School, 1962-1972, and assistant to the Superintendent of Schools, Newton, Massachusetts, 1972-1984.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: R87-22, R88-13, R88-14
This collection was given to the Radcliffe College Archives by her daughter, Rachel Radlo Lieberman '68 and members of the Class of 1936, beginning in June, 1987.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-11
- Box 2: 12-23
Processing Information
Processed: January, 1988
By: Isabelle Bland Dry '35
Subject
- Radcliffe College. Alumnae Association (Organization)
- Radcliffe College. Class of 1936 (Organization)
- Title
- Radlo, Lillian Shapiro, 1915-1984. Papers of Lillian Shapiro Radlo, 1932-1981: 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
- sch01100
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.