Overview
Scrapbooks, financial records, etc., documenting the Radcliffe Rambler, a book wagon selling books and advertising Radcliffe College in New England during the summer.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1930
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the Radcliffe Rambler 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)This collection includes the projected plan for a Radcliffe Book Wagon and the story of its life, 1928-1930. Material from the Radcliffe Alumnae Pamphlet Collection was added to #1 in June 2018.
HISTORY
Two alumae, Barbara Nolen Strong '24 and Margaret Follen '28 had the idea of stocking a truck with 1000 books, equally divided between fiction and juveniles, and traveling during July and August in the New England area selling them. To advertise Radcliffe, the bookwagon bore the Radcliffe name and was painted red, carried Radcliffe catalogues, had Radcliffe bookmarks for each book sold, and if the books had to be mailed, used the Radcliffe seal on the envelope.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: R78-43
This collection was removed from the Dean of Residence file in November 1978.
SEPARATION RECORD
The photograph was removed to RG XX, series 2.
Processing Information
Processed: September, 1980
By: Bert Hartry and Isabelle Bland Dry '35
Updated and additional material added: June 2018
By: Anne Engelhart
Genre / Form
Subject
- Radcliffe College (Organization)
- Title
- Radcliffe Rambler collection, 1928-1930: 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
- sch00815
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.