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Cambridge (Mass.)--Social life and customs--20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Additional papers of the Alger family, 1809-1993

Collection Identifier: MC 829
Overview:

Correspondence, diary fragment, photographs, brochures, minutes, etc., of Louisa R. Alger, Quaker and mathematics teacher, and the Alger family.

Additional papers of the Alger family, ca.1850-1980 (inclusive), 1918-1980 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: 1632--80-M189
Overview:

Addenda to the papers (A-103) of the Alger family from New England, including correspondence, photographs, and account books.

Additional records of New Words, 1974-2003

Collection Identifier: MC 721: Vt-249
Overview:

Additional records of the women's bookstore New Words, including administrative files, correspondence, financial records, readings and special event files, promotional material, photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual material, and electronic records.

Papers of the Cannon family, 1887-1980 (inclusive), 1917-1945 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 553
Overview:

Diaries, engagement calendars, and correspondence of Ida Maud Cannon; stories, articles/essays, and scrapbooks by Cornelia James Cannon; family correspondence, of Cornelia, Walter B. Cannon, and their children: Bradford Cannon, Wilma (Cannon) Fairbanks, Linda (Cannon) Burgess, Marian (Cannon) Schlesinger, and Helen (Cannon) Bond; photographs of family and events.

Papers of Mabel Hall Colgate, 1827-1979

Collection Identifier: MC 435
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, photograph albums, etc., of Mabel Hall Colgate, Red Cross volunteer and traveler.

Diaries of Ada Louise Comstock, 1902-1968

Collection Identifier: M-126
Overview:

Diaries of Ada Louise Comstock, third president of Radcliffe College.

Papers of Audrey C. Foote, 1928-2012

Collection Identifier: MC 896: T-386
Overview:

Papers of Audrey C. Foote, feminist, animal rights advocate, and writer, include personal and other writings, love-letters with her husband during their courtship, and diaries documenting her feelings about pregnancy, life in Paris, and her marriage difficulties.

Records of New Words, 1974-2002

Collection Identifier: MC 619: Vt-169
Overview:

Records of the women's bookstore New Words, including correspondence, financial records, printed material from feminist presses, memorabilia, and videotapes.

Papers of Ada Louise Comstock, 1818-1982 (inclusive), 1887-1982 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 471: T-156
Overview:

Correspondence, photographs, etc., of Ada Louise Comstock, Radcliffe College president, 1923-1943, and pioneer for women in higher education.

Papers of Bertha Humez Hatvary, 1892-2000

Collection Identifier: MC 609
Overview:

Papers of editor and writer Bertha Humez Hatvary.

Papers of Boomer Kennedy, 1973-1999

Collection Identifier: MC 508
Overview:

Papers of auto mechanic and garage owner Boomer Kennedy.

Papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith, 1912-2008

Collection Identifier: MC 756: T-491: Vt-266: DVD-31
Overview:

Correspondence, photographs, writings, diaries, and other personal papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith.

Papers of Eleanor Stabler Brooks, 1910-1959

Collection Identifier: SC 146
Overview:

Family correspondence of the Stabler-Brooks family of Massachusetts with multiple ties to Harvard and Radcliffe.

Papers of Eleanor Stabler Brooks, 1917-1985

Collection Identifier: SC 146.1
Overview:

These addenda to the Eleanor Stabler Brooks collection consist of correspondence and other materials pertaining to the Brook and Morse families. The majority of the letters are from Margaret Brooks Morse to her mother, Eleanor Stabler Brooks.

Papers of Eloise Cummings Simpson, 1867-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1985 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 651
Overview:

Journals, notes, writings, photographs, and charts of religious seeker, teacher, and writer Eloise Cummings Simpson.

Papers of Evelyn Ames, 1865-ca.1995 (inclusive), 1921-1985 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 751: Phon-29
Overview:

Writings, correspondence, and photographs of author and poet Evelyn Ames.

Papers of Florence May Wyman Currier, 1898-1966

Collection Identifier: SC 129
Overview:

Diaries, school reports, reading log, "cheer" book, and photograph album of Florence May Wyman Currier, Radcliffe College Class of 1903.

Papers of Frances Davis, 1899-1983

Collection Identifier: 88-M124--2016-M25
Overview:

Manuscript drafts, notes, research material, correspondence, etc., of Frances Davis, author and foreign correspondent.

Papers of Helen Lingenfelter Gray, 1901-2017 (inclusive), 1928-1980 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 781
Overview:

Papers of Helen Lingenfelter Gray, lawyer and women's rights and peace activist.

Papers of the Palache family, 1839-2004 (inclusive), 1895-1988 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 528
Overview:

Papers of mineralogist Charles Palache, his wife Helen (Markham), and their three daughters; Jeannette (Palache) Barker, a teacher; Mary (Palache) Gregory, an architect; and Alice (Palache) Jones, a banker.

Papers of the Webster family, 1892-1953 (inclusive), 1892-1927 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: 92-M34
Overview:

Correspondence of the Webster family of Lexington, Massachusetts.

Photographs of Lilian Kemp, 1972-1991

Collection Identifier: PC 800
Overview:

Negatives and contact sheets of Lilian Kemp, photographer of many events for Radcliffe College from 1972-1991.

Records of Center for New Words, 1976-2010

Collection Identifier: MC 722: T-460: Vt-248: CD-81: DVD-83
Overview:

Records of the non-profit Center for New Words, including administrative files, financial records, event and program files, promotional materials, memorabilia, audiovisual materials, and electronic records.

Records of the Mothers' Thursday Club, 1920-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 221
Overview:

Constitutions, minutes, membership lists, correspondence, etc., of the Mothers' Thursday Club of Cambridge (Mass.), established to promote discussion and socializing among its members.

Records of the Women's Travel Club, 1933-2014

Collection Identifier: MC 795: T-503
Overview:

Constitution, by-laws, minutes, programs, travel records, and member biographies of the Women's Travel Club, which was patterned after the Harvard Travellers Club and whose stated purpose was to help other women travelers.