Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives

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This collection includes photographs, slides, transparencies, and negatives depicting the history of Bryn Mawr College from the mid 1800s to the late 1990s. Images depict individuals associated with the College, including faculty, staff, students, and alumnae/i; historical and current College buildings and campus landscapes; events, including commencement, sports, plays, and traditions; and group photographs. The majority of the images are black-and-white, though there are some color images from the late 1960s through the 1990s. Early photographic formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, and photomechanical prints.

Collection Guide for the Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
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Biological laboratory in Taylor Hall
Title:
Biological laboratory in Taylor Hall
Description:
Interior view of a biological laboratory in Taylor Hall. Several students sit in chairs in the room, some look at the camera, one reads, another writes and a student works with a scientific equipment. Two men stand in the background, both looking at the camera. A skeleton hands from the ceiling. The image depicts the first class in biology, Spring of 1886. The students are (l-r): Helen Cooke (class of 1889), Margaret Thomas (class of 1889), E. A. Southworth, Helena Dudley (class of 1889) E. B. Wilson, Gertrude Allison, Janitor, Harriet Randolph (class of 1889), Emily James Smith (class of 1889), and Susan Harrison.
Date:
1886
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Louise Elder
Description:
Portrait of Louise Elder, class of 1889.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Bryn Mawr College campus, general view
Title:
Bryn Mawr College campus, general view
Description:
Pembroke green, snowy. Inscribed on the back is "sleet storm, 1902."
Date:
1902
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Two students in Front of Park Science buildings
Title:
Two students in
Description:
Exterior of Park Science Buildings. Two students sit and talk outside the building. There are several students walking outside the doors of the building.
Date:
(approximate)1940 - (approximate)1989
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Dana H. Gabuzda, class of 1979
Title:
Dana H. Gabuzda, class of 1979
Description:
Portrait of Dana H. Gabuzda, class of 1979. Photo taken for the 1979 Accord.
Date:
(approximate)1979
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Radnor Hall
Title:
Radnor Hall
Description:
Exterior distant view of Radnor Hall. Parts of the building is covered with ivy. Several trees in leaf are visible in the back. Much of the Merion Green is visible in front of the building, so is a streetlamp towards the right-hand side of the building.
Date:
(approximate)1887 - (approximate)1939
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Alice, Albro
Description:
Portrait of Alice Hopkins Albro, class of 1890.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Students exercising
Title:
Students exercising
Description:
Interior view of the old Gymnastics. Several students, all wearing uniforms, exercise.
Date:
(approximate)1910
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Katharine Kniskern Mather, class of 1937
Title:
Katharine Kniskern Mather, class of 1937
Description:
As she sits beside Colonel G. H. Hilt, of the U.S. Army Engineers, she holds a bowl with her name, followed by the year 1973. Katharine Mather worked as a geologist for the Structures Laboratory, of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, on a project whose first leader, was Col. Hilt (1974-1977). Afterwards Mrs. Mather headed the project.
Date:
1974
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Canaday Library
Title:
Canaday Library
Description:
Sandra Berwind, Deborah Hicks, and Frank Mallory talk in front of Canaday Library.
Date:
1977-06
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Thomas Hall
Title:
Thomas Hall
Description:
Exterior of Thomas Hall after a snowstorm. There are trees and benches in front of the building. The ground is covered in snow.
Date:
(approximate)1930 - (approximate)1979
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Maid, two workmen, and two other staff members packing books
Title:
Maid, and two other staff members packing books
Description:
In the attic of Taylor Hall, two women staff members pack large bound volumes into boxes. They are dressed casually in shorts, t-shirts and sneakers. Behind them stands a maid in a uniform, handing them two books, and behind her are two young men wearing casual, soiled clothing who are pulling books off a shelf.
Date:
(approximate)1960
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Marion Edwards Park and James H. Breasted
Title:
Marion Edwards Park and James H. Breasted
Description:
Inscribed on back: "President Marion Edwards Park of Bryn Mawr College with Professor James H. Breasted of the University of Chicago as they appeared in the annual graduation exercise of Bryn Mawr College. Prof. Breasted delivered the principal address at the graduation exercises."
Date:
1929-06-06
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Bryn Mawr College Class of 1925
Title:
Bryn Mawr College Class of 1925
Description:
Group portrait of the class of 1925. Students are wearing white dresses.
Date:
(approximate)1925
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Anne Taylor
Title:
Anne Taylor
Description:
Portrait of Anne Taylor.
Date:
1888
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Anna E. Rhoads
Description:
Portrait of Anna E. Rhoads, aka Mrs. William C. Ladd, who earned her Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1889, and her Master of Arts in the class of 1894.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Sophia Weygandt
Description:
Portrait of Sophia Weygandt, class of 1889, in her cap and gown.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Faculty and students from the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Title:
Faculty and students from the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Description:
Faculty and students pose for a portrait. Inscribed on back: "Harrison Hartley with group of students."
Date:
(approximate)1921 - (approximate)1938
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
View of Bryn Mawr College campus
Title:
View of Bryn Mawr College campus
Description:
Bryn Mawr College campus, showing Gymnasium, Merion Hall, Taylor Hall, and cottages.
Date:
(questionable)1890 - (questionable)1929
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Students studying in Canaday Library
Title:
Students studying in Canaday Library
Description:
Two students sit at tables studying. Inscribed on the back is "from A.B. Summer '75".
Date:
1975-08
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives

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