College Women

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College Women was a consortial project of the libraries and archives of the institutions formerly known as the Seven Sisters. The project began in the spring of 2014 with a Foundations Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the development of an online portal, which continues to be accessible at https://collegewomen.org. This collection includes diaries and letters of several Bryn Mawr College alumnae/i originating from several personal paper collections held in the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.

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Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, February 05, 1917
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1917
Description:
Gookin writes to her mother about spending time in New York for vacation.
Date:
1917-02-05
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, September 26, 1919
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1919
Description:
Gookin writes about spending time in New York City.
Date:
1919-09-26
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Helen Calder Robertson to her family, undated
Title:
Letter from Helen Calder Robertson to her family, undated
Description:
Helen and her friends travelled to New York, had tea in China Town and visited Henry St. settlement.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Helen Calder Robertson Letters
Mary Worthington diary, 1909-1910
Title:
Mary Worthington diary, 1909-1910
Description:
Mary Whitall Worthington's diary from around the time of her senior year at Bryn Mawr College, 1909-1910. The diary begins with a description of Miss Worthington's summer vacation in which she goes first to Baltimore to visit with family and friends, and then to New York before sailing to Europe on board the RMS Lusitania. In England, she attends a number of parties and social engagements and makes new friends. She goes to the World's Student Christian Federation Meeting in Oxford and is moved by the religious devotion she witnesses. Worthington is particularly interested in the suffrage movement, and while in England she has tea with Inez and Vida Milholland. They attend a "suffragette raid" on the House of Commons together, and Miss Worthington gives a detailed description of the demonstration and includes newspaper clippings with her own thoughts. Later in the year, when Emmeline Pankhurst gives a lecture at the Merion Cricket Club and tours Bryn Mawr, Worthington is able to speak with her about the movement and privately marvel that she dressed in purple, white, and green -- suffragette colors. This diary is filled with Miss Worthington's high praise of her friends, descriptions of hockey games, club lectures, play and glee club rehearsals, and traditions such as rush night, Lantern Night, May Day (for which she was elected the May Queen), and bonfire night. Throughout her diary, Miss Worthington talks about her relatives, in particular her aunt, M. Carey Thomas. She also includes programs from events, exam questions, drawings and photographs, and letters from family members. Miss Worthington also includes an index of topics she discusses at the back of the diary.
Date:
1909 - (approximate)1910
Collection:
Mary Whitall Worthington Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Katherine, December 26, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Katherine, 1923
Description:
In a humorous tone, Marie thanks her sister for her letter and shares more stories about her life in Rome and sisterly advice.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, September 26, 1919
Title:
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, 1919
Description:
Frederick Gookin writes about his vacation and travels with Nathalie.
Date:
1919-09-26
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, December 01, 1916
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1916
Description:
Gookin writes of spending Thanksgiving break with family friends in New York City.
Date:
1916-12-01
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, December 03, 1916
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1916
Description:
Gookin writes of spending time with her friend in New York City, and of her continuing crush on Helen Harris. She also writes of looking forward to Christmas break.
Date:
1916-12-03
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, September 25, 1919
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1919
Description:
Gookin writes about being in New York City after visiting family in Rutland.
Date:
1919-09-25
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, February 04, 1917
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1917
Description:
Gookin writes to her mother about things she is doing during vacation in New York.
Date:
1917-02-04
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, November 11, 1916
Title:
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, 1916
Description:
Mr. Gookin updates his wife of his travels.
Date:
1916-11-11
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, November 08, 1916
Title:
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, 1916
Description:
A short letter describing Mr. Gookin's travels.
Date:
1916-11-08
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, September 25, 1919
Title:
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, 1919
Description:
Frederick Gookin writes of spending time in New York City.
Date:
1919-09-25
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Katherine, February 15, 1924
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Katherine, 1924
Description:
Marie writes to her sister, sharing some gossip and anecdotes about her life in the boarding house.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to Katherine, February 29, 1924
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to Katherine, 1924
Description:
Marie writes to her sister to thank her for letters and valentines and retells an amusing story from her class.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Susan FitzGerald to her mother, approximately November 1928
Title:
Letter from Susan FitzGerald to her mother, approximately November 1928
Description:
Susan FitzGerald writes a long letter to her mother while on vacation in New York.
Date:
(approximate) 1928-11
Collection:
Susan FitzGerald Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 29, 1916
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1916
Description:
Gookin tells her mother about an amusing encounter with the seniors in her all, and of her arrival in New York for Thanksgiving break.
Date:
1916-11-29
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, February 28, 1920
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1920
Description:
Gookin writes about spending time in new York City with her friends.
Date:
1920-02-28
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, February 28, 1920
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1920
Description:
Gookin tells her mother about her weekend in New York City with friends.
Date:
1920-02-28
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, December 01, 1916
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1916
Description:
Gookin writes of spending Thanksgiving with family friends in New York City.
Date:
1916-12-01
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers

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