College Women

Facets: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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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 Helen Calder Robertson to her family, January 9, 1916
Title:
Letter from Helen Calder Robertson to her family, 1916
Description:
Helen had an eventful week with a trip to the University of Pennsylvania museum, PAFA, watching Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion" and going to a piano concert.
Date:
1916-01-09
Collection:
Helen Calder Robertson Letters
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, October 16, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Dorothy is very busy with work and extracurricular activities. She hosted her first event as her class president, the Freshmen reception. She also went to Philadelphia to see an exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, to gather some talking points for the upcoming dinner with the Dean. She shares that she really enjoys swimming now.
Date:
1903-10-16
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, March 17, 1918
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1918
Description:
Marie describes a busy weekend filled with studying, gym meets, an announcement of the European Fellowship recipients, a long walk with a friend, and an exhibition at PAFA.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father, November 30, 1902
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father, 1902
Description:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father describing her Thanksgiving dinner with the Hemphill family and her trip to Philadelphia to visit an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Date:
1902-11-30
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, March 22, 1918
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1918
Description:
Gookin writes about the previous day.
Date:
1918-03-22
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers