College Women

Facets: Mothers and daughtersBerlin (Mass.)
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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 Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 22, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
In this letter Dorothy tells her mother about the exams she is taking and how hard it is to concentrate on studying when the campus and the woods are so inviting.
Date:
1903-05-22
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 31, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Dorothy reports that the exams are over and everyone is trying to relax. One of the exams ("Gwinn") was almost cancelled because the proctor was late but ended up being administered. The campus is being prepared for Reunion and commencement week. She regrets she has not bought the class ring because everyone else in her class has them.
Date:
1903-05-31
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 1903
Description:
This letter is written a week before the exams. Dorothy dreads the hard work ahead. She describes one of the last lectures she went to.
Date:
1903-05
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 19, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Dorothy describes several lectures she went to and her last Lab. She visited the Freshmen Supper and reminisces of her own freshman year. She reports that she was accepted to a highly selective English club for next year.
Date:
1903-05-19
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, May 27, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Examinations continue and Dorothy is very tired but doing quite well. She is worried about class dues to be collected soon and is looking forward to spending summer with her family. She discusses a book she is reading and asks for her mother's opinion.
Date:
1903-05-27
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers