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Photo of M. Carey Thomas (pictured second from the right on the grass) walking in a circle with several other women while students watch. This is most likely a May Day photo during the 1900s.

Scrapbook compiled by Jean Scobie Davis, Bryn Mawr College class of 1914, related to her time at Bryn Mawr. Included are matriculation examinations, college examinations, academic schedules, programs for events on and off campus, material relating to the Christian Association, formal and informal portraits and group portraits, campus photographs, formal and informal correspondence, political fliers and leaflets, a songbook, material relating to Commencement, and a variety of ephemera. Notable are a pamphlet of geology-related songs "for use in conferences and on excursions" and an essay composed by Davis titled "Reasons why a woman wants the vote."

Photo of M. Carey Thomas and Louise Hodges Crenshaw - Class President at 1918's May Day. The photo is identified as a gift of Marjorie Mackenzie (King).

This letter describes the examination week and Seniors saying goodbye to college.

A group of ten students pose in a line for a photograph on Merion Green. They wear dark tunics with peter pan collars that are belted at the waist with a pinned sash, dark stockings, and conical hats. The costumes are decorated with five-pointed stars of varying sizes. Their faces are smudged to look dirty and they carry brooms made of twigs bound to long rods. In addition to the chimney sweeps, there is a student in a stocky conical costume that has been affixed with evergreen branches.

Photograph of students lined up in single file lines and holding flower baskets. The photograph appears to have been taken in the evening and a building is visible in the background as well.

Gookin writes about field hockey, the debates surrounding May Day, and about the rest of her day.

Helen describes her return to campus, meeting her friends and settling in her room. Her new classes have begun and several campus events are underway.

Members of the May Day Procession advancing. Two girls holding garlands of flowers lead, followed by students mounted on dark horses, and others follow. Back of photograph is inscribed "May Day - Big -1900 Procession." May Day celebrates spring and honors parting seniors featuring parades, theater, and maypole dancing. Big May Day occurs once every four years and is marked by even more extravagant celebrations.

Mary Whitall Worthington's diary from her junior year at Bryn Mawr College. The diary begins during her summer vacation while she is visiting friends and family in Europe. She describes visiting Newnham College and sneaking into play rehearsals, hearing engaging speakers on women's suffrage, and traveling around Ireland. Miss Worthington has a deep interest in the Women's Suffrage Movement and this passion can be seen throughout her diary. During her junior year at Bryn Mawr she is the President of the College Equal Suffrage League and attends the 40th Annual Convention of the North American Woman Suffrage Association in Buffalo, New York, in October of 1908. She writes about the experience of attending the convention, of hearing M. Carey Thomas speak, of meeting other women dedicated to the cause, and of her unfavorable opinion of Harriot Stanton Blatch. Her diary includes accounts of other meetings of the Bryn Mawr chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League and her thoughts on the many talks she attends regarding suffrage, including two (one given at Bryn Mawr) by Anna Howard Shaw. She also writes about playing on the hockey team (including a particularly memorable game between the classes of 1909 and 1910 played in "fancy dress"), performing in and and attending plays and other cultural performances, and about traditions including rush night and the garden party. Miss Worthington writes about her different friend groups and their interactions, giving more detail especially as more of them get engaged and some experience the loss of loved ones. She talks about her relatives, particularly her aunt, M. Carey Thomas. Throughout her diary, Mary Whitall Worthington includes photographs of friends, programs from events, exam questions, drawings, and letters from family members. Miss Worthington also includes an index of topics she discusses at the back of the diary.