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Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, March 21, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, expressing sympathy for someone named Dolly, who it seems has a relative who is unwell. She writes of her upcoming plans to travel home, and then to travel later to a cabin. She asks Thomas to let her know when Thomas will be able to visit her, and tells her that her eyes are doing much better than they had been.
Date:
1891-03-21
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 26, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
A continuation of her previous letter, M. Carey Thomas continues to recount the most recent Johns Hopkins Medical School fundraising meeting, focusing on logistical details and finances. Thomas then moves on to discussing new classroom furnishings and the progress of building improvements at the Bryn Mawr School. Finally, she restarts the discussion of Homer, asking Mary again to read along with her and discuss via letter while Mary is away.
Date:
1891-02-26
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, February 23, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
A brief note from Mary Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, in which she congratulates Thomas (and the rest of those involved in the scheme) for the victory apparently won at the meeting. No envelope.
Date:
1891-02-23
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 22, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
A continuation of her previous letter, M. Carey Thomas continues to recount the most recent Johns Hopkins Medical School fundraising meeting, focusing on logistical details and finances. Thomas then moves on to discussing new classroom furnishings and the progress of building improvements at the Bryn Mawr School. Finally, she restarts the discussion of Homer, asking Mary again to read along with her and discuss via letter while Mary is away.
Date:
1891-02-22
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 15, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
M. Carey Thomas again asks Mary Garrett to write her about personal, rather than business matters. Thomas writes that Julia Rogers has had a breast tumor, and that she arranged for Julia to see a doctor and have it operated on. She writes about how much surgery has advanced in the past five years. Thomas concludes the letter by recounting her various social engagements, including a lecture, and business at Bryn Mawr and then on a trip to Baltimore.
Date:
1891-03-15
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 22, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
M. Carey Thomas writes to Mary Garrett that she is impressed with the ambition of Garrett's new plan but thinks it may not be feasible. The rest of the letter is an outline of the order of proceedings for a meeting about the Johns Hopkins fundraising campaign. Notably, Thomas's adversary Kate M. McLane presented a letter of support for her side by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The attendees discuss the exact implications of admission "on the same terms" as men and eventually a vote is taken in which Thomas and Garrett's side wins.
Date:
1891-02-22
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 15, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
Thomas writes to Garrett about reading Homer and other authors and of the books she will send Garrett to read while she is recovering. Thomas discusses an upcoming trip to New York she hopes to take with Mamie Gwinn in order to see Sarah Bernhardt in Cleopatra and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The letter then recounts how Thomas spent each day since her last long letter, including about hearing of her brother Harry's infant son's death and the child's funeral.
Date:
1891-02-15
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 01, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
Thomas writes that her time is being taken up with the hiring of a new professor and responds to Garrett's questions about the last medical school Committee meeting. She advises Garrett to stay away for longer and preserve her health, since no urgent business requires her attention at the moment. Thomas summarizes the Committee's most recent discussions and then writes about the difficulty of finding people in the administrations of other women's colleges who share her priorities and intellectual rigor.
Date:
1891-03-01
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 27, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
A short postcard containing a continuation of Thomas' previous message to Garrett. Thomas asks if she should return some borrowed items to Garrett or to a mutual friend and writes that her trip to New York to see Sarah Bernhardt perform is scheduled.
Date:
1891-02-27
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, February 26, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, apologizing for not replying sooner, but saying that she was feeling down and under the weather. She again congratulates Thomas for her success at the meeting. No envelope.
Date:
1891-02-26
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 18, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
Four of these pages are labeled "School Notes" and consist of M. Carey Thomas's report on her visit to the Bryn Mawr School. Thomas writes that she ordered building improvements to the gymnasium and new furniture for the science labs. She reports on the repair and placement of plaster casts of classical art Garrett has lent to the school as well as the dismissal and hiring of teachers and problems with electrical work. Included with the letter is a dramatis personae page for the play The Rivals and notes from a meeting of the medical school committee.
Date:
1891-03-18
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, February 13, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
M. Carey Thomas describes her participation in a fundraising event for a scholarship that would bring Japanese students to study at Bryn Mawr and other Pennsylvania colleges. The rest of the letter is commentary on the ongoing debates in various publications about opening the Johns Hopkins Medical School to women.
Date:
1891-02-13
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, February 15, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, commenting on a matter of tension between Garrett and Bessie King regarding the sending of letters to a Dr. Stevenson. Garrett encourages Thomas to talk to the press about the Fund and their scheme.
Date:
1891-02-15
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 03, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
Thomas recounts a conversation with Dr. Kate Hurd about the Bryn Mawr School's physical education program. Thomas writes that Dr. Hurd hopes to hire a trainer and about the financial implications of doing so. Thomas then presents a plan for supervising children in the afternoon after lessons have concluded, and asks for Garrett's opinion of it. Thomas also writes about the need to hire a new English teacher and a quarrel between a few teachers at the school.
Date:
1891-03-03
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 15, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
A short note from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Garrett saying that things have come up that have prevented her from writing and that Thomas will send a longer letter explaining everything shortly.
Date:
1891-03-15
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, February 28, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett writes M. Carey Thomas a lengthy letter, first talking about her stay at the Mountain Park Hotel, and then moving on to fundraising business. She suggests that someone be found to talk to a Mr. Grafflin about the possibility of donating money to the Fund for the Johns Hopkins Medical School. She also writes about people who have promised to buy subscriptions and/or pledged money. She discusses the current status and fate of several fundraising Committees in other cities. She then gives a detailed account about her typical day, and moves on to answer questions from Thomas's letter.
Date:
1891-02-28
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, March 01, 1891 - March 02, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, thanking her for the letters and the tea that Thomas sent to her, and wishes her well on her time off. She then discusses the furnishings that still need to be purchased for the Bryn Mawr School. She also addresses the Medical School fund, proposing that they have the press correct the date they had given as the deadline for the funds, so as to not confuse the public. She also asks Thomas look over the list of potential donors and see if something can be done with them.
Date:
(approximate)1891-03-01 - (approximate)1891-03-02
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 08, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
M. Carey Thomas continues to tell Mary Garrett about Sarah Bernhardt's performance in Cleopatra. Thomas writes in particularly frank terms about the performance's sensuality, her desire for Cleopatra, and desire to be Antony as well as how recent scientific texts have shaped her understanding of the play. Thomas goes on to write of her recent dining companions and her travel plans. She also writes about reading Keats for the course she is teaching at Bryn Mawr and how busy work keeps her.
Date:
1891-03-08
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, March 24, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
A short letter in which M. Carey Thomas asks Mary Garrett about her travel plans for an upcoming trip to Baltimore so that they can coordinate their arrivals.
Date:
1891-03-24
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, March 27, 1891
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1891
Description:
Mary Garrett sends M. Carey Thomas a paper which she had received from Dr. Cushier regarding Johns Hopkins, saying that Dr. Cushier was not pleased by it. Paper is not included, no envelope.
Date:
1891-03-27
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College

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