Women college students -- United States -- 20th century

Abstract Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; writings and notes; and teaching materials; research and organization files focusing primarily on her years as a professor at Barnard College and her administrative responsibilities there. Her papers reveal the thrills and frustrations that come with advancing new disciplines, American Studies and Women's Studies, while advocating traditional, single-sex educational programs....

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Hart-Lester Harris gives a brief account of each day in 1910, her freshman/sophomore year at Smith College. Harris writes of school work, friendships, clothing, events and day-to-day happenings in her life. Notable events include seeing Halley's comet, and the inauguation of Smith College President Marion Le Roy Burton.

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Hart-Lester Harris gives a brief account of each day in 1911, her sophomore/junior year at Smith College. Harris writes of school work, friendships, clothing, events and day-to-day happenings in her life. Events of note include the announcement to name the auditorium "John M. Greene."

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Hart-Lester Harris gives a brief account of each day in 1912, her junior/senior year at Smith College. Harris writes of school work, friendships, clothing, events and day-to-day happenings in her life. Events of note include the death of her brother, Ches, and her Junior Prom.

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Hart-Lester Harris gives a brief account of each day in 1913, the end of her senior year at Smith College, and the summer and fall following. Harris writes of school work, friendships, clothing, events and day-to-day happenings in her life. Events of note include her graduation.

Abstract YWCA executive, YWCA worker, Social welfare worker. The Edith M. Lerrigo Papers are primarily related to her professional and public life, dating from 1922 to 1989. Types of materials include correspondence, sermons, prayers, meditations and worship services, photographs, reports, subject files, and writings. The bulk of the papers date from 1930s to 1981 and consist primarily of notes, outlines, and texts for Lerrigo's many speeches and presentations, the bulk of which were given at YWCA...

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A memorabilia book of Hart-Lester Harris, from her junior and senior years at Smith College. It includes notes, photographs, programs for events, newspaper clippings, and other small items of remembrance.

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A memorabilia book of Hart-Lester Harris, from her freshman and sophomore years at Smith College. It includes notes, photographs, programs for events, newspaper clippings, and other small items of remembrance.

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A scrapbook style page including a timeline of Hart-Lester Harris' (Mrs. Joseph C. Allen) life, a photograph, and clippings from newspapers and Smith Alumnae Quarterlys about Harris. Includes articles about the death of her son, Covington Allen, in 1951.

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Pages from a photograph album of Hart-Lester Harris, from her undergraduate careeer at Smith College from 1910 to 1913.

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Hart-Lester Harris (left) embraces Grace Alling. Photograph taken outside.

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From left to right: Hart-Lester Harris, Gertrude Brintnall, and a third woman (unknown). Harris is standing, looking at Brintnall and other woman sitting on front steps. Taken from H. H. Allen (class of 1913).

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Hart-Lester Harris at her Junior Prom Garden Party.

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Hart-Lester Harris at her Junior Prom Garden Party.

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Starting second from left: Hart-Lester Harris, Gertrude Brintnall and Emily Chamberlain, all of the class of 1913 (woman on the far left is unknown). Pictured sitting on front steps; Chamberlain is holding a tennis racket. Taken from H.H. Allen's (class of 1913) "About Campus."

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From left to right: Hart-Lester Harris, Anabel Good, and Gertrude Brintnall, all of the class of 1913. Photograph taken outside.

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From left to right: Hart-Lester Harris, Anabel Good, and Gertrude Brintnall, all of the class of 1913. Photograph taken outside.

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Hart-Lester Harris holds a flower; other Smith students in white can be seen holding the ivy chain in the background.

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Hart-Lester Harris holds a flower; other Smith students in white can be seen holding the ivy chain in the background.

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Hart-Lester Harris eats outside next to a man named Louis. Other young women, all in white, are in the background (possibly at Junior Prom)

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Hart-Lester Harris is pictured eating outside on campus. She holds a camera in her hand.

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Harris sits on front steps of a building.

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Hart-Lester Harris (right) sits on front steps next to an unnamed young woman. From H. H. Allen, class of 1913.

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Hart-Lester Harris stands outside a building, probably on the Smith College campus.

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Hart-Lester Harris stands outside a building, probably on the Smith College campus.

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Hart-Lester Harris stands outside a building, probably on the Smith College campus.

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On left: Hart-Lester Harris and Gertrude Brintnall in furs. On right: "our little freshmen" (unnamed), three women in front of a building, two more look out from a window above.