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Julia Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.01
Abstract
Julia Allen (1896-1974) was recruited to Berea College in 1932 as Assistant Dean of Women to succeed Katherine Bowersox, who had been Dean of Women since 1907. A Kentucky native, Allen studied at both Mt. Holyoke and the University of Chicago. Allen also had worked in a factory, tutored Italian children in Chicago, and directed YWCA summer camps. For five years she had taught Chinese girls at a mission school in Nanking. Her genuine interest in the students, her humor, intellect, and strong...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1974; Other: Majority of material found within 1935-1939
Mary Elizabeth Welsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.57
Abstract
Ms. Welsh was born on October 19, 1862 in Gloucester, Massachusetts but spent most of her early life in Boothbay, Maine. After graduating as Valedictorian from Gloucester High School in the spring of 1881, she entered Wellesley College in the fall of the same year. After four years of enrollment in Wellesley’s Classical Course, Ms. Welsh graduated with a B.A. in Classical Languages in 1885.
Upon graduation Ms. Welsh taught Latin, Greek, and English at several institutions including the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1881-1952