In Memoriam: Dr. Virginia Apgar '29
Main Title:
In Memoriam: Dr. Virginia Apgar '29
Description:
Apgar's friend and former zoology professor, Christianna Smith, wrote this reminiscence shortly after Apgar's death in August 1974.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1974
Genre:
articles
Joseph A. Skinner residence
Main Title:
Joseph A. Skinner residence
Description:
Black and white photograph depicting front facade of Joseph A. Skinner residence in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
ca. 1940 - 1949
Genre:
photographs
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees, June 18, 1932
Main Title:
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees, June 18, 1932
Description:
Minutes recorded at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College held on June 18, 1932. Topics of discussion include budget and finances, reports about buildings and grounds, appointments, and conferring of degrees. Signed by Harriet Newhall, Secretary to the Board of Trustees.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1932-06-18
Genre:
minutes (administrative records)
Katherine Butler Jones
Main Title:
Katherine Butler Jones
Description:
Photograph of Katherine Butler Jones, class of 1957, at Black Alumnae Conference, 1983
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1983
Genre:
photographs
Gloria Johnson Powell
Main Title:
Gloria Johnson Powell
Description:
Formal photograph of Gloria Johnson Powell
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1958
Genre:
photographs
Katherine Butler Jones
Main Title:
Katherine Butler Jones
Description:
Formal portrait of Katherine Butler Jones, class of 1957
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1950 - 1959
Genre:
photographs
Katherine Butler Jones
Main Title:
Katherine Butler Jones
Description:
Portrait of Katherine Butler Jones, Class of 1957.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1975
Genre:
photographs
Portrait painting of Hannah Porter
Main Title:
Portrait painting of Hannah Porter
Description:
Photograph of a portrait painting of Hannah Porter, wife of Deacon Andrew W. Porter. Deacon Porter was one of Mount Holyoke College’s earliest trustees, having served from 1836-1877.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1946
Genre:
photographs
Portrait painting of Deacon Andrew W. Porter
Main Title:
Portrait painting of Deacon Andrew W. Porter
Description:
Photograph of a portrait painting of Deacon Andrew W. Porter, one of Mount Holyoke College’s earliest trustees who served from 1836-1877.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1946
Genre:
photographs
Waitresses prepare to serve Deacon Porter's hat
Main Title:
Waitresses prepare to serve Deacon Porter���s hat
Description:
From label on verso: “Student waitresses prepare to serve Deacon Porter’s hat for Mary Lyon’s birthday celebration in the dormitories.” Deacon Porter’s Hat is a steamed pudding dessert traditionally served on Founder’s Day; it is named for Deacon Andrew W. Porter, one of Mount Holyoke College’s earliest trustees who served from 1836-1877.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1960
Genre:
photographs
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Helen M. Voorhees
Main Title:
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Helen M. Voorhees
Description:
Apgar, newly graduated from Mount Holyoke College, wrote to tell Voorhees, director of the MHC Appointment Bureau, that she would not be working as a camp counselor during the summer, but had found a job with a Harvard physician's family, because of the opportunity to be among scientific people. The medical family, the Drinkers, would be Apgar's lifelong friends.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1929-7-26
Genre:
correspondence
Notices about Apgar from the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly
Main Title:
Notices about Apgar from the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly
Description:
The Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Office actively sought out information on the activities of MHC graduates. These notices reveal that Apgar's college nickname was Jimmy and acknowledge her medical education and later appointments, as well as interesting activities such as saving the baby of actress Elizabeth Taylor in 1958.; Item is a photocopy.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1930 - 1964
Genre:
articles
Joseph Skinner and his car
Main Title:
Joseph Skinner and his car
Description:
Black and white photo of the President of the Board of Trustees, Joseph Skinner, standing in front of his car. Written on the back of the photo: 'Mr. Joseph Skinner - Pres. of the Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College, and a long time benefactor of the college.'
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1905 - 1931
Genre:
photographs
Reverend Hiram Mead
Main Title:
Reverend Hiram Mead
Description:
Reverend Hiram Mead was the Pastor of the First Congregational Church in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He was a trustee at Mount Holyoke from 1859-1873.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Genre:
photographs
Margaret Claytor Woodbury
Main Title:
Margaret Claytor Woodbury
Description:
Formal portrait of Margaret Claytor Woodbury
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1958
Genre:
photographs
Aerial view of Skinner residence in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Main Title:
Aerial view of Skinner residence in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Description:
Black and white photograph depicting aerial view of Skinner residence in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Genre:
photographs
Sarah Williston (Stoddard), 1898
Main Title:
Sarah Williston (Stoddard), 1898
Description:
A photograph of Sarah Williston (Stottard), the first female trustee, 1898.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
1898
Genre:
photographs
Joseph A. Skinner looks out window, ca. 1940s
Main Title:
Joseph A. Skinner looks out window, ca. 1940s
Description:
Black and white photograph depicting Joseph A. Skinner looking out window, circa 1940s.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1940 - 1949
Genre:
photographs
Joseph A. Skinner in regalia
Main Title:
Joseph A. Skinner in regalia
Description:
Black and white photograph of Joseph A. Skinner dressed in commencement regalia.
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Genre:
photographs
Carol Bissell Truesdell, class of 1958
Main Title:
Carol Bissell Truesdell, class of 1958
Description:
Head and shoulders portrait of Carol Bissell Truesdell, class of 1958, trustee 1983-1988
Collection:
Board of Trustees records
Date Created:
circa 1957
Genre:
photographs

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