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Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Chartered in 1836 and opened in 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Became Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and Mount Holyoke College in 1893

Collection contains a catalog for the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which includes the Seminary's constitution and list of alumnae and officers from 1836 to 1862

Correspondence including letters (1915-1922) to and from Comstock's close friends, Helen G. Fisk, Mount Holyoke student, and Amy Hewes, professor at Mount Holyoke, describing Comstock's activities as a graduate student at Columbia University and a teacher at Mount Holyoke College; published and unpublished writings; biographical materials; and photos

Biographical and general records on faculty and staff of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, founded in 1837, later named Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Includes correspondence, publications, clippings, photographs, and other materials on earliest faculty and staff, up through and including most recent members

Chiefly travel memorabilia (1881-1912) including journals, guidebooks, postcards, clippings, and photos, relating to Edwards's trips in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East; together with correspondence, chiefly letters (1892-1925) to Sarah L. Stow describing her life in South Hadley, college activities, and travels, and providing information on Mount Holyoke alumnae; writings and research materials; biographical material; and scrapbooks

The Elizabeth Durrell Papers document her coursework at Mount Holyoke College (1964-1968). The materials are primarily essays, exams, lab manuals, notes, and syllabi. *

The records of the Mount Holyoke Day Care Center contain clippings that contain information about the center, registration forms, and brochures

The Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker Papers consist of correspondence, writings, magazine and newspaper articles, and photographs. The materials document her experiences as a botany professor at Mount Holyoke College, her hobby of raising and showing Buff Orpington chickens, and her interests in botany. Included is information concerning a hiking tour of Western Massachusetts for Mount Holyoke College students which was led by Hooker. Of note are letters in which Hooker discusses the destruction of Mount Holyoke's Seminary Building by fire in 1896. There is also an article about the history of Mount Holyoke College and the school's need for funds in the aftermath of the fire. Also, in letters written to Mount Holyoke College president Mary Woolley, Hooker states her vision of the history and future of Mount Holyoke College Botany Department. Some letters and writings describe the lives and work of Mary Lyon, Mount Holyoke College president Elizabeth Storrs Mead, and botany professor Lydia W. ...

Correspondence, published and unpublished writings, and research material, principally relating to Carr's professional activities; together with legal documents, biographical material, Carr family papers, photos, and Mount Holyoke College Chemistry Dept. records