Beal, Helen Brugger,
Beal Papers.
1905-1984.
Manuscript Collection: MS 0630
3
boxes
Agency History/Biographical note:
Helen Frances Brugger was born on April 15, 1890 in Columbus,
Nebraska. She attended Oberlin College from 1908-1909. She
graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1912 with a double major in English
Literature and Botany. After graduating, she taught botany, zoology,
hygiene, and violin at Brownell Hall in Omaha, Nebraska. On November
27, 1915 she married Daniel M. Beal. She was an avid collector of
antiques and works of art and traveled extensively with her sister
Florence Brugger in Europe, South America, the Soviet Union,
Afghanistan, China, and elsewhere. She died on September 12, 1984 in
the same house where she was born in Columbus, Nebraska.
Scope and Content:
The Helen Brugger Beal Papers contain correspondence, photographs,
clippings, and Mount Holyoke memorabilia, including a herbia she made
for Botany classes. Among the memorabilia are notes she received on
Senior Mountain Day and programs of events such as Commencement and
music recitals. The correspondence contains letters written to Beal
by alumnae members of the secret society Psi Omega when Beal became a
member. Beal was an antique collector of pieces of glass and silver,
paintings, and furniture. Included in her papers is correspondence
with various antique dealers, information on and clippings about her
collections, and photographs. There is also information regarding a
piece of furniture she donated to the college. Beal and her sister,
Florence Brugger, traveled together to various destinations across
the globe. As a result, there are many postcards related to their
destinations, as well as a scrapbook collection of postcards she
received while she was at Mount Holyoke. Also included in this
collection is a scrapbook that contains programs, receipts,
schedules, tickets, and notes from when she was a student at Oberlin
and Mount Holyoke, and her diploma.
Cite as: Helen Brugger Beal Papers, Mount Holyoke College
Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley,
MA.
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Series List:
- Correspondence
, 1904-1982
, 1 folder
- Herbia
, 1910-1911
, 2 folders
- Art and Antique Collecting Records
, 1930-1989
, 4 folders
- Postcards
,
, 4 folders
- Memoriabila
, 1908-1914
, 1 linear foot, 7 folders
- Biographical Materials
, 1912-1984
, 1 folder
- Photographs
, 1905-1979
, 1 folder
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