MS 0759.1
Correspondence , 1920-1924
5 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0759, The Georgia Kauffman Selsam Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1980/01/04
Description:
The correspondence chiefly consists of letters
written by Selsam between 1920-1924. The majority
of the letters date from her first semester at
Mount Holyoke College in 1920. The letters
addressed to her family describe her activities
at Mount Holyoke, concerts, social events, balls,
Young Women's Christian Association meetings,
religious services and events, food, clothing,
weight gain, trying out for the freshman field
hockey team, her dormitory Judson Hall, speech
classes and debate, a feud between Smith College
and Amherst College students, a visit by Norman
Thomas of the League for Industrial Democracy,
and encounters with Mary Woolley. The
correspondence also includes a letter dated
September 13, 1920, from Mildred Leona
Batchelder, Mount Holyoke College Class of 1922
and "big sister" to Selsam; a letter from
Elizabeth S. Merriam Mount Holyoke College class
of 1921, dated September 19, 1920; and a letter
dated December 23, 1920, from Miss Ruth S.
Rafferty, Alumnae Secretary and resident of
Judson Hall.
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MS 0759.2
Memorabilia , 1935, 1940
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0795, The Georgia Kauffman Selsam Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1980/01/04
Description:
The memorabilia consists of the wedding
announcement of Georgia Kauffman Piggott and John
Paul Selsam dated 1935, her calling card with a
note dated August 22, 1940, and a Christmas card
from Selsam dated 1940.
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MS 0759.3
Biographical Information , ca. 1926, 1997
1 folder
Chronological
Part of MS 0759, The Georgia Kauffman Selsam Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1980/01/04
Description:
The material consists of a biographical note
about Selsam, ca. 1926, and a notice of her death
in 1997.
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MS 0759.4
Photographs , ca. 1919-1940
2 folders
Part of MS 0759, The Georgia Kauffman Selsam Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1980/01/04
Description:
This series consists of a photograph of Selsam
taken when she was a senior at Mount Holyoke
College, 1924, a photograph of the Selsam family
with the Keller family at Lake Erie in June of
1940, and a photograph album dating from ca.
1919-1924. The majority of the photographs in the
album are pictures of Mount Holyoke, Mountain
Day, Judson Hall, and Selsam and her friends and
family. Pictures of May Day, plays, the fire
damage of Rockefeller Hall, and Mount Holyoke
College graduation 1924 are also present. A
small portion of photographs include pictures of
the Dickinson Seminary, 1919-1920. A few
annotations written by her daughter, Eleanor
Selsam Webster, Mount Holyoke College class of
1948, include a story about the fire in
Rockefeller Hall.
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