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Entretiens de Pontigny
During the fall semester of 2003 Archives and Special Collections
supported the College's commemoration of a colloquia of intellectuals
(most
of them in exile from Europe) held at Mount Holyoke during World
War II. Students in art history, English, German studies, and
music
classes met in the Archives to explore how to use primary sources
relating to Entretiens de Pontigny. Many students wrote course
papers
based on collection materials, including papers of Fredrick Cramer,
Henry Rox and other Jewish faculty members who found refuge at
the
College after escaping from Germany. A register containing signature
of Marc Chagall, Andre Masson, Hannah Arendt, Claude Levi Strauss
and other distinguished participants was also featured in an exhibit
at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
For a summary
of a scholarly symposium celebrating the Entretiens de Pontigny
sponsored by the Weissman Center for Leadership see: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/programs/wcl/events
/current/pontigny/pontigny.shtml
Page from a
report about the first Pontigny conference at Mount Holyoke prepared
by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the CIA).
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