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History of the College

A brief outline of the history of Mount Holyoke College written by Sujeong Shin of the Office of Communications in conjunction with the staff of the College Archives.

Chronology

A time line outlining major events in world history, women's history and Mount Holyoke College history between 1837 and 1937.

Historic Map of the Campus

An historic map of the campus with access to information about buildings via the map, chronologically and alphabetically.

Mount Holyoke College Bibliography

A "Selected Bibliography of Publications Relating to Mount Holyoke College".

Mount Holyoke Textbooks

A listing of the textbooks used from the opening of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837 until the granting of the collegiate charter in 1888. The list is divided in three parts.

  • Seminary years, 1837/38-1878/79 (Excel file)
  • Seminary and College years, 1879/80-1888/89 (Excel file)
  • Recommended reading and preparatory studies (Excel file)

    The lists were compiled from information provided in the catalogues, which is usually limited to the author's last name and a one or two-word descriptive title-- for example: Olney's Trigonometry. A red check before a title indicates a work which is not currently owned by Mount Holyoke in a 19th-century edition.

    Mount Holyoke Ghost Stories

    The principal ghost stories told about the College.

    "History of Mount Holyoke Seminary During Its First Half Century, 1837-1887", by Sarah D. (Lock) Stowe

    A history of Mount Holyoke College written by Sarah D. Lock Stowe digitized and available in full.

    Mount Holyoke Journal Letters

    The journal letters were written by several "journalists" to members of the Mount Holyoke community who were serving as missionaries around the world. The purpose of the letters was to keep those members of the community up to date with events and changes at Mount Holyoke. Lucy Lyon, Class of 1840, began the Journal Letters for Fidelia Fiske, Class of 1842, teacher at the Seminary 1842-43, who left her teaching post to go as a missionary to Persia. The letters continued to be written until 1891.

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