Alumnae, 1920 - 1984

File — Box: T-01

Identifier: T:001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to alumni, awards, Alumni Association, authors, Alumni Club, deaths, dinners, Alumni Fund, publications, travel, Circle Club, reunions held on campus, Shankweiler Society, Class of 1876-1991, and information about individual alumni.

Includes constitution and by-laws, event programs, photos, speeches, personal letters, newspaper clippings, mailer envelopes, ballots, tickets, brochures, magazine articles, newsletters, fliers, commencement invitations, poems, report card, and surveys.

Dates

1920 - 1984

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Constitution of Alumnae Association; Mabel Kern Knecht first woman to receive degree 1920; lists of successful alumnae; resolution to combine alumnae and alumni association; lists of deaths; list of alumnae graduates years 1920-1946

Photos of women at 1966 dinner annual reunion celebration; photo of Nellie Sloyer, Louisa Z. Knapp, Mabel K. Knecht

Photos of Elda Kunkel, Mae Murphy, Ruth Seuthy, Marylouise Jeffries, Margaret Young, Maraci Schick, Esther Coleman, Alison Neaves, Shirley Dierolf (wife of Claude), President Jonathan Messerli