| Creator | Alder, Helen |
| Title | Helen Alder papers |
| Dates | 1906 |
| Identification | MS 43 |
| Quantity | 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) |
| Collection Abstract | Collection consists of one letter written by Alder to her mother and father while at Simmons College around 1906. The letter documents an off-campus teaching assignment at a South Boston settlement house and an off-campus social activity. The letter also offers a student's perspective on Dean Sarah Louise Arnold's enforcement of college regulations and on the issues of student liberty and chaperones in the early twentieth century. |
| Historical Abstract | Helen Alder, of Lawrence, Kansas and graduate of Kansas University, attended Simmons College in Boston (ca. 1906) and was enrolled in the School of Household Economics Graduate Certificate course. She lived in East House, one of three dwelling-houses on Short Street. No further information about Alder is available. This is due, in part, to the fact that students who did not receive a Bachelor's degree were not considered graduates of Simmons College and were rarely traced by the Office of Alumnae Affairs. |
| Language | Material in English. |
| Location | Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information. |
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[Identification of item: description and date], Helen Alder papers, MS 43, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
The Helen Alder papers were donated to the Simmons College Archives by her daughter, Mary C. Howard, in 1979.
Accession number: 79.102
Processed by Claire Goodwin, August 1992
Supervised by Megan Sniffin-Marinoff and Peter Carini
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Timothy B. Bowen, March 2013
Helen Alder, of Lawrence, Kansas and graduate of Kansas University(1), attended Simmons College in Boston (ca. 1906) and was enrolled in the School of Household Economics Graduate Certificate course.(2) She lived in East House(3), one of three dwelling-houses on Short Street (the other two were Students' House and West House; these Short Street dormitories were to the rear of North and South Halls, where the Sports Center was built.) No further information about Alder is available. This is due, in part, to the fact that students who did not receive a Bachelor's degree were not considered graduates of Simmons College and were rarely traced by the Office of Alumnae Affairs.
The Helen Alder papers consists of one letter written by Alder to her mother and father while at Simmons College around 1906. The letter documents an off-campus teaching assignment at a South Boston settlement house (most likely the South End House) and an off-campus social activity. The letter also offers a student's perspective on Dean Sarah Louise Arnold's enforcement of college regulations and on the issues of student liberty and chaperones in the early twentieth century.
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A transcription of the letter made by the Simmons College archives is available .
One letter written by Alder to her mother and father while at Simmons College around 1906 documents an off-campus teaching assignment at a South Boston settlement house (most likely the South End House) and an off-campus social activity. The letter also offers a student's perspective on Dean Sarah Louise Arnold's enforcement of college regulations and on the issues of student liberty and chaperones in the early twentieth century.
