| Creator | Gilman, Mildred Halfmann, 1917- |
| Title | Mildred Halfmann Gilman papers |
| Dates | 1936-1939 |
| Identification | MS 66 |
| Quantity | 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript container) |
| Collection Abstract | The Mildred Halfmann Gilman papers contain course notes, assignments, and examinations for courses in Economics, "Marriage," Philosophy, and Physics during the academic years 1936 and 1939. The "Marriage" course consisted of four lectures delivered by the visiting lecturer Professor F. Alexander Magoun of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Historical Abstract | Mildred Halfmann Gilman entered Simmons College in 1936 and graduated in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education, a degree offered jointly with the Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education. |
| 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], Mildred Halfmann Gilman papers, MS 66, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
The papers were donated to the Simmons College Archives by Mildred Halfmann Gilman in 1986.
Accession number: 86.004
Processed by Claire Goodwin, August 1992
Supervised by Megan Sniffin-Marinoff and Peter Carini, August 1992
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Jennifer Quan, March 2013
Mildred Halfmann Gilman entered Simmons College in 1936 and graduated in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education, a degree offered jointly with the Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education (now Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University). After graduation and prior to her marriage, Gilman taught physical education at the Hillside School in Norwalk, Connecticut. After her marriage to Martin Gilman and the birth of their two sons, she began a career of full-time volunteer work, most notably directing the Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Program and, commencing in 1972, conducting tutor-training workshops using the Laubach Method.(1) Her volunteer activities include leadership positions with the New England Lutheran Church Women (serving as President in 1973),(2) a term on the national board of the Lutheran Church's Division for Mission in North America, and tutoring individuals in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (E.S.O.L.) program.(3)
In 1970, Gilman founded English at Large "as a volunteer-based organization" that "provides free, practical, and accessible English language instruction to refugee and immigrant adults." Today, English at Large serves twenty-one communities in the Boston area.(4) Gilman died in Lexington, Massachusetts on August 8, 2011 and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.(5)
The Mildred Halfmann Gilman papers cover the period 1936-1939 and contain course notes, assignments, and examinations for various of four courses: Economics, "Marriage," Philosophy, and Physics. These materials document the type of assignments students were expected to complete, the content and style of work presented for grading, the content of lecture notes, and the level of proficiency students reached as determined by examinations. Researchers should be aware that the "Marriage" course was a series of four lectures offered in the Spring of 1939 for interested juniors and seniors. The course was not-for-credit and was not listed in the catalog of courses for 1938-1939. The visiting lecturer was Professor F. Alexander Magoun of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Collection is arranged into 2 series:
This series contains Gilman's undergraduate course notes and assignments for Economics, "Marriage," Philosophy, and Physics. Included are a term paper prepared for Economics (1939) titled "Improving the Conditions of Wage Earners", and documents the type of work developed by a student; class notes taken during a special "Marriage" lecture series that was offered in the Spring of 1939 and taught by a visiting professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a term paper, class notes, and handouts for the 1939 Philosophy course; and laboratory exercises conducted for the 1939 Physics course and documents the type of experiments Physical Education students were expected to conduct.
Box 1
This series contains two examinations from the 1939 Philosophy course and two examinations from the 1936 Physics course from the Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education.
Box 1
