| Creator | Stephens, Barbara Wears, 1913- |
| Title | Barbara Wears Stephens papers |
| Dates | 1934-1936 |
| Identification | MS 106 |
| Quantity | 1.0 linear feet (2 manuscript containers) |
| Collection Abstract | This collection primarily focuses on Barbara Wear Stephens' year in the Prince School of Store Service Education program at Simmons College between 1934-1935. The collection contains class notes, exams, and project reports, arranged by class subject. Some of her classwork also reports on her various work experiences. |
| Historical Abstract | Barbara Wears Stephens graduated from the Prince School of Store Service Education at Simmons College in 1935. Previously, she attended the University of Vermont in the Home Economics Course for three years (1931-1934). While attending school, she gained experience in sales at: the Gimbal Brothers, Inc. in New York; the William Filene's Sons Company in Boston; the E.T. Slattery Company in Boston; The Gilchrist Company in Boston; and at Abernathy, Clarkson, and Wright, Inc. in Burlington, Vermont. |
| 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], Barbara Wears Stephens papers, MS 106, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
Transferred to the College Archives with records from the Prince School of Retailing.
Accession number: 78.108
Processed by Mary Anne Herring, November 1996
Supervised by Claire Goodwin
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Danielle Geller, May 2013
Barbara Wears Stephens was a 1935 graduate from the Prince School of Store Service Education.(1) She was born on July 3, 1913. She went to high school at Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont. Stephens attended the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont, for three years in the Home Economics Course, from September 1931 to June 1934. She then attended the Prince School of Store Service Education for the academic year, 1934-1935. She graduated from Simmons College with a BS degree in June 1935.
While attending school, she gained experience at: the Gimbal Brothers, Inc. in New York from November 19, 1934 to December 22, 1934; the William Filene's Sons Company in Boston; the E.T. Slattery Company in Boston in April 1935; The Gilchrist Company in Boston in the Fall of 1934; and at Abernathy, Clarkson, and Wright, Inc. in Burlington, Vermont from July 1934 to August 1934.(2)
The Barbara Wears Stephens papers primarily focus on Stephens' year in the Prince School of Store Service Education program at Simmons College between 1934-1935. The collection contains class notes, exams, project reports, and a copy of her resume.
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Collection is arranged into 2 series:
This series contains Barbara Wears Stephens' notes, exams, and project reports arranged by class subject. The contents of the project reports vary, and they may include receipts from the Gilchrist company, clippings from magazines and newspapers, swatches of fabric, and drawings in pencil and in color. There is also a copy of her resume.
Box 1
Box 2
This series contains a press release from the National Retail Dry Goods Association expressing sorrow for the death of Lucinda Wyman Prince, the founder of the Prince School of Education for Store Service.
Box 2
