Guide to the Ruth Margaret Tallmadge papers, 1929-1933

Descriptive Summary

Creator Tallmadge, Ruth Margaret
Title Ruth Margaret Tallmadge papers
Dates 1929-1933
Identification MS 233
Quantity 1.5 linear feet (1 manuscript container)
Collection Abstract The Ruth Tallmadge scrapbook collection consists of approximately 40 pages documenting Tallmadge’s daily life at Simmons from 1929 to 1933. The scrapbook consists of signatures and information about classmates, photographs of fellow students, photographs and programs of college traditions such as Freshman-Junior Wedding, Freshman Frolic, Track Day, Faculty Baseball Game, Sophomore-Senior Picnic, Christmas dinner, and May Day Celebrations at both Simmons and Mt. Holyoke and Founders Day Convocation; correspondence, academic records, theater ticket stubs and programs, notes and memos relating to student activities events such as Glee Club and the Young Women’s Christian Association, and programs and newspaper clippings of the 1933 commencement activities.
Historical Abstract Ruth Margaret Tallmadge graduated from Simmons College in 1933.
Language Material in English.
Location

Information for Users

Access Restrictions

Collection is closed

Copyright Notice

Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.

Publishing permission

Please contact the College Archivist with requests to publish any material from the collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item: description and date], Ruth Margaret Talmadge papers, MS 233, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Barbara Howard, August 25, 2008.

Accession number: 2010.003

Processing Information

Processed by Simmons College Archives staff

This Collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Ashleigh D. Coren, November 2013.


Biographical Note

Ruth Margaret Tallmadge graduated from Simmons College in 1933.


Collection Overview

The Ruth Tallmadge scrapbook collection consists of approximately 40 pages documenting Tallmadge’s daily life at Simmons from 1929 to 1933. The scrapbook consists of signatures and information about classmates, photographs of fellow students, photographs and programs of college traditions such as Freshman-Junior Wedding, Freshman Frolic, Track Day, Faculty Baseball Game, Sophomore-Senior Picnic, Christmas dinner, and May Day Celebrations at both Simmons and Mt. Holyoke and Founders Day Convocation; correspondence, academic records, theater ticket stubs and programs, notes and memos relating to student activities events such as Glee Club and the Young Women’s Christian Association, and programs and newspaper clippings of the 1933 commencement activities.


Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Scrapbooks
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) -- Students
Tallmadge, Ruth Margaret
Women college students -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social life and customs -- 20th century