| Creator | Sondergard, Elin Frances |
| Title | Elin Frances Sondergard papers |
| Dates | 1925-1929 |
| Identification | MS 274 |
| Quantity | 1.7 linear feet (1 oversize container) |
| Collection Abstract | The collection consists of a scrapbook which documents college activities and traditions as well as social life around the greater Boston area during the 1920s. Materials include notes, name cards, correspondence, official Simmons documents, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, play programs, bridge tally cards, dance cards, flowers, paper napkins, invitations, printed Valentine cards. |
| Historical Abstract | Elin Frances Sondergard, more commonly known as “Fran,” was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1908. She enrolled in Simmons College in 1925 and participated in the Simmons News, was a member of the field hockey team, and sat on the Academy executive board. She was voted “greatest professional promise” among her peers during her senior year; the Microcosm noted that her classmates “would not be surprised to see her as a socialist reformer some day.” Sondergard continued work at Simmons as an instructor in Secretarial Studies in the years following her graduation and then became an accountant. She married Alonzo Herbert Huntoon in 1953 and the two resided in Stoneham, MA until her death in 2000. |
| Language | Material in English |
| Location | Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information. |
Collection is open.
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Materials are in fragile condition.
[Identification of item: description and date], Elin Frances Sondergard papers, MS 274, Simmons University Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
Gift from Shay Zandman, March 2024.
Accession number: 2024.004
Processed by Skylar Ball
This collection guide was encoded by Kelsey Kolbet, June 2024.
Elin Frances Sondergard (1908-2000), more commonly known as “Fran,” was born in Lynn, Massachusetts to Danish immigrants Niels A. Sondergard and Clara Gronbech. She enrolled in Simmons College in 1925 and participated in the Simmons News, was a member of the field hockey team, and sat on the Academy Executive Board. She was voted “greatest professional promise” among her peers during her senior year; the Microcosm noted that her classmates “would not be surprised to see her as a socialist reformer some day.” Sondergard continued work at Simmons as an instructor in Secretarial Studies in the years following her graduation and then became an accountant. She married Alonzo Herbert Huntoon in 1953 and the two resided in Stoneham, MA until her death in 2000.
The collection consists of a scrapbook which documents college activities and traditions as well as social life around the greater Boston area during the 1920s. Materials include notes, name cards, correspondence, official Simmons documents, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, play programs, bridge tally cards, dance cards, flowers, paper napkins, invitations, printed Valentine cards.
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