My Book Collection, 1891-1929

History

I've been collecting books about Mount Holyoke, chiefly for my own research into the history on my postcards. But they began taking on a charm of their own. These are the books, magazines, articles, and pamphlets that date between 1891 and 1929.

The Images

The covers of the books, and some illustrations, are available now. I will be adding text about each item in coming months. The books are listed in chronological order.

• "Class-Letters '87 Mt. Holyoke" (1891)
  
  • Letters written by the class of 1887 to each other
    

• "Topics in Ancient History / Arranged for Use in Mt. Holyoke Seminary and College" (1891)
  
  • Written by Clara W. Wood, instructor in English, 1873-1905
    
  • Published by Ginn & Company, Boston
    

• "Memorial of Elizabeth Blanchard" (1893)
  
  • Written by Anna C Edwards 1859 about Elizabeth Blanchard 1858
    
  • Published by Bryant Printing Company, Florence, Mass.
    

• "A Sketch of Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Mass." (1893)
  
  • Written by Miss Sabra C. Snell, of the Class of 1866
    
  • Published by Bryant Printing Company, Florence, Mass.
    

• "1894 Epistolae Alumnae. - Mt. Holyoke College. -Class of 1880." (1894)
  
  • Class letter of the class of 1880, written in 1894
    
  • Printed by Hubbard & Taber in Holyoke, Mass.
    

• "The Delineator: A Journal of Fashion, Culture and Fine Arts" (October 1894)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "The Women's Colleges of the United States - No. 6," about Mount Holyoke, by Emily Florence Paine 1886
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine" (January 1895)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "Festivals in American Colleges for Women," with a contribution for Mount Holyoke by Henriette E. Hooker
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Tenth Class Letter to the Mt. Holyoke Graduates of 1858" (1895)
  
  • Published in Minneapolis in 1895
    

• "Quinquennial Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College" (1895)
  
  • Scan shows cover page, since cover is unadorned; ex-library
    

• "Demorest's Family Magazine" (July 1896)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "Our Girls at Mount Holyoke College," by Helen Marshall North.
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Navitae" (1896)
  
  • Report from the 30th reunion of the class of 1866
    

• "Mt. Holyoke College" (1896)
  
  • A 15-page mini-book about the history of the College, by Rev. Cyrus Pickett
    

• "A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry" (1896); illustration is of the title page, since the book cover is unadorned
  
  • by Edward A. Bowser LL. D., Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at Rutgers College
    
  • signed by Ethelyn L. Hull class of 1901, and dated Dec '97
    

• "New England Magazine" (January 1897)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "Mount Holyoke College," by Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker. 18 pages, lots of pictures.
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Class-Letters '87 Mt. Holyoke" (1897)
  
  • Letters written by the class of 1887 to each other
    
  • Cover was plain green, so this is a scan of the first page
    

• "An Address on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Mary Lyon's birth" (1897)
  
  • Delivered February 28, 1897 in Ashfield and Buckland
    
  • Link to scanned text of the pamphlet
    

• "The Beautiful Life of Frances E. Willard" (1898)
  
  • by Anna Adams Gordon x1875, Willard's personal secretary for 21 years
    
  • memorial volume for Willard, who was president in the Women's Christian Temperence Union
    

• "Mount Holyoke Days in War Time" (1898)
  
  • by Anna Stevens Reed x1869
    
  • inscribed by Annie Wooster Matthies 1887
    

• "Songs of Mount Holyoke" (1899)
  
  • A Collection of Songs for the use of the Glee Club and Students of Mount Holyoke College
    
  • Published by the Class of '99
    

• "Memorial of Elisabeth M. Bardwell of Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Mass" (1899)
  
  • A member of the class of 1866, she was director of the observatory and professor of astronomy, 1866-1896
    
  • The text of the book
    

• "Holyoke Ninety-Nine." (1900)
  
  • Letters written by the class of 1899 to each other, one year after graduation
    

• "College Girls" (1900)
  
  • Drawings of college girls by Penrhyn Stanlaws
    
  • A scan of the Mount Holyoke girl
    

• "The Principal Buildings of Mount Holyoke College" (1900)
  
  • A trifold pamphlet with photos of Mary Lyon Hall, Pearsons Hall, Mary Brigham Hall, Gymnasium, Lydia Shattuck Hall, Porter Hall, Rockefeller Hall, and Safford Hall
    
  • A drawing of Mary E. Wilder Hall also included; it was built in 1899, and perhaps not finished in time to have its photo included instead
    

• "Class of '87" (1900)
  
  • Letters written by the class of 1887 to each other
    

• "The Mountain Maid and Other Poems of New Hampshire" (1900)
  
  • written and signed by Edna Dean Proctor x1847
    

• "In Memoriam Marietta Kies"
  
  • Marietta Kies 1881, died in 1899
    
  • signed by C. H. Wever - a relative, perhaps, of Mary C. Wever x1880?
    

• The Puritan: "Sport and the College Woman" (1901)
  
  • by Carolyn Halsted
    
  • "How Athletic Feats of the Vassar Girl Compare with Those of her Brother at Yale, and the Wise Purpose of This Moderate Physical Training Which Puts Health Above Records."
    
  • Illustration: "The '99 Basket Ball Team at Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts"
    
  • Illustration: "The Rinkle Polo Club in Full Swing at Mount Holyoke College" (drawn from a photograph)
    
  • Illustration: "Seniors Jumping Rope in the May Day Festival at Mount Holyoke"
    

• "A Tribute in Memory of Annie L. Grout" (1901)
  
  • A memorial for Annie L. Grout x1868 written by her father
    
  • the text of the memorial
    

• A Little Book of College Verse (1901)
  
  • Selected mostly from the pages of The Mount Holyoke
    
  • Compiled, edited and Published by The LNSS of the class of 1902
    
  • Card for Miss Bertha Snyder x1904 laid in
    

• "Plane and Spherical Trigonometry" (1902)
  
  • A textbook from the Analytic Geometry class at Mount Holyoke
    
  • Signed by Alice Fairbank x1907
    

• Catharine Hayden Barbour (1902)
  
  • A memoir for Catharine Hayden Barbour 1887, who died late in 1901
    

• English Textbook (1903)
  
  • "English Literature from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest" by Stopford A. Brooke
    
  • Inscribed: "Esther M. Sears, Mt. Holyoke College '07 Box 202."
    

• "The Chafing Dish and the College Girl" (1904)
  
  • From "Woman's Home Companion," April 1904
    
  • a xerox of the article, hence no scan of the magazine
    
  • the text of the article
    

• "Views of Mount Holyoke College" (1904)
  
  • by Asa Stephen Kinney, MS; Instructor of Botany at MHC
    
  • viewbook of 40 views on campus; the 1905 version below has many of the same photos
    

• "Values of College Training for Women" (1904)
  
  • by Mary E. Woolley, President of Mount Holyoke College
    
  • from Harper's Bazar, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 9, September 1904
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Holyoke & South Hadley, Mass. Illustrated" (circa 1905)
  
  • viewbook of 13 views seen on postcards by the Illustrated Postal Card Company
    

• "In Memory of Mrs. Frederick B. Goddard" (1905)
  
  • by her husband; parts of a book they started writing together before her death
    
  • member of the class of 1857
    

• "The First Class Letter of the Class of 1905" (1905)
  
  • letters by the class of 1905 at the end of 1905
    

• "Views of Mount Holyoke College" (1905)
  
  • by Asa Stephen Kinney, MS; Instructor of Botany at MHC
    
  • Many of the views were made into postcards; see also 1904 and 1909 versions
    

• "Views of Holyoke and Northampton" (1905)
  
  • by L. H. Nelson Company, Portland, Maine
    
  • Four pages are devoted to views of the Mount Holyoke College campus
    

• "The College Girl of America" (1905)
  
  • subtitle: "And the Institutions Which Make Her What She Is"
    
  • by Mary Caroline Crawford
    
  • Illustration: "A Mt. Holyoke Girl"
    
  • the text of the chapter on Mount Holyoke
    
  • Illustrations: "The Tennis-Courts" and "A Performance of Midsummer Night's Dream"
    

• "Mount Holyoke Songs" (1905)
  
  • published by the Student League
    
  • owned by Carrie Gowing x1908
    

• "Hazing in Girls' Colleges" (circa 1905)
  
  • published in the Household Ledger
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley" (circa 1906)
  
  • probably used as a textbook in an English class
    
  • signed by Elizabeth Kendall, class of 1907, in the fall of 1906
    

• "The Outlook Weekly Magazine" (January 27, 1906)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "Mount Holyoke College: A Study in Educational Service" by Jeannette Marks; scan is of the first page of the article
    
  • the text of this article
    

• In Old Bellaire (1906)
  
  • A novel by Mary Dillon, set in Bellaire (PA) during the Civil War period, with the female heroine being a graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Songs" (1908)
  
  • published in 1908 by Le Giocose
    
  • inscribed by Lillian Davidson 1907
    
  • Table of Contents (page 1)
    
  • Table of Contents (page 2)
    

• "The History of Physical Training at Mount Holyoke College" (1908)
  
  • by Persis Harlow McCurdy 1895
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Harriet Newell Haskell" (1908)
  
  • by Emily Gilmore Alden x1856
    
  • a memorial book for Harriet Newell Haskell 1855
    

• "Views of Mount Holyoke College" (1909)
  
  • by Asa Stephen Kinney, MS; Instructor of Botany at MHC
    
  • See also 1904, 1905 versions
    

• "The Life of Mary Lyon" (1910)
  
  • by Beth Bradford Gilchrist 1902
    
  • Link to scanned text of the book
    

• "That Freshman" (1910)
  
  • by Christina Catrevas 1903; a wonderful fictional story about Mount Holyoke's class of 1908 as freshmen, and how the class of 1907 gave them hard times
    
  • Table of Contents; contains links to the forward and the story
    

• "General Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College 1837-1911" (1911)
  
  • Published by the College
    

• "Alice Eliza Bird" (1911)
  
  • a memorial sketch by her brother, printed in New Haven
    
  • a photo of Alice Eliza Bird, class of 1877
    

• "A Girl's Student Days and After" (1911)
  
  • by Jeannette Marks, English professor at Mount Holyoke
    

• "The Life of Frances E. Willard" (1912)
  
  • written by Anna Gordon x1875
    

• "A Mount Holyoke Book of Prose and Verse" (1912)
  
  • edited by Elizabeth Crane Porter 1909 and Frances Lester Warner 1911
    
  • Inscribed by Ida H. Inman1913
    
  • Preface
    
  • Table of Contents; contains links to all the poems and prose in the book
    

• "The Outlook Weekly Magazine" (March 30, 1912)
  
  • This issue contained an article called "Some Notable Educational Enterprises: Mount Holyoke College"
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Mount Holyoke College" (1912)
  
  • Published in June 1912 to raise money in the 75th anniversary year
    
  • A viewbook of campus scenery; published by F. A. Bassette Co of Springfield, Mass.
    
  • Signature on the cover may be Louise Chapman 1914
    

• "In Old South Hadley" (1912)
  
  • by Sophie E. Eastman
    

• "Mount Holyoke College: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary" (1912)
  
  • describes events of the anniversary celebration
    

• "The Festival Process/Mount Holyoke College" (1912)
  
  • Festival Procession of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, presented at the celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Mount Holyoke, October 8, 1912
    
  • contains a program of the events, and 59 pictures of the procession
    

• "The Saturday Evening Mail" (October 19, 1912)
  
  • This issue contained three photos from the 75th anniversary pageant on p 5.
    
  • Pictured in the link: Students of the Department of Biology Costumed to Illustrate Mendel's "Law of Heredity."
    

• A series of articles on secret societies among college women (1912-1913)
  
  • "Exclusiveness Among College Women" (Century Magazine, November 1912)
    
  • "The Fraternity Idea Among College Women" (Century Magazine, December 1912)
    
  • "Fraternities in Women's Colleges as Regarded by College Authorities" (Century Magazine, January 1913)
    

• "Doris A Mt. Holyoke Girl" (1913)
  
  • by Julia Redford Tomkinson
    
  • a fictional story set at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in the 1840s
    
  • Table of Contents; contains links to the story
    

• "Memorial of Elizabeth Elnora Randall McCollester" (1913)
  
  • Elizabeth was x1862; this was written by her husband
    

• "Mt. Holyoke's Secret Societies" (1913)
  
  • by Elizabeth C. Porter 1909
    
  • from The Independent, January 2, 1913
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Songs" (1913)
  
  • published in 1913 by Le Giocose
    
  • inscribed by Mildred Platts 1920
    
  • Table of Contents (page 1)
    
  • Table of Contents (page 2)
    
  • I have a second copy inscribed by Gertrude Scudder 1915, with many interesting notes about people and songs
    

• "The Mixing Bowl" (1914)
  
  • by Beth Bradford Gilchrist 1902
    
  • serialized in Youth's Companion magazine in ten consecutive issues
    
  • the text of the story
    

• "Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts" (1916)
  
  • This book is not dated; it is a guess based on the text and pictures.
    
  • Signed on the front page by Frances Hemenway 1922.
    

• "Catharine Billings Pierce An Appreciation" (1916)
  
  • A memorial to Catharine Billings Pierce 1859
    
  • Privately printed and circulated
    

• "The College Cookery" (circa 1916)
  
  • Recipes and household hints
    
  • compiled by the Mount Holyoke CollegeAlumnae Association of Philadelphia
    

• "The Blue and Fire Laws of Mt. Holyoke Seminary" (circa 1916)
  
  • Blue laws c. 1857, and a parody of the fire laws, c. 1880
    
  • text of the pamphlet
    

• "Alice Gordon Gulick: Her Life and Work in Spain" (1917)
  
  • Biography of Alice Gordon Gulick 1867 by Elizabeth Putnam Gordon
    
  • A gift bookplate from Alice Gordon Gulick is affixed inside the front cover
    

• "The Owl's Feather" (1917)
  
  • An Irish fairy play written and presented by the class of 1917
    
  • printed by Anker Printing Co., Holyoke, Mass.
    
  • cast, play, and sheet music
    

• "First Class Letter / Class of 1917 / Mount Holyoke College" (1918)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1917 one year after graduation
    

• "The Middle-English Metrical Version of the Revelations of Methodius; with a Study of the Influence of Methodius in Middle-English Writings" (1918)
  
  • A paper by Charlotte D'Evelyn, English professor at Mount Holyoke College
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Songs" (1918)
  
  • published in 1918 by Geraldine Brown, President of Le Giocose
    

• "First Class Letter Mount Holyoke College 1918" (1919)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1918 one year after graduation
    

• "Class Letter 1919" (1920)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1919 one year after graduation
    

• "Pegs - Freshman" (1920)
  
  • by Christina Catrevas 1903 and Jean Wick; based on life at Mount Holyoke
    

• "Mount Holyoke College" (1921)
  
  • From "The Outlook," May 18, 1921
    
  • a xerox of the article, hence no scan of the magazine
    
  • the text of the article
    

• "Into the World of Mount Holyoke" (1921)
  
  • used to solicit funds to build a new science building and dormitory space in the wake of the Williston fire of 1917
    

• "Second Class Letter Mount Holyoke College 1918" (1921)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1918 three years after graduation
    
  • Ruby Bell 1918 added "distinctly" to the cover and underlined the words "Second Class" to insert her opinions about this publication
    

• "Willow Pollen" (1921)
  
  • by Jeannette Marks, English professor at Mount Holyoke
    
  • A poem entitled "Weariness" is handwritten near the title page, and signed by Jeannette Marks in January 1927
    
  • bookplate of Adeline H Fellows 1927, from Christmas 1926
    

• "Through the Gates of Mount Holyoke" (circa 1922)
  
  • campus viewbook; undated, but contains architectural renderings of Clapp and Hillside before they were finalized and built
    

• "Pegs - Sophomore" (1922)
  
  • by Christina Catrevas 1903 and Jean Wick; based on life at Mount Holyoke
    

• "The Sun Chaser" (1922)
  
  • by Jeannette Marks, English professor at Mount Holyoke
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Songs" (1923)
  
  • published in 1923 by the Debating Society
    
  • Table of Contents
    

• "Third Class Letter Mount Holyoke College 1918" (1923)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1918 five years after graduation
    

• "College Crackers" (1923)
  
  • A songbook published by the Class of 1923
    
  • Signed by Marian A. Wayave 1928
    

• "Mount Holyoke College" (1924)
  
  • viewbook by Robert A. Glesmann; published by The Albertype Company
    

• "Class Letter 1921" (1924)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1921 three years after graduation
    

• "Mount Holyoke Milestones 1872 1896 1923" (1924)
  
  • A play in three acts by Alzada Comstock, published in 1924
    

• "Letters of the Class of 1924" (1925)
  
  • compilation of letters from the class of 1924 one year after graduation
    

• "Genius and Disaster" (1925)
  
  • By Jeannette Marks, professor of English literature at MHC
    

• "A Memory of Kathryn Gray McFarland (October 1925)
  
  • A memorial poetry book by this x1924 Mount Holyoke alumna after her untimely death in January 1924
    
  • this copy was inscribed to Ada Snell by her parents on October 1, 1925
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Today: Achievements Fulfill Mary Lyon's Visions" (1926)
  
  • By Charles A. Selden
    
  • Published in the Ladies' Home Journal, August 1926
    
  • the text of this article
    

• "Third Class Letter Class of 1917 Mount Holyoke College" (1926)
  
  • Prepared by Alice Beach, Jessamine Fenner, Elizabeth Gates, Emily Searing McKnight, Ethel Smiley
    
  • printed by the Page Press, Los Angeles, through the courtesy of Louise Emery (1919)
    
  • a compilation of letters written by the class members to each other
    

• "Songs of Mount Holyoke College" (1928)
  
  • published in 1923 by the Debating Council
    
  • Table of Contents
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Verse" (1928)
  
  • by Ada L. F. Snell
    
  • Inscribed "Ina Paddock/June 1928 Thirteenth Reunion at South Hadley"
    

• "The Builders of Huguenot" (1928)
  
  • by George P. Ferguson
    
  • Lots of information about two of the presidents, Anna E. Bliss 1862 and Abbie Ferguson 1856
    

• "Mount Holyoke College" (1928)
  
  • A viewbook of campus scenes
    

• "Silver Anniversary Class of 1904" (1929)
  
  • The story of the silver anniversary celebration of the clas of 1904, June 7-11, 1929
    

• "Englische Studien" (1929)
  
  • A book review by Charlotte D'Evelyn, English professor at Mount Holyoke College