Scrapbook (I), 1935 - 1937

File — Box: 13, Folder: 5

Identifier: IV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of scrapbooks compiled by the department and arranged chronologically.

Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, flyers, constitution of Spanish club, course lists, student lists, club events, lecture announcements, course offerings, lists of required textbooks, letters, programs from productions, and poetry. Scattered throughout the scrapbook are photos of students, faculty, and student productions. Some photos are of alumnae taken later in life and pasted into a scrapbook that corresponds to their time at Wellesley.

Special items to note include: telegraph from Salinas accepting invitation to teach at Wellesley; telegraph to Franco from President McAfee; petition to FDR about the Spanish Civil War; information about a good will tour of the US by distinguished Latin American women held in Fall 1939; list of items borrowed by War Department and the Navy; correspondence relating to the publication of Estudios Hispánicos in honor of Archer M. Huntington; and information about the language laboratory.

Dates

Creation: 1935 - 1937

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research, but contains some material which has been restricted as per the Wellesley College Archives Access Policy: https://www.wellesley.edu/lts/policies/archivesaccess. To make an appointment to view unrestricted materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.

Restricted files contain salary and promotion materials, grades, and other personally identifiable information about faculty and students.