Treasurer of the College records
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of the records of the Treasurer of the College dating from 1882-1977. Collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Administration of Treasurer Lewis Kennedy Morse records (1882-1977) and Series II. Administration of Treasurer James Dean records (1913, 1925-1947). Collection includes records of construction and property expenses, building records, tax records, budgets, fundraising records, foundation and donor files, news clippings, records of the Cooperative Bookstore, inventories, files on other colleges, correspondence and plans with architects, files on contracted companies, estate files, Trustee files, insurance and investment records, endowment records, and banking records. Also includes records of the Wellesley College War Farm, and files of the Assistant Treasurer Evelyn A. Munroe and the Business Manager Charles B. Hodges.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1977
Creator
- Wellesley College. Treasurer of the College (Organization)
- Morse, Lewis Kennedy (Person)
- Dean, James (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. To make an appointment to view materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.
Conditions Governing Use
The Wellesley College Archives welcomes researchers to use materials in the public domain, to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law, and to request permission to use works whose copyright is held by Wellesley College. All materials from the Archives, regardless of copyright status, should be attributed to the Wellesley College Archives, Library and Technology Services when cited, quoted, or reproduced.
Biographical / Historical
Lewis Kennedy Morse was Treasurer of Wellesley College from 1914-1928. Morse’s administration followed that of Alpheus Holmes Hardy, who had been Treasurer from 1895 until January 1, 1914. Lewis Kennedy Morse had been elected to the Board of Trustees of the College in November, 1912, and had served as Assistant Treasurer since May, 1913. Morse took over the office on January 1, 1914. On March 17, 1914, College Hall burned in a fire, necessitating an enormous fundraising effort in the form of the Restoration Fund. In April, 1914, the Treasurer’s office in Boston moved from the Tremont Building to 201 Devonshire Street. Morse’s daughter and wife both attended Wellesley College. Morse resigned in January, 1928. James Dean was Treasurer unanimously elected by the Board of Trustees in 1928, and served until 1942.
Extent
12.4 Linear Feet (31 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in two series, each representative of the administration of a Treasurer of the College: Series I. consists of the records of Treasurer Lewis Kennedy Morse, whose administration was from 1914-1928, and Series II. consists of the records of Treasurer James Dean, whose administration was from 1928-1942. Within each series, files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
- Title
- Wellesley College. Treasurer of the College records, 1882-1977: a container list.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Wellesley College Archives Repository