Records of the Class of 1954
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of the records of the Class of 1954, dating from 1950-2011. Collection is organized in three series. Series I. Class Records consists of general class records, dating from 1950-2011, including records of the class as a whole and as individuals, from their time as students (1950-1954) and as alumnae, such as course materials, letters home, event programs, reunion records, and scrapbooks. Series II. Dorothy Petchler Truman papers, dating from 1950-1954, consists of the papers of student Dorothy Petchler Truman, such as her correspondence regarding admission and grade reports, Bible, English, History, and Political Science course materials. Series III. Class Treasurer's records, dating from 1967, 1974-1989, including a card file on individuals, correspondence with the Alumnae Association, and financial reports.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-2011
Creator
- Wellesley College. Class of 1954 (Organization)
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.
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.
Extent
4.4 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 4 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
6C Classes collections are artificial collections. Artificial collections are created by Archivists bringing together multiple smaller acquisitions to the archives from multiple creators, and organizing them based on their subject. This is unlike most archival collections which are organized by provenance, meaning by the original creator, and which maintain the original creator’s arrangement of the collection. Given that 6C Classes collections include contents from multiple creators, Archives staff have imposed criteria for when files from one individual should be grouped into its own series (a sub-grouping within the collection that gives supplementary description about the creator): series are established when there are ten or more files from one creator present in a collection.
- Title
- Wellesley College. Class of 1954. Records of the Class of 1954; circa 1950-2000: a container list.
- Author
- Natalia Gutiérrez-Jones, Project Archivist
- Date
- March 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Wellesley College Archives Repository