Box 17

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series V. Textiles and clothing (circa 1884-2000) consists of reunion clothing (class caps, a parasol, a muff), clothing and textiles from travels (fans and a silk hanging from China), and Wellesley-branded pillow cases, a handkerchief, and a banner from the 125th Anniversary of the college. Also includes a fire hat worn by Pomeroy Fire Chiefs for four decades, and a net lace collar worn at Commencement.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Awards, medals, plaques, and memorials (1875-2001) consists of cups won at college competitions, both athletic and academic, and plaques and a vase in memory of Wellesley College affiliated individuals (Mary Whiton Calkins, Carla Wenckebach, and Katharine Lee Bates). Includes medals from various schools (Yale University, Hunter College, University of Brussels, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Athens University), organizations (the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Awards, medals, plaques, and memorials (1875-2001) consists of cups won at college competitions, both athletic and academic, and plaques and a vase in memory of Wellesley College affiliated individuals (Mary Whiton Calkins, Carla Wenckebach, and Katharine Lee Bates). Includes medals from various schools (Yale University, Hunter College, University of Brussels, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Athens University), organizations (the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series X. Fowle and Durant family (circa 1775, 1823-1863) consists of objects relating to college founders Mr. and Mrs. Durant’s grandfather, Captain John Fowle, and his time serving in the Revolutionary War, including three bullets from a supply of ammunition stored in a colonial meeting house in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the Insignia of the Order of the Cincinnati, and a framed invitation to attend the Standing Committee meeting of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Series also...