Overview
Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, of Margaret Bridgman, educator.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1978
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Margaret Bridgman is held by her niece, Caroline Bridgman Rees. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1.83 linear feet (1 carton, 2 file boxes)Mainly correspondence, also photographs, memorabilia, notes on family history. Collection includes papers of Leoline Waterman Bridgman (author) and Walter Ray Bridgman (professor at Yale University and Lake Forest College), the parents of Margaret Bridgman. Papers arranged in folders by Margaret Bridgman. Folder titles by the archivist, except those in quotations, which are by Margaret Bridgman.
BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Bridgman was born in 1892. Member of English Department, faculty and women's advisor, Indiana University (1920s); Dean of Skidmore College (1929-1951); consultant for Russell Sage Foundation and National League for Nursing.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged in four series:
- Series I. Margaret Bridgman
- Series II. Leoline Waterman Bridgman
- Series III. Family photographs
- Series IV. Walter Ray Bridgman
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 79-M25
Gift of Margaret Bridgman, 1979.
SEPARATION RECORD
Donors: Margaret Bridgman,
Accession number: 79-M25
Processed by: Katherine Kraft
The following items have been removed from the collection:
- 8 photographs of Yale Class of 1881 and reunions, Walter Ray Bridgman dorm room at Yale, and Walter Ray Bridgman diplomas sent to Yale.
CONTAINER LIST
- Carton 1: Series I-IV
- Box 2: Miscellaneous letters-Letters to various family members re: Walter Ray Bridgman's death.
- Box 3: Letters from Horace D. Taft-"Some scholarly notes on Kipling and other authors, 1899- "
Processing Information
Preliminary inventory: February 1979
By: Katherine Kraft
Genre / Form
Topical
Subject
- Yale University (Organization)
- Title
- Bridgman, Margaret. Papers of Margaret Bridgman, 1890-1978: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00469
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.