Overview
Collection consists of a baby book (Baby's Life, published by Barse and Hopkins, 1913) detailing Grace Lathrop Mack's birth and early years. Also includes photographs, family tree, grade cards, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1958
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; use digital images.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Grace Lathrop Mack, as well as 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 folderCollection consists of a baby book (Baby's Life, published by Barse and Hopkins, 1913) which includes handwritten entries detailing Mack's birth, her many firsts including laugh, word, and steps at eleven months old. Also included is a family tree containing the names of her maternal and paternal great-grandparents, and photographs documenting Mack's childhood and family. Collection also contains Mack's report cards for third through seventh grade, and a clipping announcing her high school membership of the National Honor Society.
BIOGRAPHY
Grace Lathrop Mack, the daughter of Roberta S. Mack and Joseph Lathrop Mack, was born in Rockmart, Georgia on January 19, 1915. She attended elementary and junior high school in Michigan City, Indiana. She married Herbert Fischer in Chicago, Illinois on January 29, 1949. Mack died in 1999.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2016-M110
The collection was given to the Schlesinger Library by Louis Krupp in 2016.
Processing Information
Processed: May 2016
By: Anne Engelhart.
Updated and additional description added: July 2020
By: Amber L. Moore.
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by Patricia M. King/Schlesinger Library Director's Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01777
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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