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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1941
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    • Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
    • Date Created: 1941
    • Description: This diary features Mary Jean’s time as Dean of Women at UVM and details her busy work life. Visits to New York and Maine, and travel across Vermont for conferences, club meetings, and funerals are common in this diary. Mary Jean describes the busyness of UVM summer school, the convocation for UVM’s 150th year, a social work conference in Brattleboro, and attending the Women’s Student Union Association Convention. She also details the death of her Aunt Harriet, her mother’s bout with the flu, and a general sense of weariness from her constant work and travel. A note in late December marks her relief at UVM closing for winter break. Topics in this diary include automobile transportation, Women’s groups, church life including funerals and weddings, UVM’s Sesquicentennial, Social Work, and Mary Jean’s family life.
    • Parent Collections: Diaries
    Part of: Diaries




    Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, October 30, 1876
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      • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
      • Date Created: 1876-10-30
      • Description: Morrill writes about possible upcoming University business in the Vermont state legislture.
      • Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham



      Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 11, 1934
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        • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
        • Description: Topics include Austin‚Äôs decision not to participate on bill to control the making and sale of films for movie shows, Block-Booking Bill, due to personal investments in Vermont theaters.
        • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress