Authors: Batchelder-Brown, Wilhelmina, 1933-
Year: 1934
Subjects: Batchelder-Brown, Wilhelmina,; Radcliffe College.; Radcliffe College Students.; Boarding schools; Camps for girls; Fathers and daughters; Girls Social life and customs; Mothers and daughters; Mothers and sons; Voyages and travels; Women college students
Abstract: Collection primarily consists of letters Batchelder-Brown sent her parents between 1939 and 1985.  Topics include Batchelder-Brown's experiences at summer camp, at boarding school, and at Radcliffe College, with many letters describing her active social and dating life.  Later letters describe her experiences as a wife and mother, and work as an art teacher and paper conservator. Some letters from her first husband, George Batchelder, and her sons are also included.  The collection also contains a booklet about the Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital nursing program; World War II ration books; letters to Alice Van Liere and annual reports for the Service League of Morgantown, West Virginia, of which Van Liere was president. Also included is an autobiographical outline written by Batchelder-Brown in 2019.