Overview
| Repository: |
Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library 128 Wall Street P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Web: http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/ Email: mssa.assist@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-1735 Fax: (203) 432-7441 |
| Call Number: | RU 9 |
| Creator: | Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall. |
| Title: | Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall, Yale University, records |
| Dates: | 1945-1978 |
| Physical Description: | 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Language(s): | The materials are in English. |
| Summary: | The records were created by the chairman of the Fellows of Helen Hadley Hall and include correspondence and memoranda, minutes, reports, directories, photographs of the fellows, notices, and other materials documenting the fellowship and the operation of Helen Hadley Hall. Included are records documenting the visit of Coretta Scott King to the campus in 1969 and Leona Baumgartner as fellow. Also included are records of Frances Blanshard concerning the Committee on the Status and Special Needs of Women at Yale, created by President Charles Seymour in 1945. |
| Note: | Forms part of Yale Record Group 25-E (YRG 25-E), Records of departments, offices, programs, and projects of the Graduate School. |
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| Finding Aid Link: | To cite or bookmark this finding aid, use the following address: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0009 |
| Catalog Record: | A record for this collection, including location information, may be available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog. |
Administrative Information
Provenance
The records were transferred from Helen Hadley Hall, 1975. Subsequent gifts from Frances Blanshard, 1977 and 1979, and Claude-Anne Lopez, 1985.
Information about Access
The materials are open for research.
Cite As
Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall, Yale University, Records (RU 9). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Biographical History
Helen Hadley Hall, a graduate women's residence, was erected on the Yale campus in 1958. In 1961, the Corporation established the Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall, the first fellowship at Yale open to women. Chairmen of the fellows included Frances B. Blanshard, 1961-1962; Alice Elizabeth Chase, 1962-1970; and Claude-Anne Lopez, 1970-1973. The fellowship was discontinued in 1973, a number of years after women were admitted to residential college fellowships.
Description of the Collection
The records were created by the chairman of the Fellows of Helen Hadley Hall and include correspondence and memoranda, minutes, reports, directories, photographs of the fellows, notices, and other materials documenting the fellowship and the operation of Helen Hadley Hall. Included are records documenting the visit of Coretta Scott King to the campus in 1969 and Leona Baumgartner as fellow. Also included are records of Frances Blanshard concerning the Committee on the Status and Special Needs of Women at Yale, created by President Charles Seymour in 1945.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.