Papers, 1946-1985 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, articles, speeches, and press releases during her tenure at Vassar, 1946-1964, concerning women's education, academic freedom, 1950's politics, her stand against Congressional investigation of Communist influence in education, her introduction to Adlai Stevenson on a radio program, and her 1962 statement on pre-marital sex and Vassar students. Correspondence is largely letters received, including those from Marian Anderson, Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Robert Oppenheimer, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Adlai Stevenson, and letters of the Vassar College publicity departments. Other items include an undated travel diary on the British Isles, scrapbooks, biographical articles, diplomas, and citations, 1946-1985