Guide to the Charlotte and Clara Barnum
Papers,
ca. 1880 - 1936
Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Barnum, Charlotte Cynthia |
| Creator: | Barnum, Clara |
| Title: | Charlotte and Clara Barnum Papers |
| Dates: | ca. 1880-1936 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic ft |
| Abstract: | Material relating to the sisters’ education and subsequent association with Vassar College. Includes photographs and other material relating to the Vassar College Classes of 1881 and 1888. |
| Forms of Materials: | Photographs, printed material and ephemera |
Biographical Note
Charlotte Barnum (1860-1934) graduated from Vassar College in 1881 and went on to become one of the first three women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University. Clara Barnum (1866-1953) followed her sister to Vassar and graduated in 1888. After leaving Vassar, she worked with her father, a lexicographer, on the first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary, then worked at the Yale University Library as a genealogist.
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Scope and Content Note
Photographs, publications and ephemera, mostly relating to the sisters’ education and subsequent association with Vassar College. Includes photographs and other material relating to the Vassar College Classes of 1881 and 1888.
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Access and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
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Subject Headings
Names:
- Barnum, Charlotte Cynthia.
- Barnum, Clara.
Organizations:
- Vassar College--Students.
- Vassar College. Class of 1881.
- Vassar College. Class of 1888.
Document Types:
- Ephemera
- Photographs
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Encoding Information
Encoded by Laura Finkel and Elizabeth Clarke, November 2006.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Charlotte and Clara Barnum Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Processed by Laura Finkel, April 2005.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Charlotte Barnum (grand-niece), April 2005.
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Container List
| Folder 1.1 | Biography - including Maria Mitchell letter of recommendation for Charlotte, 1883, 1936 |
| Folder 1.2 | Photographs — Clara Barnum, ca. 1884, 1888 |
| Folder 1.3 | Photographs — Charlotte Barnum, ca. 1881-1934 |
| Folder 1.4 | Photographs — Vassar Students - Identified, ca. 1881-1888 |
| Folder 1.5 | Photographs — Unidentified Students - Vassar? Yale? ca. 1881-1895 |
| Box 2 | Photographs — Class of 1888, 1888 |
| Folder 1.6 | Photographs — Vassar Faculty, ca. 1881-1888 |
| Folder 1.7 | Photographs — Vassar Faculty, ca. 1881-1888 |
| Folder 1.8 | Photographs — Miscellaneous, ca. 1881-1890 |
| Box 2 | Vassar College Programs and Dance Cards, 1881-1888 |
| Box 2 | Vassar College Ephemera, ca. 1880-1890 |