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Sperry Papers, 1904-1907.

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Collection Overview

Creator: Sperry, Adeline Stone, 1887-1941.
Title: Sperry Papers
Dates: 1904-1907.
Abstract: Sperry, Adeline Eliot Stone, 1887-1941; student. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1908. Papers contain correspondence to her family regarding her social and academic life at Mount Holyoke, and a notebook for an astronomy course.
Extent: 3 folders
Language: English.
Identification: MS 0613
Location: LD 7096.6 1908 Stone

Biographical Note

Adeline Eliot Stone was born on April 8, 1887 in Guilford, Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1908. In 1911 she married Harold Fowler Sperry. The had three children: Dorothy Eliot (Mount Holyoke College Class of 1934), Alvin Jay and Robert Jay. Adeline Stone Sperry died on April 26, 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Adeline Eliot Stone Sperry Papers contain correspondence (1904-1905) and an astronomy notebook (1906-1907). The letters are all written to members of her family and discuss academics as well as her social life. The notebook contains detailed notes and diagrams.

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