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Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Eliot House Records, 1965

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Archives and Special Collections.

2011

Collection Overview

Creator: Mount Holyoke College. Auxillary Services
Title: Eliot House Records
Dates: 1965
Abstract: The records of Eliot House contains newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets on conferences and information on Eliot House.
Extent: 1(2.5 linear ft.)
Language: English
Identification: RG9.5
Location: LD7088

Administrative Information

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Eliot House Records, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA.

Restricted

Records restricted to use by office/department of origin for 25 years from date of record creation.

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Historical Note

Named after Dr. Frederick May Eliot, Eliot House was dedicated in May, 1961, as a student and faculty cooperative effort run by volunteers from the Fellowship of Faiths, a student run organization. In 1984, the Eliot House Council was abandoned. It has been replaced in preceding years with the Community Service Volunteer Program and the Interfaith Council. Eliot House holds the offices of the college chaplains and rabbi, the Coffee Grinds--a student run coffee house, the Kosher-Hallal Kitchen, and Wa-Shin-Au, the Japanese Meditation Garden. It is a center for religious and social organizations on campus and volunteer coordinating.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The records of Eliot House contains newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets on conferences and information on Eliot House. There is also an Eliot House Committee Report from 1965/66 and the Constitution on Eliot House, written in 1970. There are press releases and memos, reports to the Trustees from 1975-1977 and 1979-1981, and information on the dedication of the Meditation Garden in 1984.

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