mshm066 Sandra Nichols Ward correspondence, 1961-1965. Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Collection Overview Ward, Sandra Nichols, 1943- Sandra Nichols Ward correspondence 1961-1965. MS 0597 LD 7092.8 Ward 1 box (0.42 linear ft.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Ward, Sandra MacDonald Nichols, 1943- ; Librarian. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1965. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, since 1992. Papers contain letters written to her family. Primarily documenting her life as a student at Mount Holyoke, her summer employment and her work with Operation Crossroads Africa in Gambia. English. Biographical Note

Sandra MacDonald Nichols graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1965, and married Peter Langdon Ward that summer. She received an M.A. from the Columbia University School of Library Sciences in 1966, and worked for fifteen years as the Undergraduate Science Librarian at Stanford University. In 1992 she became the Science Librarian at Mount Holyoke College.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Sandra MacDonald Nichols Ward Correspondence contains letters to Ward's parents and sister, describing social and academic activities while a student at Mount Holyoke College. Also includes letters describing summer employment as a chambermaid at Star Island, New Hamphsire, a Unitarian-Universalist conference site, 1962 and 1963, as well as her experiences working with Operation Crossroads Africa in Gambia, in 1964.

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 Search Terms Ward, Sandra Nichols, 1943- Nichols, Sandra, Class of 1965. Mount Holyoke College - Biography. Mount Holyoke College - Students - Summer employment. College students - Massachusetts - Correspondence. Women college students - Massachusetts - Correspondence. Student volunteers in social service. Crossroads Africa. Gambia - Social conditions. Africa. Mount Holyoke College - Student life - 1961-1965. Letters- Collections