mshm240 Lake Erie College papers, 1857-1982. Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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 Finding aid generated in MARC format from database, then encoded using Perl scripts and XSL stylesheet. 2004-04-06 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mshm240 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Lake Erie College papers, 1857-1982. Finding Aid MS 0563 Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Lake Erie College. Lake Erie College papers 1857-1982. MS 0563 LD 7093.9 L35 A2 2 boxes (5 linear in.) Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Lake Erie College. Founded as Lake Erie Female Seminary in Painesville, Ohio, 1859. Papers consist of catalogs, publications, clippings and photographs. Primarily documenting the founding of the school and its academic program. English. Historical Note

The Lake Erie Female Seminary was founded in Painesville, Ohio in 1859 as a "daughter college" of Mount Holyoke. The course of study included a variety of mathematics and science courses, as well as courses in history, English, philosphy, Latin, and religion. In 1898 the name changed to Lake Erie College and Seminary and has since become a college.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Catalogs, publications, clippings, photographs, of Lake Erie Female Seminary, opened 1859, later named Lake Erie College and Seminary and Lake Erie College.

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Lake Erie Female Seminary Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

 Search Terms Evans, Mary A., Class of 1860. Sessions, Lydia A., Class of 1856. Lake Erie Female Seminary. Lake Erie College and Seminary. Lake Erie College. Lake Erie Female Seminary. Lake Erie College and Seminary. Lake Erie College. Women - Education - United States - History - Sources. Mount Holyoke College - Daughter colleges. Mount Holyoke College - Associated schools.