mshm258 Sperry Papers, 1904-1907. 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 Sperry, Adeline Stone, 1887-1941. Sperry Papers 1904-1907. MS 0613 LD 7096.6 1908 Stone 3 folders Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
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. English. 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.

 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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Adeline Stone Sperry Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

 Search Terms Sperry, Adeline Stone, 1887-1941. Mount Holyoke College - Students. Astronomy - Study and teaching (Higher) - Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke College - Student notebooks - 1906-1907. Mount Holyoke College - Student life - 1904-1905. Letters. Notebooks.