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This series contains letters to Lorraine Benner (many written on rice paper) between 1958 and 1960 from host family, Hatsuko Kato, and former students Benner taught while on a Fulbright grant at Ochanomizu Women's University, Tokyo, Japan. Most letters from students are written in English, those from host are written in Japanese and translated by Mount Holyoke student Reiko Tochih Correspondents include Sumiko Uike Yamashita, Class of 1953, Reiko Tochihara, Hatsuka Kato, Etsuko Nakamura, Mineku Kiku, Masako Kagihora, and Makoto Tsumori. The letters are chiefly formal and include letters of welcome and letters documenting daily activities. This series also includes two letters by Benner to Elaine Weygand, Secretary to the President of Mount Holyoke College. These letters, written from India in 1964 and 1965, relate to Benner's work at the Women's Christian College in Madras.

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This series contains twelve travel diaries of Lorraine Benner from 1956-1973. The format for all is similar: date, location, and weather are all indicated. Writings are generally concise and descriptive accounts of her day, including names of people and places seen or visited, meals, and activities. Four diaries recount vacation travels: to Europe on the Queen Elizabeth (1956), Scandinavia (1961), Germany (1971), and Greece (1973). Three diaries document her year in Japan (1958). Five diaries document her time in India (1964-1965, 1967).

This series consists of a resume; sketches, articles, and newspaper clippings documenting Benner's career as a professor of education, including her work in Japan; her obituary; and a program of the tribute from the memorial service held in her honor in 1995.

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This series contains two photographs from the Public Relations Office at Mount Holyoke College. The first is a photograph. The second is of Benner in her role as College Marshall leading a procesion at a college ceremony.