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Pratt papers
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Series Descriptions
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1916-1920, 1958-1970
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
There are two diaries compiled by Pratt in this series: one dating from 1916-1920 while she was a student at Mount Holyoke College and a travel diary covering the years 1958-1970. The diary from her Mount Holyoke years contains short daily entries describing her classes, social activities, people she knew, and the weather. The 1958-1970 diary describes Pratt's travels through Europe in France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and two short trips in New England. This diary discusses the weather, her activities, food, and expenses.
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1938-1975
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series contains letters by and to Pratt. The first letter by Pratt, dated June 9, 1963, is to a Mount Holyoke College classmate and discusses mutual friends and Pratt's retirement. The second letter by Pratt, dated May 7, 1973, is a short note to a friend The letters to Pratt include thank-you notes, some personal letters from friends, letters from The New England Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and congratulatory notes to Pratt written upon her retirement.
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1921-1976
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1 folder
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series contains biographical information about Pratt dating from 1921-1976. This material includes newspaper clippings and a tribute by classmate Eleanor C. Buchholz. The clippings describe her professional life and her acceptance of the Alumnae Medal of Honor in 1970 from Mount Holyoke College.
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1920-1976
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
Included in the series are greeting cards from Mount Holyoke College Presidents Mary Woolley and Richard Glenn Gettell, a card to Pratt from her friends in Pearsons Hall, Pratt's Mount Holyoke College diploma, an auto sales bill dated March 22, 1927, and a certificate of honorary membership in the New England Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Also included is a poem written for Pratt upon her retirement. There is also a sympathy card from the church when she died.
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1916-circa 1969
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
The series includes photographs of Pratt and of people, events, and scenes relating to Mount Holyoke College. Snapshots and other photographs dating from her student years, 1916-1920, are of residents of Brigham Hall, Pearsons Hall, and Hitchcock House, President Mary Woolley, a "sugaring-off" party, the laurel parade, commencement line-up, and senior rope-jumping. Other photographs concern the visit of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands to Mount Holyoke in 1941. This series also includes two formal photographs of Pratt, circa 1920 and 1963, a 1958 snapshot of her with her sister, Gladys F. Pratt, and an aerial photograph of Mount Holyoke taken in about 1969.
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