Committee of Nine records were collected and organized by Alva Morrison, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Committee of Nine. The records contain minutes, correspondence, reports, petitions, questionnaires, surveys, speeches, lists, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, and publications relating to qualifications of Mary Emma Woolley's successor as President of Mount Holyoke and to the controversy over the selection of Roswell Gray Ham as the first man to fill that position at the College. Correspondence comprises the bulk of these records and consists of letters by and to Committee members, other trustees, and Mount Holyoke alumnae, faculty, and staff. These letters express approval or disapproval over the selection of Roswell Gray Ham as President and discuss various aspects of the controversy over his appointment. Correspondents include Frances Perkins (Class of 1902) and other Mount Holyoke trustees, Mary Emma Woolley; faculty members Amy Elizabeth Adams and Ann Haven Morgan; College administrator Harriet Newhall; and educators Marjorie Nichols; Meta Glass; Maude Titus White; and Millicent Carey McIntosh. Also in the collection is a copy of a letter that Woolley wrote to a trustee, Elbert A. Harvey, concerning a proposal that Mount Holyoke faculty members take a temporary cut in salary to balance the College's budget and two speeches by Alva Morrison discussing the impact of the economic depression on Mount Holyoke. In addition, the collection contains articles from the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly and newspaper clippings pertaining to Ham's appointment and the surrounding controversy.