Bessie Boies Cotton Papers, 1881-1983
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topic: SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1897-1983)
subject: SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1897-1983)
topic: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
subject: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
topic: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
subject: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
topic: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
subject: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
topic: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
subject: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
topic: Finding Aid
subject: Finding Aid
topic: Biographical notes, resumes, genealogy, memorials, etc., 1959, n.d.
subject: Biographical notes, resumes, genealogy, memorials, etc., 1959, n.d.
topic: "A Woman's Mission to Revolutionary Russia: Bessie Boies Cotton and the YWCA" by Elizabeth Leighton, 1983
subject: "A Woman's Mission to Revolutionary Russia: Bessie Boies Cotton and the YWCA" by Elizabeth Leighton, 1983
topic: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
subject: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
topic: Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
subject: Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
topic: Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
subject: Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
topic: Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
subject: Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
topic: Financial material, 1917
subject: Financial material, 1917
topic: Address book, n.d.
subject: Address book, n.d.
topic: Family
subject: Family
topic: Boies, Edna, 1894-95
subject: Boies, Edna, 1894-95
topic: Boies, John K. and Mary W., 1901, 1917, n.d.
subject: Boies, John K. and Mary W., 1901, 1917, n.d.
topic: Childs, Abbie Colton, 1917
subject: Childs, Abbie Colton, 1917
topic: Cotton, Deborah, 1935
subject: Cotton, Deborah, 1935
topic: Cotton, Thomas, 1918-19
subject: Cotton, Thomas, 1918-19
topic: Hart, Herman, 1894-95, 1918
subject: Hart, Herman, 1894-95, 1918
topic: Other family
subject: Other family
topic: Boies, Mary C., to her mother, 1881, 1887-88, n.d.
subject: Boies, Mary C., to her mother, 1881, 1887-88, n.d.
topic: Childs, Abbie Colton, to her mother, Jenny, 1881-89
subject: Childs, Abbie Colton, to her mother, Jenny, 1881-89
topic: Cotton, Thomas to family, 1918
subject: Cotton, Thomas to family, 1918
topic: Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889
subject: Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889
topic: Friends and associates
subject: Friends and associates
topic: General, 1912, 1922, 1948, 1950, 1951, n.d.
subject: General, 1912, 1922, 1948, 1950, 1951, n.d.
topic: P. E. Meyer, 1901
subject: P. E. Meyer, 1901
topic: Third party
subject: Third party
topic: Unidentified, 1879, 1919, 1927
subject: Unidentified, 1879, 1919, 1927
topic: Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.
subject: Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.
topic: Vols. 1-4, 1910-15

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provides access to: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
provides access to: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
provides access to: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
provides access to: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
provides access to: Finding Aid
provides access to: Biographical notes, resumes, genealogy, memorials, etc., 1959, n.d.
provides access to: "A Woman's Mission to Revolutionary Russia: Bessie Boies Cotton and the YWCA" by Elizabeth Leighton, 1983
provides access to: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
provides access to: Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
provides access to: Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
provides access to: Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
provides access to: Financial material, 1917
provides access to: Address book, n.d.
provides access to: Family
provides access to: Boies, Edna, 1894-95
provides access to: Boies, John K. and Mary W., 1901, 1917, n.d.
provides access to: Childs, Abbie Colton, 1917
provides access to: Cotton, Deborah, 1935
provides access to: Cotton, Thomas, 1918-19
provides access to: Hart, Herman, 1894-95, 1918
provides access to: Other family
provides access to: Boies, Mary C., to her mother, 1881, 1887-88, n.d.
provides access to: Childs, Abbie Colton, to her mother, Jenny, 1881-89
provides access to: Cotton, Thomas to family, 1918
provides access to: Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889
provides access to: Friends and associates
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provides access to: P. E. Meyer, 1901
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provides access to: Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.
provides access to: Vols. 1-4, 1910-15
provides access to: Vols. 5-7, 1916-19
provides access to: Vols. 8-11, 1931-57, n.d.
provides access to: Official reports, 1913-16, 1935, 1937
provides access to: Personal reports, 1917-19
provides access to: Magazine articles, YWCA publications, and newspaper clippings, 1917-19
provides access to: Russia: newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1917, 1919
provides access to: Certificates (in Russian), 1917-20, n.d.
provides access to: Russian group lists, 1958
provides access to: Bessie Cotton Memorial Fund, 1959-63, 1981, n.d.
provides access to: Bessie Boies Cotton and family, 1902, 1918-19, 1974, n.d.
provides access to: YWCA
provides access to: Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
provides access to: YWCA exhibition boat, 1918
provides access to: Western Front: Archangel, 1918
provides access to: YWCA staff, activities, and headquarters, 1917-19, 1921, n.d.
provides access to: Russian Revolution, circa 1915-19
provides access to: Russian political leaders (Catherine Breschkofskaya, Tolstoi, Stalin), 1917, 1931, n.d.
provides access to: Russian trip, 1928
provides access to: Middle East trip, 1935
provides access to: Russian people and landscapes, n.d.
provides access to: Unidentified, n.d.
provides access to: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
provides access to: Russian Daily News (7 issues), Nov 1917
provides access to: Passport, Elizabeth Boies, Apr 1918
provides access to: Insurance certificate (in Russian), Dec 1920
provides access to: Maps of Moscow, (two black and white, one color), n.d.

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Bessie Boies Cotton Papers, 1881-1983
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Bessie Boies Cotton Papers
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identifier: MS 36
date: 1881-1983
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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The Bessie Boies Cotton Papers consist of 1.5 linear feet and relate to her professional and personal life, dating from 1891 to 1983. The bulk of the papers date from 1910 to 1935 and focus on Cotton's work in the YWCA, particularly during her time in Russia, and the courtship between Cotton and her husband, Thomas. Cotton's papers provide valuable insight into the work of the YWCA in Russia from 1917 to 1919 as well as the conditions in Russia during the Revolution and World War I. There is little material documenting the last twenty-five years of her life, or her relationship with her family after her marriage. Although Cotton worked with several women's rights organizations and groups devoted to promoting peace, there is little evidence of that work in this collection. Types of material include correspondence; diaries; reports; magazine articles and newspaper clippings; family histories; financial records; membership lists; pamphlets; memorabilia; and photographs.
associated with: World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Women's Christian Association
associated with: Cotton, Bessie Boies, 1880-1959
associated with: Cotton, Thomas Lucius, 1891-1964
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associated with: Young Women's Christian Associations--Middle East--History
associated with: Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Sources
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has part: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
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Cotton, Bessie Boies, 1880-1959
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Biographical History for: Bessie Boies Cotton Papers
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body: Biographical Note Bessie Boies Cotton in YWCA war work uniforn, n.d. Bessie (Elizabeth) Boies Cotton was born on April 5, 1880 in Hudson, Michigan to banker, insurance investor, and state politician John Keep Boies and teacher Mary Worthington Colton Boies. Orphaned at age eleven, she spent much of her childhood with her uncle and aunt, Frank and Abbie (Colton) Childs on a farm outside of Hudson. She attended the Mary Burnham School in Northampton, Massachusetts, and then entered the Lake Erie College for Women in Painesville, Ohio, to prepare for college. After graduating from Smith College in 1903 with a degree in history, she taught at Lake Erie College for three years. She attended the University of Chicago, earning an M.A. in history in 1908. Boies attended some graduate classes at Columbia University during the 1908-09 academic year. Boies joined the staff of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in 1909, serving until 1940. By 1913, she was placed in charge of the department of personnel for the YWCA's Department of Method. In 1915, she was assigned to set up YWCA facilities at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. In January 1917, Russian women within the Kerensky Provisional Government invited the YWCA to help working women, recently granted full civil rights, to prepare themselves for their new role in society. Boies and one other secretary established an association in Petrograd and in Moscow and worked with women's groups in other cities. They operated a shipboard exhibition along the Volga River in 1918, demonstrating improved nutrition, child care, and agricultural techniques to villagers. The combination of political upheavals as the Bolsheviks seized control, the threat of German invasion after March 1918, and Allied intervention in northern Russia in support of the anti-Bolsheviks led to the evacuation of all Americans from the Bolshevik-controlled portions of the country. Traveling through Stockholm, Boies m…
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SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1897-1983)
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is part of: Bessie Boies Cotton Papers
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
level: series
extent: .25 linear ft.
scopecontent: This series provides a synopsis of Cotton's professional and personal life through family histories, chronologies taken from her diaries, resumes, memorials written at her death, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Cotton's granddaughter, Elizabeth Leighton, wrote a biographical account of her grandmother's career in Russia, which is also included in this series. Other materials include memorabilia, genealogy notes, and a few financial records, including a letter of credit for her YWCA work in Russia.

SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
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extent: .25 linear ft.
scopecontent: This series comprises a quarter of the collection, the largest portion being letters between Bessie Boies and her future husband, Thomas Cotton, describing their activities in the YWCA and the YMCA, particularly their work in Russia in the late 1910s. The series also includes letters to, from, and about members of Cotton's family, as well as condolence letters written upon the death of Bessie Boies Cotton. Folders in the family subseries include letters written to and from Bessie Boies Cotton, while letters between other family members are listed in a separate subseries. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent within each subseries and then chronologically within each folder.

SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
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scopecontent: This series consists of the diaries of Bessie Boies Cotton spanning the years 1910 to 1919 and 1924 to 1957. Cotton used the diaries as both journals and appointment calendars, and the diaries reveal snapshots of Cotton's activities in both her personal and professional life. Several of the diaries with the title, A Line A Day, allowed Cotton to write daily entries for multiple years on a single page; these diaries are therefore not strictly chronological.

SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
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scopecontent: This series focuses mostly on Cotton's work in Russia, but also includes material related to her 1935 visit to the Middle East and the Memorial Fund set up in Cotton's memory after her death. Her official reports to the Department of Method from 1913 to 1916 and her 1935 report on the YWCA in the Middle East provide a detailed look at the work that Cotton performed for the YWCA, along with her opinions about the purpose and goals of the association. The personal reports, as well as the articles and publications, reveal the trials and frustrations that she faced while in Russia. Also included in this series are newspaper clippings tracking the political and social climate in Russia in 1919, as well as official certificates written in Russian related to Bessie Boies Cotton's work there. (The latter includes translations in English written by an unknown author.)

SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
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access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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scopecontent: This series contains hundreds of photographs primarily documenting Russian life and culture during the late 1910s. While many of the photographs are not identified, they portray a wide range of Russian people and landscapes, including the work of the YWCA in Russia during Cotton's tenure there. The series also includes photographs of Cotton and her husband, her trip to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915, her return to Russia in 1928, and her trip to the Middle East in 1935. Materials removed from Cotton's photo album are identified.

Finding Aid
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SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1897-1983)
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has part: Biographical notes, resumes, genealogy, memorials, etc., 1959, n.d.
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has part: "A Woman's Mission to Revolutionary Russia: Bessie Boies Cotton and the YWCA" by Elizabeth Leighton, 1983
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has part: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
aggregates: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
has part: Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
aggregates: Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
has part: Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
aggregates: Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
has part: Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
aggregates: Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
has part: Financial material, 1917
aggregates: Financial material, 1917
has part: Address book, n.d.
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SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
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SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
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SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
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has part: Official reports, 1913-16, 1935, 1937
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has part: Personal reports, 1917-19
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has part: Magazine articles, YWCA publications, and newspaper clippings, 1917-19
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has part: Russia: newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1917, 1919
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has part: Certificates (in Russian), 1917-20, n.d.
aggregates: Certificates (in Russian), 1917-20, n.d.
has part: Russian group lists, 1958
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has part: Bessie Cotton Memorial Fund, 1959-63, 1981, n.d.
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SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
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has part: Russian trip, 1928
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has part: Middle East trip, 1935
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has part: Russian people and landscapes, n.d.
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OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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has part: Russian Daily News (7 issues), Nov 1917
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has part: Passport, Elizabeth Boies, Apr 1918
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has part: Insurance certificate (in Russian), Dec 1920
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has part: Maps of Moscow, (two black and white, one color), n.d.
aggregates: Maps of Moscow, (two black and white, one color), n.d.

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Biographical notes, resumes, genealogy, memorials, etc., 1959, n.d.
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"A Woman's Mission to Revolutionary Russia: Bessie Boies Cotton and the YWCA" by Elizabeth Leighton, 1983
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Newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1918-19, 1928-29, n.d.
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Memorabilia, 1917-18, 1957
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Story written by Abby Childs, n.d.
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Newspaper clippings about Boies C. Hart, 1917, 1946
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Financial material, 1917
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Address book, n.d.
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Family
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has part: Boies, Edna, 1894-95
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has part: Boies, John K. and Mary W., 1901, 1917, n.d.
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has part: Childs, Abbie Colton, 1917
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has part: Cotton, Deborah, 1935
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has part: Cotton, Thomas, 1918-19
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has part: Hart, Herman, 1894-95, 1918
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Other family
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has part: Boies, Mary C., to her mother, 1881, 1887-88, n.d.
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has part: Childs, Abbie Colton, to her mother, Jenny, 1881-89
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has part: Cotton, Thomas to family, 1918
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has part: Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889
aggregates: Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889

Friends and associates
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is aggregated by: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: General, 1912, 1922, 1948, 1950, 1951, n.d.
aggregates: General, 1912, 1922, 1948, 1950, 1951, n.d.
has part: P. E. Meyer, 1901
aggregates: P. E. Meyer, 1901

Third party
type: ArchivalResource
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is aggregated by: SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1881-1951)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: Unidentified, 1879, 1919, 1927
aggregates: Unidentified, 1879, 1919, 1927
has part: Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.
aggregates: Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.

Boies, Edna, 1894-95
type: ArchivalResource
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is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Boies, John K. and Mary W., 1901, 1917, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Family
is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Childs, Abbie Colton, 1917
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Family
is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Cotton, Deborah, 1935
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Family
is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Cotton, Thomas, 1918-19
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Family
is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Hart, Herman, 1894-95, 1918
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Family
is aggregated by: Family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Boies, Mary C., to her mother, 1881, 1887-88, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Other family
is aggregated by: Other family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Childs, Abbie Colton, to her mother, Jenny, 1881-89
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Other family
is aggregated by: Other family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Cotton, Thomas to family, 1918
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Other family
is aggregated by: Other family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Hart, Herman to Jane Colton, 1889
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Other family
is aggregated by: Other family
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

General, 1912, 1922, 1948, 1950, 1951, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Friends and associates
is aggregated by: Friends and associates
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

P. E. Meyer, 1901
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Friends and associates
is aggregated by: Friends and associates
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Unidentified, 1879, 1919, 1927
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Third party
is aggregated by: Third party
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Letters of condolence re: death of Bessie Boies Cotton, 1959, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Third party
is aggregated by: Third party
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Vols. 1-4, 1910-15
type: ArchivalResource
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is aggregated by: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Vols. 5-7, 1916-19
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
is aggregated by: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Vols. 8-11, 1931-57, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
is aggregated by: SERIES III. DIARIES (1910-57)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Official reports, 1913-16, 1935, 1937
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Personal reports, 1917-19
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Magazine articles, YWCA publications, and newspaper clippings, 1917-19
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Russia: newspaper clippings and magazine articles, 1917, 1919
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
note: [See also Oversize Materials]

Certificates (in Russian), 1917-20, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
note: [See also Oversize Materials]

Russian group lists, 1958
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Bessie Cotton Memorial Fund, 1959-63, 1981, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
is aggregated by: SERIES IV. YWCA (1913-81)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Bessie Boies Cotton and family, 1902, 1918-19, 1974, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

YWCA
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
aggregates: Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
has part: YWCA exhibition boat, 1918
aggregates: YWCA exhibition boat, 1918
has part: Western Front: Archangel, 1918
aggregates: Western Front: Archangel, 1918
has part: YWCA staff, activities, and headquarters, 1917-19, 1921, n.d.
aggregates: YWCA staff, activities, and headquarters, 1917-19, 1921, n.d.

Russian Revolution, circa 1915-19
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Russian political leaders (Catherine Breschkofskaya, Tolstoi, Stalin), 1917, 1931, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Russian trip, 1928
type: ArchivalResource
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is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Middle East trip, 1935
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Russian people and landscapes, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Unidentified, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
is aggregated by: SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1902-87)
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: YWCA
is aggregated by: YWCA
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

YWCA exhibition boat, 1918
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: YWCA
is aggregated by: YWCA
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Western Front: Archangel, 1918
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: YWCA
is aggregated by: YWCA
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

YWCA staff, activities, and headquarters, 1917-19, 1921, n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: YWCA
is aggregated by: YWCA
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Russian Daily News (7 issues), Nov 1917
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
is aggregated by: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Passport, Elizabeth Boies, Apr 1918
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
is aggregated by: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Insurance certificate (in Russian), Dec 1920
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
is aggregated by: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

Maps of Moscow, (two black and white, one color), n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
is aggregated by: OVERSIZE MATERIALS
access provided by: Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA