Patricia E.P. Bennett Papers, 1968-2002, n.d. (bulk 1968-1972)
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Patricia E.P. Bennett Papers
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Time of Creation of Patricia E.P. Bennett Papers
Bennett, Patricia E. P. (Patricia Ella Perreault), 1950-
Biographical History for: Patricia E.P. Bennett Papers
Biographical Note Patricia Ella Perreault Bennett, a high school teacher and graduate of Mount Holyoke College, was born on December 5, 1950 in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Roger Rene Perreault, Deputy Chief Police Sergeant of the South Hadley, Massachusetts Police Department, and Elizabeth G. Gyrisko Perreault. She attended South Hadley High School then went to Mount Holyoke College from 1968- 1972, graduating with a degree in mathematics. Between 1972-1980 she worked as a mathematics teacher and athletics coach at Pittsfield Junior/Senior High School (Pittsfield, New Hampshire), Cohasset Junior/Senior High School (Cohasset, Massachusetts), and Framingham (Massachusetts) High School. During this time, she was also a cheerleader for the New England Patriots Football team. She left teaching in 1980 and became and actuarial assistant for the Wyatt Co., of Washington, D.C. In 1981, she married William P. Bennett, a Washington, D.C trial lawyer for the U.S. Postal Service. The Bennetts had two daughters.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Patricia E. P. Bennett Papers consist of scrapbooks, photograph albums, course records, documents and photographs relating to reunions of the Mount Holyoke College Class of 1972, a program autographed by playwright Wendy Wasserstein, newspaper clippings about Bennett, and a photograph of her. The materials relate chiefly to Bennett's years as a student at Mount Holyoke College 1968-1972. Five scrapbooks compiled during that period reflect Bennett's activities during her freshman, sophomore, and senior years. These volumes contain holiday cards from friends, programs for college events, and other mementoes. Three photograph albums contain photographs of students and the campus as well as Bennett's photographs from reunions of the Class of 1972. Other photographs taken of members of the Class of 1972 at reunions held between 1977-2002 are also part of the collection. Materials within the scrapbooks and photograph albums document many college traditions and events, including President David B. Truman's inauguration, Fathers' Day, Convocation, Commencement and the 1972 Laurel Parade. There is also a copy of the Class of 1972 Junior Show script. Course records date from 1968-1972 and consist of examinations for courses in economics, mathematics, psychology, and sociology classes. Three calendars contain the dates of Bennett's daily activities from 1968-1972. The program signed by Wasserstein is for a production of her play, The Heidi Chronicles, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1991. The newspaper clippings concern Bennett's cheerleading career as well as her engagement to William P. Bennett. The collection also includes a photograph of Bennett during her senior year at Mount Holyoke, 1972.
College students--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
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Women college students--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Student activities--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Psychology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--South Hadley
Sociology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Bennett, Patricia E.P. (Patricia Ella Perreault), 1950-
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Wasserstein, Wendy
Mount Holyoke College. Class of 1972.
Mount Holyoke College--Curricula.
Mount Holyoke College--Examinations--1968-1972.
Mount Holyoke College--Students.
Mount Holyoke College--Student life--1968-1972.
Mount Holyoke College--Traditions.
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series
Series 1: Scrapbooks
Scrapbook September 1968-June 1969
Scrapbook June 1969-December 1969
Scrapbook December 1969- April 1970
Scrapbook April 1970- October 1970
Scrapbook October 1970- December 1970
Scrapbook 1972
Series 2: Photo Albums (1969-1992
Photo Albums October 1969- January 1972
Photo Albums 1969-1992
Photo Albums April-May 1982
Series 3: Course Records (1968-1972
Economics D101: Examination 1970
Mathematics 61: Examinations 1968
Mathematics G101: Examinations 1969
Mathematics 203: Examinations 1969
Mathematics 211: Examinations 1970
Mathematics 311: Examinations 1970
Mathematics 362 1972
Educational Psychology (Psychology 203): Note Cards September 28, 1970
Sociology 103: Examination Booklets 1971
Series 4: Calendars (1968-1972
Calendar 1968-1969
Calendar 1971
Calendar 1972
Series 5: Class of 1972 Material(1971-2002
Class of 1972 Material 1971
Class of 1972 Material February-July 2002
Class of 1972 Material 2002
Series 6: Program (1991
Program signed by Wendy Wasserstein 1991
Series 7: Biographical Information (1981, n.d.
Biographical Information 1981, n.d.
Series 8: Photographs (1977-2002
Photographs 1972
Reunion Photographs 1977-2002