Wellesley College Views
[Wellesley, Mass.]: Wellesley College, 1909.
Softcover. Very good. 9 x 7" string-tied cardstock wraps, [54] pp, containing 43 b/w half-tone photographs documenting the grounds and activities at Wellesley College, plus two frontispieces (one half-tone, the other mezzotint with tissue guard). Minimal edgewear, a little foxing and age-toning internally; very good. The photo essay is preceded by a two-page introduction which serves as both an advertisement for incoming students and as a call for funding "so that promising young women may not be forced by lack of funds to abandon the course, or to sacrifice health and success in the struggle for self-support in college." The first frontispiece portrait of President Ellen Fitz Pendleton is a later addition (Ms. Pendleton was inaugurated in October of 1911). The original mezzotint frontispiece portrait of President Carline Hazard which follows has seen the addition in the edge of the plate of the dates of her tenure (1899-1910). "Wellesley was founded by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant, believers in educational opportunity for women, who intended that the college should prepare women for '...great conflicts, for vast reforms in social life'....The 500-acre campus overlooks Lake Waban and includes evergreen, deciduous woodlands and open meadows. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Boston's preeminent landscape architect at the beginning of the 20th century, described Wellesley's landscape as 'not merely beautiful, but with a marked individual character not represented so far as I know on the ground of any other college in the country' (Wikipedia). This book highlights both the beauty of the campus and the range of recreational activities available to students, including theatrical performances, festivals, and sports--including tennis, basketball, golf, crew/rowing, and archery. We locate four copies in OCLC, all seemingly without the addition of the 1911 portrait. .
Item #20288
Price: $100.00