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Introduction to the Index
This index is designed to facilitate access to M. Carey Thomas's letters to and
from a particular correspondent. It is a limited tool: it does not provide references
to third party correspondence nor to Thomas's letters beyond the boundar~~s
of her personal papers and her official mes (Le. in the faculty mes, in the Bryn
Mawr School Papers, and in the letterbooks of subordinate college officials).
The index is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Listings for individuals
in the official correspondence are under the name which appears on the letter.
A woman, therefore, may be listed under both maiden and married names. "See
also" has been inserted to direct the researcher to other entries to or by the same
individual when this occurs. Correspondence in the personal papers has been collected
under one name for each individual. For a woman the married name (if
known) is used, even if the bulk or totality of her correspondence with Thomas
derives from the time prior to her marriage. For example, Mamie Gwinn's letters
are indexed under Mary Gwinn Hodder. In both the personal and official papers,
nicknames have been eliminated and full names substituted for initials whenever
possible.
Certain types of letters, such as invitations, notices to committees, etc., have been
collected into groupings under BMC (Bryn Mawr College) and MCT (M. Carey
Thomas, alphabetized with the Ts). Entries consisting of only last names and
titles precede entries of the same last name with first names and/or initials.
Names with separable prefixes have been compacted into one word, and hyphens
have been eliminated. Nuns are listed under "Sister"; newspapers appear under
the name of the city of origin, whenever possible.
The index combines three separately developed indexes. Entries for the personal
correspondence (Reels 13-62), which is med by author or recipient, were generated
from reel lists. Thomas's letterpress copybooks (Reels 89-147) were supplied by
her secretaries with handwritten volume by volume indexes. Because of time
limitations, these were transcribed without verification of entries. The unbound
official correspondence (Reels 148-163) was separately indexed by date and
med chronologically.
Entries occur in three formats depending on the series. Letters in the personal
papers (med alphabetically) are cited by reel numbers only. Letters in Thomas's
letterbooks are cited in the following sequence: reel number (Arabic); letterbook
number (Roman numerals or alphabetical listings); page number or numbers. _
Entries for unbound official correspondence (fIled chronologically) consist of
reel number, the date or dates of correspondence, and the number ofletters to
or from that correspondent on that date. In certain cases where it was impossible
to insert a numerical indicator to show multiple citations to individual addressees,
the reel number has been repeated to represent each separate entry. In the index,
each separate series of entries (Le. personal correspondence, letterbooks, unbound
official correspondence) is begun on a separate line. Reel numbers are underlined.
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