Mary Belle Harris Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains reflections of the girlhood of Mary Belle Harris, her education in the U.S. and Europe, professions, travel and relationships with Jane Addams, Maud Ballingon Booth, Julia Anna Gardner, Elsie Janis, Elizabeth “Betty” Munger, Doris Reid, Ruth Byron, Owen Rohdy, Helen Hall Upham, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, and Caroline B.S. Wittpenn. Materials include publications, albums, diaries, personal writings, professional writings, photographs, sheet music, numismatic collection, and family trees.
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1988
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Usage Restrictions
The materials in this collection may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and research purposes. If the intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate permissions by contacting Special Collections/University Archives at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Belle Harris (1874–1957) graduated from Bucknell with a degree in music in 1893, with an A.M. in 1894, and A.M. in Latin and classics in 1895. She is the daughter of Bucknell president John Howard Harris (1889-1919). In 1918, Harris began the superintendent of the State Reformatory for Women in Clinton, NJ. In 1925 she began superintendent of the Federal Industrial Institute for Women in Alderson, WV, the first federal prison for women in the U.S.
Full Extent
12.0 Linear Feet (6 record boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
As far as possible, all items within their folders are arranged chronologically. Family folders are alphabetical by surname, then given names with generations of her siblings contained within the folder of the progenitor except when too voluminous, then the generations were separated.
- Title
- Mary Belle Harris Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Eir Danielson
- Date
- 2024 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bucknell University Special Collections/University Archives Repository
028 Bertrand Library
Bucknell University
One Dent Drive
Lewisburg PA 17837 United States US
570-577-3101
570-577-3313 (Fax)
scua@bucknell.edu