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H.Mss.0661
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Title: Pomona College Associated Women Students Mortar Board Papers
Dates: 1929-1976 and undated
Collection number: H.Mss.0661
Creator:
Pomona College Associated Women Students Mortar Board
Extent:
10 boxes
(9 document boxes, 1 flat box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: This collection contains materials relating to the Pomona College chapter of the National Mortar
Board Society. Incorporated as the 46th chapter on March 28, 1903, the women's society for college seniors who exemplify the
principles of leadership,
scholarship, and service. The collection contains materials produced by the society related to its administration and the
various events, conferences,
and presentations put on by the Mortar Board.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Administrative Information
This collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
[Identification of item], Pomona College Associated Women Students Mortar Board Papers (H.Mss 0661). Special Collections,
The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
Provenance / Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Pomona College Associated Women Students Mortar Board.
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Materials were placed into archival folders and boxes.
The National Mortar Board Society is a women’s honor society formed to recognize the exemplary scholarship, leadership, and
service of college seniors. The society was founded on February 15, 1918 with four initial chapters at Cornell University,
The University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, and Swarthmore College. The Mortar Board began as a local honor society
at The Ohio State University, and a chance meeting with a member of Pi Sigma Chi from Swarthmore College began a discussion
about creating a national honor society for female college seniors. Today, Mortar Board continues to “emphasize the advancement
of the status of women, to support the ideals of the college or university, to advance a spirit of scholarship, to recognize
and encourage leadership, to provide service, and to establish the opportunity for a meaningful exchange of ideas as individuals
and as a group.”
The Pomona College Mortar Board became the organization’s 46th chapter on March 28, 1903, after Dean of Women Jessie Gibson’s
senior women’s honorary society petitioned for incorporation into Mortar Board. The society is still active on the Pomona
campus, and interested students can apply to join the society as rising juniors. Members aspire to put on events and services
for not just Pomona College, but also the 5C and surrounding community.
This collections contains administrative and financial materials relating to the running of the Mortar Board, including minutes,
letters, membership and officer lists, reports, speeches,and scrapbooks. The collection also contains event-related materials
such as booklets, newspaper clippings, conference materials and presentations. Significant events include the annual Women's
Day.
Items are grouped by subject, and then arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library’s online public access catalog.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Student activities
Associations, institutions, etc.
Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society
Corporate minutes
Scrapbooks
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Pamphlets