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Connecticut College Official Coeducation Announcement Letter
A typed letter from Connecticut College President Charles E. Shain announcing to the parents and friends of Connecticut College that Connecticut College would become a coeducational institution beginning in September of 1969 by admitting men.
Lecture Tonight: How to Deter Unwanted Advances
Handwritten letter of announcement for a lecture on detering unwanted romantic advances. The lecture includes the following subjects "1. The love letter and what to do about it 2. The uncomfortable sofa situation 3. The 'but he's a friend'…
Senior Day Announcement
A photocopy of a handwritten flier announcing the Connecticut College class of 1969's Senior Day. It describes the events which took place on November 13th and their times and locations. The events included a morning meeting, wearing robes to…
Letters to the Editor, Conn Census
An editorial published in the ConnCensus on December 10, 1968. The letter is written by John Foseen, who is now Linda Lee Abel's husband, while he was a graduate student at MIT. The letter is written in response to an article published in…
Linda Lee Abel Scrapbook Page 14
Page 14 contains a variety of handcrafted origami shapes; several paper and magazine clippings of patterned paper and names of various places and restaurants which were significant to Linda; a clipping of an advertisement and an illustration for the…
Linda Lee Abel Scrapbook Page 15
Page 15 contains three small circular stickers, which read 'Up the Mini,' 'Darwin Lied to Us,' and 'Virtue Can Hurt You'; two comedic drawings of faces, which show Linda's dislike of the weekdays on one side and her happiness towards weekends on the…
Warning Your Entrance is Not Recommended
A humorous handwritten warning notice describing the dangerous situations and disasters that exist beyond the door it was attached to, in order to make the point that "Your Entrance is Not Recommended."
Linda Lee Abel Scrapbook Page 16
Page 16 includes a small fabric Princeton University flag; a clipping of a comedic illustration of the Campus Improvement Department; a handwritten note describing an unknown persons sadness over the "sudden passing of a mailbox"; an advertisement…
Linda Lee Abel Scrapbook Page 17
Page 17 includes a clipping of a newspaper article "Will Co-Education Come to Conn?" which was published in the Conn Census on Tuesday, February 28, 1967. It describes the co-educational stance of many institutions of higher education at the time…