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written correspondence to President Havens

letter discussing Perrin's burial proceedings

written July 11

letter announcing Perrin's successful arrival in America from Lisbon

letter asks about Perrin's appointment to Wilson College

letter to Paul Swain Havens regarding effort to get Perrin to the U.S.

letter regarding Jean Perrin and getting him to the US

regarding Perrin's new appointment

authorizes the appointment of perrin

associated with written letter

associated with ambassador letter

associated with emergency committee letter

President of Wilson College

image of Seoul before devastation

Havens appears in the front row on the far left.

Photograph of Anne Elizabeth “Bess” Swain, Wilson College alumna and mother of Paul Swain Havens.

Photograph of Wilson College alumnae at Mont Alto Park, Mont Alto, Pennsylvania.

Left to right: Mary Belle McElwain; Oda M. Nicklas Stewart; Anne Elizabeth “Bess” Swain.

Photograph of Anne Elizabeth “Bess” Swain and classmates participating in a Washington’s Birthday celebration at Wilson College.

Photograph of Henry Clay Havens, father of Paul Swain Havens. A graduate of Princeton University, Henry Clay Havens served as vice principal and principal of the American University of Beirut, Syria from 1892-1895, and taught Latin and Greek at the…

Photograph of the Swain Family, showing Paul Swain Havens's mother and maternal grandparents.

Back row, left to right: Mary Swain; James Ramsey Swain; Sarah Swain; Anne Elizabeth Swain.
Front row, left to right: George Swain Jr.; Anne Elizabeth…

Drawing of a study room in the Claremont, California, home of Paul and Lorraine Havens.

Photograph of Paul Swain Havens and Lorrain Havens outside of Ellen Browning Hall at Scripps College.

Lyrics to a humorous song extolling the faculty of Scripps College.

Drawing of a study room in the Claremont, California, home of Paul and Lorraine Havens.

One verse from a humorous song extolling the faculty of Scripps College.

Still from a film strip showing Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, president of Princeton University, speaking at the inauguration of Paul Swain Havens as president of Wilson College.

A photograph of former Wilson College president, Paul Swain Havens, and his family.

Rev. Tryon Edwards served as an honorary President of Wilson College from 1870-1871. He worked in close partnership with the Vice-President, Rev. James Wightman, who was responsible for the College's administration.

Rev. Edwards was the…

The Rev. James W. Wightman, Vice-President and Acting President
Edwards: Presbyterian minister from Hagerstown Maryland
Wightman: pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greencastle. Wightman did not believe in a “female” education of women – he…