Swarthmore College Alumni Bulletin 1941-05-01
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Swarthmore College, “Swarthmore College Alumni Bulletin 1941-05-01,” LACOL Introduction to Digital Humanities, accessed December 23, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/lacol-dh/items/show/59.
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Title
Swarthmore College Alumni Bulletin 1941-05-01
Subject
Swarthmore College, Alumni
Description
The Swarthmore College Bulletin is the official alumni magazine of the college. It evolved from the Garnet Letter, a newsletter published by the Alumni Association beginning in 1935. After World War II, college staff assumed responsibility for the periodical, and in 1952 it was renamed the Swarthmore College Bulletin. (The renaming apparently had more to do with postal regulations than an editorial decision. Since 1902, the College had been calling all of its mailed periodicals the Swarthmore College Bulletin, with each volume spanning an academic year and typically including a course catalog issue and an annual report issue, with a varying number of other special issues.)
The first editor of the Swarthmore College Bulletin alumni issue was Kathryn “Kay” Bassett ’35. After a few years, Maralyn Orbison Gillespie ’49 was appointed editor and held the position for 36 years, during which she reshaped the mission of the magazine from focusing narrowly on Swarthmore College to reporting broadly on the college's impact on the world at large. Gillespie currently appears on the masthead as Editor Emerita.
Today, the quarterly Swarthmore College Bulletin is an award-winning alumni magazine sent to all alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends of the College, and members of the senior class. This searchable collection spans every issue from 1935 to the present.
Page 6 includes an extensive writeup ("Varsity," Kay Bassett) on Suffragist Hannah Clothier Hull, including her 1891 Halcyon yearbook quote, her impact on the Swarthmore Community, and the world at large.
The first editor of the Swarthmore College Bulletin alumni issue was Kathryn “Kay” Bassett ’35. After a few years, Maralyn Orbison Gillespie ’49 was appointed editor and held the position for 36 years, during which she reshaped the mission of the magazine from focusing narrowly on Swarthmore College to reporting broadly on the college's impact on the world at large. Gillespie currently appears on the masthead as Editor Emerita.
Today, the quarterly Swarthmore College Bulletin is an award-winning alumni magazine sent to all alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends of the College, and members of the senior class. This searchable collection spans every issue from 1935 to the present.
Page 6 includes an extensive writeup ("Varsity," Kay Bassett) on Suffragist Hannah Clothier Hull, including her 1891 Halcyon yearbook quote, her impact on the Swarthmore Community, and the world at large.
Creator
Swarthmore College
Publisher
Swarthmore College
Date
1941-05-01
Contributor
Wren Jackson, Beck Morawski
Rights
No Copyright
Relation
Swarthmore College Archives
Format
.pdf, .txt
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc11698
Coverage
Swarthmore College Libraries
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Original Format
Newspaper, Bulletin
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