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Graduation portrait of Mary Wilson Acheson

1883

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Graduation portrait of Mary Wilson Acheson
  • Title
  • Graduation portrait of Mary Wilson Acheson
  • Creator
  • B. L. H. Dabbs, 174 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Date
  • 1883
  • Identifier
  • PFC00016
  • Description
  • A member of the 11th graduating class (1883), Mary Wilson Acheson Spencer was one of the college's most active alumnae. Despite being the busy mother of seven children, Mrs. Spencer served on the PCW Board of Trustees from 1902 until her death in 1950. She was also a President of the Alumnae Association, active in the college presidential search of 1922, and a member of the 50th anniversary celebration committee. In 1925, the college awarded Mrs. Spencer an Honorary Master of Arts degree for her exemplary service. Her family life is chronicled in her daughter Ethel Spencer's book The Spencers of Amberson Avenue: A Turn-of-the-Century Memoir.
  • Place of Publication
  • Unknown
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Women college students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Pennsylvania Female College
    Pennsylvania College for Women
    Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Spencer, Mary Acheson, 1863-1950
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Unknown
  • Source
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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