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Letter from Effie Stillman to Mary R. Bancroft, April 10, 1899
No full text1 leaf (double-sided)Handwritten letter from Effie Stillman to Mary R. Bancroft, wife of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., dated April 10, 1899
Letter from Effie Stillman to Mary R. Bancroft, April 10, 1899
No full text1 leaf (double-sided)Handwritten letter from Effie Stillman to Mary R. Bancroft, wife of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., dated April 10, 1899
Oral history interview with Mary R. Feay
No full textTranscript, 38 pp.Mary Feay attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, taking an undergraduate degree in mathematics and then two master’s, in math and computer science, in 1966-67. She accepted a job with Bell Labs and began work initially in New Jersey, then moved to Bell Labs Indian Hill in Naperville, IL, working in the computer center doing operating systems and programming languages — creating software tools used in developing the electronic switching systems (ESS). She was promoted in 1977 into supervisory roles for system testing, office applications, and standards-setting. The latter included a three-year stint (1980-83) participating in the development of CHILL, the CCITT High Level Language. She assesses a set of 1967 advertisements from the trade journal Datamation, then relates her experience at Bell during the 1970s with affirmative action as well as hiring practices.
This material is based on work funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Feay, Mary R.. (2015). Oral history interview with Mary R. Feay. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188529
Mary R. Blanding oral history - March 22, 2023
No full textThis oral history of Mary R. Blanding, recorded on March 22, 2023, discusses her decision to attend Loyola Marymount University (LMU), how Jesuit philosophy shaped their educational experience, and their involvement and advocacy work with the Black Student Union. At the time of this interview, Mary was 72 years old, identified as Black, and resided in Altadena, California. Mary is an alumnus of Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and attended from 1969 until 1973. Mary was a staff member at LMU from 1975 until 1978. Mary was originally from Los Angeles, California
Mary R. — Simmons up
No full textBlack and white photo of mare, pacer Mary R. driven by Simmons at the Central Maine Fair Races, Sept. 1, 1926, Waterville, Maine. Mary R. battled Lee S. for the first-place win in the 2.14 Pace Stake.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/kendall_images/1146/thumbnail.jp
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