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Polly Adams Welts Kaufman, Class of 1951: interview Side 1

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Year:: 1988
Contributor:: Welts Kaufman, Polly Adams, 1929-1978 (interviewee); Newman, Louise M. (interviewer)
Genre:: oral histories (literary works)
Subject:: Record (Pembroke College (Brown University)); College students; Dormitories; Waitresses; City girls
Extent:: 1 mp3; 47:01

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Abstract:: Interview with Polly Welts Kaufman recorded February 9th, 1988. In this segment of the interview she recounts her family life growing up in Haverhill, MA before and after World War II; the dating scene among Freshman at Pembroke; her work as a waitress; the participation of city girls in work and extracurricular activities; and her role as Editor of the Pembroke Record.

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Citation

"Polly Adams Welts Kaufman, Class of 1951: interview Side 1 " (1988). Pembroke Center Oral History Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:581231/

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Pembroke Center Oral History Collection

This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …
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