| 1704 | 1704 - Three hundred years ago, in 1704, Roland Ellis acquired 700 acres of the Welsh Barony in what is commonly called Philadelphia Main Line, and built a palatial house on it. He called his homestead Bryn Mawr, or great hill, after his ancestral home in Wales of ...Three hundred years ago, in 1704, Roland Ellis acquired 700 acres of the Welsh Barony in what is commonly called Philadelphia Main Line, and built a palatial house on it. He called his homestead Bryn Mawr, or great hill, after his ancestral home in Wales of the same name, thereby explaining why Bryn Mawr College and Bryn Mawr town have the name but are not notably situated on hills. The town of Bryn Mawr was once called Humphryville. But Bryn Mawr sounded nicer, even ...  Show more  Show lesswww.philadelphia-reflections.com/topic/41.htm
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| 1889 | Nov 9, 1889 - The new station buildiug at Bryn Mawr Park will be opened this afternoon in the presence of the President and officers of the New-York and Northern Railroad, accompanied by a number of the property owners living near Bryn Mawr, who will take a special train there, leaving One Hundred ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C13FF3C5F15738DDDA00894D9415B8984F0D3
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| 1912 | Jul 9, 1912 - Two games of polo were played yesterday on the grounds of the Rockaway Hunt Club at Cedarhurst in the second series for the Independence Cups, the first resulting in a victory for the Great Neck second team over the Meadow Brook second by the net score of 7 3/4 to 4 3/4 goals. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3081EF7345517738DDDA00894DF405B828DF1D3
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| 1928 | May 28, 1928 - ... , , May 27.-Commencement week activities at Bryn Mawr College will begin. Saturday with the dedication of the Goodhart Hall, erected in memory of Marjorie Walter Goodhart of the class of '. The hall was presented .to the college . by Mrs. Goodhart's husband, Howard L. Goodhart of New ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C13F63C58127A93CAAB178ED85F4C8285F9
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| 1933 | Sep 28, 1933 - BRYN MAWR, Pa., Sept. 27.-W. Plunket Stewart's stable carried off tbe lion s share of the honors on the first day of the thirty-seventh annual Bryn Mawr horse show today. Twice his entries defeated Mrs. John Hay Whitney's gray gelding Bon Diable. J In a strong field of thoroughbred ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70915F939551A7A93CAAB1782D85F478385F9
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| 1935 | Dec 3, 1935 - ISS M. (3. OF BRYN MAWR DIES President Emeritus Served College 50 Years -- Fought for Equality in Education. AIDED -SUFFRAGE CAUSE Death of Noted Woman LeaderI at 69 Was' Unexpected -- MemoI rial Service Planned. . Speelal to T NZ * S. PIgFr,ADELPHIA, Dee. 2. -- MissI M. Carey Thomas, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A16F73C5B1B7B93C1A91789D95F418385F9
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| 1949 | Jun 1, 1949 - A 23 year old former GI created history at Bryn Mawr college today when he became the first male graduate of the fashionable women's school. EX =GlJESCAPES BRYN MAWR BY DIPLOMA ROUTE. (Picture on back. Bryn Mawr, Pa., May 31 (AP>- A 23 year old former GI created history at Bryn Mawr ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/489243232.html?dids=489243232:489243232&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+01%2C...BRYN+MAWR...
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| 1951 | Feb 25, 1951 - Homemade cookies, cakes, and pies will be offered in a bake sale by South Bryn Mawr Wednesday club at noon Wednesday in Southfield Methodist church, 1750 E. 78th st. Mrs. Pugh P. Davis, finance chairman, is in charge of arrangements. BAKERY SALE I SET BY SOUTH. BRYN MAWR CLUB ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/503487052.html?dids=503487052:503487052&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+25%2C...BRYN+MAWR...
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| 1996 | May 15, 1996 - By KAREN W. ARENSON. For more than a century, Athena stood in a corner of Thomas Great Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr. Generations of Bryn Mawr women have turned to the seven-and-one-half-foot statue for luck, bringing poetry, term papers, jewelry, twigs and other offerings to lay at ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30816F6395D0C768DDDAC0894DE494D81
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| 2002 | Apr 1, 2002 - BRYN MAWR, Pa. _ You'd think that if a president once taught at your college, you'd glorify his name. But at Bryn Mawr College, there's now no sign that Woodrow Wilson was ever there. The only sign was a plaque the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected on the fringe of ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-8638859.html
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