Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr [antikvár]

PREFACESO MANY persons have aided in the making of this biographythat I am unable to express my gratitude to them adequatelyor even to mention them all by name. I am indebted especially tothose who asked me to write the book and placed at my disposalthe material collected by Carey Thomas for her autobiographyof which, unhappily, no trace remains: the executors of CareyThomas's will, her friend Mrs. F. Louis Slade and her niece Mrs.Rustin Mcintosh, as well as her sister Mrs. Simon Flexner. Theyhave all been most kind in reading the manuscript and in giv-ing me advice and encouragement, and most generous in bearingwith delays. To others who have read the manuscript I am alsoespecially grateful: to President Katharine McBride of BrynMawr College, to the president of the Board of Directors ofBryn Mawr College, Mr. Charles J. Rhoads, to Carey Thomas'snephew and niece, Dr. Henry M. Thomas and his wife Dr.Caroline Thomas, and to her friends Mrs. Adolphe Borie, Mrs.Learned Hand, Mrs. James Chadwick-Collins, Resident Directorof Bryn Mawr College, Professor Helen Taft Manning of BrynMawr College and her husband Professor Frederick J. Manningof Swarthmore College. To Mr. Manning are owing both theidea and the execution of the maps of Bryn Mawr College thatform the end papers of the book.I wish, also, to thank other members of Carey Thomas's familywho have helped me with information and advice: her cousin Mrs.Alys Russell and her nephews Mr. Harold Worthington and Mr.James Flexner. Some, alas, to whom I should like to acknowledgemy debt are now beyond reach of my wordsCarey Thomas'ssisters Mrs. M. G. Worthington and Mrs. Morris Carey, hercousins Mrs. Frank H. Taylor, Mrs. Oliver Strachey, and Mr.Logan Pearsall Smith, and her brother-in-law Dr. Simon Flexner.vii