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Hole, Helen (Griscom (Bell)), 1906-1983 (Provost)

 Person

Biography

Helen Griscom (Bell) Hole (1906-1983) came to Earlham in 1947 when her husband, Allen D. Hole, Jr., became a professor of French. She began teaching in the English department a year later. In 1970 she was named the college’s first provost. A well-known Friend, she was the author of a history of Quaker education, All Things Civil and Useful.i>

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Helen Hole Papers

 Collection — Box: 11
Identifier: SC-100
Scope and Contents

Helen Bell Hole was a professor of English at Earlham College, 1948-1970, and provost, 1971-1972. Married to Allen D. Hole, professor of foreign languages, 1947-1964, both were active in Quaker affairs. This collection consists of letters to Helen Hole from family and friends in Europe and the US from 1946-1949.

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