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In this letter, Douglas H. Gordon, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory. Gordon was the only trustee who did not agree to admit…

On October 18, 1949, Peabody’s Board of Trustees discussed the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory after each member had cast their vote by letter over the preceding months. Despite William L. Marbury’s expectation that the Board would be…

This embossed monogram appears as the letterhead on Mary Elizabeth Garrett's stationary.

Photograph of Mary Garrett, facing the camera and wearing glasses with her hair tied back.

Mary Garrett at the age of 35 when she built the Bryn Mawr School building.