{"value"=>"<p>Julia Nelson Colles' papers include letters from her mother and correspondence, 1890-1898, mostly with Edith Clarke and Louise Rapalje. Letters from her mother discuss her lectures and performances she attended. She advised Julia on whom to write, what to wear, and what jobs to accept, so that she could earn her own way in the world.</p> <p>Included in this series is a childhood notebook and a grade book from Wellesley College in which every page lists a class that Miss Colles completed along with her grade and her professor's signature. There is also a typed and handbound story entitled \"Tot's Crooked Day,\" written by Juliet Corson and presented to Julia Nelson Colles on her eighth birthday. The book, bound in felt and yarn, tells the story of a girl named Tot who woke up on the wrong side of the bed one morning. Finally, there is a small amount of memorabilia from Julia's Wellesley College graduation, a few letters regarding her employment at Columbia University, and death notices.</p>"}