Stella Bloch Hanau Scrapbook

The Stella Bloch Hanau Scrapbook consists of a conserved scrapbook and separately housed physical memorabilia. The scrapbook starts in 1905 with programs, invitations to events, and photographs from Stella's years at Wadleigh High School and continues through her attendance at Barnard and into her time as an alumna still involved in the school.

The scrapbook is notable for its hand-lettered subject headings, and for the detailed record of theatrical productions that Bloch was involved in. It contains programs, handwritten musical scores, cast lists and changes, black and white photographs of performances and rehearsals,and reminder notes for meetings of casts and crews.

The scrapbook also contains various freshman class paraphernalia (a sunflower, a green scarf) from the 1907 Mysteries; various botanical specimens; dance cards; black and white photographs of costumes, picnics, and various other events; invitations to Barnard events; information relating to the Women’s Liberation front and a broadside advertising mass meeting in honor of Emmeline Pankhurst; and a program for “What Every Barnardite Knows—A Fit in 5 Spasms from the Bulldog to the Bear,” dated 1910. The scrapbook ends in 1913, two years after Bloch’s graduation.

Included in the collection are three diaries Bloch kept between the ages of twelve and nineteen. Of note are Hanau's experiences as a Jewish student at Barnard and her descriptions of crushes among her female classmates through high school and college.