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1 photograph : black and white, gelatin silver print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in. format) | Photograph showing Helen Herron Taft, head and shoulders portrait, facing right.
The Helen Taft Manning papers house the records of Helen Taft Manning, president of Bryn Mawr College and daughter of President William Howard Taft. This collection, which dates from 1861 to 1992, with bulk dates of 1915 to 1974, consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, and personal objects from the Manning family.
Helen Herron Taft. Charles Phelps Taft II (September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983) was a U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family. From 1955 to 1957, he served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Like other members of his family, Taft was a Republican for the purposes of statewide elections. However, when running for municipal ...
Professor Helen Taft Manning (1891-1987) History Department, Bryn Mawr College April 1974
Taft graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1915, was named dean in 1917, and rose to acting president in 1919. The Helen Taft Manning papers house the records of Helen Taft Manning. This collection, which dates from 1861 to 1992, with bulk dates of 1915 to 1974, consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, and personal objects from the Manning family.
Helen Taft was born on 2nd June, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Williamson Herron and Harriet Collins Herron. Her father, a district attorney, judge and Republican Party activist was at good terms with the then President due to a law partnership with him. She was the fifth out of the ten siblings and called ‘Nellie’ during childhood.
