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Imperial Women: Collective Biography, Gender, and Yale-Trained Historians Summary of Sources for Biographical Data Imperial Women: Collective Biography, Gender, and Yale-trained Historians John G. Reid Department of History Saint Mary’s University Paper presented to Workshop on Biographies and Autobiographies of Historians, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 4 July 2015 Summary of Sources for Biographical Data Introductory Note This summary is posted online in order to avoid lengthening the paper itself by repeatedly citing sources for basic biographical information. Because the paper deals primarily, among those who signed the Dedication section of Essays in Colonial History Presented to Charles McLean Andrews by his Students, with the women signatories, they are listed here first and in the greatest detail. Brief summaries follow for the men, who in the paper are treated only for certain comparisons. Selected standard biographical dictionaries were consulted: Who’s Who in America [WWA], 1910-11, 1920-21, 1930-31, 1940-41, 1950-51, 1960-61, and 1970-71; Directory of American Scholars [DAS], 1942, 1951, 1957, and 1978. Public documents such as censuses, birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, draft cards, passport applications, and passenger lists were searched through (and only through) Ancestry.com. Library catalogues, including the Library of Congress, were used for those who published. A few individuals were the subjects of published biographical studies, and others had deposited papers at a variety of repositories that were summarized along with biographical information in finding aids available online. Other online sources were also consulted, as found through standard search procedures. For the Yale-linked signatories, a valuable specific source was the listing of PhD dissertations in History posted at http://history.yale.edu/academics/graduate- program/yale-history-dissertations. Also consulted were the relevant consolidated alumni catalogues: Bryn Mawr College Calendar: Register of Alumnae and Former Students, 1916, comp. Isabel Maddison (Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College, 1916) [BMC 1916]; Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Yale University, 1701-1924 (New Haven: Yale University, 1924) [YD 1924]; and Catalogue of Yale University Alumni, 1925-54 (New Haven: Yale University, 1955) [YD 1955]. Some biographical details were inferred from correspondence in Charles McLean Andrews Papers (MS 38), Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library [CMAP]. I am very grateful to my research assistant and former graduate student Samantha Bourgoin for her diligence in setting the foundations for these biographical compilations. 1 Women Barnes, Viola F. (Florence) BIRTH DATE: 1885 DEATH DATE: 1979 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1919 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Mount Holyoke, 1919-52 AGE IN 1931: 46 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 34 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Newspaper Editor, Mill-Owner (Albion, NE) SOURCES: WWA 1940-1 (257); WWA 1950-1 (147). John G. Reid, Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979: A Historian’s Biography (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005) papers at Mount Holyoke College Archives. Bibbins, Ruthella Mory BIRTH DATE: 1865 DEATH DATE: 1942 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 66 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: ?? MARRIED TO: Arthur B. Bibbins UNMARRIED NAME: Ruthella Bernard Mory 2 SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916; New York Times, 30 October 1903; CMAP, Folders 188, 347. Bourne, Ruth M. (May) BIRTH DATE: 1897 DEATH DATE: 1986 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1931 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 1931-40; Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC, 1940-44; California Western University, San Diego, 1954- 63. AGE IN 1931: 34 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 34 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Pottery presser (Kokomo, IN); RMB born in West Virginia. SOURCES: Ancestry.com; DAS 1942 (85); DAS 1951 (91); Who’s Who of Women in America, 1968-69 (133). Bray, Ella W. (Williams) BIRTH DATE: 1866 DEATH DATE: 1954 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 65 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Merchant (Cambridge, MA) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; YD 1924. 3 Calder, Isabel M. (MacBeath) BIRTH DATE: 1895 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1929 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Wells College AGE IN 1931: 36 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 34 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Carpenter (Hartford, CT) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; DAS 1942 (123); DAS 1951 (132); CMAP, Folders 317, 325, 327, 334, 345. Campbell, Mildred L. (Lucile) BIRTH DATE: 1897 DEATH DATE: 1991 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1932 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Vassar College, 1932-62 AGE IN 1931: 34 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 35 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Farmer (Rhea County, TN) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; WWA 1960-61 (457); WWA 1970-71 (344); DAS 1942 (126); DAS 1951 (136); Vassar Miscellany News, 46:23, 2 May 1962; http://history.vassar.edu/docs/bios/Campbell.pdf. Clark, Dora Mae 4 BIRTH DATE: 1893 DEATH DATE: 1987 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1924 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Wilson College AGE IN 1931: 38 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 31 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Physician (Derby, VT) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; DAS 1942 (152); DAS 1951 (162). Clarke, Mary P. (Patterson) BIRTH DATE: 1879 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale (also Bryn Mawr) PhD: Yale, 1932 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Beaver College (Jenkintown, PA) AGE IN 1931: 52 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 53 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Liveryman (Lawrence, KS) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916; CMAP, Folders 267, 309, 340, 359. Colburn, Elizabeth L. BIRTH DATE: 1909 DEATH DATE: 2011 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: - 5 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 22 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Carpenter (Francestown, NH). Mother’s occupation: Milliner. MARRIED TO: John C. Montgomery SOURCES: Ancestry.com; YD 1955; Hartford Courant, 13 April 2011. Dame, Katharine BIRTH DATE: 1874 DEATH DATE: 1938 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Librarian, New York State Library; Librarian, Cornell; Public librarian, St. Paul, MN AGE IN 1931: 45 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Bank cashier (Lynn, MA) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916; CMAP, Folder 345. Davis, Mabel BIRTH DATE: 1883 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - 6 AGE IN 1931: 48 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Farmer (Newmarket, ON) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916. Dudley, Louise BIRTH DATE: 1884 DEATH DATE: 1975 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: Bryn Mawr, 1910 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Lawrence College; Stephens College AGE IN 1931: 47 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 26 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Minister (Georgetown, KY) SOURCES: Ancestry.com; WWA 1928-29 (677); WWA 1930-31 (718); WWA 1940-41 (808); DAS 1951 (243); DAS 1957 (199); BMC 1916. Dudley, Mary Crawford BIRTH DATE: 1868 DEATH DATE: 1940 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 63 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: ?? 7 MARRIED TO: Charles Benjamin Dudley UNMARRIED NAME: Mary Virginia Crawford SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916; Woman’s Who’s Who of America, 1914-15 (260). Ellis, Ellen Deborah BIRTH DATE: 1878 DEATH DATE: 1974 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: Bryn Mawr, 1905 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Mount Holyoke College, 1905-44 AGE IN 1931: 53 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 27 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Tobacco merchant (Philadelphia, PA) SOURCES: Papers at Mount Holyoke College Archives; Ancestry.com; DAS 1942 (244); DAS 1951 (244) Fast, Florence Cook BIRTH DATE: 1904 DEATH DATE: 1999 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): UCLA (short-term) AGE IN 1931: 27 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Proprietor, hatchery (Los Angeles, CA) MARRIED TO: Ernest Fast 8 UNMARRIED NAME: Florence Maude Cook SOURCES: Ancestry.com; YD 1955. FitzGerald, Susan W. (Walker) BIRTH DATE: 1871 DEATH DATE: 1943 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 60 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Naval officer, banker (Boston, MA) MARRIED TO: Richard Y. FitzGerald UNMARRIED NAME: Susan Grimes Walker SOURCES: Papers at Bryn Mawr College Archives; WWA 1910-1 (650); WWA 1920-1 (960); WWA 1930-1 (819); WWA 1940-1 (933). Frear, Esther Wilson BIRTH DATE: 1903 DEATH DATE: 1998 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - AGE IN 1931: 28 9 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: ?? MARRIED TO: George L. Frear UNMARRIED NAME: Esther Wallace Wilson SOURCES: Ancestry.com; YD 1955. Frear, Mary R. (Reno) BIRTH DATE: 1904 DEATH DATE: 1999 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1933 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Penn State College, 1933-38; Vassar College, 1952-53; Wellesley College, 1953-54; Hood College, 1954-71. AGE IN 1931: 27 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 29 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Professor (State College, PA) MARRIED TO: John B. Keeler SOURCES: Ancestry.com; DAS 1957 (395); DAS 1978 (358-9); Who’s Who of American Women, 1968-69 (639); YD 1925. Garrison, Helen S. (Stuart) BIRTH DATE: 1901 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: Yale, 1934 PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): - 10 AGE IN 1931: 30 AGE IN YEAR OF PhD: 33 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Engineer (Greenwich, CT) MARRIED TO: William Huse Dunham, Jr. SOURCES: Ancestry.com; YD 1955. Gray, Helen (L.) BIRTH DATE: 1885 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Yale PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Lake Erie College AGE IN 1931: 46 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: ?? SOURCES: DAS 1942 (320); DAS 1951 (352). Haines, Jane B. (Bowne) BIRTH DATE: 1869 DEATH DATE: 1937 HOW CONNECTED WITH C.M. ANDREWS: Bryn Mawr PhD: - PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC POSITION(S): Founder, Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women AGE IN 1931: 62 FATHER’S OCCUPATION: Farmer (Jenkintown, PA) 11 SOURCES: Ancestry.com; BMC 1916; Valencia Libby, “Jane Haines’ Vision: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women,” Journal of the New England Garden History Society 10 (2002), 44-52.
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