Lyman, Susan Elizabeth

Historian; Curator.

Born New York City, 1905; graduated Smith College 1929; M.A. Columbia University, 1933. Curator of manuscripts, Museum of the City of New York (1939-46), and member of Educational Department of the museum from 1949-59, where she developed the "Please Touch" room for children. As a New York City historian and writer, she published The Face of New York (1955); Here is New York; Young Folks New York (1960); and The Story of New York (1966). Also Lady Historian: Martha J. Lamb (1969). Active for many years on behalf of Smith College, including chair and member of the Board of Counselors (1961-67), past president of the Pen and Brush and among the first women elders of Breck Presbyterian Church in New York City. Died in 1976.

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