Dunham, Mary Dows, 1865-1936.

Amateur artist and photographer, traveler, philanthropist. Born, New York City, 1865. Daughter of Margaret (Worcester) and David Dows, head of one of the largest grain deal firms in the U.S. at the turn of the century. Mary was disabled by polio as a child, yet quite active as an adult. Traveled in Europe, Western U.S., Bermuda, and Egypt, circa 1880s to 1910s. Worked with American Fund for French Wounded during World War I; served on the New York Cooking School Hospital Committee, the American Red Cross planning board for Mount Desert Chapter, and Seal Harbor (ME) Village Improvement Society. Married Edward Kellogg Dunham, 1893, they had two children, Theodora (Dunham) Bodman and Edward Kellogg Dunham, Jr. and resided in New York City and Seal Harbor, Maine. After her husband's death, Mary established an endowment for the Edward K. Dunham Lectures at Harvard Medical School.

From the description of Papers, 1875-1938. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 36835306