Comstock, Ada Louise
Variant namesRadcliffe College president (1923-1943), Comstock (1876-1973) was born in Moorhead, Minn., graduated from Smith College (1897), and received an A.M. from Columbia University (1899). She taught rhetoric and oratory at the University of Minnesota and became the first dean of women there in 1907. In 1912 she became the first dean of Smith College. Comstock was also the first president of the American Association of University Women and the only woman on the National Commission of Law Observance and Enforcement. She served on the National Committee for Planned Parenthood and the Institute of Pacific Relations, and opposed discrimination against women in many areas of society. After retiring as president of Radcliffe, she married Wallace Notestein, professor at Yale, in 1943, and settled in New Haven.
From the description of Diaries, 1902-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008115
Smith College Class of 1897. Born Dec. 11, 1876. Columbia University, A.M., 1899. Smith College, Dean of the College, 1912-1923 ("acting" President, 1917). University of Minnesota, Professor, Rhetoric and Oratory, 1900-1912; Dean of Women, 1907-1912. Radcliffe College, President, 1923-1943. Member: Smith College Board of Trustees, American Association of University Womens, International Federation of University Women. Died Dec. 12, 1973.
From the description of Ada Louise Comstock papers, 1897-1950. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51214261
Ada Louise Comstock (1876-1973) was president of Radcliffe College, 1923-1943.
From the description of Papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122413167
Educator. A.B. Smith College 1897; A.M. Columbia 1899. Assistant, then Professor of Rhetoric and Dean of Women at University of Minnesota to 1912; Dean of Smith College 1912-1923; President of Radcliffe 1923-1943. Member of President Hoover's Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Commission 1929- ).
From the description of Records of the President of Radcliffe College, 1923-1943 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006480
Radcliffe College president (1923-1943), Comstock graduated from Smith College (1897), and received an A.M. from Columbia University (1899). She taught rhetoric and oratory at the University of Minnesota and became the first dean of women there in 1907. In 1912 she became the first dean of Smith College. Comstock was also the first president of the American Association of University Women and the only woman on the National Commission of Law Observance and Enforcement, served on the National Committee for Planned Parenthood, the Institute of Pacific Relations, and opposed discrimination against women in many areas of society. After retiring as president of Radcliffe, she married Wallace Notestein, professor at Yale, in 1943 and settled in New Haven.
From the description of Papers, 1818-1982 (inclusive), 1887-1982 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122561429
College administrator. Attended University of Minnesota for two years and graduated from Smith College in 1897. Appointed first Dean of Women at University of Minnesota; Dean and Professor of English at Smith College, 1912-1923. First full-time President of Radcliffe, 1923-1943.
From the description of Scrapbook, 1934. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006478
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| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive). | Radcliffe College, Archives | |
| referencedIn | Hudson, Manley Ottmer, 1886-1960. Papers, 1894-1960 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Typed letter signed Ada Comstock to: "My Dear Mr. Fullerton" September 8, 1925. | Wellesley College | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College Archives certificates and diplomas collection, 1886-1934 (inclusive), 1886-1889 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Diaries, 1902-1968 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Suffrage collection, 1877-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Roscoe Pound Papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Harken, Anne. Papers, 1940-1944 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1929-1931 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Grace A. Johnson in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1840-1952: Subseries A-E, 1840-1952 (inclusive) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1935-1994 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Burton, Marion Le Roy, 1874-1925. Office of the President Marion Le Roy Burton records, 1910-1917. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College. Office of the President. Records of the Office of the President, 1884-1999 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hardy, Harriet Louise, 1906-. Papers, 1935-1994 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Schumpeter, Elizabeth Boody. Papers, 1938-1953 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | United States. Wickersham Commission. Records, 1928-1931. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893-. Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Charles Lewis Slattery papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1911-1968 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Bunting, Mary Ingraham, 1910-. Records of the President of Radcliffe College, 1960-1972 (inclusive). | Radcliffe College, Archives | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College governing boards records, 1878-1999 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College Archives biography files, 1855-2007 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | White, Eva W. (Eva Whiting), 1885-1974. Papers, 1885-1974 (bulk: 1909-1974) | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Shepherd, Elizabeth Crampton Booth, 1914-. Scrapbook, 1932-1936 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Scrapbook, 1934. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Anderson, William Franklin, 1860-1944. William F. Anderson collection, 1923-1926. | Boston University. School of Medicine | |
| referencedIn | Papers of John Graham Brooks, 1805-1938 (bulk 1900-1938) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893-. Papers of Bernice Brown Cronkhite, 1921-1981 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College. Office of Public Information. Records of the Office of Public Information, 1923-1998 (inclusive), | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Moore, Elizabeth Weichel, 1925-. Papers, 1929-2007 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Martin, Wilhelmina Wallace, 1905-1953. Scrapbook, 1923-1927 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Daniels, Mabel W. (Mabel Wheeler), 1878-1971. Papers, 1884-1971 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Ada Louise Comstock papers, 1897-1950. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Carter, Morris, 1877-1965. Papers, 1920-1963 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Pease, Arthur Stanley, 1881-1964. Correspondence and compositions, 1870-1963 | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Baker, Christina Hopkinson, 1873-1959. Papers, 1925-1932 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records of Radcliffe College President Wilbur Kitchener Jordan, 1943-1960. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Records of Radcliffe College President Ada Louise Comstock, 1923-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. Papers, 1818-1982 (inclusive), 1887-1982 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893-. Transcript of oral history, 1976. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Davis, Herbert John, 1893-1967. Office of the President Herbert John Davis files, 1940-1949. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| creatorOf | Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985. Mina Kirstein Curtiss papers, 1915-1978 (bulk 1918-1945). | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1926-1931 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College. Class of 1932. Scrapbooks and papers, 1928-1984 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Earle, Mabel. Letter, 1943. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Cabot, Ella Lyman. Papers, 1855-1934 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Lillian A.Friedberg papers | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College. Office of the Dean. Records of the Office of the Dean, 1894-1977 (inclusive), | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902. Papers, 1879-1940. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Comstock, Ada Louise. The development of aim in the teaching of the mother tongue in Germany. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Noyes, Penelope Barker, 1891-1977. Papers, 1912-1929 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1965. Papers, 1911-1968 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Additional papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1857-1976, 1912-1971 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Stedman, Edith Gratia, 1888-1978. Papers, 1833-1978 (inclusive) 1913-1978 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Jordan, W. K. (Wilbur Kitchener), 1902-. Papers of Wilbur Kitchener Jordan, 1943-1965 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of John Graham Brooks, 1805-1938 (bulk 1900-1938) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Dean, Vera Micheles, 1903-1972. Papers, 1929-1973 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Radcliffe College autograph collection, 1705-1946 (inclusive), 1881-1946 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Phi Beta Kappa. Massachusetts Iota (Radcliffe College). Records of Radcliffe Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 1907-1995 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Richardson family. Papers of the Richardson family, 1824-1999 (inclusive), 1900-1976 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. Papers, 1876-1955 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall personal papers, 1910-1999. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1920-1963 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Freeman, Ethel Hale. Ethel Hale Freeman papers, 1882-1917. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Jordan, Frances Ruml, 1899-1980,. Oral history interview with Frances Ruml Jordan, 1973 February 21. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Dorothy Kirchwey Brown, 1917-1957 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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Birth 1876-12-11
Death 1973-12-12
