Foster, Katharine Condon, 1892-1960

Katharine Eleanor Condon was born on October 13, 1892 to Randall Judson Condon and his wife Eliza Sturtevant Condon in Everett, Massachusetts. She graduated from high school in 1910 in Helena, Montana, where her father was Superintendent of Schools. She entered Mount Holyoke College in the fall of 1910, majoring in art and English literature and earning her B.A. degree in 1914. She attended the University of Cincinnati in Ohio for additional work in "secretarial and home economics" in 1914-1915. In 1924-1925 she attended the School of Religious Education, Boston University, and assisted her father in Friendship, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts with editing the "Atlantic Readers." She was a private secretary in Cincinnati from 1915-1919. She began working for the Young Women's Christian Association in 1919 and held a variety of positions in that organization until 1931. On August 13, 1925 she married Frank C. Foster, a teacher at Hampton Institute, Virginia. The Fosters lived in Virginia, New York City, North Carolina, California, and Tennessee, but made their home in Friendship, Maine. They had two children, Randall Condon Foster, born 1929, and Walter Sturtevant Foster, born 1933. She died September 11, 1960 in Friendship, Maine at the age of sixty-seven.

From the guide to the Foster papers MS 0608., 1897-1960, 1910-1960, (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

Educator. Born in Everett, Mass. Oct. 13, 1892, daughter of Randall Judson and Eliza (Sturtevant) Condon. Entered Mount Holyoke College in 1910 from Helena, Montana. Majored in art and English literature and received B.A. degree in 1914. Attended the University of Cincinnati in Ohio for additional work in "secretarial and home economics", 1914-1915; and the School of Religious Education, Boston University, 1924-1925. Assisted her father with editing the "Atlantic Readers". Worked as a private secretary in Cincinnati, 1915-1919; and held various positions with the Young Women's Christian Association, 1919-1931. Married Frank C. Foster in 1925; they had two sons. Died September 11, 1960 in Friendship, Maine.

From the description of Papers, 1897-1960 1910-1960. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 42843085