Lydia W. Shattuck Papers 1841-1890.

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Lydia W. Shattuck Papers 1841-1890.

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Shattuck, Lydia White, 1822-1889; Botanist and teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1851. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary teacher, 1851-1889. Papers contain letters from scientists and correspondence between her friends and former students, primarily documenting her professional life at Mount Holyoke. Also include writings, a herbarium, memorabilia, biographical material, and photographs.

3 boxes; (3 linear ft.)

eng,

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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Shattuck, Lydia W. (Lydia White), 1822-1889

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Lydia White Shattuck was born on June 10, 1822 in East Landoff, New Hampshire. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1851 and returned the next fall as a teacher of botany and chemistry. She became a prominent botanist, known internationally. In 1869, she took a Mount Holyoke student to Europe where they studied botany, and in 1873 she worked with Louis Agassiz and Arnold Henri Guyot at the Penikese Island (Massachusetts) school for natural history. She was dedicated to Mount Holyo...

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