Lois W. Griffiths (1899-1981) Papers 1923-1981

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Lois W. Griffiths (1899-1981) Papers 1923-1981

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The Lois W. Griffiths Papers are arranged in three and one-half boxes, date between 1923 and 1981, and are comprised of small amounts of correspondence and materials relating to Griffith's graduate education, as well as teaching files and publications. The teaching files, which comprise the bulk of the papers, contain lecture notes, reading notes, syllabi, schedules, examination questions, and a few student papers. The publications include portions of and supporting documentation relating to three lengthy works on linear equations, equation theory, and group theory. Of special interest among the articles are several letters between Griffiths and one of her doctoral professors, E.T. Bell, the well-known writer on mathematics.

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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Mathematics

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Mathematics at Northwestern University has been taught since the University itself first offered classes. One of the University's three original faculty members appointed in 1854 was Henry S. Noyes, professor of mathematics. Noyes held major responsibility for mathematics instruction at Northwestern until 1871 when Julius F. Kellogg took over the department chairmanship. Kellogg held this position until his death in 1894. During the University's early years, the mathematics curricul...

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Lois Wilfred Griffiths was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on June 27, 1899. She attended elementary and high school in the state of Washington, obtained her B. S. (1921) and M. S. (1923) at the University of Washington, and received her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1927. Griffiths came to Northwestern University in 1927 as an instructor in mathematics. She was promoted to assistant professor of mathematics in 1930 and to associate professor in 193...