Harris Hawthorne Wilder papers, 1868-1975 (bulk 1882-1928).

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Harris Hawthorne Wilder papers, 1868-1975 (bulk 1882-1928).

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Includes biographical accounts, eulogies and obituaries, newspaper clippings, genealogical studies on the Wilder family, photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, diaries and an autobiography of his youth. There are class notes Wilder made as a student at Amherst College and at Freiburg University in Germany. The correspondence includes letters from his mentor and Amherst College professor John Tyler. There are lecture notes, publications, unpublished manuscripts, speeches, original research data and a slide collection used in his teaching.

21 linear ft. (54 boxes plus oversized materials)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7655291

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Wilder family.

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Wilder, Harris Hawthorne, 1864-1928

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Wilder was born in Bangor, Maine on April 7, 1864 to Solon Wilder and Sarah Watkins Smith. He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Amherst College in 1886. Wilder then taught biology for three years before going to Freiburg University for the Ph. D. (1891). He came to Smith College in 1892. He founded the Zoology Department at Smith in 1893, did research and published widely. He married a Smith student, Inez Whipple in 1906, who also taught zoology at Smith until her death on April 29, 19...

Tyler, John M. (John Mason), 1851-1929

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Tyler was born on May 18, 1851 in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Professor William Seymour Tyler. He graduated from Amherst College in 1873 and earned an M.A. from Amherst in 1876. He received a Ph. D. from Colgate in 1888. Tyler taught at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. From 1876 to 1879 he studied in Germany at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig. Upon his return to Amherst he was appointed to the faculty of Amherst College as Instructo...

Wilder, Inez Whipple, 1871-1929

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Wilder was educated at Brown University (Ph. B., 1900) and Smith College (M.A., 1904). She taught zoology at Smith College, 1920-1929. From the description of Inez Whipple Wilder papers, ca. 1909-1929. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 52849804 ...