Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
Awards
1929-1931
Biographical Material
1902-1942
Certificates and Recommendations
1885-1902
Correspondence
Degrees
1912-1913
Diaries
1907-1922
Employment-International Institute for Girls in Spain
1920-1944
Employment-International Institute for Girls in Spain-Photographs
1924-1925
Employment-Rockefeller Institute
1917
Employment-Santiago College
1932-1942
Employment-Smith College
1917-1931
Leather Research
1941-1942
Lectures and Speeches
1898-1937
Photographs
1906-1934
Societies-Association of Collegiate Alumnae- Boston Branch
1898
Societies-Phi Beta Kappa
1915
Societies-Saturday Morning Club
1928-1940
List of Publications
n.d.
Alfonsine Lapidary
1930-1932
American Chemical Industries in Chile
n.d.
Articles on Spain
1925-1930
Bernard Palissy
1931
Bernard Palissy-Manuscript
1945
Biochemistry
1911-1920
Book of Stones
Manuscripts and Notes
n.d.
Incomplete Publications
1936
Chemistry in Spain
1934
A Comparative Study of the Metabolism of Pheumococcus
1913
Conquistadores
1934
Eastern Science in Spain in the 13th Century
1938
Education of Spanish Women in Chemistry
1931
Guadalupe in Spain
n.d.
Higher Education for Women in Spain
1931
The Influence of Substituent Groups on the Visible and Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of Amino Acids and Related Substances
1932
Life of Lavoisier
1926
Life of Lavoisier- Typescript
n.d.
Lo que Jesu me significa
n.d.
A Method for the Quantitative Determination of Indol
1906
Modern Education
n.d.
Note on Formation of Butyric Acid from Inulin by way of Pyruvic Acid
n.d.
On the Separation of Indol from Skatol and their Quantitative Determination
1906
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
1936
Preliminary Study of the Biochemical Activity of Bacillus Lactis Erythrogenes
1913
Present Status of Higher Education for Spanish Women
1931
Progress of Higher Education for Women in Spain
1931
Reviews
1938
A Scientific Phenomenon Influential in Human Personality
n.d.
Significance of a Recent Change in the Curriculum of Smith College
1924
Smith Around the World
1912-1926
Spain, Still Proud, Joins with America in Studies
1922
Spanish Stitches
n.d.
The Struggle in Spain
1936
Studies on the Distribution of Nitrogen in Egg Lecithin
n.d.
Studies on a Method for the Quantitative Estimation of Certain Groups in Phospholipins
1915
A Study of the Decompositions Products of Milk Caused by Lactis Erythogenes
1912
Study of Some of the Chemical Characteristics and the Absorption Spectrum of Cystine
1930
The Visible and Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of Certain Amino Acids
1931
Thirteenth Century Book on Stones
1933
Three Great Spanish Libraries
1931
Triumph of Education in Spain
1931
Water as a Basis for the Study of Chemistry
1926
Scrapbooks
1941-1947
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Mary Louise Foster Papers, 1885-1960
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Emily Markham.
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Creator:
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Foster, Mary Louise, 1865- |
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Mary Louise Foster Papers |
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1885-1960 |
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Abstract:
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Professor of Chemistry, Director of the International Institute for Girls in Spain. Contains biographical material, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings.
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4 boxes(1.7 linear ft.) |
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English. |
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RG 42 |
Mary Louise Foster was born on April 20, 1865 in Melrose, Massachusetts. Between the years of 1878-1883, she attended the Girls' Latin School in Boston, MA, and later went on to study Classics at Smith College from 1888 to 1891. After her graduation, Foster taught Chemistry and Physics at West Roxbury High School until 1896. During this time, she was also enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (1893-1895). In 1898, Foster found work teaching Chemistry at Lynn High and Classical School. The next year, she became an assistant researcher in the Lab of Physiology and Chemistry in New York, where she stayed until 1901. In 1903, Foster worked as a research chemist for a professor of Pharmacology at Columbia University, where she stayed on until 1907. While working for the professor, she was also a professor herself in the Chemistry department at the Woman's Medical College of New York (1904-1905). After working at Columbia, Foster was appointed as an instructor at Smith College, where she became an Associate Professor of Biochemistry in 1908. In 1912, she received her Masters' Degree from Smith, and two years later earned her PhD from the University of Chicago. She spent the summer of 1917 at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. In 1918, she became secretary to the faculty at Smith College, a position she held for one year. In 1920, she was offered the position of Director at the International Institute for Girls in Spain, located in Madrid. She stayed there for two years, before returning to Smith as the Chairman of the Committee on Interdepartmental Majors, a position she held until 1927. In 1928, she was appointed a member of the Special Honors Committee. In 1930, Foster returned to Spain to work as the lab organizer at the Institute, in the lab which she helped establish, where she stayed until 1932. It was in that year that she went to Santiago College in Chile to work at the Director of New Laboratories in Chemistry and Physics. In the years that followed, she did a great deal of research, was published numerous times and delivered several lectures in her field. She died June 21, 1960.
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This collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, publications, photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings regarding Foster's education and career at Smith College and elsewhere.
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Awards
1929-1931
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Biographical Material
1902-1942
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Certificates and Recommendations
1885-1902
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Anslow, Gladys Amelia
1947-1960
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Browne, Nina Eliza
1924-1928
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Chester, Ruth Miriam -
1942-1954
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Clapp, Mary Antoinette
n.d.
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Harvard College Library
1941
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Kunz, George Frederick
1929
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Library of Congress
1933
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Richards, Ellen H.
1911
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Sarton, George Alfred Leon
1925-1930
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Slosson, Edwin Emery
1925
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Teagle, Alice Berry
1931
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Wilson, Mary Elizabeth
1931
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Women's Clubs Federation
1898
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Degrees
1912-1913
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Diaries
1907-1922
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Employment-International Institute for Girls in Spain
1920-1944
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Employment-International Institute for Girls in Spain-Photographs
1924-1925
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Employment-Rockefeller Institute
1917
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Employment-Santiago College
1932-1942
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Employment-Smith College
1917-1931
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Leather Research
1941-1942
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Lectures and Speeches
1898-1937
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Photographs
1906-1934
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Societies-Association of Collegiate Alumnae- Boston Branch
1898
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Societies-Phi Beta Kappa
1915
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Societies-Saturday Morning Club
1928-1940
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List of Publications
n.d.
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Alfonsine Lapidary
1930-1932
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American Chemical Industries in Chile
n.d.
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Articles on Spain
1925-1930
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Bernard Palissy
1931
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Bernard Palissy-Manuscript
1945
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Biochemistry
1911-1920
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Correspondence
1934-1948
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Manuscripts and Notes
n.d.
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Incomplete Publications
1936
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Chemistry in Spain
1934
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A Comparative Study of the Metabolism of Pheumococcus
1913
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| 795 |
3 |
Conquistadores
1934
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| 795 |
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Eastern Science in Spain in the 13th Century
1938
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Box
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| 795 |
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Education of Spanish Women in Chemistry
1931
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Guadalupe in Spain
n.d.
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Box
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| 795 |
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Higher Education for Women in Spain
1931
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Box
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| 795 |
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The Influence of Substituent Groups on the Visible and Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of Amino Acids and Related Substances
1932
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| 795 |
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Life of Lavoisier
1926
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Life of Lavoisier- Typescript
n.d.
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Lo que Jesu me significa
n.d.
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| 795 |
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A Method for the Quantitative Determination of Indol
1906
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| 795 |
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Modern Education
n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Note on Formation of Butyric Acid from Inulin by way of Pyruvic Acid
n.d.
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Box
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| 795 |
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On the Separation of Indol from Skatol and their Quantitative Determination
1906
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
1936
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Preliminary Study of the Biochemical Activity of Bacillus Lactis Erythrogenes
1913
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Present Status of Higher Education for Spanish Women
1931
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Progress of Higher Education for Women in Spain
1931
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Box
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| 795 |
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Reviews
1938
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Box
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| 795 |
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A Scientific Phenomenon Influential in Human Personality
n.d.
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Box
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| 795 |
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Significance of a Recent Change in the Curriculum of Smith College
1924
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Box
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| 795 |
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Smith Around the World
1912-1926
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Box
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| 795 |
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Spain, Still Proud, Joins with America in Studies
1922
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Box
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| 795 |
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Spanish Stitches
n.d.
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Box
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The Struggle in Spain
1936
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Box
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| 795 |
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Studies on the Distribution of Nitrogen in Egg Lecithin
n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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| 795 |
28 |
Studies on a Method for the Quantitative Estimation of Certain Groups in Phospholipins
1915
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Box
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| 795 |
29 |
A Study of the Decompositions Products of Milk Caused by Lactis Erythogenes
1912
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Box
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| 795 |
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Study of Some of the Chemical Characteristics and the Absorption Spectrum of Cystine
1930
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Box
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| 795 |
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The Visible and Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of Certain Amino Acids
1931
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| 795 |
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Thirteenth Century Book on Stones
1933
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Folder
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| 795 |
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Three Great Spanish Libraries
1931
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| 795 |
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Triumph of Education in Spain
1931
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| 795 |
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Water as a Basis for the Study of Chemistry
1926
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Scrapbooks
1941-1947
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