FRANCES A. WOOD
l840 - 1914
Frances A. Wood, Librarian Emeritus, died on June
17, l9l4. She was connected with the College almost
from its beginning, as teacher of music, 1867-70,
as instructor in English, 1870-80, librarian, 1800-
1910, and as Librarian Emeritus until her death.
Under her care the library increased from a few
thousand volumes stored in one room of the Main Build-
ing to nearly 70,000 beautifully housed in the Thomp-
son Memorial Library. She gave her time and thought
to her work unstintedly throughout her active years.
By her reminiscences, published in later life, she
made a valuable caatribution to the history of the
flollege. Her sweetness of spirit, gentle grace, and
sympathetic interest won the friendship of all assoc-
iates and students. Those who knew her intimately re-
cognized the independence of her thinking, the wise
tolerance of her Judgments, the charm of her genial,
sometimes whimsical, outlook on life. She was uni-
versally beloved. In her death the College has lost
an honored member of its Faculty, a sincere friend of
all its alumnae, and an interpreter to the present
generation of the spirit of its past.
Amy L. Reed
William Bancroft Hill
Christabel F. Fiske
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