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Wood, Frances A, 1840-1914 -- Memorial Minute
Creator
Reed, Amy L., Hill, William Bancroft, Fiske, Christabel F.
Date
[After 1914]
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FRANCES A. WOOD l8LO - 191k Frances A. Wood, Librarian Emeritus, died on June 17, l9lh. She was connected with the College almost from its beginnin , as teacher of music, 1 67-70 as instructor in gnglish, 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...
Show moreFRANCES A. WOOD l8LO - 191k Frances A. Wood, Librarian Emeritus, died on June 17, l9lh. She was connected with the College almost from its beginnin , as teacher of music, 1 67-70 as instructor in gnglish, 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 V - 333
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