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Agency History/Biographical note:
Lydia White Shattuck was born on June 10, 1822 in East Landoff, New Hampshire. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Seminary in 1851, and returned the next fall as a teacher of botany. She became a prominent botanist, known internationally. In 1869, she took a Mount Holyoke student to Europe where they studied botany, and in 1873, she worked with Professors Agassiz and Guyot in Penikese. She was dedicated to Mount Holyoke's achieving the status of a College, and was able to retire in 1889, shortly after this goal was achieved. Lydia Shattuck died on November 2, 1889 in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content:
The Lydia White Shattuck Papers are chiefly comprised of letters from botanists and other scientists, including Leartus Connor, Asa Gray, Willard B. Rising, Joseph T. Rothrock and Alphonso Wood. Also includes correspondence with friends and former students; verses, lecture notes, religious meditations and other writings; biographical material; and photographs.

Cite as: Lydia W. Shattuck Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

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