Barbara J. White Papers, 1935-1971, 1975, 2007.
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Barbara J. White Papers
White, Barbara J. (Barbara Jeanne), 1918-
Biographical History for: Barbara J. White Papers
Biographical Note Barbara Jeanne Johnson White, student and teacher, was born on August 24, 1918 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her parents were Paul Hendricks Johnson, a consulting engineer, and Fern Frances Chambers Johnson. She graduated in 1935 from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, then attended Mount Holyoke College from 1935-1939. After graduating in 1939 with a B.A. in zoology, she worked as a graduate student and assistant at Mount Holyoke, earning an M.A. in zoology in 1941. She served as a zoology instructor at Mount Holyoke from 1941-1944, then taught in the Zoology Department at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts beginning in 1961. She married James P. White in 1942 and they had one child.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Barbara J. White Papers consist of correspondence, course records, a scrapbook, teaching records, a published article, biographical information, and photographs. These documents chiefly date from her years as an undergraduate student, graduate student and instructor at Mount Holyoke College, 1935-1944. The correspondence forms the bulk of the collection and consists of letters to her parents and her brother, dating from February 26, 1935-March 22, 1949. Topics include descriptions of her involvement in the Glee Club and other choirs, Dance Club, the Mount Holyoke News and her social activities such as listening to the radio, visiting the theatre, and going to the movies and dances. Some of these activities reflect her relationship with her future husband, James P. White. She discusses her financial concerns and campus jobs such as table waiting and working in a laboratory. She describes her studies, especially her work in zoology with Ann Haven Morgan and Christianna Smith. She also mentions the controversy over Roswell Gray Ham's selection as President of Mount Holyoke after the retirement of Mary Emma Woolley, and the 1938 hurricane that struck New England. As a graduate student and assistant in the Mount Holyoke Zoology Department from 1939-1941, she describes laboratory work, classes, and teaching. She frequently mentions grading blue books and collecting animals for dissection. Course Records (1935-1941) include notes and essays from several undergraduate and graduate zoology courses. These records include a copy of White's Master's examination as well as notes by Ann H. Morgan concerning her Master's thesis. The scrapbook (1935-1941) includes sheet music, programs, clippings from the Mount Holyoke News, and other memorabilia from White's student years. Teaching Records (ca. 1939-1932) include a copy of descriptions of courses that she taught from the Mount Holyoke College Bulletin 1941-1942 as well as a teaching schedule. The article in this collection, written by White and Morgan, is entitled Seasonal conditions and effects of low temperature in the thyroid glands of amphibians and was published in 1942. Biographical Information consists of articles relating to White receiving her M.A. in 1941 and the Distinguished Teaching Award that she received in 1971 while teaching at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. There is also an article about her from 1975 and documents relating to the Glen Gordon Friend of Nursing Award that she received from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2007. The photographs (1935-1944) include several pictures of Mount Holyoke College buildings and classmates. There are also photographs from a Zoology Department trip to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in October 1939.
College students-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
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College teachers-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Graduate students-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Women college students-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Women college teachers-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Women graduate students-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Zoology-Study and teaching (higher)-Massachusetts-South Hadley.
Letters.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Courtship-United States-History-Sources.
White, Barbara J. (Barbara Jeanne), 1918-.
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Morgan, Ann Haven, 1882-1966.
Smith, Christianna, 1893-1983.
Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947.
Mount Holyoke College-Faculty.
Mount Holyoke College-Students.
Mount Holyoke College-Zoology Dept.
Mount Holyoke College-Student expenses-1935-1939.
Mount Holyoke College-Traditions.
Mount Holyoke College-Students-Employment.
Mount Holyoke College-Student life-1935-1941.
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Massachusetts)-Photographs.
series
Correspondence, 1935-1949
February-September 1935
October 1935
November 1935
December-January 1935-1936
February 1936
March 1936
April 2-19 1936
April 20-May 10 1936
September-October 1936
November-December 1936
January-February 1937
March-April 1937
May-June 1937
September-October 1937
November-December 1937
January 1938
February-March 20 1938
March 21-May 1938
May 2-June 11 1938
August-October 1938
November-December 1938
January-February 1939
March 1939
April 1939
May-June 1939
September 1939
October 1939
November-December 1939
January 1940
February-March 1940
April 1940
May-June 1940
September-December 1940
January 1941
February-March 1941
April-July 1941
September-October 1941
October 14-December 1941
January-March 1942
April-October 1942
March 22 1949
Course Records, 1935-1941
Zoology 101 1935
Zoology 102 1936
Zoology 201 1936
Zoology 201 (continued) 1936
Zoology 202 1937
Zoology 202 (continued) 1937
Zoology 403 1940-1941
Zoology 405 1940
Zoology 405 (continued) 1940
Zoology 407 1940
Zoology 407 (continued) 1940
Master's Examination, Honors Paper Notes by Ann Haven Morgan 1941
Master's Examination, Honors Paper Notes by Ann Haven Morgan
Scrapbook, 1935-1939
Scrapbook (shelved in LD 7096.8 1939 Johnson FOLIO) 1935-1939
Teaching Records, ca. 1939-1942
Teaching Records ca. 1939-1942
Article, 1942
Article 1942
Biographical Information, 1941-1971, 1975, 2007
Biographical Information 1941-1971, 1975, 2007
Photographs, 1935-1944
October-May 1935-1937
October-February 1937-1938
October-ca. April 1938-1939
ca. October-October 1939-1940
ca. November-April 1940-1944