Myra M. Sampson Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, clippings, obituaries, field notes, and various reports regarding Smith College faculty and alumnae. Also included in the collection are materials relating to her stay at Cold Spring Harbor and her tenure working for the Red Cross. In addition, there are also photographs of Sampson herself, and of various renowned scientists.
Dates of Materials
- 1888 - 1984
Creator
- Sampson, Myra M., 1887-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Smith College retains copyright of materials created as part of its business operations; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Smith College, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical / Historical
Myra Sampson was born on January 31, 1887 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Sampson received her Ph.B. from Brown University, and both her M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A member of the Smith College faculty from 1909 to 1955, Sampson was a professor of Zoology and became Chairman of the Committee on Graduate Study. With an interest in bacteriology and physiology, Sampson was an expert on nutrition and Vitamin A, and directed a research project determining the effect on the thyroid gland of an excess or deficiency of calcium. Not only was Sampson involved with the college, she served on the Northampton Board of Health from 1947-1950, and conducted fatigue tests for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Sampson also researched overseas, and conducted experiments at the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory in Cambridge, England and at the Lister Foundation in London. Sampson passed away February 29, 1984 in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Extent
0.667 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Professor of Zoology. Contains correspondence, clippings, notes, reports, and photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Myra M. Sampson papers were donated to the Smith College Archives from a number of sources.
Processing Information
Please note that prior to 2018, folder inventories were not always updated when new material was added to the collection. As a result, folder inventories may not be complete and folder numbers may be incorrect.
- Biological laboratory -- Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
- Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)
- Sampson, Myra M., 1887-1984
- Satina, Sophia, 1879 - 1975
- Smith College -- Alumni and alumnae.
- Smith College--Faculty
- Zoology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Northampton
- black-and-white photographs
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- correspondence
- exhibit scripts
- laboratory notes
- Title
- Finding aid to the Myra M. Sampson Papers
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Maris Schwarz.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2018-11-12: Containers added and finding aid updated as part of College Archives survey
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
