Mabel Post Coulter papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one notebook of Mabel Coulter containing notations, compositions and Greek prose and some of her correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1880 - 1917
Creator
- Coulter, Mabel Post (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyright held by Purdue University.
Biographical Information
Mabel Post (Coulter) Smith was born October 21, 1880, to Stanley Coulter, Purdue’s first Dean of Science, and grew up near Purdue University. She left Indiana to study and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1902 from Smith College. By 1907, Mabel had returned to Lafayette, Indiana, and married Albert Smith, a Purdue Civil Engineering graduate. They had two children, Catherine and Frederick. She died April 19, 1977, and is buried in Lafayette, Indiana.
Sources:
Author: Emma Meyer.
/www.findagrave.com/memorial/67145635/mabel-post-smith>
Extent
0.05 Cubic Feet (Two folders)
Processing Information
Material has been housed in acid-free folder and box.
Subject
- Purdue University. Faculty (Organization)
- Title
- Mabel Post Coulter papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Mary A. Sego
- Date
- 2020-04-14
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition. Collection description first completed 2010-09-07 by Mary Sego.
Revision Statements
- 2020-04-14: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to align with data entry standards.
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu