Helen Ashurst Choate Papers, 1908-1957
1 box (.225 linear ft.)
Collection number: RG 42
Collection number: RG 42
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities. Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.
Helen Ashurst Choate was born on August 29, 1882 in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY to Washington Choate and Grace Whitton Choate. She graduated from Smith College with the class of 1904, and worked as a teacher at Greenwich Academy in Connecticut before returning to Smith on a trustee fellowship from 1908-09. In 1909, studying under professor William F. Ganong, Choate received an M.A. from Smith and became an associate professor of botany, a position she held for 38 years until her retirement in 1947. In 1920, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Between 1934-38 she served as Class Dean for the class of 1938, and she also served as department chair for several years. Her field of research was plant physiology.
Choate was active with the work of the Edwards Congregational Church in Northampton, hospital aid, victory gardens, the Red Cross, and relief work. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Delta Epsilon, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, and the History of Science Society.
Choate died at the age of 75 on December 12, 1957 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA.
The Helen Ashurst Choate Papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, and publications spanning her career as a faculty member at Smith College.
This collection is organized into three series:The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities. Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Helen Ashurst Choate, Box #, Smith College Archives.
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Biographical Materials
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1899-1997
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Box 707: folder 1
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Botany Department History
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1875-1950
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Box 707: folder 2
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Botany Department History
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1894-1932
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Box 707: folder 3
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Botany Department History
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1875-1950
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Box 707: folder 4
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Correspondence, A - Z
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1903-1950
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Box 707: folder 5
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Correspondence: Clark, Elizabeth Lawrence
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1950
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Box 707: folder 6
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Correspondence: Cutler, Anna Alice
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1950
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Box 707: folder 7
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Correspondence: Jones, Grace (Smith)
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1950
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Box 707: folder 8
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Correspondence: Pillsbury, John H.
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n.d.
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Box 707: folder 9
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History of the Botany Department from 1875-1950, a publications list and the following publications: "The Origin and Development of the Binomial System of Nomenclature", 1912; "A Standardization of Floral Diagrams for Educational Use", 1914; "An Unpublished Letter by Gronovius", 1916; "The Earliest Glossary of Botanical Terms", 1917; "Chemical Changes in Wheat During Germination", 1921; "Demonstration Study of Colors in Autumn Foliage", 1924; "Dormancy and Germination in Seeds of Echinocystis lobata", 1940
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1912 - 1940
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Box 707: folder 10
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