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It seems like a good idea to have a pigeonhole for the people we saw in Woods Hole. I see their names on the pictures and I don't want to ignore them. I'll write about them when I gather enough information that I can't ignore it. Ruth Johlin and her children and grandchildren. Glady's cousins the Goltermans. I'll add to the list as I see them. Mrs. Van Doorn? Billy mentions her in 1927, and now I'm seeing more of the van Doorns. Also Loebs. They lived across the street from Fernbank, and my memory is that they were very scholarly, but I don't remember anything more than that.
DR. AND MRS. MEYER
Barb found this in her notes: Dr. Alfred Meyer, NY physician, specialist in tuberculosis & his wife, Annie Nathan Meyer, who founded Barnard College
AG wrote:
When I first met Dr. Meyer, he had a walking stick whose handle opened out into a seat to rest on when tired of walking. My father explained that Dr. Meyer was 97 and I had to shout because he was deaf. Mrs. Meyer was intimidating and had no soft spot for small children. Aunt Alma and I visited them once at their very elegant apartment in a tall New York building, with at least two African-American servants, one who cooked and another who served the food (from the left) and collected the used plates (from the right). I'm quite sure we also visited them in Ogunquit, Maine, but since they had a lovely summer home in Woods Hole, why would they need one in Maine as well? I can't believe he made all that money as a doctor. My father was also a doctor and was definitely not rich monetarily.
And then in a later email, AG added:
Annie Nathan Meyer, founded Bernard College but opposed women's suffrage. Her sister, Maud Nathan, was a suffragette. Bernard college was formed to be in relation to Columbia College (University) as Radcliffe was to Harvard. No wonder she seemed to have no use for stupid little children, just big, educated ones.
Barb found this in her notes: Dr. Alfred Meyer, NY physician, specialist in tuberculosis & his wife, Annie Nathan Meyer, who founded Barnard College
AG wrote:
When I first met Dr. Meyer, he had a walking stick whose handle opened out into a seat to rest on when tired of walking. My father explained that Dr. Meyer was 97 and I had to shout because he was deaf. Mrs. Meyer was intimidating and had no soft spot for small children. Aunt Alma and I visited them once at their very elegant apartment in a tall New York building, with at least two African-American servants, one who cooked and another who served the food (from the left) and collected the used plates (from the right). I'm quite sure we also visited them in Ogunquit, Maine, but since they had a lovely summer home in Woods Hole, why would they need one in Maine as well? I can't believe he made all that money as a doctor. My father was also a doctor and was definitely not rich monetarily.
And then in a later email, AG added:
Annie Nathan Meyer, founded Bernard College but opposed women's suffrage. Her sister, Maud Nathan, was a suffragette. Bernard college was formed to be in relation to Columbia College (University) as Radcliffe was to Harvard. No wonder she seemed to have no use for stupid little children, just big, educated ones.
FANNY THIVY / FRANCESCA THIVY
Mrs. Thivy has been moved to the Non-Family India Folks page. But she did come to Fernbank.
Mrs. Thivy has been moved to the Non-Family India Folks page. But she did come to Fernbank.
CORNELIA CLAPP
Cornelia Clapp was a Mount Holyoke professor who lived near Alma in Woods Hole, so I never can decide which page she should be on - South Hadley or Woods Hole - so I've put her in both. Wikipedia says:
Cornelia Maria Clapp (March 17, 1849 – December 31, 1934) was an American educator and zoologist, specializing in marine biology. She earned the first Ph.D. in biology awarded to a woman in the United States from Syracuse University in 1889, and she would earn a second doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1896. Clapp was the first female researcher employed at the Marine Biological Laboratory, as well as its only female trustee during the first half of the 20th century. She was rated one of the top 150 zoologists in the United States in 1903, and her name was starred in the first five editions of American Men of Science (now American Men and Women of Science).
Cornelia Clapp was a Mount Holyoke professor who lived near Alma in Woods Hole, so I never can decide which page she should be on - South Hadley or Woods Hole - so I've put her in both. Wikipedia says:
Cornelia Maria Clapp (March 17, 1849 – December 31, 1934) was an American educator and zoologist, specializing in marine biology. She earned the first Ph.D. in biology awarded to a woman in the United States from Syracuse University in 1889, and she would earn a second doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1896. Clapp was the first female researcher employed at the Marine Biological Laboratory, as well as its only female trustee during the first half of the 20th century. She was rated one of the top 150 zoologists in the United States in 1903, and her name was starred in the first five editions of American Men of Science (now American Men and Women of Science).
BEA COSMEY
Beatrice S. Cosmey has also been moved to the Non-Family India Folks page. She came to Woods Hole regularly, but I don't think she stayed at Fernbank.
Beatrice S. Cosmey has also been moved to the Non-Family India Folks page. She came to Woods Hole regularly, but I don't think she stayed at Fernbank.
MISS TURNER
At the moment I don't even know Miss Turner's first name. But she was in Woods Hole, apparently for several summers. It sounds as though she was traveling in Europe in 1928.
At the moment I don't even know Miss Turner's first name. But she was in Woods Hole, apparently for several summers. It sounds as though she was traveling in Europe in 1928.
MADELEINE MUNRO
I don't know much about Madeleine Munro, but now that I've got more of the Fernbank News, I see her mentioned quite a bit. Googling her doesn't get me anything. I think her name was spelled Munro, but it might have been Monro. She apparently was from England. I don't know how she came to be in Woods Hole. It seems apparent that she was not originally a friend of the Farmers.
I heard about her as a child, though all I heard was something along the lines of "There was Marilyn Monroe and there was Madeleine Munro."
I don't know much about Madeleine Munro, but now that I've got more of the Fernbank News, I see her mentioned quite a bit. Googling her doesn't get me anything. I think her name was spelled Munro, but it might have been Monro. She apparently was from England. I don't know how she came to be in Woods Hole. It seems apparent that she was not originally a friend of the Farmers.
I heard about her as a child, though all I heard was something along the lines of "There was Marilyn Monroe and there was Madeleine Munro."
BORIS AND GALLINA GOROKHOFF
I don't know much about the Gorokhoffs. I'm not even sure that Boris's name was Boris, since he's called Ivan T. Gorokhoff in a 1927 Yale Daily News article about a concert at Smith girls at Yale. He was a something-or-other at Smith for music. The Gorokhoffs were in Woods Hole for at least a few years in the late 1920s and early 1930s, taking a very active part in the musical life there.
I don't know much about the Gorokhoffs. I'm not even sure that Boris's name was Boris, since he's called Ivan T. Gorokhoff in a 1927 Yale Daily News article about a concert at Smith girls at Yale. He was a something-or-other at Smith for music. The Gorokhoffs were in Woods Hole for at least a few years in the late 1920s and early 1930s, taking a very active part in the musical life there.
THE MARVINS
The only Marvin I knew was Dr. Dorothy Marvin, but there was a Mrs. Marvin in the 1945 Fernbank News. Dorothy's mother, maybe?
The only Marvin I knew was Dr. Dorothy Marvin, but there was a Mrs. Marvin in the 1945 Fernbank News. Dorothy's mother, maybe?
JOHLINS, LOESSELS, ROBINSONS, FITZES
I don't have an origins story for this family. If I have it correctly, there was Ruth Johlin - that would be her married name. She had a daughter, Sally, who married Edward Loessel. There were two Loessel children. One - Carolyn, I think - married a Robinson, (Miles I think, and no relation to my Robinson grandparents), and the other, Ruth Alice, married Konrad Fitz (I have an idea that there may be a fifth letter somewhere in that surname; I need to check Glady's tablecloth). Very nice people, but that's as much as I can tell you, and I'm not sure it's all correct.
I don't have an origins story for this family. If I have it correctly, there was Ruth Johlin - that would be her married name. She had a daughter, Sally, who married Edward Loessel. There were two Loessel children. One - Carolyn, I think - married a Robinson, (Miles I think, and no relation to my Robinson grandparents), and the other, Ruth Alice, married Konrad Fitz (I have an idea that there may be a fifth letter somewhere in that surname; I need to check Glady's tablecloth). Very nice people, but that's as much as I can tell you, and I'm not sure it's all correct.
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- 1908-06-15 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA ---------- Cornelia Clapp
- 1912-12-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA ---------- Cornelia Clapp
- 1915-09-23 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA ----- Cornelia Clapp, Ellen D. Ellis
- 1923-07-30 LETTER FROM MAMA MARGARET TO EVA ----- Miss Turner
- 1923-08-10 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL ----- Miss Turner
- 1924-08 WOODS HOLE POEM BY MADELEINE MUNRO ----- Madeleine Munro
- 1926-06-30 THE WISCONSIN GOSSIP ----- Van Doorns
- 1927-08-04 LETTER FROM BILLY TO KATHLEEN ----- Mrs. Van Doorn
- 1927-07-31 FERNBANK NEWS ---------- Clapps, Meyers, Mr. Gorokhoff
- 1927-08-13 FERNBANK NEWS ---------- Clapps, van Doorns, Mr. Gorokhoff, Miss Munro
- 1927-08-22 FERNBANK NEWS ---------- Clapps, Meyers, Miss Munro, Mr. Gorokhoff
- 1927-08-27 FERNBANK NEWS ---------- Clapps, Meyers, Mr. Gorokhoff, Miss Munro
- 1927-09-09 FERNBANK NEWS ---------- Clapps, Meyers
- 1928-07-01 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Miss Clapp, Dr. and Mrs. Meyer, the Gorokhoffs, and the van Doorns
- 1928-08-11 PERIODICAL ITEM MENTIONING EVA ----- Boris Gorokhoff
- 1928-08-06 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Mrs. Meyer, Boris Gorokhoff, and the van Doorns
- 1928-12-28 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO ALMA ----- Dr. Meyer, Miss Turner, Boris and Gallina Gorokhoff
- 1929-08-13 LETTER FROM MAGGIE TO ROGER ----- Boris Gorokhoff
- 1932-08-03 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Miss Clapp, Dr. and Mrs. Meyer, Boris Gorokhoff
- 1933-08-07 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Miss Clapp, Dr. and Mrs. Meyer
- 1934-07-29 LETTER FROM ALMA TO KATHLEEN ----- Clapps, Dr. and Mrs. Meyer
- 1936-06-24 POSTCARD FROM ALMA TO EVA ----- Madeleine Munro
- 1936-06-26 LETTER FROM ALMA TO EVA ----- Madeleine Munro
- 1936-12-15 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Meyers, Johlins & Loessels, Gorokhoffs
- 1942-10-04 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Meyers
- 1945-08-23 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Meyers, Johlins & Robinsons, Loebs, Marvins
- 1960-10-01 FERNBANK NEWS ----- Dr. Dorothy Marvin
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The Mill Pond outside Fernbank, 1927: Maggie, Billy, Roger, and Kay, and Dr. Alfred Meyer. I think Dr. Meyer was about 70 years old at this time.
Woods Hole, August 1927: Alma, Billy, Madeline Munro, Kay, Roger.
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