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Alma liked to talk.
Fortunately, people liked to listen to her talking.
Each of the individual items in this Tour isn't necessarily interesting by itself (though there are some exceptions), but when you put them together, they become a pretty steady part of Alma's life.
The first talk, in 1895, is for a literary society program when Alma was in high school, probably a senior, at Canton High School. The second talk took place in 1897, when Alma was a teacher at Canton High School. It was about Switzerland, not a subject one would expect to be of interest to Alma. But I daresay her options in subject matter were limited.
After that we get a couple of general botanical talks at Mount Holyoke, and then some non-botanical talks. Another botanical talk in 1928, and then in 1929 Alma went to India for two years, and after that there is a spate of talks about India. Another spate after Alma's second India sojourn, and then a couple of chapel talks at Mount Holyoke about botany but not about India. Some more talk about India in 1939 - perhaps the darkening world situation made people more interested in India. Another talk about India in 1945, when dreadful fighting was going on in Burma. And then, in 1954, a very short talk at a 50th reunion luncheon at Oberlin.
Of course, Alma gave many more talks than the ones listed here. There may be patterns that I'm not seeing.
As is standard with the Tours, each stop in the Tour has links to the previous stop and the next stop in the Tour.
Fortunately, people liked to listen to her talking.
Each of the individual items in this Tour isn't necessarily interesting by itself (though there are some exceptions), but when you put them together, they become a pretty steady part of Alma's life.
The first talk, in 1895, is for a literary society program when Alma was in high school, probably a senior, at Canton High School. The second talk took place in 1897, when Alma was a teacher at Canton High School. It was about Switzerland, not a subject one would expect to be of interest to Alma. But I daresay her options in subject matter were limited.
After that we get a couple of general botanical talks at Mount Holyoke, and then some non-botanical talks. Another botanical talk in 1928, and then in 1929 Alma went to India for two years, and after that there is a spate of talks about India. Another spate after Alma's second India sojourn, and then a couple of chapel talks at Mount Holyoke about botany but not about India. Some more talk about India in 1939 - perhaps the darkening world situation made people more interested in India. Another talk about India in 1945, when dreadful fighting was going on in Burma. And then, in 1954, a very short talk at a 50th reunion luncheon at Oberlin.
Of course, Alma gave many more talks than the ones listed here. There may be patterns that I'm not seeing.
As is standard with the Tours, each stop in the Tour has links to the previous stop and the next stop in the Tour.
TALKS BY ALMA: THE TOUR: ---introduction---~THE LIST OF TOUR STOPS~--other links---site navigation
- 1895-05-09 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA - High School literary society program: Essay, subject unspecified
- 1897-03-25 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - The Canton (Ohio) Teachers' Reading Circle: Conditions of the United States Compared with That of the Swiss Republic
- 1914-04-17 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - The Botanical Club at Mount Holyoke: Evolution of Plants
- 1915-05-01 MOUNT HOLYOKE STUDENT MAGAZINE NOTE ABOUT ALMA - Saturday night talk for Mount Holyoke botany students: The History of Botany
- 1920-10-26 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA - Presidential campaign rally at Mount Holyoke. Alma supports Harding.
- 1921-01-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - The Village Improvement Association in South Hadley: The Forestry System of the United States
- 1924-02-28 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - Mount Holyoke alumnae council meeting: Science at Woods Hole.
- 1928-05-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - The Delphian Society in South Hadley: Ferns
- 1931-10-06 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - First Church school: Experiences in India
- 1931-10-20 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - The Thursday club of South Amherst: India: the country, its customs and Alma's experiences
- 1931-11-19 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING ALMA - Faculty Science Club at Smith College: "Some Wanderings of a Botanist in Indian and Java"
- 1932-03-18 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - Faith Church Guild: On India
- 1932-11-14 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING ALMA - Amherst Nature club: "India, Java and Formosa"
- 1936-03-16 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT ALMA - The Ladies' Social Guild of the Congregational Church in Springfield: about India
- 1937-10-13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONING ALMA - The New England Biological Association, in the Clapp building at Mount Holyoke: “A Botanist in the Tropics”
- 1938-01-11 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - The Springfield Mount Holyoke Club: “A Botanist in the Tropics”
- 1938-02-09 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT A TALK BY ALMA - Mount Holyoke College chapel talk: "Botany in Everyday Life"
- 1938-10-19 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT A TALK BY ALMA - Mount Holyoke College chapel talk: The Hurricane of 1938
- 1939-01-03 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - The Foreign Missionary society: "The Miracle of Modern India"
- 1939-01-15 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - Faith Church Guild: India
- 1945-03-28 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING ALMA - Park Congregational Church: "Reminiscences of India"
- 1954-08-26 ALMA'S SPEECH AT HER 50TH OBERLIN REUNION - Oberlin College Luncheon at 50th reunion: General remarks
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