Mary Elizabeth Collett (b. 1888)

Description: Physiologist Mary Elizabeth Collett (b. 1888) attended Wellesley College (A.B., 1910) and the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 1919) and had research appointments at Clark University, Karolinska Institute in Sweden, Brown University, and Carnegie Tech. When this photograph was taken, ca. 1920-1922, she was an instructor at the University of Buffalo. From 1924-1931, Collett was a professor at Western Reserve University and then taught at Flora Stone Mather College...Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer..Medium: Black and white photographic print..: photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5840 ( http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5840 ) ..Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives ..Collection: Accession 90-105: Science Service Records, 1920s – 1970s - Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities...Accession number: SIA2008-1072