Smith, Edith H. (Edith Huntington), 1878-1924
Variant namesMissionary and teacher. b. Edith Huntington Reed.
From the description of Correspondence, 1914-1919. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 22633572
Edith Huntington Reed was born on May 21, 1878 in Westfield, Massachusetts. Her sister Susan Reed Stifler graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1907. Edith graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1901, and in 1902 became the Principal's Assistant at Glenbrook School in Connecticut. In 1905 she moved to New Jersey and taught at the Central Grammar School. In July of 1910, she married Justin Burritt Smith, a graduate of Amherst College. He died in 1912. She taught at a variety of schools, and in 1915 became a missionary in India where she worked until her death in 1924.
From the guide to the Smith papers MS 0587., 1904-1924., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Smith papers MS 0587., 1904-1924. | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Smith, Edith H. (Edith Huntington), 1878-1924. Correspondence, 1914-1919. | Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library |
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| associatedWith | American Mission Girls School (Ahmadnagar, India) |
| associatedWith | Reed family. |
| associatedWith | Stifler, Susan Reed, 1884-1987 |
| associatedWith | Walser, Richard Gaither, 1908- |
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Birth 1878
Death 1924
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