Erminnie A. Smith
Erminnie A. Smith | |
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New York Bay Cemetery | |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Emma Willard School |
Known for | Published works on the Iroquois People and Founder of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City |
Spouse | Simeon H. Smith |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ethnography |
Institutions | Smithsonian Institution |
Erminnie A. Smith, née Erminnie Adelle Platt (April 26, 1836– June 9, 1886) was a
Erminnie Smith published multiple works on the
Early life and education
Erminnie Adelle Platt was born April 26, 1836[7] (sometimes given as 1839),[8] in Marcellus, New York, to Joseph and Ermina Dodge Platt.[9][8] She graduated in 1853 from the Troy Female Seminary (later known as the Emma Willard School) in Troy, New York. She married Simeon H. Smith in 1855[9] of Chicago.[10]
Smith spent four years in Germany while her sons attended school. During that time, she completed a degree in geology at the School of Mines, Freiburg, Saxony. Smith accumulated a private collection of geological specimens, one of the largest for its time in the United States. After her death this collection was inherited by her sons.[11]
Career
In 1876, Smith founded the
By 1880, when she was recruited by the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution in
Smith was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12] and served as secretary of its geology and geography section in 1885.[11] Smith became the first woman elected to the New York Academy of Sciences, on November 5, 1877.[5] She was also a member of The Women's Anthropological Society of America, to which she presented "Reminiscences of Life among the Iroquois Indians in the Province of Quebec"[19] and of the Historical Society of New York.[11][12] Smith's other memberships included the London Scientific Society and the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia.[11]
Erminnie Smith died at home in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 9, 1886.
Works
- Myths of the Iroquois, 1883.
See also
References
- S2CID 249349794. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-313-20419-7.
- ^ ISSN 0084-6570. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-313-28803-6.
- ^ a b Fairchild, Herman Le Roy (1887). A History of the New York Academy of Sciences, Formerly the Lyceum of Natural History. New York Academy of Sciences. p. 133. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-313-30880-2. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-252-06084-7. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Erminnie A. Platt Smith, Onondaga County Most Famous Woman" (PDF). Marcellus Observer. July 8, 1949. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Smith, Erminnie A. Platt (1836–1886) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brown, John Howard (1903). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Boston, Mass.: James H. Lamb Company. p. 115. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Karnoutsos, Carmela (2007). "Erminnie Adelle Platt Smith, 1836-1886 Founder of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City". New Jersey City University. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ Eaton, Harriet Phillips (1899). Jersey City and its Historic Sites. The woman's club of Jersey City. p. 121.
- ^ Aesthetic Society of Jersey City (1882). Echoes of the Aesthetic Society of Jersey City. New York: Thompson and Moreau. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ In memoriam Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith. Marcellus, N.Y., April 26, 1837 - Jersey City, N.J., June 9, l886. Boston: Printed for private circulation by Lee and Shepard. 1890.
- ^ "The Six Nations Council" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Smith, Erminnie A. (1883). "Myths of the Iroquois". Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-1881. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute. pp. 47–116.
- ^ "Collection Search Results | search=q=Smith,+Erminnie+A.+(Erminnie+Adele),+1836-1886". SOVA. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- S2CID 9960562.
- ^ "Library Guides: Erminnie Smith (1836-1886): Erminnie Smith (1836-1886)". New Jersey City University. Retrieved 8 January 2023.