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Edwina Whitney
Edwina Maud Whitney (February 26, 1868 – September 3, 1970) was an American librarian and educator who served as one of the earliest librarians at the Connecticut Agricultural College (later the University of Connecticut) from 1900 to 1934. She also served as a German instructor from 1901 to 1926 and an assistant professor of German from 1926 to 1934. Early life and education In 1866, two years before Edwina's birth, her parents, Edwin and Minerva Whitney, founded the Connecticut Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Storrs, Connecticut. Over nine years, the home housed and educated more than 150 boys and girls orphaned by the American Civil War. The orphanage's main building was known as Whitney Hall or "Old Whitney." The orphanage shut down in 1875 and was sold in 1878 to a neighbor, Augustus Storrs. In 1881, Storrs donated the buildings and fifty acres of land to the State of Connecticut to found Storrs Agricultural College. Whitney Hall thus became the UConn's first campus building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs ( ) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Mansfield, Connecticut, Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 15,979 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Storrs is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. History Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land () and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster." Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has an area of 14.9 km (5.7 mi2), of which 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
