About Mary Olivia Nutting
Lived 1831 – 1910 (aged 78). Mary Olivia Nutting was a librarian.
Mary Olivia Nutting (July 1, 1831 - February 13, 1910) was an author and the first librarian at Mount Holyoke College. She was appointed as Mount Holyoke's librarian in 1870 and worked there until she retired in 1901.
Nutting graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1852 and worked as a school teacher in Ohio until 1861. She travelled extensively and did historical research in Holland which was the basis for her two books about the Netherland War. A new library was built in 1870 and she was chosen to be its first librarian.
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Who was Mary Olivia Nutting?
American author and librarian (1831-1910)
When was Mary Olivia Nutting born?
Mary Olivia Nutting was born on 1 July 1831 in Randolph.
When did Mary Olivia Nutting die?
Mary Olivia Nutting died on 13 February 1910 in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Mary Olivia Nutting was a librarian.
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