Vivian Blanche Small
{{Short description|American educational leader}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Vivian Blanche Smith (Mount Holyoke College, 1896).png
| caption = Smith in 1896
| birth_date = September 17, 1875
| birth_place = Gardiner, Maine, U.S.
| death_date = May 15, 1946
| death_place = Portland, Maine, U.S.
| occupation = Educator
| alma_mater = {{hlist|Mount Holyoke College|University of Chicago|Case Western Reserve University}}
| known_for = President, Lake Erie College (1909–1941)
}}
Vivian Blanche Small (1875–1946) was an American educational leader. For 32 years, she served as the fourth president of Lake Erie College;{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=William Ganson |title=Cleveland: The Making of a City |date=1990 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=978-0-87338-428-5 |page=591 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IT1NVT1vEwUC&pg=PA591 |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}} in 1941, upon her retirement, she was bestowed the title, President Emeritus.{{cite web |author1=Wake Up America! (radio program) |title=Broadcast |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASUaAQAAIAAJ |access-date=5 December 2024 |pages=n.p. |language=en |date=1941}}
Early life and education
Vivian Blanche Small was born in Gardiner, Maine, September 17, 1875. Her parents were Leander Marshall and Annie Blanche (Payne) Small.{{cite book |title=Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-l9l5 |date=1914 |publisher=American Commonwealth Company |page=248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGRIMtCVztEC&pg=PA248 |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}
Small graduated in 1892 from Gardiner High School. She earned a B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College (Classics, 1896); M.A. degree from the University of Chicago (Latin, 1905); Litt.D. from Mount Holyoke College in 1912; and an LL.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1913.
Career
File:Vivian Blanche Small (The Springfield Daily Republican, 1912).png
Her early career included teaching at Gorham High School, Gorham, Maine, 1896–98; and at Howe School, Billerica, Massachusetts, 1898–1901. At Mount Holyoke College, she served as Assistant in Latin, 1901–02; instructor, 1902–08; associate professor, Latin, 1908–09; and head of Mead Hall, 1907–09. On July 1, 1909, Small became president of Lake Erie College, retiring on September 1, 1941.
During the period of 1917–23, she served as an alumni trustee at Mount Holyoke.{{cite web |title=Vivian Blanche Small 1896 |url=https://mtholyoke.com/dalbino/photos/women4/vsmall.html |access-date=5 December 2024}}
Personal life
In religion, she was a Congregationalist.
During her tenure at Lake Eric College, Small resided in Painesville, Ohio.{{cite book |title=Who's who in America |date=1926 |publisher=A.N. Marquis Company |location=Chicago |page=1756 |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/1756 |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}} In 1941, 5 short pieces for girls chorus (1941), by Julius Hijman, lyrics by Carl Sandburg, was dedicated to Small and the Lake Erie College Choir.{{cite web |title=5 short pieces for girls chorus |url=https://www.forbiddenmusicregained.org/search/composition/id/102593 |website=www.forbiddenmusicregained.org |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}}
Vivian Blanche Small died at a nursing home in Portland, Maine, May 15, 1946.{{cite news |title=Dr. Small, Retired College Head, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-press-herald-dr-small-retired/160234475/ |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Portland Press Herald |via=Newspapers.com |date=16 May 1946 |page=10}}
Selected works
- The Use of Nomen and Cognomen in the Poems of Catullus, 1905
References
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External links
- [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-aviation-pioneer-t/160234685/ Photo], The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1937, page 29, via Newspapers.com
- [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-lake-erie-college-a/160234778/ Photo], The Pittsburgh Press, February 16, 1938, page 21, via Newspapers.com
- [https://mtholyoke.com/pcsite/photos/images4/Small01.jpeg Press photo], Mount Holyoke, June 14, 1940
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Category:People from Gardiner, Maine
Category:Mount Holyoke College alumni
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Case Western Reserve University alumni
Category:Mount Holyoke College faculty
Category:Women heads of universities and colleges
Category:Heads of universities and colleges in the United States