Atkinson, Lizzie Daniel Rose, 1859-1933
Person
Biography
Lizzie D. R. Atkinson was born 7 April 1859 Calcutta, India, and died 20 September 1933 in Cambridge, Mass. She graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1891 and practiced in Boston until at least 1918. After the death of her mother, Lizzie and her siblings put all the family papers and treasures in storage. In 1934, after Lizzie's death, these possessions and accompanying papers came to the Society.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Atkinson and Lancaster family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-31
Abstract
The Atkinson and Lancaster family collection contains documents, photographs, ephemera, and textiles relating to five generations of the Atkinson family of Newburyport and Newton, Massachusetts, and Calcutta, India, the allied Lancaster family of Newburyport, and lesser amounts by the Cook family of Salem, Mass. The letters and business papers of John Atkinson, of Newburyport, Mass. and Calcutta, India, his daughter Doctor Lizzie D. R. Atkinson, and her siblings make up the bulk of the...
Dates:
1777-1964