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Cornelia Gaskins Harcum

Cornelia Gaskins Harcum (July 3, 1878[1] – May 19, 1927) was an American archaeologist, professor, curator, and college administrator.

Cornelia Gaskins Harcum
A young white woman with dark hair, wearing white
Cornelia G. Harcum, from the 1908 yearbook of Goucher College
BornJuly 3, 1878
Reedville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1927 (age 48)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation(s)Archaeologist, college professor, college administrator

Early life and education

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Harcum was born in Reedville, Virginia,[2] the daughter of Octavius J. Harcum and Cornelia Isabella Haskins Harcum. Her mother died soon after Harcum's birth. Her younger half-brother, Marvin Harcum, co-founded Harcum College in Pennsylvania.[3] She graduated from Western High School in 1899,[4] and from Goucher College in 1907.[5][6] She earned a master's degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1912, and completed doctoral studies in archaeology at Johns Hopkins in 1914,[7] under advisor David Moore Robinson.[8][9] Robinson recalled her in 1927 as "one of the best archaeology students ever graduated from Hopkins."[3]

Career

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Harcum taught school in Baltimore between 1907 and 1910. She taught Greek at Wellesley College[10] and Latin at Vassar College. She was dean of women at Rockford College in Illinois. In 1918 she spoke at the Classical Association of the Atlantic States meeting in Philadelphia, about Roman foodways during wartime shortages, saying "There is scarcely a problem in our complicated food situation of today which was not familiar to the Romans."[11]

Harcum moved to Toronto in 1920 to work at the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology. She was an associate professor of fine arts at the University of Toronto. In 1921 she became head of Oaklawn House at the University of Toronto. She was also secretary of the Toronto Archeological Society.[8] She traveled to Santa Fe in 1921, to study Pueblo pottery.[12] In 1926, she gave a radio lecture on Roman table manners.[13]

Publications

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  • Roman Cooks (1914)[14]
  • "The Ages of Man; a Study Suggested by Horace, Ars Poetica, Lines 153-178" (1914)[15]
  • "A Study of Dietetics Among the Romans" (1918)[16]
  • "A Statue of Aphrodite in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology" (1921)[17]
  • "Roman Cooking Utensils in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology" (1921)[18]
  • "The Romano-British Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology" (1925)[19]
  • "A Statue of the Type Called the Venus Genetrix in the Royal Ontario Museum" (1927)
  • "A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology" (1930, published posthumously)[20]

Personal life

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Harcum's uncle, Hiram H. Gaskins, left her money when he died in 1907.[21] Harcum died in 1927, at the age of 48, in Baltimore, Maryland.[5][8] Her will left some money to Johns Hopkins University, to fund "scholarships for women in classical archaeology".[22]

References

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  1. ^ Harcum gave 1881 as her birth year in the Vita section of her dissertation. It is also the year given on her gravestone, and in newspaper obituaries. However, she appears as a one-year-old niece in her uncle's household in the 1880 federal census. Official sources, including her birth record and her 1922 and 1924 passport applications, confirm the 1878 date. (Census returns and passport images via Ancestry.)
  2. ^ "Deaths: Miss Cornelia G. Harcum". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1927-05-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Miss C. G. Harcum, Archaeologist, Dies; Professor at University of Toronto Succumbs at Hospital Here". The Baltimore Sun. 1927-05-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Western High School; Sixty Young Ladies to Receive Diplomas Next Wednesday". The Baltimore Sun. 1899-06-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Hooper, Florence (September 1927). "Resolutions". Goucher Alumnae Quarterly. 6 (1): 25 – via Goucher College Digital Library.
  6. ^ Goucher College, Donnybrook Fair (1908 yearbook): 32. via Goucher College Digital Library.
  7. ^ "Four Women Hope to Add Ph.D. to their Names at the J.H.U." The Baltimore Sun. 1913-06-08. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c "Cornelia Gaskins Harcum". CWRC/CSEC. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  9. ^ "Cornelia Gaskins Harcum". Database of Canadian Early Women Writers. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  10. ^ "Wellesley to Rebuild; New Dormitory for College Hill; Academic Year Opens with 1450 Girls Registered". The Boston Globe. 1914-09-21. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Says Caesar Had a Food Director During His Time". The Courier. 1918-05-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-10-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dr. Harcum Studying Pueblo Indian Pottery". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 1921-09-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Hot Waves from the 'Mike' Today". The Pantagraph. 1926-12-03. p. 34. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Harcum, Cornelia Gaskins (1914). Roman Cooks. J. H. Furst Company.
  15. ^ Harcum, Cornelia G. (1914). "The Ages of Man: A Study Suggested by Horace, Ars Poetica, Lines 153-178". The Classical Weekly. 7 (15): 114–118. doi:10.2307/4386866. ISSN 1940-641X.
  16. ^ Harcum, Cornelia G. (1918). "A Study of Dietetics among the Romans". The Classical Weekly. 12 (8): 58–61. doi:10.2307/4387727. ISSN 1940-641X.
  17. ^ Harcum, Cornelia G. (December 1921). "A Statue of Aphrodite in the Royal Ontario Museum". The Art Bulletin. 4 (2): 45–58. doi:10.1080/00043079.1921.11409714. ISSN 0004-3079.
  18. ^ Harcum, Cornelia G. (1921). "Roman Cooking Utensils in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology". American Journal of Archaeology. 25 (1): 37–54. doi:10.2307/497888. ISSN 0002-9114.
  19. ^ Harcum, Cornelia G. (1925-07-01). "The Romano-British Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology". American Journal of Archaeology. 29 (3): 274–291. doi:10.2307/497558. ISSN 0002-9114.
  20. ^ Robinson, David Moore, and Cornelia Gaskins Harcum. A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto:(largely the Gift of Sigmund Samuel, Esq.). Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press, 1930.
  21. ^ "Gives Membership in Will; Mr. Gaskins Disposes of Chamber of Commerce Document". The Baltimore Sun. 1907-01-04. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Provides for Scholarships; Will of Miss Cornelia G. Harcum is Probated". The Baltimore Sun. 1927-05-25. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via Newspapers.com.
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