Barbara Chase Little

Barbara came to Woods Hole in 1936 as a student in the physiology course at MBL. She met her future husband here, who headed the apparatus department at MBL.

Two years after they married they determined a need for a home in Woods Hole. Princeton University had an unwanted cottage, the price was right and they purchased 34 Albatross Street where they have been ever since.

Barbara raised a large family but she always had room for more people in the house. She knew how desperate students and faculty could be for housing and a few more people never bothered her.

In the late 1970's she began having whole groups of SEA students at the house during the winter months. As a teacher of biology and a mother of eight she never stopped encouraging all who crossed her path to continue their studies, be curious about everything and stay active in dance, sailing, politics and world peace. She was a life long Quaker and that was the foundation of her approach to life.