University of Chicago, making her one of the University's most important early donors. In 1906 she gave $50,000 to William I. Thomas to fund a study of The Polish Peasant in Europe and America. Culver died in 1925. References External links Helen Culver's letter to Jane Addams, October 19, 1920 1832 births 1925 deaths People from Cattaraugus County, New York American real estate businesspeople American philanthropists Settlement houses American notaries Philanthropists from New York (state) Businesspeople from New York (state) 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American educators 19th-century American businesswomen