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Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Abe Louise Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00399
Abstract

Abe Louise Young is a poet, activist, Sophia Smith Scholar in Poetry, and a founder of the Poetry Center at Smith College. Collection contains correspondence; diaries; poetry and writings; passport; flyers, brochures and newsletters pertaining to the women's movement and lesbian activism; and miscellaneous printed material, memorabilia, and photographs. A typescript of an interview with Elizabeth Alexander, first director of the Smith Poetry Center, is also included.

Dates of Materials: 1973 - 2016

Alice Gorton Hart papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00227
Abstract

Poet and teacher. Primarily personal journals and notebooks, with inserts, dated from 1948 to 1988. Her undergraduate life at Smith is well documented. Materials from student life at Smith in the 1950s are included. Later journals document her marriage, friendships, and close relationship with her mother. Among the subjects she explored were poetry, women's spirituality, dreams, and the feminist movement. There are also poems and writings and a letter from Aldous Huxley.

Dates of Materials: 1948-1988

Alice Morgan Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00176
Abstract Sculptor, Suffragist, Animal welfare advocate. Papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, postcards, scrapbooks, artwork and photographs of her work as a sculptor; subject files, and memorabilia. Wright's career as a sculptor and her activism are well-documented; personal material is more fragmentary. Topics include art, women's suffrage, women's rights, women companions, birth control, world peace, and animal welfare. Notable correspondents include Florence E. Allen,...
Dates of Materials: 1873-1994

Alumnae Oral History Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-00301
Abstract

The Alumnae Oral History Project collection is comprised of oral histories conducted with Smith College alumnae during reunion weekends from 2010 to 2017. The project was funded by the President's Office and the College Archives and coordinated by Kelly Anderson. Students from the Archives Concentration and Anderson's classes in oral history conducted the interviews. The collection contains video recordings, transcripts, and project records.

Dates of Materials: 2010-2018

Ames family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00003
Abstract Genealogical and biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, artwork, writings, research, photographs, and printed materials. The bulk of the collection pertains to Blanche Ames Ames, suffragist, birth control advocate, artist, and inventor; her father, Adelbert Ames who was a Civil War general and Provisional Governor of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era; her husband, Botanist Oakes Ames; and their daughter Pauline Ames Plimpton. Also included are papers of Benjamin Butler,...
Dates of Materials: 1812-2017

Annis Pratt papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00491
Abstract

Author; Poet; Political activist; Professor, English. The Annis Pratt Papers contain diaries; writings; class notes from Smith College and the University of Wisconsin; published and unpublished poetry; correspondence; records of the Women's Caucus of Modern Languages; and materials pertaining to Pratt's participation in the Smith Centennial Project and to her involvement in the her 35th Smith reunion.

Dates of Materials: 1954 - 2005

Azalia Emma Peet papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00120
Abstract

Missionary and teacher. The Azalia Peet papers consist of photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, and speeches. Of particular interest in the collection diaries and letters written by Peet from Japan, and from the Japanese American internment camps in the United States during World War II. Her early diaries reflect her home life and her personal struggle to come to terms with her vocation.

Dates of Materials: 1902 - 1974

Caroline Dwight Bain papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00762
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of archival consultant and loyal Smith College alumna Caroline Dwight Bain (1928-2015). Of special note are the letters Bain wrote to her parents while she was working for the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, DC, 1944-1945.

Dates of Materials: 1926 - 2015

Catharine Kerlin Wilder papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00709
Abstract Peace activist; teacher. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, childhood memorabilia, drafts of memoirs, and essays written by Wilder. Especially well documented are her years in Geneva (1929-1934) when she worked at the League of Nations as well as papers of Wilder's friend Hope Sewell French during her years (1930s) working for the League of Nations in Geneva, including correspondence, photographs, scrapbook, and articles, written by French and others. Also of...
Dates of Materials: 1813-2000

Charlotte Norris diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SSC-MS-00115
Abstract

Teacher. Forty-four volumes of diaries (1886-1890, 1916-1956) containing brief entries (for the most part) beginning at age 14 in Little Compton, Rhode Island circa 1880s through her career as a public high school teacher in Andover and Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Dates of Materials: 1886-1956

Classes of 1879-1890 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01023
Scope and Contents

The Classes of 1879-1890 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1844 - 2016

Classes of 1901-1910 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01020
Scope and Contents

The Classes of 1901-1910 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1897 - 2000

Classes of 1911-1920 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01018
Scope and Contents

The Classes of 1911-1920 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1895 - 1997

Classes of 1921-1930 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01019
Content Description

The Classes of 1921-1930 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, diaries, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1917 - 2002

Classes of 1931-1940 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01015
Scope and Contents

The Classes of 1931-1940 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1858 - 2008

Classes of 1951-1960 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01024
Scope and Contents

The Classes of 1951-1960 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1886 - 2020-05

Classes of 1971-1980 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01026
Abstract

Smith College classes have been archiving their historical material by year since 1879. Students who attended Smith in the years covered by these records did so in the context of the Vietnam War and anti-war protests including the shootings of students at Kent State University, the Watergate scandal, an energy crisis and the continuing Second Wave Feminist movement.

Dates of Materials: 1967 - 2022

Classes of 1981-1990 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01027
Abstract

College Archives has been collecting class material dating back to the Class of 1879. The Classes of 1981-1990 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1977 - 2021

Classes of 1991-2000 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01028
Abstract

College Archives has been collecting class material dating back to the Class of 1879. The Classes of 1991-2000 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks as well as reunion materials of the same nature, all related to or dating from the time periods during which these classes were students at Smith College.

Dates of Materials: 1984 - 2006

Classes of 2021-2030 records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01217
Abstract

College Archives has been collecting class material dating back to the Class of 1879. Additional submissions from other classes are anticipated.

Dates of Materials: 2021 - 2022

Dorothea de Schweinitz and Louise de Schweinitz (Darrow) papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00398
Abstract

Papers of Louise de Schweinitz Darrow, physician and birth control advocate include correspondence, diaries, photographs and memorabilia. Papers of Dorothea de Schweinitz, social worker and labor researcher, include correspondence documenting her trip to Germany, 1913, where she first learned of class issues, management and labor issues, and an oral history.

Dates of Materials: 1912-1997; Majority of material found within 1970-1980

Dorothy Dushkin papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00243
Abstract

Composer and co-founder of music schools. Musical scores and recordings make up a large portion of the collection. Dushkin's diaries, kept from age 15 to 84, are highly detailed and personal and reflect a dual life as professional composer and family caretaker. Winnetka and Kinhaven music schools are documented by correspondence, writings, and photographs. Correspondents include Jessie Lloyd O'Connor, Caroline Bedell Thomas, and musician Nadia Boulanger.

Dates of Materials: 1906 - 1989

Dorothy Kenyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00085
Abstract Lawyer, feminist, judge, and political activist. The Kenyon collection illuminates the continuity of social activism around such issues as race, class, poverty, and gender from the 1930s-60s. Topics reflected include worldwide suffrage; abortion rights; minority legal rights; the Equal Rights Amendment; and civil rights. Materials include writings, speeches, organizational records, photographs, memorabilia, and audio tapes of interviews and speeches. Significant correspondents include: Bella...
Dates of Materials: 1850 - 1998

Dorothy Parker Manwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: CA-MS-01224
Abstract

Dorothy Parker Manwell was a member of the Smith College class of 1921, who went on to teach at Waterport High School in New York, before her death in 1923. The Dorothy Parker Manwell papers contain the records, correspondence, and memorabilia of Manwell’s life, particularly her college years.

Dates of Materials: 1900 - 1923

Dorothy Reed Mendenhall papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00101
Abstract Public health specialist, physician and instructor. The papers focus on the life of a woman who made pioneering contributions to the fields of pathology, public health, maternal infant health, pediatrics, and nutrition, as well as early 20th century women's medical education. Mendenhall's Smith College years and her time at Johns Hopkins Medical School are well represented. Material includes research, writings, diaries and correspondence with her son, Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (president of...
Dates of Materials: 1805 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1890-1957

Dudley Harmon papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00191
Abstract

Journalist and war correspondent. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical material, photographs and memorabilia. Includes letters home during World War II; her coverage of the Nuremberg trials and the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva; and her letters and journal from Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa. Also included are unpublished stories, radio broadcasts, two scrapbooks and letters to her father.

Dates of Materials: 1920-1967

Eleanor Ernst Timberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00308
Abstract

Editor; Activist for children with disabilities; Secretary; Volunteer. The papers consist of diaries that span the years from 1930-94 (early diaries include material from her Smith College days) and Touch Toy company's semi-annual newsletters from the years 1977-97.

Dates of Materials: 1905 - 2004

Eleanor Gwinnell Coit papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00035
Abstract

YWCA official. Papers include correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia; teaching material; writings; records from her work with the American Labor Education Service, Committee of Correspondence, Adult Education Association, New York Education Council, the YWCA, and Church of All Nations.

Dates of Materials: 1913-1974

Eleanor Wiley Thayer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SSC-MS-00161
Abstract

Teacher of the blind and Music teacher. The papers consist of a small amount of correspondence and addresses relating to her work at the Perkins School for the Blind; course outlines, examples of braille music, concert programs, and workshop material document her role in developing music curriculum at Perkins. Also included are publications of the International Conference of Educators of Blind Youth and the American Association of Instructors of the Blind.

Dates of Materials: 1942-1991

Elizabeth C. Mooney papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00401
Abstract

Author and journalist. Papers consist mainly of her letters to Alice Ridenour Wareham, a fellow graduate of Smith College, which relate to Mooney's writing, her family, her illness and her education at Smith College. Also included are letters written by Wareham about Mooney and two of Mooney's published works: Men and Marriage: The Changing Role of Husbands and Alone, Surviving as a Widow.

Dates of Materials: 1977-1986