Classes of 1971-1980 records
Scope and Contents
The Classes of 1971-1980 records consist of individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks, class officer records, as well as reunion materials.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1967 - 2022
Creator
- Smith College. Class of 1971. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1972. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1973. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1974 (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1975. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1976. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1977. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1978. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1979. (Organization)
- Smith College. Class of 1980. (Organization)
- Smith College -- Alumni and alumnae. (Organization)
- Smith College -- Students (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Smith College retains copyright of materials created as part of its business operations; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Smith College, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical / Historical
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.The Classes of 1971-1980 records consist of 7.083 linear feetr of materials including individual class notes, examinations, papers and class letters, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, songbooks, class officer records, as well as reunion materials.
Extent
30.461 linear feet (57 containers)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Arrangement
This collection brings together ten record groups that are arranged chronologically, one per graduating class. However, since some materials are placed in a class record group based on when they were created, and not by whom, materials relelvant to a class may exist in more than one series.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
As a preservation measure, researchers must use digital copies of audiovisual materials in this collection. Please consult with Special Collections staff or email specialcollections@smith.edu to request the creation of and access to digital copies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Whenever donation information for a particular set of material is known, it is included in the finding aid below. However, a majority of the material was not formally accessioned and its origins are not currently known.
Processing Information
Please note that prior to 2018, folder inventories were not always updated when new material was added to the collection. As a result, folder inventories may not be complete and folder numbers may be incorrect.
Subject
- Smith College -- Alumni and alumnae. (Organization)
- Smith College -- Students (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid to the Classes of 1971-1980 records
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Madison White, Ellice Amanna
- Date
- 2018, 1029
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018-10-24: Finding aids for each class records were combined into this meta record, with additions from recent accessions
- 2018-11-29: Finding aid updated with additional boxes, new box numbers, barcodes, locations
- 2019-12-10: Boxes added, barcodes, finding aid updated
- 2022-03-08: Added Accession 2021-A-0064
- 2022-08-08: Added Accession 2022-A-0070
- 2022-11-08: Added Accession 2020-A-0020
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
