Department of Biological Sciences records
Scope and Contents
The Biological Sciences Department papers contain materials regarding committees, courses, (including Genetics, Marine Biology, Paleobiology, and Zoology) exams, department memos, minutes from department meetings, as well as information and publicity regarding lectures and symposiums sponsored by the department. There is also information regarding the Sigma Xi Society and the H.H. Wilder Collection.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1901 - 2003
Creator
- Smith College. Department of Biological Sciences (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections, with the following exception:
Academic department meeting minutes are closed for a period of 25 years following their creation.
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.
Extent
20.918 linear feet (35 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records include information regarding committees, courses, exams, department memos, minutes from department meetings, as well as information and publicity regarding lectures and symposiums sponsored by the department. There is also information regarding the Sigma Xi Society and the H.H. Wilder Collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Early files were maintained by B. Elizabeth Horner and transferred to the Smith College Archives, later files have come directly from the department.
Processing Information
Processed by Valerie Love, '02
During the processing of the B. Elizabeth Horner papers in 2021, additional material from the department records were found and transferred to this collection. They are all housed in box 15. The majority of the material relates to department memos and the animal quarters.
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
- Wilder, Harris Hawthorne, 1864-1928. -- Archaeological collections (Person)
- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Smith College Chapter. (Organization)
- Smith College. (Organization)
- Smith College. Department of Biological Sciences (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Department of Biological Sciences records
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Valerie Love, '02
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2005-09-23: manosca75 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2018-12-12: Updated to conform to DACS and added boxes
- 2021-05-06: Transferred records from the B. Elizabeth Horner papers
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
