Smith College -- Students
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Abe Louise Young papers
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.
Alumnae Oral History Project collection
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.
Caroline Dwight Bain papers
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.
Catharine Kerlin Wilder papers
Classes of 1921-1930 records
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.
Classes of 2021-2030 records
College Archives has been collecting class material dating back to the Class of 1879. Additional submissions from other classes are anticipated.
Dorothy Reed Mendenhall papers
Environmental Integration II (ENV 201/202) oral histories
This collection contains the coursework created by ENV 201/202 Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information in 2013-2014. The course, run by Dr. Ninian R. Stein, sought to teach students a variety of ways to gather, analyze, and present data about the environment around them. Included are CDs, DVDs, and flash drives containing interviews of those in the field of environmental science, transcripts, waivers, and student papers reflecting on the experience.
Evelyn Boyd Granville papers
The collection contains the personal papers of Evelyn Boyd Granville, mathematician, computer scientist, and educator.
Fosdick family papers
Garrison family papers
Katharine Edith Brand papers
Madeleine L'Engle papers
Margaret Long papers
Physician, Travel writer, Historian. Includes correspondence, a 10-year journal (1897-1907), short manuscript sketches and reminiscences. Closely related to the papers of Dorothy Reed Mendenhall and Florence Sabin who were both medical students at Johns Hopkins with Long. Also documents the year of her internship at the New York Women's Infirmary and her first years of epidemiological research in Denver, CO.
Marjorie Adams papers
Teacher, high school French; Traveler. Fifteen line-a-day diaries, 1919-89. Among the entries are discussions of student life at Smith College in the 1920s.
Mina Kirstein Curtiss Papers
Class of 1918, Professor of English, author. Collection contains biographical material, correspondence, examinations, lectures, publications, and student papers.
Parker-McCollester Family papers
Civic leader; intellectual; teacher; lawyer; congressman; minister. Papers include diaries of Elizabeth Parker McCollester, 1878-1925, which record Smith College life, women's clubs, Claremont (NH), Detroit, and Medford (Mass.). There is also family correspondence, travel diaries, photographs, and memorabilia of various members of the family resided in New Hampshire.
Pease family papers
Ruth Mortimer papers
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Ruth Mortimer, a Smith College Alumnae (class of 1953) and a rare book librarian in the Smith College Library from 1975 to her death in 1994. Of particular note, the collection includes Mortimer's writings, her long correspondence with Mary Ellen Chase and playwright Maggie Edson, and papers relating to her work with the Friends of the Smith College Library.
Samantha Lyon papers
Samantha L. Lyon, Smith College Class of 2008, was a campus activist and a co-founder of the college Bicycle Kitchen. The collection consists of artifacts, audiovisual materials, class notebooks, exams, and papers from courses taken by Samantha Lyon, correspondence, as well as materials documenting her role in founding the Bicycle Kitchen and other activism.
Smith College Junior Year for International Studies records
Since 1925, the Office for International Study has promoted study abroad opportunities that are in keeping with the educational aims of the college. Smith College Junior Year for International Studies records consist of correspondence, meeting notes, and photos pertaning to programs in Hamburg and Paris, as well as general office files.
Smith College Office for Equity and Inclusion records
The material in the Office of Inclusion and Equity records includes memory booklets, orientation program booklets, training program material, and a report titled "Affirmative Action."
Smith College School for Social Work, Center for Innovative Practice and Social Work Education records
The Center for Innovative Practice and Social Work Education was started in 1999 to generate and disseminate new practice knowledge, initially to influence professional education and ultimately to impact social policy and service delivery. Its records consist primarily of End-of-Life Care program material as well as that of Partners for Success and Clinicians of Color. Material types include partnership and foundation files, program financials, evaluation reports, and case studies.
Smith College web archive
Southworth-Dickinson family papers
Special Collections events: photos and audiovisual recordings, 2003-2015
Student Clubs and Organizations records
The Student Clubs and Organizations records contains charters, flyers, photographs, programs, articles, and notes documenting most of the student organizations since Smith was founded.
Student Government Association records
The Student Government Association listens to the student body, creates and maintains relations between the student body and the greater Smith community, and advocates for student needs. The records consist of files related to office matters, the Cabinet, Senate Finance Committee, minutes and correspondence, heads of organizations, House of Reps 1966 Vietnam Poll, Social Justice and Equity committee, social regulations, photographs, and a self-published cook-book.
Susan Allen Toth papers
The collection consists of the professional papers of Susan Allen Toth, author of nonfiction essays and books, including Blooming and Ivy Days.