The Smith College Archives documents the life of the College by collecting materials created by students, faculty, administrative and departmental staff during the course of their time here.
Information
- Location:
- Northampton, MA, 01063
- Phone:
- (413) 585-2970
- Mon - Tues:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Wed:
- 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Thurs - Fri:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
A recent student Rec Council sponsored trip to the local bowling alley spawned the question: did Smith ever have a bowling alley? Research in the Archives can confirm that indeed, bowling has been at Smith for quite a while. L...
Smith College Archives The Smith College Relief Unit records are getting a work out this semester! They're pretty cool records, we have to confess!
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The Smith College Relief Unit was founded in 1917 to bring relief to those areas of France that were most devastated during the first World War. The records include letters, journals, photographs and albums, correspondence with the War Service Board and information about the reconstruction.
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Here's an interesting article about a digitization project from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Monk-Save
A Monk Saves Threatened Manuscripts Using Ultramodern Means - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Edu
chronicle.com
The Rev. Columba Stewart, a Benedictine monk and director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at St. John's U. in Minnesota, works with a team of people digitizing early Christian manuscripts.
Smith College Archives Spending time with a good number of students from HST 252 "Women in Modern Europe" this afternoon. They are keeping the reference archivist hopping! Good thing--we need to wear off all the Thanksgiving Turkey we ate!
Smith College Archives Wednesday we are open for research between 1pm-9pm. Come keep the reference archivists company!
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An interesting piece on Dicken's manuscript of "A Christmas Carol" from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/
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Examine up-close four heavily-revised pages, taken from the one and only manuscript for Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol."
Cover, the Symposium, Vol 1., No. 1 October 1896 In October 1896, George Washington Cable published the first volume and issue of the literary magazine The Symposium from offices at 41 Center Street, Northampton...
Smith College Archives On the Monday after Thanksgiving Break in 1909, the College moved the Library collection from Seelye Hall into the new Library building, now known as Neilson Library.
Smith College Archives Welcome Back students! We look forward to seeing you in our reading room!
Smith College Archives says Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Smith College Archives sees students leaving for Thanksgiving Break already...
Smith College Archives wonders who/what this Thursday afternoon will bring!
Smith College Archives is opening up at 1pm. Hope to see you in our place!
Smith College Archives a busy afternoon in the Archives with HST 246!
