Collection Overview
Smith family.
Smith family papers
1862-1954.
MS 0588
LD 7096.6 1885 mith
3 boxes
Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Smith family. Edward Smith, 1830-1865, and Georgiana Smith Smith, 1830-1885, and one daughter. Papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, biographical information and photographs. Primarily documenting the experiences of Clara Eliza Smith, 1865-1943, their daughter, while a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1882-1885.
English.
Biographical Note
Georgiana was married to Edward Smith and they lived in Northford, Connecticut. On May 20, 1865 they had a daughter, Clara Eliza Smith. Clara Smith graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1885 and received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1904. From 1889 through 1898 she worked at State Normal School in Pennsylvania as an Instructor in fine arts. In 1906 she began teaching at Wellesley College as a substitute in Mathematics, and was hired as as Instructor in 1908. She toured the world for one year in 1928, and retired in 1934. Clara Smith died on May 12, 1943 in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Correspondence, diaries, writings, biographical material and photographs relating to Clara E. Smith and her parents, Edward and Georgiana Smith. Principally consists of letters written while Clara was a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1882-1885, reflecting her social and academic activities, the relationship between mother and daughter and Georgiana's health.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is organized into three sub-groups. It is arranged into series within each sub-group, then chronologically.
Information on Use
Terms of Access and Use
Unrestricted
Preferred Citation
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Smith Family Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Search Terms
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary - History - Sources.
Mount Holyoke College - Domestic work.
Mount Holyoke College - Faculty.
Mount Holyoke College - Library.
Mount Holyoke College - Students - Political activity.
Mount Holyoke College - Class of 1885.
Mount Holyoke College - Rules and regulations.
Mount Holyoke College - Seminary building.
Smith, Clara Eliza,
1865-1943.
Smith, Georgiana Smith.
Smith, Edward,
fl. 1830-1885.
Family - United States - History - Sources.
Women - Education - United States - History - Sources.
Women - Health and hygiene - United States - History - Sources.
Mothers and daughters - United States - History - Sources.
Bible study and teaching.
Bells.
Food.
Books and reading.
Science - Study and teaching.
Disease.
Health.
Temperance.
Northford (Conn.) - Description and travel.
United States - History - Civil War - 1861-1865.
Mount Holyoke College - Curriculum - 1882-1885.
Mount Holyoke College - Examinations - 1882-1885.
Mount Holyoke College - Student life - 1882-1885.
Letters
Diaries