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Finding aid created by: Amanda Galvin
Date: 2007
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Summary |
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Creator: | Smith, Marjorie C., 1903-1972. |
Title: | Marjorie C. Smith Papers |
Dates: | 1834-1972 |
Size: | 11 boxes (8.5 linear feet) |
Abstract: | The Marjorie C. Smith Papers include the personal and family materials of one of Syracuse University's Deans of Women. |
Language: | English |
Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Marjorie Carolyn Smith was born in Troy, New York, on February 3, 1903. She came to Syracuse University on July 1, 1935, to take the position of Director of Residence for Women. She was quickly promoted to Assistant Dean of Women in 1936, and she worked under Dean M. Eunice Hilton. In 1945 Smith became an assistant professor of education at Syracuse University while maintaining her position as Assistant Dean of Women. When Dean Hilton decided to focus her work on the College of Home Economics, Smith took over the role of Dean of Women in 1949.
Smith was actively involved outside of the Syracuse University campus as well. She was a member of a dozen regional, state, and national organizations, including the National and the New York State Association of Deans of Women. She served as president of both the Troy and Syracuse Business and Professional Women's Clubs as well as for the Zonta Club of Syracuse. Smith also served on the boards of the Syracuse Red Cross and the Syracuse Y.W.C.A. She was an honorary member of Pi Delta Theta and Eta Pi Upsilon and also a member of the Delta Omega sorority. Her work for the women of New York State was recognized by a citation awarded by Governor Thomas Dewey in 1950.
Smith retired in 1969 after over 30 years of service at Syracuse University. She passed away in 1972.
The Marjorie C. Smith Papers, spanning in years from 1834 to 1972, comprise of materials relating to her family as well as her personal life, including her education, travels, participation in women's clubs, home, and work at Syracuse University. Among the papers are correspondence, photographs, printed materials, notebooks and journals, certificates, deeds and bills of sale, scrapbooks of clippings, and other materials.
The Smith Papers are arranged into five series: Personal Memorabilia, Correspondence, Family Papers, Photographs, and Scrapbooks.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders
before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this
collection.
The Syracuse University Archives holds additional materials related to and from Marjorie C. Smith:
Dean of Women Collection, Office Files, Marjorie C. Smith, 1932-1970: 52 boxes (V#30151 through 30202)
Memorabilia Collection: 4 boxes (V#30291 through 30294) of various buttons relating to academic and athletic events and student activities, donated by Marjorie C. Smith
Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbooks #295 (Eta Pi Upsilon, 1955) and #296 (Eta Pi Upsilon, 1956), both from Marjorie C. Smith
Names
Smith, Marjorie C., 1903-1972.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Higher education.
Women deans (Education)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Marjorie C. Smith Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
After Marjorie Smith's death in 1972, her house was rented and then eventually sold. In 1984 the new owner donated materials that had been left behind in the house, and these now make up the Marjorie C. Smith Papers.
Processing Information
The Marjorie C. Smith Papers are processed.
Personal Memorabilia
Correspondence
Family Papers
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Personal Memorabilia | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Address Books undated | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Art Piece - "Three-dimensional reporoduction of a famous painting" undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Biographical Material 1935-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Certificates 1949-1971 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Clippings 1942-1962 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Columbia University 1937-1938 - Commencement program and tickets, teacher's college record book | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Diaries 1928-1947 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Ephemera 1937-1939 and undated - Name tags and pamphlets | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Isle au Haut, Maine 1909-1959 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Maria Regina Highest Award Plaque 1972 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Metamorphoses of a Dean undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Notebook, English 22 at State College undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Notes and Notebooks 1944 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Poems and Lyrics undated | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Portrait of Smith (framed) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Saratisco Cottage, Onondaga County, New York 1940 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Travel 1963 and undated - Passport and travel journal | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Women's Student Government - Student Lateness Records 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Writings 1937-1960 and undated |
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 3 | 1921-1930 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1931-1934 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1936-1938 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1939 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1940-1949 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1950-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | 1958-1968 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Keller, Helen 1960 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Postcards 1907-1929 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Postcards 1930-1939 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Postcards 1940-1970 |
Family Papers | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Bullock Family Papers 1863-1888 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Clippings 1887-1893 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Correspondence, Unidentified 1867-1877 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Deeds 1834-1910 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Invitations and Announcements 1854-1899 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Printed Ephemera 1881-1899 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Prohibition, Temperance 1889-1900 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Smith, Carolyn C. I 1909-1912 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Smith, Carolyn C. II 1890-1920 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Smith, Carolyn C. III 1898-1928 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Smith, Carolyn C. Music Compositions 1924-1925 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Smith, Faith and Smith, Seth (niece and nephew) 1944-1959 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Smith, Marion (sister) 1941-1959 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Smith, Seth W. (father) 1892-1944 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Smith, Seth W. Jr. (brother) 1925-1949 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Turner Family 1884-1895 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Turner, Clarissa 1945 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Turner, Elay Susan 1870-1892 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Turner, Lewis Clyde 1911-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Turner, W.P. 1919-1936 |
Photographs | |||||||||||
Box 6 | Buildings and Landscape 1932-1943 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Christmas Tree Decorating undated | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Dean's Bulletin Board undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Family and Childhood 1942-1962 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Miscellaneous 1937-1940 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Negatives undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Smith - Photos 1915-1954 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Smith and Others, unidentified 1936 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Students - Dorm and House Life circa 1960 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Unidentified People 1936-1963 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Unidentified Portraits 1900-1931 and undated |
Scrapbooks | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Business and Professional Women's Club 1929-1934 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Clippings 1922-1943 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Clippings 1934-1936 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1935-1936 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1936-1937 - (Bound scrapbook also includes a folder of loose clippings) | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1937-1938 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1938-1939 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1939-1940 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1940-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1941-1942 | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Clippings 1950-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Clippings 1957-1958 | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Clippings 1960 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Clippings 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Dean of Women and Syracuse University 1937-1938 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 9 | The Hafts' Story (Haft Cottage, 207 University Place) 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Newspaper and magazine clippings 1888-1900 and undated | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Reid-Vue (Reid Hall) 1938-1939 | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Reid-Vue (Reid Hall) 1940-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Reports on Freshman Orientation Programs 1951 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Student Activities Committee 1955-1956 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Syracuse Ski School 1944-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Traditions Commission 1968 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Women in the News September 1952-May 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Women's Student Court 1955-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Women's Student Government 1954-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Women's Student Government 1959-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Women's Student Senate 1940-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Women's Student Senate 1945-1946 |