Department of History Records, ca. 1900-[ongoing]
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Smith College Archives Northampton, MA
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collection
Department of History Records
Smith College. Dept. of History.
Biographical History for: Department of History Records
Historical Note Various lecturers taught history courses from the beginning of Smith College in 1875 until 1894 when a Department of History was more formally established with Prof. Charles Downer Hazen as the resident head. Prof. Hazen remained in this position until 1914 when Prof. John Spencer Bassett became head of the department; Prof. Bassett was responsible for the establishment of the department's publication Smith College Studies in History, 1915-2003. By 1919-1920 the teaching staff included five full professors, two associate professors, two assistant professors and three instructors plus two readers.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Department of History files contain correspondence, reading lists, lecture and student notes from classes, publications and other material documenting the history of the department.
Historical information
Introductory Course in History: Digest of Material Obtained by Questionnaire from Sixty American Colleges and Universities, by Sidney R. Packard 1940
History Club 1896-1930s
Departmental rosters and committee lists 1970s-1980s
Memorandum and announcements 19 -19
Photographs
Honors requirements and documents
NEA Summer Institutes 1967-1969
Departmental minutes 1914-1921
Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED 1922-1932
Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED 1932-1938
Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED 1938-1945
Reading lists for History 11 1919-1966
Course lists - General
Course lists - History 12
Course lists - History 13
Course lists - History 22-29
Course lists - History 30-31 1939-1958
Course lists - History 32-36 1930s-1958
Course lists - History 37-49 1930s-1950s
Course lists - History 100-102 1960s-1970s
Course lists - History 103 1960s
Course lists - History 114-425 1924-1958
Course lists - History 294-295 1964-1965
Course lists - History 383 2000
Courses History 100-273 - Mid-term and final examination questions 1975-1978
Lecture notes for English history Early 1900s
Student notes for History 4a - unidentified student 1909-1910
Mendenhall Prize in History 1974-1991
Records re Symposium "Faces of Tradition" in honor of Klemens von Klemperer, held April 2-4, 1987 1986-1987
Smith College studies in history 1915-2003