Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives
Elizabeth Blackwell Award Records
Finding Aid
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives
- Title
- Elizabeth Blackwell Award Records
- ID
- Geneva.Coll .#16
- Date
- 1958-
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Files pertaining to the creation of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award in 1958, and it's recepients.
Biographical/Historical note
In honor of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), first woman in America to receive the Doctor of Medicine degree (in 1849 from Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York), the Elizabeth Blackwell Award is given by Hobart and William Smith Colleges to a woman whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity. The Award is not conferred at regular intervals but may be presented whenever a candidate of sufficient stature and appropriate qualifications is identified. The Elizabeth Blackwell Award was first given in 1958 (at the 50th anniversary convocation of William Smith College), to Gwendolyn Grant Mellon, medical missionary, founder of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Blackwell Award records include: Correspondence, photographs, programs, nominations, news releases, slides, disc, resumes, seals, biographical information, award certificates and plaques.
Arrangement
Records are arranged as administrative records followed by a folder for each recipient.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Awards
Personal Name(s)
- Mann, Marty, 1904-
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
- Macfarlane, Catharine, 1877-1969
- Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, 1945-
- Lasker, Mary
- Leakey, Mary D. , (Mary Douglas), 1913-1996
- Kaplun-Le Meitour, Annette
- King, Billie Jean, 1943-
- Harris, Barbara C., (Barbara Clementine)
- Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
- Gray, Hanna Holborn
- Harding, Francis Keller
- De Mille, Agnes , 1905-1993
- Ford, Loretta C.
- Brico, Antonia
- Calderone, Mary Steichen, 1904-1998
- Black, Barbara A., (Barbara Aronstein), 1933-
- Baumgartner, Leona, 1902-1991
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
- Albright, Madeleine Korbel
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986
- Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995
- Saunders, Cicely M., Dame, 1918-2005
- Rees, Mina
- Sibley, Georgiana Harper
- Sawada, Miki, Madame, 1901-1980
- O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
- Novello, Antonia C.
- Pool, Judith Graham
- Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
- Moore, Elizabeth Luce
- Mellon, Gwen Grant
- Mundo, Fe del
- Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Subject(s)
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges -- Awards
Collection Inventory
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Creation of the Blackwell Award Medal etc. |
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Elizabeth Blackwell Award Nominations |
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Gwendolyn Grant Mellon Sept. 27, 1958 Biographical/Historical noteCo-founder, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti ; EBA No. 1 |
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Elizabeth Luce Moore Biographical/Historical noteEducation and Social Worker ; EBA No. 2 |
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Madame Renzo Sawada (Miki) June 12, 1960 Biographical/Historical noteFounder of the Elizabeth Saunders Home ; EBA No. 3 |
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Leona Baumgartner June 18, 1961 Biographical/Historical noteCommissioner, New York City Department of Health ; EBA No. 4 |
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Frances Perkins June 10, 1962 Biographical/Historical noteSecretary of Labor 1933-1945 ; EBA No. 5 |
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Marty Mann June 9, 1963 Biographical/Historical noteFounder and executive director of the National Council on Alcoholism |
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Margaret Mead June 14, 1964 Biographical/Historical noteAnthropologist and Author ; EBA No. 7 |
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Annette LeMeitour – Kaplan June 13, 1965 Biographical/Historical noteEditor and Founder, International Journal of Health - Educator ; EBA No. 8 |
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Fe del Mundo July 10, 1966 Biographical/Historical notePhysician, Co-founder Children's Medical Center of the Philippines ; EBA No. 9 |
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Catharine Macfarlane Sept. 8, 1967 Biographical/Historical notePhysician, Pioneer in the Use of Radium to Treat Cancer ; EBA No. 10 |
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Constance Baker Motley June 16, 1968 Biographical/Historical noteU.S. District Court Judge, New York City ; EBA No. 11 |
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Georigiana Harper Sibley June 15, 1969 Biographical/Historical noteCivic Leader, Rochester, NY ; EBA No. 12 |
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Helen Brooke Taussig June 13, 1970 Biographical/Historical notePediatric Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine ; EBA No. 13 |
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Mina Reese June 13, 1971 Biographical/Historical notePresident Emerita, Graduate Division, City University of New York ; EBA No. 14 |
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Mary Lasker April 10, 1972 Biographical/Historical notePhilanthropist ; EBA 15 |
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Marian Anderson June 8, 1972 Biographical/Historical noteContralto, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations ; EBA No. 16 |
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Judith Graham Pool May 28, 1973 Biographical/Historical noteProfessor of Medicine ; EBA No. 17 |
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Francis Keller Harding Jan. 23, 1974 Biographical/Historical notePhysician and Family Planning Advocate ; EBA No. 18 |
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Antonia Brico Oct. 3, 1975 Biographical/Historical noteSymphony Conductor ; EBA No. 19 |
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Mary S. Calderone Sept. 30, 1977 Biographical/Historical noteFounder of the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States ; EBA No. 20 |
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Mary D. Leakey Feb. 15, 1980 Biographical/Historical noteAnthropologist ; EBA No. 21 |
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Agnes George de Mille Feb. 26, 1982 Biographical/Historical noteChoreographer ; EBA No. 22 |
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Hanna Holborn Gray Feb. 11, 1984 Biographical/Historical notePresident of the University of Chicago ; EBA No. 23 |
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Sandra Day O’Connor March 8, 1985 Biographical/Historical noteAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ; EBA No. 24 |
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Cicely Saunders Oct. 9, 1985 Biographical/Historical noteFounder of the International Hospice Movement ; EBA No. 25 |
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Barbara Aronstein Black Feb. 19, 1988 Biographical/Historical noteDean of Columbia University Law School ; EBA No. 26 |
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Antonia C. Novello Feb. 22, 1991 Biographical/Historical noteSurgeon General ; EBA No. 27 |
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Margaret Chase Smith Sept. 27, 1991 Biographical/Historical noteUnited States Senator ; EBA No. 28 |
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Barbara Jordan Sept. 23, 1993 Biographical/Historical noteUnited States Congresswoman ; EBA No. 29 |
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Wilma Mankiller Feb. 10, 1996 Biographical/Historical noteChief of the Cherokee Nation ; EBA No. 30 |
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Billie Jean King May 15, 1998 Biographical/Historical noteFormer Tennis Champion and Life Long Advocate for Gender Equity in Sports ; EBA No. 31 |
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Madeleine K. Albright Sept. 4, 2001 Biographical/Historical note64th United States Secretary of State ; EBA No. 32 |
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Loretta C. Ford Sept. 9, 2003 Biographical/Historical noteFounding Pediatric Nurse Practitioner ; EBA No. 33 |
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Barbara Harris Sept. 7, 2004 Biographical/Historical note1st female bishop of the Episcopal church ; EBA No. 34 |
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CDs - Files and photo scans. 1958- |
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Elizabeth Blackwell Award certificates 1958-1969 |
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Dr. Fe del Mundo plaque 1966 |
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Elizabeth Blackwell Award plaque 1958-1977 |
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