Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives/Finding Aids

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Admissions Publications
Examples of publications produced by Hobart and William Smith Colleges Admissions. 1974 to present.
Elizabeth Blackwell Resources Available in HWS Archives
Bibliography for Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Chronological Bibliography of Selected Scholarly Works
by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Papers of Alexander Sloan Campbell, Hobart 1925
PDF 2 pages (Geneva Coll # 15)
Mrs. Campbell, Ishbel, was the sister of the American author, Archibald MacLeish. Correspondence of various MacLeish family members, including MacLeish's mother, range from
1901 to 1978.
Campus Buildings Resource Guide
Guide to items in our Archives that pertain to campus buildings. Includes photographs,manuscripts and letters. We have started with the oldest buildings and will be working our way forward.
The Church Papers (1802-1926)
PDF 8 pages (Geneva Coll #8)
The Church Papers contain correspondence of both personal and business nature, along with financial records, wills, newspaper clippings, and genealogical materials that span over a century, from 1802 to 1926.
Kathryn Dapp Cook Papers (1957-1998)
(Geneva Coll # 17)
These include biographical information collected in archives, her dissertation, some correspondence (both personel and professional), Distinguished Faculty Award information, A.A.U.P. (American Association of University Professors) related materials. Books, many about James Joyce's works, as well as some by other authors. Correspondence from former students as well as colleagues. Class notes, student papers, newsletters, miscellaneous programs, pictures, briefings, notes and comments on literature, exam questions as well as personal notes and material can all be found in this file.
Gladys Moyer Dean Papers (1909-1916)
(Geneva Coll # 24)
Memorabilia from the estate of Gladys Moyer Dean. Dean was a member of the first William Smith Class (1912).
Douglass - Hale Papers (1790-1849)
PDF 16 pages (Geneva Coll #9)
This collection, at present, has arranged and described the papers of David Bates Douglass. These papers encompass all of DBD's professional activities, from
soldier, engineer, professor, college president to architect of cemeteries.
Douglass - Hale Papers A (1788-1911)
86 pages (Geneva Coll #10)
Papers of Malcolm Douglass (son of DBD), Benjamin Hale (father-in-law of MD) and Sarah Hale (wife of MD and daughter of BH), and the Little Family.
Elon Howard Eaton Papers
(Geneva Coll #11)
Elon Howard Eaton, 1866-1935 was faculty in the Hobart and William Smith College biology department from 1908-1935, and author of "Birds of New York".
Elizabeth Blackwell Award Records
(Geneva Coll # 16)
Adaline Glasheen Papers
(Geneva Coll # 12)
The Adaline Glasheen (AG) Papers contain correspondence, printed materials, as well as Glasheen's notes and workbooks pertaining to her James Joyce (JJ) scholarship from approximately 1950 to 1980.
Benjamin Hale Resource Guide
Manuscripts, letters, publications, photographs by and about Benjamin Hale, his presidency of Hobart College and his life.
George Maxwell Blackstock Hawley Papers
(Geneva Coll # 13)
1870-1941, entered Hobart College with the class of 1892, though he did not graduate with the class. He received his L.L.D. Law from University of Minnesota in 1895, returned to Geneva where he practiced law. His papers contain notes, articles, and newspaper clippings generated over many years of historical research and writings pertaining to Geneva and the Finger Lakes area.
Holiday Cards from the Presidents of the Colleges.(html)
Robert Huff Papers (1900- )
19 pages (Geneva Coll # 21)
The Robert Huff papers contain numerous newspaper articles, letters, magazine articles, and note cards that span from 1900 to 1920. These articles were pulled from The Geneva Daily Times, The New York Times, The Delineator, and The Woman's Journal and pertain to Elizabeth Smith Miller, Anne Fitzhew Miller, the Political Equality Club, and the Women's Suffrage Movement. (Compiled by Archivist Charlotte Hegyi)
Evelyn Tooley Hunt Brag Book Collection
Poet, Evelyn Tooley Hunt, William Smith College 1927. Credited with an innovation in form for English language haiku poetry. Eight "brag books" including newspaper clippings, poems, prizes, programs and correspondence from publishers and fans.
Archie Hayes Merrill Papers
(HTML) (PDF 14 pages)(Geneva Coll # 30)
The Archie Hayes Merrill Papers contain correspondence, and papers related to Merrill's profession as journalist; also photographs both of a professional and personal nature.
Middle States Self-Study Records
(Geneva Coll # 32)
A collection of materials created to support several of the colleges' Self-Studies prepared for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It includes committee reports, surveys of faculty and students, departmental reports as well as miscellaneous items.
Joseph J. Myler collection of half dime novels
(Geneva Coll # 41)
A collection of Beadle's Half Dime Library published between 1877 and 1905.
Pro Patria Collection (html)
(Geneva Coll # 31)
Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those Hobart and William Smith students who died in World War II. This collection has documention of the process from the making of the Pro Patria publication including receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies of the publication.
SAGA Corporation Papers 1948-1986 (html)
The SAGA Collection Papers contain correspondence, printed materials, museum items, photographs, films, audio cassettes, and slides of the SAGA corporation, a food service organization in operation from 1948 to 1986.
Leo Srole Papers (c1933-1993)
42 pages
The Leo Srole Papers contain notes, lectures, drafts, and correspondence related to all aspects of Srole's career with the exception the his Judaica studies.
Scrapbook Collection (1846-1986)
(Geneva Coll # 20)
Scapbooks collected in the Colleges' Archives made by individual students, by or for college presidents and or their families, of news clippings, of college history, of some college records, of a few organizations, of class reunions and news clippings from World War I.

Seneca Lake Waterways Association
(Geneva Coll # 26) Inventory of 6 boxes.
Correspondence of E. H. C. Taylor
Edward H. C. Taylor (1840-1905) letters to his family members, the bulk from when he was serving in the Union Army 1860-1864
"Tommy the Traveler"
Tommy Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came to Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1969 as a traveling salesman. He later proposed radical political action by the students against the local police. He was arrested for inciting violence among the college students who wanted a peaceful movement.
William Smith College Charter Class
Alumna files of William Smith Charter Class including updates, contributions, death notices. 50th Reunion questionnaires.