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<titlestmt>
<titleproper>Class of 1879 Records, 1844-1984</titleproper>
<subtitle>Finding Aid</subtitle>
<author>Finding aid prepared by Elisha Winkler.</author>
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<publicationstmt>
<publisher>Smith College Archives</publisher>
<address>
<addressline>Northampton, MA</addressline>
</address>
<date>&#x00A9; 2006</date>
<p>Smith College. All rights reserved.</p>
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<creation>Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Deborah A. Richards. 
<date>2006-10-05</date>
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<language>English</language>
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<frontmatter id="front"> 
<titlepage> 
<publisher>Smith College Archives</publisher> 
<titleproper>Class of 1879 Records, 1844-1984</titleproper>
<subtitle>Finding Aid</subtitle> 
<num>RG 80</num> 
<author>Elisha Winkler</author> 
<date>2004</date> 
<p>&#x00A9; 2006 Smith College. All rights reserved.</p> 
</titlepage> 
</frontmatter> 

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<head>Collection Overview</head>
<origination label="Creator:">
<corpname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="110">Smith College. Class of 1879.</corpname>
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<unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Class of 1879 Records</unittitle> <unitdate label="Dates:">1844-1984</unitdate>

<unitid label="Collection Number:" encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="manosca">RG 80</unitid>

<physdesc label="Quantity:">
<extent encodinganalog="300$a">6 boxes</extent>
<extent encodinganalog="300$a">(60 linear inches)</extent>
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<langmaterial label="Language of Material:" encodinganalog="546"><language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<repository label="Location:">
<corpname>Smith College Archives</corpname>
<address>
<addressline>Northampton, MA</addressline>
</address>
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<abstract encodinganalog="520$a" label="Abstract:">
This collection contains black and white photographs, programs, magazine and newspaper articles, lists of students, letters, correspondence, and information about the commencement and reunions of Smith College's first graduating class.
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<bioghist id="bioghist">
<head>Historical Note</head>
<p>The Class of 1879 was the first graduating class of Smith College.
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<scopecontent id="scope">
<head>Scope and Contents of the Collection</head>
<p>The Class of 1879 Records contain materials describing the history of the students of the first graduating class of Smith College. Types of materials include black and white photographs, programs, magazine and newspaper articles, lists of students, letters, correspondence, and information about the Class of 1879's commencement and reunions.
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<descgrp id="admin">
<head>Information on Use</head>
<descgrp>
<head>Terms of Access and Use</head>
<accessrestrict id="admin-access">
<p>The records are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.</p>
</accessrestrict>
<userestrict id="admin-use">
<p>Single photocopies may be made for research purposes.  Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives.   Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities.  Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.</p>
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</descgrp>
<prefercite id="admin-cite">
<head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:</p>
<p>Class of 1879 Records, Box #, Smith College Archives.</p>
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<descgrp>
<head>History of the Collection</head>
<acqinfo id="admin-acqinfo">
<p>The Class of 1879 Records were created by the students and donated to the College Archives.</p> 
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<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">1</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Commencement
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">2</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Baccalaureate
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">3</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Chronology
<unitdate>1875-1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
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<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">4</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Clippings
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">5</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Commencement Music
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">6</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Concert and Reception
<unitdate>1878</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">7</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Group Photos
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">8</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: History
<unitdate>1876-77, 1879, 1932, 1934, 1938</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">9</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Reunions (1925)
<unitdate>1925</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">10</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Reunions (1929)
<unitdate>1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">11</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Reunions (Photographs)
<unitdate>1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">12</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Senior Reception</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">13</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Sophomore Reception to 1880
<unitdate>1877</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">14</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Subjects for Essays
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">15</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Adkins, Mary (Correspondence)
<unitdate>1930, 1937-39, 1940-41, 1965</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">16</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Adkins, Mary (Photographs)
<unitdate>1879, 1934</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">17</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Bonney, Mary Herrick (Photographs)
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">18</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Carleton, Abbie Harriet (Correspondence)
<unitdate>1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">19</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Cushing, Eleanor Philbrook </unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">20</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Edwards, Adelaide Frances Dyer (Photographs)
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">21</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Gorham, Mary Etta</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">22</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Gulliver, Julia Henrietta
<unitdate>1879, 1910, 1912-14, 1915, 1917</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">23</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Leonard, Henrietta
<unitdate>1897, 1938</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">24</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E.</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">25</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Osborne, Alice Cook
<unitdate>1879, 1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">26</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Palmer, Anna Louise
<unitdate>1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">27</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Spaulding, Sylvia Sanders
<unitdate>1918-1920</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
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<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">28</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Taber, Sarah</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1380</container>
<container type="folder">29</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Tuckerman, Corinne Marie
<unitdate>1875, 1929, 1931, 1938-39</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">1</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche
<unitdate>1870-71, 1875, 1880, 1925, 1929, 1930-32</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">2</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (Correspondence with Charles S. Palmer)
<unitdate>1930, 1932-41</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">3</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (First Days at Smith College)
<unitdate>1923</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">4</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (Lithography / Photographs)
<unitdate>1923, 1926</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">5</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (Lecture Notes / Physics)
<unitdate>1878</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">6</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (Lecture Notes)
<unitdate>1876-78</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">7</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Warner, Harriet Blanche (Course Notes)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">8</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Whiton, Mary Bartlett (Correspondence)
<unitdate>1883, 1906, 1924, 1929, 1930-31, 1933-39</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">9</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Whiton, Mary Bartlett (Photographs)
<unitdate>1879, 1888-89, 1896, 1934, 1937</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1381</container>
<container type="folder">10</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Whiton, Mary Bartlett (Scrapbook)
<unitdate>Late 1800s-Early 1900s</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">1</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (General)
<unitdate>1875-86, 1900, 1904, 1909-10, 1913</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">2</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Manuscripts, Typescripts, etc.)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">3</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Ph.D. Degree)
<unitdate>1881-82, 1917, 1956, 1961, 1983-84</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">4</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Photo Album)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">5</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Morris Family History)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">6</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Photographs)
<unitdate>1875-76, 1896, 1968-69</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">7</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Publications)
<unitdate>1884, 1896, 1898-99, 1901-06, 1915, 1924</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">8</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Twigs From a Family Tree)
<unitdate>1936</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1382</container>
<container type="folder">9</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (A Valley Family by Alice Cone Perry)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">1</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Ellen W. Clarke)
<unitdate>1875-1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">2</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Ellen W. Clarke)
<unitdate>1876-1884</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">3</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Charles Cone)
<unitdate>1882-83, 1895, 1897</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">4</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Family)
<unitdate>1844, 1867, 1896, 1901, 1905, 1911</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">5</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence- General)
<unitdate>1879, 1880-82, 1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">6</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence- General)
<unitdate>1883, 1902-03, 1909, 1913, 1924-25, 1927-29</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">7</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Almira N. Morris)
<unitdate>1871-1879</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">8</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Almira N. Morris)
<unitdate>1880-1893</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">9</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with Alice Perry (Cone))
<unitdate>1897, 1904-06, 1929, 1938-41, 1958</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1383</container>
<container type="folder">10</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Correspondence with L. Clark Seelye)
<unitdate>1903, 1914, 1916, 1920, 1922</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">1</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1883-1887</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">2</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1887</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">3</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1893-1895</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">4</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1896-1899</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">5</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1900-1908</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384</container>
<container type="folder">6</container>
<unittitle>Class of 1879: Morris, Kate E. (Journal)
<unitdate>1909-1929</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
</c01>
<c01>
<did>
<container type="box">1384.1</container>
<unittitle>Harriet Blanche Warner (Photograph Album)
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle>
</did>
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