manosca20 Marian Sage Seewoster Papers, 1927-1986 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Kate Baker. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Brook Hopkins. 2003-06-03 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 manosca20 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Smith College Archives Marian Sage Seewoster Papers, 1927-1986 Finding Aid RG 80. Class of 1929. Kate Baker 2001 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Seewoster, Marian Sage, 1907-1999. Marian Sage Seewoster Papers1927-1986 1927-1928 RG 80. Class of 1929. 1 box (.5 linear ft.) Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Smith graduate. Contains correspondence from junior year abroad and postcards. English. Biographical Note

Marian Sage Seewoster was born Marian Strong Sage on December 11, 1907 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The daughter of Herbert Strong Sage and Katherine Corkery, Marian attended the Wilkes-Barre Institute before beginning her studies at Smith College. Marian graduated with the class of 1929 after spending her junior year abroad in Paris, France at the University of Paris. She did graduate work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

In St. Louis, Marian taught French at the Mary Institute, now the Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, for 36 years, taught English to foreign students at the International Institute, and was active in community organizations that promoted French culture. These included the Alliance Francaise, Societe Francaise, and the American Association of the Teachers of French. She married Charles C. Seewoster and had a son, Charles Sage Seewoster in (1951?) Charles, Sr. died in 1972. Marian died on July 30, 1999 in St. Louis, MO at the age of 91.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

While attending her Junior Year in Paris she sent numerous letters home to her parents in Wilkes-Barre. This is a collection of those letters - kept and numbered by her parents as they were received - along with an incomplete set of transcriptions and miscellaneous correspondence received by Marian later in her life.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

I. Correspondence II. Transcripts Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The records are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the Marian Sage Seewoster must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Marian Sage Seewoster's papers were donated to the Smith College Archives and the copyright ownership was transferred to the same.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Marian Sage Seewoster Papers, Box #, Smith College Archives.

History of the Collection

The Marion Sage Seewoster Papers were donated over a period of time to the Smith College Archives from a variety of sources.

Processed by Kate Baker.

Search Terms Seewoster, Marian Sage, 1907-1999. Smith College--Students. Foreign study--France--Paris. Additional Information Series I: Correspondence (1927-1928, 1947-1986)

The first series, Correspondence (1927-1928, 1947-1986), contains Marian's correspondence to her parents during her Junior Year Abroad in Paris from August 1927 through April 1928. In her letters, Marian describes her studies, travels, and friends - much as any college student would. She wrote to her parents about her impressions of France and the French people she met, about her friends from Smith, and about the new friends and boyfriends she made in Paris. Marian describes in excited detail many of the operas, dances, and teas she attended. She chronicles her travels throughout Europe - her day trips in France and Switzerland, and her Spring Break trip around northern Italy.

A letter received by Marian from her aunt, Cornelia B. Sage Quinton, is also included. This is the only piece of received correspondence from Marian's JYA year included in the collection and is especially interesting because it congratulates Marian on her acceptance to the Sorbonne, something Marian doesn't mention in her letters home. Following the JYA correspondence are four folders containing postcards that Marian received later in her life.

From MSS 1 1 JYA Correspondence 1927, Aug 19-Sep 19 1 2 JYA Correspondence 1927, Sep 25-Oct 6 1 3 JYA Correspondence 1927, Oct 9-27 1 4 JYA Correspondence 1927, Nov 3-13 1 5 JYA Correspondence 1927, Nov 16-n.d. 1 6 JYA Correspondence 1927, Dec 4-26 1 7 JYA Correspondence 1927, Dec 30 - 1928, Jan 15 1 8 JYA Correspondence 1928, Jan 20-Feb 10 1 9 JYA Correspondence 1928, Feb 12-Mar 8 1 10 JYA Correspondence 1928, Mar 12-Apr 6 1 11 JYA Correspondence 1928, Apr 13-17 To MSS 1 12 From Cornelia B. Sage Quinton 1927, Mar 11 1 13-15 Postcards from various people 1947-86, n.d. Series II: Transcripts of JYA Correspondence

The second series, Transcripts, is composed of four folders containing transcripts of a majority of Marian's letters. These transcripts span the dates from 19 August 1927 to 7 May 1928. Those labeled "Transcripts by MSS" were transcribed by Marian Sage Seewoster. The transcriber of the others is Ms.Candace O'Connor, the donor of the papers.

Transcripts by Unknown Author 1 16 Transcripts 1927, Aug 19-Sep 19 Transcripts by MSS 1 17 Transcripts 1928, Nov 27-Jan 15 1 18 Transcripts 1928, Jan 30-Mar 12 1 19 Transcripts 1928, Mar 25-May 7