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Collection Overview Leland, Marine, 1899-1983 Marine Leland Papers 1899-1984 RG 42 16 boxes (6.7 linear ft.) English Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Correspondence, biographical material, speeches, photographs, etc., of Marine Leland, Professor of French at Smith College and was responsible for the forming and building of the French Canadian Collection in the William Allan Neilson Library at Smith College. Biographical Note

Marine Leland was born on December 2, 1899 in the City of Quebec to American parents of English descent. She was educated in Montreal at the Sacred Heart Convent and in Germany, France, Spain, and the United States. After attending Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she entered Radcliffe College where she received A.B. (1923), A.M. (1925), and PhD (1928). A member of the French Department at Smith College from 1924 until her retirement in June 1965, she pioneered a new course in French Canadian civilization and is responsible for the forming and building of the French Canadian Collection in the William Allan Neilson Library at Smith. Her contributions to a better understanding of the French Canadian culture has been widely recognized and honored. On May 13, 1983, she died at her home in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers comprise 6.7 linear feet (16 boxes) and are arranged by category: biographical, correspondence, professional life, miscellaneous and artifacts; chronologically within each folder. Her correspondents include colleagues in the United States, Canada, and Europe and organizations allied to her field.

Photographs can be found in the following folders: 1, 4-6, 8-14, 16, 18, 20-21, 41, 88, 121, 136, 177.

Oversize materials include: Diplomas of B.A. Radcliffe (1923), M.A. Radcliffe (1925), PhD. Radcliffe (1928), L.H.D. honorary Univ. of Laval (1952), and L.H.D. honorary Univ. of Montreal (1962).

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives.

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or quote from the documents must be obtained from the Smith College Archives.

Preferred Citation

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

Marine Leland Papers, Box #, Smith College Archives.

History of the Collection

The materials in the Marine Leland papers, which form part of 42. Faculty Biographical files, came to the College Archives from Marine Leland during her lifetime. After her death the bulk of her papers were assembled by Margaret Storrs Grierson, Archivist Emerita of Smith College, and given to the College Archives in August 1983.

Additional Information BIOGRAPHICAL 1 1 Biographical material 1 2 Biographical, general 1 3 Notes for autobiography 1 4 Passports, etc., identification 2 5 [no folder] 2 6 Biographical 1899-1903 2 7 Samples of school work 1908-11 2 8 L'Institution des Sourdes-Muettes 1903-13 2 9 Sacre-Coeur school in Montreal 1908-13, 1914-15 2 10 Year in Dresden 1913-14 2 11 Montfort 1914-15 2 12 Montreal years, vacations 1906- 2 13 Beauvais 1912-22 2 14a Madrid 1922 2 14b Diplomas and certificates 1923-32 2 15 Noting Marine Leland's death 1983-84 2 16 Memorial 1983 BIOGRAPHICAL HONORS 3 17 Awards, medals 1949-50, 1955, 1959, 1979 3 18 Honors, tributes 1950, 1959, 1962-66, 1977-84 3 19 Honorary degrees, Univ. of Laval 1952 3 20 Honorary degrees, Univ. of Montreal 1962 3 21 Honorary degrees, Univ. of Vermont 1967 3 CORRESPONDENCE, A-D 4 22 Aluminum Company of Canada 1953 4 23 Associations 4 24 American Council of Learned Societies 1941, 1944, 1952-53 4 25 Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures 1983 4 26 Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. 1977-79 4 27 Barbeau, Marine 1950, 1955, 1957, 1958 4 28 Beard, Mary 1951 4 29 Beaulieu, Burghley 1949, 1950, 1954, 1959-60, 1976-77, 1979 4 30a from Bourassa, Anne 1968, 1970, 1980-81 4 30b to Bourassa, Anne 1952-70, except 1965 4 30c to Bourassa, Anne 1971-81 4 31 Bourassa, Henri 1930, 1950-52 4 32 Bureau, Marguerite-Bourgeoys 1954 4 33 Cambridge Historical Society/Evangeline Centennial 1947 4 34 Canadian Bar Association 1970 4 35 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation I 1951, 1954, 1955 4 36 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation II 1956-57 4 37 Canadian Embassy/Washington 1977, 1979 4 38 Canadian Historical Association 1950, 1951 4 39 Canadian Humanities Research Council 1948 4 40 Canadian Senate 1945, 1959 4 41 Canadian Tour 1945 4 42 Association Canado-Americaine, Corr. I 1941, 1943-48 4 43 Association Canado-Americaine 1949-52, 1955-56, 1958, 1962 4 44 Carleton College 1946-48 4 45 Carnegie Corporation of New York 1954 4 46 Canadian Consulate/Boston 1950-51 4 47 Clark, Annetta I., Admirers of Society 1941, 1951, 1960 4 48 Le Comite Permanent de la Survivance Francaise en Amerique 1946-48 4 49 C, miscellaneous correspondence 1946, 1953-54, 1978, 1980-81 4 50 Donner Foundation 1978 4 51 D 1941, 1944-45, 1951, 1953-54, 1961, 1965 CORRESPONDENCE, F-M 5 52 F, miscellaneous 1976, 1979 5 53 Fitzpatrick, Marjorie 1958-59, 1972, 1978 5 54 G, miscellaneous 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1977, 1982 5 55 Garrison, Eleanor and Frank 1951, 1957, 1970 5 56 Groulx, Lionel corr. and Lionel Groulx Foundation 1946-51, 1966, 1982 5 57 Guevremont, Germaine 1948, 1950-51, 1967 5 58 Guggenheim Foundation 1946 5 59 H, miscellaneous 1942, 1945, 1948, 1955 5 60 Ham, Edward 1941-42, 1944-45, 1947-51 5 61 Humor/Outrage 1952, 1954, 1956, 1970-74 5 62 Huntington, Chapin and Frances 1947, 1951 5 63 Inglis 1951 5 64 J, miscellaneous 1945 5 65 Johnson, Lyndon b. 1965 5 66 K, miscellaneous 1945, 1956, 1969, 1974, 1981 5 67 Lambert, Adelard 1943 5 68 Lanclot, Gustav 1942-43, 1950, 1955 5 69 La Pointe, Renaude 1976 5 70 Lebel, Maurice 1980, 1982 5 71 Lefevbre, Jean-Jacques 1945 5 72 Levesque, Sr. M. Antoinette 1956, 1978 5 73 Lortie, Giselle 1980 5 74 Lortie, Leon 1972, 1979 5 75 Lotbiniere 1954 5 76 Low, Solon 1948, 1952 5 77 Lower, A.R.M. 1960 5 78 M, miscellaneous 1946, 1950, 1955, 1975-76, 1979 5 79 Modern Language Association (1) - Announcements, etc. (North American French Language and Literature Group) 1941-42, 1944, 1947-48 5 80 Modern Language Association (2) - Correspondence; Divers hands 1940-41; 1941 5 81 Modern Language Association (3) - Correspondence; Divers hands 1942-43 5 82 Modern Language Association (4) - Correspondence; Divers hands 1944-45 5 83 Modern Language Association (5) - Correspondence; Divers hands 1947, 1949, 1951-52; 1947-52 5 84 McPherson, Harriet, S.C. Librarian 1940, 1944, 1947-48 5 85 Monastere des Augustines, Dieppe, France 1961, 1963 5 86 Monastere des Ursulines, Quebec 1952, 1955-57 5 87 Montreal, City of 1950-51 5 88 Morin, Victor CORRESPONDENCE, N-Z 5 89 Nolet, Charles and Claire 1957, 1977-78 5 90 Nolte, Richard 1967, 1969, 1975-78, 1980 5 91 Northeast Conference on the teaching of French 1954-55 5 92 O 5 93 P 1948-72 5 94 Parkin, Louise 1977, 1981-82 5 95 Quebec, Province of 1951, 1957 5 96 R 1941-42, 1954, 1976 5 97 Rockefeller Foundation, letters/conferences 1942, 1953 5 98 S, miscellaneous 1947, 1954, 1957-58, 1964, 1966, 1977-78, 1980 5 99 Sherbrooke, P.Q. 1949-50 5 100 La Societe Historique de Saguenay 1952 5 101 Societe Historique Franco-Americaine 1941, 1945-46 5 102 Surveyor, Fabre 1940, 1957 5 103 T, miscellaneous 1982 5 104 Union Saint Jean-Baptiste d'Amerique 1950 5 105 Universities and Colleges, I - Colleges 1941-42, 1949-51, 1953, 1979-81 5 106 Universite Laval 1951-52, 1980 5 107 Universities, Miscellaneous, I 1949-52, 1971, 1973, 1980-81, 1983 5 108 Universities, Miscellaneous, II 1947, 1949-1952, 1954 5 109 University of Toronto, Women's War Service Committee 1940 5 110 V, miscellaneous 1979, 1981 5 111 W, miscellaneous 1951-52, 1955, 1979-80, 1982 5 112 Y, miscellaneous 1961 5 113 Unidentified corr. 1945, 1966 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - TEACHING 7 114 Courses 1940-57 7 115 McGill University 1963, 1966-68 7 116 Graduate seminar on French Canada, McGill University 1967-68 7 117 University of Michigan 1948-49, 1958 7 118 Shady Hill School, Cambridge 1923-1924 7 119 Smith College, miscellany of the year 1947, 1951, 1965 7 120 Smith College 1924-1926, 1928-65, 1965-83 7 121 Western Reserve, Summer School - Photographs and Clippings PROFESSIONAL LIFE - BUILDING THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 8 122 Correspondence re: Archives; Correspondence re: bibliography 1942-65; 1942-43, 1945, 1950-52, 1965, 1967 8 123 Bibliographical correspondence 1971-74 8 124 Bibliographical correspondence 1975-1978 8 125 Smith College Library (Neilson) - Building the French Canadian Collection, I 8 126 Building the French Canadian Collection, II 1962, 1972, 1977-78 8 127 Building the French Canadian Collection, III 8 128 Building the French Canadian Collection, IV 1922, 1927, 1948, 1974 8 129 Building the French Canadian Collection, V 1922, 1963, 1970, 1974 8 130 Lortie, Leon text, seminar 1962 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS 9 131 Institute of Current World Affairs 1947, 1952, 1965, 1977-80, 1982 9 132 Lecture, Institute of Current World Affairs 1973 9 0 [Bound] Newsletters, M. Leland Institute of Current Affairs 1943-47 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - MANUSCRIPTS I, MARINE LELAND 9 133 Francois-Joseph Cugnet, Bibliotheque, working papers I 9 134 Cugnet, working papers II 1963 9 135 Cugnet, working papers III 9 136 Jacques Cartier and the Saint Lawrence River 9 137 Famille Guy, working papers 9 138 Princeton Guy, working papers 9 139 Madame Lebeau and Captain Baker 9 140 Marine Leland Bibliography PROFESSIONAL LIFE - MANUSCRIPTS II, MARINE LELAND 11 141 Working Papers on Lotbiniere, Perraults, Guy, Cugnet 11 142 Cornet Parsons, Mary Bliss Parsons 11 143 Junior Bazaar article 1946 11 144 Amis d'enfance, publication; F.F.M.A., ms. 11 145 Dos Culturas Canadienses, Introduction Buenos Aires, ms. 1945-46 11 146 Book Review (French Review), ms.; Klinck, G.A. (Modern Language Journal) 1945-1947 11 147 Adrienne Monier, rough draft ms. 11 148 Book Review (Political Science Quarterly), ms. - Wade, M., author 1956 11 149 Raymond Vezina on Bourassa and Leland with M.L. revision 1977 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - PUBLICATIONS I 12 150 French Canada: An Example of What America is Learning and Modern Language Journal Dec. 1945 12 151 Les Linguistes Etatsuniens et la Tradition Francaise en Amerique, Relations 1942 12 152 Modern French Canada 12 153 La Modern Language Association et Le Canada Francais, Relations 1942 12 154 Modern Language Journal May 1945 12 155 Northeast Conference Report: Quebec, French Canada 1972 12 156 Joseph-Francois Perrault 1958-59 12 157 Quelques Observations - de Henri Bourassa, Canadian Historical Association, Report 1951 12 158 Madame de Repentigny 1954 12 159 Review by M.L., Romanic Review 1956 12 160 The Smith College Group 1930 12 161 Canadians Invent Words, Sophian 1954 12 162 Le Travailleur, ms. 1941 12 163 La Vie Intellectuelle au Canada Francais, French Review 1942 12 164 Publications, Correspondence 1941-42, 1945, 1965, 1981 12 0 [Bound] The Canadian Imagination, David Staines, editor 1977 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - PUBLICATIONS II 13 165 American Undergraduates Aboard, Radcliffe Quarterly 1930 13 166 Approach to Proust 13 167 A Canadian Explorer in Deerfield, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum 1955 13 168 Bourassa vu par une Americaine 1952 13 169 Contribution of Modern Languages in the Present Conflict, National Association of Principals of School for Girls 1942 13 170 Francois-Joseph Cugnet XXII. La Revue de L'Universite Lavel 1996 13 171 Francois-Joseph Cugnet, La Revue de L'Universite Laval 1961-66 13 172 Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, traitre? Revue L' Universite d' Ottowa 1961 13 173 Historie d'une tradition "Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, traitre a son roi et a son pays," Revue de L'Universite d'Ottowa 1961 13 174 Fort Ticonderoga 1955 PROFESSIONAL LIFE - SPEECHES, TALKS, LECTURES 14 175 Fort Ticonderoga Quebec: Poesie Vivante, speech, Smith College 14 176 Carleton College 1947 14 177 Centennial of Evangeline, speeches, photographs, Cambridge Historical Society 1947 14 178 John Stoddard, lecture, Northampton Historical Society 1954 14 179 New England captives who were taken to Canada, Deerfield Massacre, speeches 1955 14 180 Broadcasts, CBC, series of 8, Changing Patters, I 1957 14 181 Broadcasts, CBC, II 1954-55, 1962 14 182 Broadcasts, CBC--Mrs. Johnson's Narrative of her Captivity, III 1955-57 14 183 "Quebec Literature in its American Context" 1976 14 184 Speeches, miscellaneous 1932-33, 1935, 1938, 194, 1950, 1955-62, 1964 MISCELLANY 15 185 Marine Leland (Grierson notes) 15 186 French Canadian Art, museum exhibit 1941 15 187 Inscribed to M.L. by Louis-Phillipe Cormier journal article 1963 15 188 Fabre Surveyor on Jean-Antoine Panet 15 189 Women, miscellaneous 1937, 1950, 1958 15 190 Miscellaneous ARTIFACTS 16 191 "Guirlande de Marine" 1929 16 192 Republique Francaise certificate and medal 1950 16 193 Elizabeth D. Hanslonis Phi Beta Kappa key 16 194 Donner Medal 16 195 Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial Medal 16 196 Radcliffe Alumnae Association Graduate Society Medal