manosca97 Campus Cat Records, 1918-1952 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Christine Merrill. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA
© 2003

Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Laura Cutter. 2003-06-09 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 manosca97 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Smith College Archives Campus Cat Records, 1918-1952 Finding Aid RG 80 Christine Merrill 2002 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2003 Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Collection Overview Smith College. Campus Cat Records1918-1952 RG 80 1 box (.5 linear ft.) Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA
Campus Cat was a publication created by Smith students in 1918. Its contents provided information to the campus about going-ons, events, activities, and poked fun at the rituals, trials, and stresses of academia and life on the Smith campus. Material includes most issues of the Campus Cat, press releases and other Campus Cat related publications. English. Historical Note

"Published when the spirit moves", Campus Cat was a publication created by Smith students in 1918. Its contents provided information to the campus about going-ons, events, activities, and poked fun at the rituals, trials, and stresses of academia and life on the Smith campus. It was a popular publication, provoking many other related publications such as Freshman Eti-Cat and the Campus Cat-alogue, among others.

The Campus Cat was written by a group of students whose sarcasm and wit are clearly evident in each issue of the publication. It was a highly coveted publication and to be included in the group of Campus Cat writers was to hold a position of prestige. The publication ceased in 1929.

However, in 1949, students brought the Cat back. The Campus Cat was now funded by the college. Each issue, of which there were four a year, was bound in program form. Again, to write for it was to hold a position of prestige. The issues published between 1948 and 1952 were written by the same group of students upon whose graduation, the Cat had lived its second out of nine lives.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Within the archival box containing the Campus Cat, issues of the Campus Cat are incomplete. Press releases and other Campus Cat related publications are included in the files. The folders are arranged alphabetically.

 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The records and issues are open to public 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:

Campus Cat Records, Box #, Smith College Archives.

 History of the Collection

Issues of the Campus Cat and related publications were collected by the Smith College Archives as they were published.

Processed by Christine Merrill.

 Search Terms Smith College--Students--Social life and customs. Campus cat. Additional Information Related Material

The Smith College Archives has bound copies of the Campus Cat for the years 1918-22, 1922-23, January-June 1924, 1948-49, and 1949-50. These are located under Student Publications.

1 Campus Cat 1918-1920s 1 Campus Cat 1924 1 Campus Cat 1925 1 Campus Cat 1926-27 1 Campus Cat 1927 1 Campus Cat 1928-29 1 Campus Cat 1948-49 1 Campus Cat 1949-50 1 Campus Cat 1950-51 1 Campus Cat 1951-52 1 Campus Cat-alogue 1922-23 1 Campus Cat Alumnae 1924 1 Campus Catechism 1923 1 Campus Cat Monthly 1928 1 Campus Cat Publications 1929-30 1 Campus Cat Yearbook 1930s 1 Can-It-By Fair 1929 1 Cat's Ghost 1926 1 Freshman Eti-Cat 1923 1 General 1918, 1948, 1952 1 Kampus Kitten Klarion 1923 1 Photographs 1921-22, 1951 1 Smith Alumnae Quarterly 1923