William Smith College

Scope and Contents This collection contains the family papers of Daisy Weeks Buchholz, a member of the 1912 charter class of William Smith College. The materials cover her time at William Smith College, her marriage to Arthur Buchholz, a member of the Hobart class of 1909, and their subsequent life and family. Items include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and a large number of photographs. There is also a large collection of genealogical materials assembled by Daisy and Arthur's daughter, Priscilla...

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Documents and photographs relating to the Durfee Family: Elizabeth Racao Durfee (Registrar and faculty member), Walter Hetherington Durfee (Dean, Provost, Acting President and faculty member), William Pitt Durfee (Dean, Acting President and faculty member), and Horton K. Durfee, Hobart class of 1949 and World War II Veteran.

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This collection contains the memorabilia and college papers of Elizabeth Willcox Thomson, a 1937 graduate of William Smith College. Materials include photographs of campus events, lyrics and music for the 1937 class song, William Smith College Alumnae Bulletins, a collection of poetry by William Smith alumnae, a 1987 50th reunion booklet, and more.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 16 oral history interviews with William Smith College alumnae conducted between 2001 and 2003. The interviews were part of a feminist oral history project for the Women's Studies 301 course with professor Margaret A. Weitekamp. The alumnae who were interviewed are from the classes of 1925-1956.Topics discussed in the interviews include childhood memories, influential life events, and recollections of William Smith College.Each...

Abstract The collection contains many photographs and other memorabilia from Frances Turgeon Wiggin, William Smith College class of 1912. The photographs date from Wiggin's time in college and depict the campus and her fellow classmates. Wiggin went on to compose music and write a book titled Maine Composers and Their Music: A Biographical Dictionary (1959), and the collection includes a series of sheet music and music programs. There are also some correspondence,...

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Collection of papers belonging to or regarding Geraldine Oyen Steindler WS '45. One box containing nine items, including two photograph albums, a scrapbook, two copies of "Stage Whispers", an article from The Herald, two articles from The Geneva Times, and an article on the publishing of Geraldine's book "The Game Cookbook".

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This collection contains documents and memorabilia from the estate of Gladys Moyer Dean. Dean was a member of the first William Smith Class—the Class of 1912—as Gladys Campbell Moyer.

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Papers and items belonging to or regarding Marianna MacKay Wilkins, WS '28. Includes 83 items in 14 folders, all contained in one box. Materials in this collection date from 1924 to 1987.

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A collection of papers from 1910-1975 belonging to or regarding Rosalind A. Daniels WS '18, in one box. Contains 42 items in three folders, including event programs, miscellaneous papers, and photographs. Also included in the collection are three textbooks and three handwritten composition notebooks, all belonging to Daniels. There are 48 items in total.

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This collection contains memorabilia and scrapbooks on the history of Sill House from 1939-1993. Included are photographs, stories, and letters that have been compiled into two scrapbooks, the first created in 1955 and an updated version from 1993. There are also drafts of the scrapbooks and information on the Sill House Reunion in 1993.

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This small collection primarily contains items from Virginia C. Trimble's time at William Smith College in the early 1920s. Materials include William Smith College viewbooks, Pine yearbooks, postcards and greeting cards, and an examination book from 1923.