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By Lori Myers-Steele
Collection Overview
Title: Emily Ann Smith Papers, 1930-1987
ID: RG 09/9.45
Primary Creator: Smith, Emily Ann -- 1904-1987
Extent: 17.0 Boxes (General)
Arrangement: The Smith papers are arranged in series as follows: biographical information, personal and official correspondence, class materials, Berea College historical materials, speeches and addresses, materials related to the revision of Berea’s First Century, subject files, and photographs.
Subjects: Berea College, Berea College -- Faculty, Berea College -- History, Madison County (Ky.) -- History.
Languages: English
Abstract
Emily Ann Smith served as a Berea College Faculty member from 1930 until 1986 which included her tenure as secretary to the President, English professor, and Chairman of the English Department.
Smith, a native of Mayfield, KY, graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in 1925 and Columbia Teachers College in 1930. In the summer of 1930, she moved to Berea to assume duties in the English Department as an associate professor. Smith remained a member of the English Department for forty-two years—serving as chairman of the department for the last thirty of those years. In addition to her departmental duties, she served on committees, made several development trips for the college, and delivered many speeches and addresses both on and off campus. After her retirement in 1972, she returned to Berea as Special Assistant to the President. During this time, she authored an update to the college’s history, Berea’s First Century.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of official and personal papers of Emily Ann Smith, Berea College Faculty member from 1930 until 1986. The Smith papers include: biographical information, personal and official correspondence, class materials, Berea College historical materials, speeches and addresses, materials related to the revision of Berea’s First Century, subject files, and photographs.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions:
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations.
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Emily Ann Smith Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY.
Processing Information:
Finding aid updated 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- College Archive Record Group 9.45

- Series 1: Biographical

- Box 1

- Folder 1: General Biographical Information

- Folder 2: Retirement Materials

- Folder 3: Department of English Records

- Folder 4: Essay on Smith's years at Berea College

- Folder 5: Two pieces of correspondence regarding Smith's death

- Folder 6: Envelope: Contents from Baby book of Smith

- Folder 7: Envelope - Correspondence, personal

- Series 2: Correspondence

- The correspondence series is divided into two distinct categories. The first contains Smith’s correspondence, which relates to college affairs. It covers from 1937-87. The second category is Smith’s collection of personal correspondence. It covers from 1942-86. More correspondence can be found in Series VI; the correspondence in this section is entirely related to the publication of chapter nine of Berea’s First Century.
- Box 2

- Folder 1: College Related Correspondence, 1937-1965

- Folder 2: College Related Correspondence, 1966-1972

- Folder 3: College Related Correspondence, 1973-1981

- Folder 4: College Related Correspondence, 1982-1987

- Folder 5: Personal Correspondence, 1942-1986

- Folder 6: Correspondence with Louis Smith, 1979-1986

- Folder 7: Miscellaneous Correspondence

- Series 3: Class Materials

- Smith saved many of the items, including syllabi, tests, hand-outs, and etc., she used in her classes. These items are divided by class. Included are items related to the following classes: Man in the Arts, Humanities, Composition, English Literature, Southern Literature, and miscellaneous notes she used for lectures.
- Box 3: Class Materials

- Folder 1: Man in the Arts

- Folder 2: Humanities

- Folder 3: Humanities

- Folder 4: Humanities

- Folder 5: Composition

- Folder 6: Lecture on the Bronte Sisters

- Folder 7: English Literature

- Folder 8: Shakespeare

- Folder 9: Miscellaneous Notes

- Folder 10: Southern Literature

- Series 4: Berea College Historical Materials

- This series is a conglomeration of different items. The bulk of the material, however, contains information, speeches, comments, or papers on Bereans and visitors on people who were impressed by Berea. Smith had a connection with all of these individuals, in some fashion or another.
- Box 4

- Folder 1: Speech on Anna Smith

- Folder 2: Speech on Francis Hutchins

- Folder 3: Information on Francis Hutchins, concerning interview materials

- Folder 4: Comment on the Dedication of Hutchins Library

- Folder 5: Notes on Dean Louis Smith

- Folder 6: Interview Materials on Dean Smith

- Folder 7: Interview Materials on Gordon Ross

- Folder 8: Interview Materials on William Finnell

- Folder 9: Interview Material on the Navy V12 Program

- Folder 10: Information and Speech on Flora Rhind

- Folder 11: Items Related to a Memorial Service for Frances Vandivier

- Folder 12: Address delivered at the Memorial Service for Eleanor Brooks

- Folder 13: Introductory Comments for a Thornton Wilder Convocation

- Folder 14: Introductory Comments for a Langston Hughes Convocation

- Folder 15: Introductory Comments for a Robert Frost Convocation

- Folder 16: Comments including those on Allan Evarts Foster and Ellen Raymond. Written comments on life of Smith (author unknown).

- Box 5

- Folder 1: Interviews with Berea College Faculty and Staff

- Folder 2: Committee Reports on what a Liberal Arts College Should Be

- Folder 3: Freshman Orientation Committee Notes, 1962.

- Folder 4: Miscellaneous Notes on Berea College

- Series 5: Speeches and Addresses

- This series contains speeches and addresses Smith delivered during her time at Berea—both on and off campus.
- Box 6

- Folder 1: Speech on Etiquette

- Folder 2: The Woman with a Broom

- Folder 3: The Wagging World

- Folder 4: The Facts of Berea College Today

- Folder 5: Speech on Berea College

- Folder 6: Washington Speech

- Folder 7: Target for Tomorrow

- Folder 8: Baccalaureate Address, 1972

- Folder 9: Speech on Teaching

- Folder 10: Speech Given for the Eighth Grade Graduation at Capital Day School, 1963

- Folder 11: A Talk Given to a Berea Elderhostel Group

- Folder 12: A Talk Given to Development People

- Folder 13: Cradle Book

- Folder 14: Address to the High-School Graduates of Casey Co., 1954

- Folder 15: A Chapel Program on Modern Poetry

- Folder 16: Notes for Different Talks

- Folder 17: Berea as a Crusading Institution

- Folder 18: Three Questions Each

- Box 7

- Folder 1: Small Talks or Speeches on Berea College

- Folder 2: Notes for Speeches on Berea College

- Folder 3: Notes for Speeches on Berea College

- Item 1: Notes and Correspondence

- Series 6: Materials Related to Berea's First Century

- Box 8

- Item 1: Smith Notes which are notes that Smith took for writing an updated version of Berea's First Century

- Box 9

- Folder 1: Correspondence: University Press of Kentucky

- Folder 2: Index and Related Materials for Berea's First Century

- Folder 3: Readers comments on draft of Ch. 9 of Berea's First Century

- Box 10

- Folder 1: Partial Early Version chapter 9 of Berea's First Century

- Folder 2: Early Version chapter 9 Berea's First Century

- Folder 3: Early Version chapter 9

- Folder 4: Early Version chapter 9

- Folder 5: Early Version chapter 9

- Folder 6: Early Version chapter 9

- Folder 7: Revised Manuscript chapter 9 (1)

- Folder 8: Revised Manuscript chapter 9 (2)

- Folder 9: Final Manuscript chapter 9

- Series 7: Subject Files

- Box 11

- Folder 1: Miscellaneous Recipes

- Folder 2: Miscellaneous Recipes

- Folder 3: Miscellaneous Recipes

- Folder 4: Articles on the Women's Movement

- Folder 5: Notes and Reflections on the Women's Movement

- Folder 6: Notes on the Women's Movement

- Folder 7: Paper on the Role of Women during WWII

- Box 12

- Folder 1: Notes and Reflections on English Churches and Cathedrals

- Folder 2: A Talk on a Trip to England

- Series 8: Photographs and Slides

- Photographs, primarily in slide format, of a variety of subjects including people and events at Berea College and of travels across Europe.
- Box 12

- Folder 3: Nurses, Miss Goer, Miss Bell, Mrs. White, Grace Hospital, Nurses from graduation ceremony and in practice

- Folder 4: Berea College Students (some with names on back of prints)

- Folder 5: Berea, Berea College, Landscapes, Kentucky, family and friends, people

- Folder 6: Country Dancers 1977

- Folder 7: People 1974

- Folder 8: Country Dancers, Berea College Labor Day, 1980

- Folder 9: Miscellaneous, 1970s

- Box 13

- Folder 1: Phon-a-thon, 1984

- Folder 2: Berea College Labor Day, 1985

- Folder 3: Berea College Labor Day, 1960s

- Folder 4: Berea Bottle Bank, 1980

- Folder 5: Miscellaneous Berea, Berea College, 1960s

- Folder 6: Berea College Mountain Day, 1977

- Folder 7: Wilderness Road, 1970s

- Folder 8: Summer School, 1977 - 1979

- Folder 9: Events, Parades in Berea, 1976

- Folder 10: Landscapes, Miscellaneous, Berea

- Folder 11: Berea College Summer Reunions, 1977 - 1979

- Folder 12: Berea College Homecoming, 1977

- Box 14

- Folder 1: Miscellaneous

- Folder 2: Faculty and Other

- Folder 3: Faculty and Other

- Folder 4: Campus Views, 1960s

- Folder 5: Campus Views, 1960s

- Folder 6: Campus Views, 1960s

- Folder 7: Office Staff and Faculty, 1985

- Folder 8: Berea Places and People

- Folder 9: Sports and Athletics

- Box 15

- Folder 1: Athletics 1970s

- Folder 2: Athletics 1970s

- Folder 3: Athletics 1970s

- Folder 4: Phon-a-thon, 1978

- Folder 5: Berea College Summer Reunions, 1980, 1983

- Folder 6: Berea College Graduation, Commencement, 1977

- Folder 7: Bereans and Berea Scenes, 1951

- Folder 8: Photographs, Prints: Berea College, black and white

- Folder 9: Photographs, Prints: People, Appalachia, black and white

- Folder 10: Delphi, 1966

- Folder 11: Madrid and Costa del Sol, 1981

- Folder 12: Greece, Orthodox Churches, 1966

- Box 16

- Folder 1: Hydra and Venice, 1966

- Folder 2: Britain, 1961, 1966

- Folder 3: Seville, Costa del Sol, 1961, 1981

- Folder 4: European Travels, 1950s

- Folder 5: Britain, 1950s

- Folder 6: Venice and Florence, 1966

- Folder 7: London, 1966

- Folder 8: Rome and Assisi

- Folder 9: Scotland

- Folder 10: Lexington, Kentucky and Area

- Folder 11: England

- Folder 12: Greece, Acropolis (1966)

- Folder 13: European Buildings and Landscapes, 1966

- Folder 14: Ireland, Dublin

- Folder 15: Germany, Switzerland

- Folder 16: Landscapes, Buildings, Houses, Kentucky

- Box 17

- Folder 1: Eleven oversized black and white prints on board, Appalachian subjects. Originally shown at photography club events 1940s and later (event information on back of prints). At least one photograph by student.

- Item 1: Black and white framed print

- Item 2: Black and white framed print

- Item 3: Black and white framed print

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