Emily Ann Smith Papers, 1930-1987 | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

By Lori Myers-Steele

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Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

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