Archival Collections

1807–1940
The papers of George M. B. Hawley, Geneva lawyer and local historian, include notes, correspondence, articles, and other writings by Hawley and others on the history of Geneva, the Finger Lakes region, and Hobart College.

1846–1986
This collection contains scrapbooks by students and scrapbooks by or for college presidents. Also included are scrapbooks of news clippings, of college history, of college records, of college organizations, of class reunions and news clippings from WWI.

1837–1972
The Arch Merrill papers contain correspondence and papers related to Merrill's profession as a journalist. He spent a large part of his career working for Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle.

1950–1994
Materials from the Seneca Lake Waterways Association (1950–1979) and the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association (1989–1994).

1902–1982
The materials in this collection primarily consist of theater programs from productions staged theaters, the majority of which are from theaters in New York City from the 1920s to the late 1950s. Also included are programs from productions staged in theaters at HWS, the Smith Opera House, and other theaters in the Rochester area, the U.S., and around the world.

1737–1995
This collection contains the papers of Warren Hunting Smith, Hobart & William Smith trustee, editor of the Horace Walpole letters, and grand-nephew of William Smith, founder, most notably his voluminous personal and professional correspondence.