Archival Collections

1919–1937
The collection contains items from Virginia C. Trimble's time at William Smith College in the early 1920s and some items from the 1930s. Materials include William Smith College viewbooks, Pine yearbooks, postcards and greeting cards, and an examination book from 1923.

circa 1943–1944
A small collection of undated photographs of campus scenes donated by Charles V. Adair and his wife. Includes photographs of sporting events, religious life, fraternities, campus houses, theatre, and general student life activities.

1946–1995
A collection of Professor E. E. Griffith's personal papers, biographical materials, and materials regarding the Little Theatre, of which he was the Director.

1957–1998
The papers of Kathryn Dapp Cook, Prof. of English at HWS from 1942–1979. Cook specialized in the study of James Joyce. Materials include correspondence, lecture notes, and photographs.

1916–2001
Materials relating to Prof. of Biology Theodore T. Odell include correspondence, publications, photographs, newspaper articles, biographical materials, awards, honorary degrees, event programs, and academic memorabilia.

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.

1935–1989
This collection contains the memorabilia and college papers of Elizabeth Willcox Thomson, a 1937 graduate of William Smith College.

1931–2000
Lecture notes, supplementary teaching materials, publications, and biographical information on John Lydenberg, Professor of English.

1907–1947
This collection contains documents and memorabilia from Gladys Moyer Dean. Dean was a member of the first William Smith Class—the Class of 1912—as Gladys Campbell Moyer.

1985–1997
This collection contains the papers of Romana Lashewycz-Rubycz, most of which relate to her time as a professor of inorganic chemistry at HWS. The collection includes research grant proposals, publications, course notes, and handouts.

1910–1975
A collection of papers belonging to or regarding Rosalind A. Daniels 1918 including event programs, photographs, composition books, class schedules, and textbooks.

1941–1965
A collection of papers of Geraldine Oyen Steindler WS '45 including two photograph albums, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings.

1924–1987
A collection of papers belonging to or regarding Marianna MacKay Wilkins '28, including programs, cards, bridge tally cards, dance cards and programs, correspondence, articles, photographs, and various memorabilia.

1915–1987
The papers of Helen Bateman Heath, William Smith Dean from 1944–1967, contain personal items and documents related to her work at HWS. Materials include class plans, notes, and examinations from the Western Civilization program.

1941–1996
Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those HWS students who died in World War II. This collection has documentation of the process of the making of the Pro Patria publication and includes receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies.

1884–1993
Materials related to Elizabeth R. Durfee (Registrar), Walter Hetherington Durfee (Dean, Provost, Acting President and Professor), William Pitt Durfee (Dean, Acting President and Professor), and Horton K. Durfee, Hobart class of 1949 and WW II veteran.

1911–1985
The collection contains photographs and other memorabilia from Frances Turgeon Wiggin, WS class of 1912. The photographs depict the campus and her fellow classmates, ca. 1908–1912.

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.

1944–1987
This is a collection of Valerie Saiving's papers that includes her work as a scholar as well as material reflecting her time as a student at the University of Chicago and as a Professor of Religious Studies at HWS from 1959–1987.

1968–1975
This collection contains materials related to the tumultuous events of 1968–1970, inspired primarily by student opposition to the Vietnam War. These events include the flag-washing incident, the sit-in protesting the Air Force R.O.T.C. program, the firebombing of the R.O.T.C. office in Sherrill Hall, and the campus drug raid and subsequent standoff with police. Additional materials cover the arrests and trials which followed. Thomas Tongyai (a.k.a. Tommy the Traveler) is a primary figure in many of these events.

1939–1993
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.

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.

1963–1988
The materials in this collection document Don Woodrow's tenure as a faculty member in the Geoscience Department and the department's evolution and growth. Also included are materials documenting larger campus events.

circa 1919–2013
This collection contains holiday cards sent from 1919 to 2013 by Hobart and William Smith Colleges presidents, provosts, and other administrators.

2001–2003
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 Women's Studies 301.

1965–1992
This collection contains the papers of Professor of Religion Richard "Doc" Heaton, and includes materials related to his courses, study abroad programs, campus events, and local social and religious organizations.

1834–2010
This collection contains the family papers of Daisy Weeks Buchholz, WS 1912. The materials cover her time at William Smith College, her marriage to Arthur Buchholz, H 1909, and their subsequent life and family. Items include diaries, correspondence, photographs, and a large collection of genealogical materials assembled by Daisy and Arthur’s daughter, Priscilla Frisbee.

1951–1955

This small collection contains letters Elizabeth Russell wrote to her parents while attending William Smith College in the 1950s.

1938–1947
Lucia Lowe Wheeler was a member of the William Smith College class of 1942.

Files contain biographical information on people associated with HWS including alumni/ae, faculty, administrators, guest speakers, and award recipients. There are also files on people of local significance.

1823–2016
The Board of Trustee records—Minutes and Committees collection contains the agenda, minutes, and other meeting materials of the Board of Trustees including the materials of Board of Trustees committees.

1944–2017
The Board of Trustee records—Directories collection contains yearly lists of members of the HWS Board of Trustees.

1908–2010
The Board of Trustees records—Handbooks and By-laws collection contains the handbooks and by-laws of the Colleges as well as charters from various years.

1958–2015
Files pertaining to the creation of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award in 1958, and its recipients. Includes correspondence, photographs, programs, nominations, news releases, slides, biographical information, and award certificates.

1969–2000
The papers of Allan A. Kuusisto, President of HWS from 1970 to 1982, including correspondence, biographical information, Colleges related documents, published materials, photographs, and personal files.

1909–2017
This record group contains records from the Art and Architecture Department. The majority of the materials relate to exhibitions held on campus. Materials include invitations, correspondence, posters, programs, and planning documents.

1987–1990
The two files in this records group contain departmental records, memos, reports, and correspondence. Most of the material is on the subjects of staffing, course development, and department planning.

1991–2007
This Record Group contains files on the creation of the LGBT Studies program in the 1990s. Items include correspondence, notes, syllabi, and proposal documents.

This record group contains records of the Hobart College Museum, including the museum accession book, ca. 1908–1960, and a card catalog of birds in the museum.

1987–1989
This Record Group contains "The Gradient," the Mathematics and Computer Science department newsletter, from 1987–1989.

1946–1987
This record group is a collection of syllabi created by HWS faculty for courses taught at the Colleges between 1946 and 1987. The majority of the syllabi are from courses in the Western Civilization program.

1823–2012
This Record Group contains the records of the library at Geneva College, Hobart College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

1953–2014
A collection of materials created to support several of the colleges' Self-Studies prepared for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It includes committee reports, surveys of faculty and students, departmental reports as well as miscellaneous items.

1826–1930
This collection contains informational student files created by the HWS Alumni and Alumnae Relations office. The files in this collection cover Geneva College, Hobart College, and William Smith College students who graduated between 1826 and 1930.

1981–2012
Capital campaigns are designed to raise money for the endowment, for scholarships, and for specific building and renovation projects. This record group contains materials from the 1984, 1994, and 2006 HWS capital campaigns.

1968–1994
The Geneva Scholarship Associates was created ca. 1967–1968 to supplement funds, or scholarship aid, already available at HWS in order to enable worthy high school graduates residing within Geneva to attend the Colleges.

circa 1953–1990
This collection contains the papers of Edith O. Rapalee, class of 1945. The papers primarily date from her time as Assistant Director of Development.

circa 1930–2000
This Record Group includes 39 boxes of photographs and files pertaining to college events ca. 1930–2000.

1914–2014
Materials from the William Smith Dean's Office include newsletters, correspondence, matriculation lists, event programs and invitations, materials related to the honor societies Hai Timiai and the Laurel Society, Dean's reports, and more.

1886–2017
This record group contains information and materials about sports and teams at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

1946–2006
Collection includes pamphlets, scrapbook pages, correspondence, programs, schedule guides, playlists, posters, calendars, scripts, promotions, news releases, and newspaper clippings from the Colleges' radio station WEOS.

1852–2013
This Record Group contains HWS student publications. Many of these publications were short-lived, only producing a handful of issues. A few publications, however, had longer runs.

1861–2015
RG 10 contains the records of the Office of Religious Life, which encompasses the Chaplain's Office and the Abbe Center for Jewish Life. The majority of these materials were given to the Archives by the Chaplain's Office sometime around 1994.

1816–1938
This record group contains early financial records of the Colleges.

1886–2017
This record group contains information and materials about sports and teams at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

1894–2017
This record group contains documents from the Statesmen Athletic Association, the Heron Society, and other Hobart and William Smith Colleges athletics associations as well as materials related to awards that these and other groups have bestowed upon indivduals and teams.