manosca155 Agnes Hunt Papers, 1897-1946 (bulk 1900-1923) Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Mary L. Wright. Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA
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 Collection Overview Hunt, Agnes, 1876-1923 Agnes Hunt Papers 1897-1946 1900-1923 RG 42 1 box (2.5 linear inches) English Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA
Professor of History and poet. Contains biographical material, correspondence, poetry, photographs, publications and tributes. Biographical Note

Agnes Hunt was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on April 1, 1876 to Nathan Parker Hunt and Elizabeth S. (Bisbee) Hunt. She graduated from the Manchester High School in 1893. She earned an A.B. at Smith College where she excelled in history and was the author of the "Ivy Song" for her graduating class of 1897. She continued to study history at Yale University where she received her Ph.D. in 1900. Her doctoral thesis was titled, "The Provincial Committees of Safety."

Her first teaching post was as an instructor in history at the College for Women at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where she lived and worked in a settlement house. In 1903 she became Associate Professor of History at Wells College in Aurora, New York. Then in 1906 after spending a year abroad she returned to Smith College as an Associate Professor of History, where she taught English History and the history of Latin America. Known as an accomplished poet her work appeared in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York newspapers. She was also inducted into the Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Massachusetts and was published in professional teaching journals.

In 1919 Professor Hunt resigned from Smith College and returned home to New Hampshire to care for her mother. After her mother's death, she remained at home and became an active member of the Manchester community with memberships and affiliations to many civic and professional organizations until her death in 1923.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The materials document the life and career of Agnes Hunt as a member of the History Department. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, poetry, photographs, publications and tributes from 1897 until 1946. The bulk dates of materials range from 1900 to 1923. Notable correspondents include Ada Comstock, the first woman Dean of Smith College and later President of Radcliffe College. In a letter to Professor Hunt written in 1922 she proposed a plan for an American Association of University Women, exhorting college women to make themselves "guardians of educational interests."

 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities. Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Agnes Hunt Papers, Box #, Smith College Archives.

 History of the Collection

The Agnes Hunt Papers were donated over a period of time to the Smith College Archives from a variety of sources.

 Additional Information Related Material

Faculty collections for Professor Hunt's peers in the History, as well as the English, Greek, and Music departments can also be found in the Smith College Archives.

 874 1 Contest Flyer: Colonial Monographs 1923 874 2 Correspondence - Abel, Anne Heloise 1919 874 3 Correspondence - Basset, John Spencer 1919 874 4 Correspondence - Bliss, Laura Adella 1914 874 5 Correspondence - Booth, Mrs. R.P. 1946 874 6 Correspondence - Comstock, Ada Louise 1922 874 7 Correspondence - Dean, Sidney Norton 1913-19 874 8 Correspondence - DeWoolf, Elliott 1915 874 9 Correspondence - Hanscom, Elizabeth D. 1926 874 10 Correspondence - Hazen, Charles Downer 1900 874 11 Correspondence - Hildt, John C. 1908-20 874 12 Correspondence - Moog, Wilson T. n.d. 874 13 Correspondence - Neilson, William Allen 1919 874 14 Correspondence - Roman, Fiederick 1912 874 15 Correspondence - Tyler, Amelia Whiting n.d. 874 16 Degree: Yale 1900 874 17 Memorial Book 1923 874 18 Memorial Book 1923 874 19 Operetta 1904 874 20 Photographs (3) n.d. 874 21 Publications 1904-24 874 22 Sorority Cards 1911