Collection Overview
Smith Club of Washington D.C.
Smith Club of Washington D.C. Records
1956-[ongoing]
RG 90
11 boxes
(4.4 linear ft.)
English
Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA
Contains board meeting minutes, Smith Club of Washington, D.C.'s President's notebooks, newsletters, financial records and information on fundraisers and events, especially hosting international students in Washington D.C.
Historical Note
The Smith Club of Washington D.C. is one of the oldest in the nation. It hosts many fundraisers and cultural events such as trips to the opera and the famous Smith Pecan Sales. The Club hosts an annual event for Smith international students allowing them to see the capital of their host country, and performs volunteer work at Washington D.C.'s Martin Luther King elementary school.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains a variety of administrative and financial documents, newsletters, and the notebooks of two club presidents. The files also include materials specific to the Board of the Club and the President of the Club, publications, financial records, memorabilia including photographs, news clippings, press releases and a scrapbook. There are also files which pertain to the Club's general running, including club rosters, membership and alumnae association information.
The records 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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Smith Club of Washington D.C., Box #, Smith College Archives.
The Smith Club of Washington D.C. Records were donated over a period of time to the Smith College Archives from a variety of sources.
- 90. Alumnae Association
1
Board History
1991-99
1
Board of Directors
1990-2004
1
Meetings of the Executive Committee (2 folders)
1959
1
Executive Committee Minutes
1964-65
1
Executive Committee Minutes
1966
1
Executive Committee Minutes
1967
1
Executive Committee Minutes
1968
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1962-64
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1969
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1977-79
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1980
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1981
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1982
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1983
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1984
1
Board Meeting Minutes
1985
2
Board Meeting Minutes
1986
2
Board Meeting Minutes
1987-88
2
Board Meeting Minutes
1989-90
2
Board Meeting Minutes
1994-97
2
Board Meeting Minutes
1997-99
2
Board Meeting Minutes
2000-03
2
President's Notes
1960-61
2
President's Notes
1961-62
2
President's Notes
1986-89
2
President's Notes
1989-90
2
President's Book- Section 1
1985-86
2
President's Book- Section 2
1985-86
2
President's Book- Section 3
1985-86
3
Notebook of President (8 folders)
1968-70
3
Notebook of President (3 folders)
1976-77
3
Board Notebook (5 folders)
1956-60
3
Board Notebook (4 folders)
1954-64
4
Board Notebook (8 folders)
1964-69
4
Board Notebook (3 folders)
1969-71
4
Board Notebook (5 folders)
1971-74
5
Board Notebook: Lists of Board Members, minutes, agendas (12 folders)
1970s
5
Treasurer's Records
1970-74
5
Treasurer's Reports
2000-08
5
Assistant Treasurer's Report
1955-78
5
Assistant Treasurer's Files
1987-88
5
Assistant Treasurer's Report
1993
5
Tax Exemption Information
1966, 1988
5
Budget
2000-03
5
Analysis of Student Aid Support from Smith College Clubs
1963-74
5
Scholarship Fund Account Records (3 folders)
1981
6
Scholarship Fund Account Records
1999-2001
6
Past Benefits
1960-66
6
Past Benefits
1969-97
6
Past Benefits
1998-2008
6
Lily Tomlin Benefit
1988
6
Heidi Chronicles Benefit
1991
6
Miss Saigon Benefit
1994
6
Centennial Garden Party
1995
6
Wit Benefit
2000
6
Pecans
1981-85
7
Directories (not full run)
1944-2001
8
Monthly Letter
1962-64
8
Newsletter
1951
8
Newsletter
1952
8
Newsletter
1960-61
8
Newsletter
1970
8
Newsletter
1971
8
Newsletter
1972
8
Newsletter
1973
8
Newsletter
1974
8
Newsletter
1975
8
Newsletter
1976
8
Newsletter
1977
8
Newsletter
1978
8
Newsletter
1979
8
Newsletter
1980
8
Newsletter
1981
8
Newsletter
1987
8
Newsletter
1989
8
Newsletter
1990
8
Newsletter
1991
8
Newsletter
1992
8
Newsletter
1993
8
Newsletter
1994
8
Newsletter
1995
8
Newsletter
1996
8
Newsletter
1997
8
Newsletter
1998
8
Newsletter
1999
8
Newsletter
2000
9
Newsletter
2001
9
Newsletter
January- May 2002
9
Newsletter
2003
9
Newsletter
2004
9
'A Profile' - booklet about the Club
1982
9
Annual Fall Forum
1985
9
Annual Meetings
1987, 1989
9
Annual Reports and Bylaws
1986-89
9
Annual Reports
1993-96
9
Alumnae Association
1962-64
9
Alumnae Reception for Picker/Smithsonian Students
n.d.
9
Arrangements Committee
1960, 1967-74
9
Associated Alumnae Clubs
1962-64
9
Associated Alumnae Clubs of Washington
1967-76
9
Book and Science Awards Program
n.d.
9
Bush Reception
1981
9
CDO Career Services
1993-95
9
CDO New Directions/Connections
1992-95
9
Club Positions
n.d.
10
Correspondence
1944-99
10
Foreign Students Committee
1960-61
10
Internship Information
1995
10
Iva Dee Hiatt Memorial Concert
1981
10
Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium: Transformations in Art, Culture, and Politics at the Dawn of the 20th Century
2002
10
Membership
1985
10
Membership Publicity Materials
1996
10
Nancy Reagan
1981-94
10
National Gallery of Art
1970
10
Networking Responses
1997
10
Prospective Students
1962-64, 1969
10
Program
1962-64, 1991-98
10
Roster
1986-87
10
Speech by Katherine G. Howard "Women in Politics"
1954
10
Smith College Founding Information
1971
10
Scrapbook Clippings
1981-94
10
Clippings and News Releases
1934-2003
11
Photographs
1952-2003
11
Scrapbook
1981-96