Deceased alumni biographical files and obituaries
Scope and Contents
This series contains records related to Alumni Affairs, the InDepth newsletter, local alumni chapters, the Executive Committee, the partnership with the Smith College Special Collections to create the Social Work Archive, reunions and anniversary events, publicity photos, and alumni biographical files.
The series also includes reports, planning materials, and correspondence related to alumni fundraising, like the Annual Fund, the 1918 Fellowship, and several Capital Campaign projects. Files related to fundraising from grants and foundations can be found in the Development series.
There is a small run of Smith College School for Social Work that were collectedby the Alumni Affairs Office in this series as well.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials in the Smith College Archives are open for use, with the following exceptions: "Office Files," files of records created for the use of the administrative unit that created them, are closed to research for a period of 10 years following their creation.
Faculty tenure and promotion files, as well as inactive faculty files are closed permanently.
Board of Trustees' records are closed permanently.
Minutes of the Faculty Council are closed to all except current Smith College Faculty for a period of 75 years following their creation.
Student academic records, student disciplinary records, and all records containing FERPA-covered student information are closed during the lifetime of the student. Student records created 100 years or more ago are assumed to be about deceased students.
In all cases, the College Archives will continue to provide public access to materials that were intended to be public at the time of their creation (press releases, publications, etc.)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
