Margaret Alexander Marsh Papers | Contents List SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL | (1926-1984) | 2 linear in. |
| This series is organized into three subseries: GENERAL, FAMILY, and DIARIES AND CALENDARS. There is a small amount of personal material in this series including clippings from the Smith Alumnae Quarterly on Marsh, a booklet on Marsh family history, and information on a cottage that Marsh and her husband owned in Wellfleet, MA. The diaries are related to her research travel and the calendars to her profession life at Smith. | General
| 1947, 1952, 1984 |
| Box
1 | | Family |
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| | Allison W. Marsh
| 1958, 1976 |
| Box
1 | | Ellen Marsh
| 1946, 1961, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Marsh Family History
| 1928, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Wellfleet, MA Land and Cottage
| 1937-1938, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Diaries and Calendars |
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| | Travel Diary, Bolivia
| 1926 |
| Box
1 | | Travel Diary, Bolivia (Allison Marsh)
| 1926 |
| Box
1 | | Notes and Journal, Venezuela
| 1946, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Smith College Calendar
| 1951 |
| Box
1 | |
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE | (1911-1983) | 10 linear in. |
| This series is organized into three subseries: GENERAL, FAMILY, and SMITH COLLEGE. The SMITH COLLEGE subseries is divided by Faculty and Staff and Students. The correspondence from students is organized into several categories in the following order: General, Class of 1952, Class of 1957, and Junior Year Abroad in Geneva. The correspondence from students in the JYA Geneva program is organized into three sections; General, Class of 1960 and non-Smith Students. The bulk of the correspondence covers 1940-1961 and is from students who Marsh worked with as a Class Dean or as the Resident Advisor for JYA Geneva . A small amount of student correspondence is restricted. The bulk of the restricted correspondence is from Ellen Hauser, Class of 1960, and will be closed until 2022. It cover 1960-1983 and is 2 linear inches. The subseries FAMILY contains correspondence to her husband and daughter from her research trips to Patzcuaro, Mexico and Venezuela. There is also correspondence in SERIES VII. SUBJECT FILES.
| General |
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| | Coburn, John and Ruth
| n.d. |
| Box
1 | Note: | Littlejohn, William
| 1914 |
| Box
1 | | Meiklejohn, Alexander
| 1923, 1944, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Venezuela and Monoculture Article
| 1946-1948, 1961, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Miscellaneous
| 1923-1983, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Family |
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| | Alice Alexander
| 1911 |
| Box
1 | | Patzcuaro, Mexico
| 1940, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Venezuela
| 1946, n.d. |
| Box
1 | | Smith College Faculty and Staff |
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| | Blakeslee, Albert F.
| 1951 |
| Box
1 | | Bryson, Gladys Eugenia
| 1952 |
| Box
1 | | Davis, Herbert John
| 1945 |
| Box
1 | | DeNood, Neal Breaule
| 1953 |
| Box
1 | | Grierson, Margaret S.
| 1954 |
| Box
1 | | Hankins, Frank
| 1944 |
| Box
1 | | Hornbeak, Katherine Gee
| 1948 |
| Box
2 | | Randall, Helen
| 1964 |
| Box
2 | | Wright, Benjamin Fletcher
| 1948-1952 |
| Box
2 | | Smith College Students |
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| | Miscellaneous |
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| | Meyendorff, Alexandra (Class of 1933)
| 1948? |
| Box
2 | | O'Connor, Egan (Class of 1958)
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Proctor, Carolyn J. (Class of 1950)
| 1949 |
| Box
2 | | Wise, Molly (Class of 1962)
| 1964 |
| Box
2 | | Unidentified
| 1952-1964, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Class of
1952
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| | General
| 1952, 1967 |
| Box
2 | | Parents of Students
| 1952 |
| Box
2 | | Prosser, Alfred L., father of Martha Prosser
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | Note: | Felstiner, Susan
| 1952 |
| Box
2 | | Hamilton, Eleanor (Regarding)
| c1951 |
| Box
2 | Note: [RESTRICTED until 75 years after the death of individuals mentioned.] | Morrell, Martha
| 1953 |
| Box
2 | | Pines, Joan
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Simkute, Stefanija (Regarding)
| 1952 |
| Box
2 | | Spencer, Dorothy
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Waterman, Fran
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | West, Shirley
| 1953 |
| Box
2 | | Wood, Barbara
| 1952 |
| Box
2 | | Worcester, Laurie
| 1952, 1971, 1976, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Class of
1957
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| | General
| 1956-1957, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Parents of Students
| 1957, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Anderson, Ann
| 1955 |
| Box
2 | | Crawford, Cynthia
| 1955? |
| Box
2 | | Crile, Ann
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Crocker, Marion
| 1955 |
| Box
2 | | Franklin, Elizabeth
| 1957 |
| Box
2 | | Gorman, Marjory
| 1955? |
| Box
2 | | Gottlieb, Sybil
| 1955 |
| Box
2 | | Grant, Mary
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Hackett, Josephine
| 1975, 1983 |
| Box
2 | | Hawes, Harriet
| 1961, 1963, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Kuhlthau, Margaretta
| 1956 |
| Box
2 | | Michel, Eda
| 1961-1972, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Perry, Ann
| 1955 |
| Box
2 | | Schwerin, Mary
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Simenas, Vida
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Smith, Martha
| 1955? |
| Box
2 | | Taylor, Mary Alice
| 1957 |
| Box
2 | | Webber, Mary
| 1956 |
| Box
2 | | Winn, Esther
| 1981 |
| Box
2 | | Junior Year Abroad, Geneva |
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| | General
| 1947-1960, 1965, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Class of
1960
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| | Bland, Frances
| 1961 |
| Box
2 | | Bollengier, Berta
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Brown, Betsy Jean
| 1961, 1964, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Brutcher, Constance
| 1962 |
| Box
2 | | Day, Pamela
| 1960-1969, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Dunphy, Sara
| 1960 |
| Box
2 | | Gardner, Joan (Jackie)
| 1961-1964 |
| Box
2 | | Hauck, Anne-Marie
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Hauser, Ellen
| 1960-1962, 1963-1969, 1973-1983, n.d. |
| Box
2 | Note: | Karapinka, Orysia
| 1960-1962 |
| Box
2 | | Koch, Barbara
| 1961, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Lambert, Elsa
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Meyer, Marguerite
| 1960, 1962, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Newberry, Barbara
| 1960 |
| Box
2 | | Newman, Sandra
| 1961-1962, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Pathy, Christine
| 1961-1962 |
| Box
2 | | Stackpole, Beverly
| 1962-1964, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Strayer, Elizabeth
| 1961-1962, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Taylor, Cynthia
| 1960, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Varnick, Reet
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Watson, Jeanne, (mother of Patricia Watson)
| 1958-1959 |
| Box
2 | | JYA Geneva Students
, Non Smith
| 1958-1959 |
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| | Cumins, Gail
| n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Greene, Gail
| 1958-1965 |
| Box
2 | Note: | Huff, Katherine
| 1959-1962, n.d. |
| Box
2 | | Huff, Katherine, (and her Mother, Leona Huff)
| 1959 |
| Box
2 | Note: | Kemble, Sara
| 1963 |
| Box
2 | | Martin, Elizabeth
| 1961 |
| Box
2 | | Robertson, Dorothy
| 1961 |
| Box
2 | Note: |
SERIES III. COURSES TAKEN | (1914-1916, 1955) | 2 linear in. |
| This series contains notes that Marsh took in her undergraduate and graduate courses at Smith College 1914-1916. The exception is one folder on an Education Course that she took at the Harvard Summer School in 1955. | Botany
| 1914 |
| Box
3 | | Botany 1 Laboratory
| 1914 |
| Box
3 | | Government
| 1914 -1915 |
| Box
3 | | Government
| 1915 - 1916 |
| Box
3 | | American Government
| 1915 |
| Box
3 | | Unidentified
| 1915 |
| Box
3 | | Reading List, Education Course, Harvard Summer School
| 1955 |
| Box
3 | |
SERIES IV. COURSES TAUGHT | (1924, 1930-1960) | 7 linear in. |
| All of the course material in this series is from courses taught at Smith College except for one folder on a course at Amherst College. The bulk of the material is lecture notes and syllabi. | Economics, Government, and Sociology 47a
| 1947-1948 |
| Box
3 | | History and Social Science 295a
| 1963 |
| Box
3 | | Social Science 192
| 1959-1960 |
| Box
3 | | Sociology 11a
| 1942 |
| Box
3 | | Sociology 26
| 1930-1956, n.d. |
| Box
3 | | Sociology 34a-b
| 1950-1960 |
| Box
3 | | Sociology 37b
| 1941-1957, n.d. |
| Box
3 | | Sociology 40b
| 1957 |
| Box
4 | | Sociology 320 a-b
| 1937-1938 |
| Box
4 | | Sociology and Anthropology 11a-b
| 1959-1960 |
| Box
4 | | Sociology and Anthropology 310a
| 1959-1960 |
| Box
4 | | "Social and Economic Institutions in Amherst College"
| 1924 |
| Box
4 | | Unidentified Lecture Notes
| 1929-1937 |
| Box
4 | |
SERIES V. RESEARCH NOTES AND CARD FILES | (1917-1922, 1954-1956, 1962, n.d.) | 1 linear ft. and 9 linear in. |
| This series contains card files of research notes organized by subject and unidentified research notes. In addition, there is one card file that lists the contacts Marsh used for her research on the petroleum industry in Central and South America for her article, "Monoculture and the Level of Living: An Hypothesis." | Bibliography on Popular Culture
| 1962 |
| Box
4 | | Card file of research notes by subject |
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| Box
5 | | Card file of research notes by subject and card file of contacts for research on the petroleum industry. |
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| Box
6 | | Notes, American Association for International Conciliation?
| 1917-1922 |
| Box
6 | | Notes, Unidentified
| 1917-1918 |
| Box
6 | | Notes, Unidentified
| 1954-1956, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Notes, Unidentified
| n.d. |
| Box
7 | |
| (1931-1961, n.d.) | 4 linear in. |
| This series is organized into three subseries: GENERAL, CLASS DEAN, and RESIDENT DIRECTOR, JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD, GENEVA. This series consists of general material related to Marsh's work at Smith College including meetings and speeches in her role as the Class Dean of the Classes of 1952 and 1957, a list of JYA Geneva students during the 1958-1959 academic year, and information on the Seven College Conference in 1955 and 1956. | General |
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| | Committee on Honors of the History Department (Regarding Eleanor Hauser)
| 1959? |
| Box
7 | | Committee on a Four Course Plan
| 1944, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Hankins, Frank
| 1938, 1970 |
| Box
7 | | Proposals for Interdepartmental Courses in the Social Sciences
| n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Salary
| 1931-1964 |
| Box
7 | | Seven College Conference
| 1955 |
| Box
7 | | Seven College Conference
| 1956 |
| Box
7 | | Class Dean |
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| | Class of
1952
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| | General
| 1948-1952, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Class Meetings and Speeches
| 1948-1952 |
| Box
7 | | Questionnaire and Results
| 1967 |
| Box
7 | | Class of
1957
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| | Ephemera
| 1953-1957, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Statistics and Speeches
| 1953-1957, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Junior Year Abroad
| 1955-1956, n.d. |
| Box
7 | | Resident Director, JYA Geneva |
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| | General
| 1958-1959 |
| Box
7 | | General,
| 1947, 1955-1961, n.d. |
| Box
7 | Note: | List of JYA Geneva Students
| 1958-1959 |
| Box
7 | | Course Evaluations
| 1959 |
| Box
7 | |
SERIES VII. SUBJECT FILES | (1921-1969, n.d) | 1 linear ft. and 5 linear in. |
| Most of the subject files are on countries. In addition there are subject files on topics such as population and individuals. They contain newspaper clippings, pamphlets, articles, advertisements, correspondence, syllabi, lecture notes and research notes. Most reprints of articles from journals were removed from the collection. A photocopy of the front cover with biographical information was left in place of each one. See also subject card files in SERIES V. RESEARCH NOTES AND CARD FILES.
| Africa
| 1963 |
| Box
8 | | Albania
| 1921-1932, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | Angola to Ghana
| 1958 |
| Box
8 | | Bolivia
| 1922-1944, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | Bolivia
| 1923-1933, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | Bolivia
| 1926-1928, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | Bolivia, Trust Contract and Tejada Report
| 1923, 1931 |
| Box
8 | | Caribbean Seminar
| 1931-1932, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | China
| 1940-1960, n.d. |
| Box
8 | | Coburn, John B., Dr., Articles
| 1965, 1969 |
| Box
8 | | Conference on Economic Factors in International Relations
| 1923-1926 |
| Box
9 | | Gruening, Ernest
| 1935, 1947 |
| Box
9 | | Imperialism
| 1922-1944, n.d. |
| Box
9 | | Japan
| 1941-1959 |
| Box
9 | | Latin American Economy Proseminar
| 1924-1944, n.d. |
| Box
9 | | Mexico, Democracy and Free Enterprise
| 1920s, 1930, 1951, n.d. |
| Box
9 | | Patzcuaro, Mexico
| 1940-1941 |
| Box
9 | | Monoculture
| n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Pamphlets and Articles, Misc.
| 1920s-1930s, 1950, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Population
| 1940s, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Population Explosion
| 1952-1958, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Russia, Travel
| 1929, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Russia, Pamphlets
| 1927-1930, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Russia, Newspaper Clippings
| 1926-1933, n.d. |
| Box
10 | | Sociology and Immigration, folder 1
| 1930-1931 |
| Box
10 | | Sociology and Immigration, folder 2
| 1930-1931 |
| Box
11 | | Venezuela, Mementos
| 1946 |
| Box
11 | | Venezuela, Research
| 1940-1951, n.d. |
| Box
11 | |
SERIES VIII. WRITING AND SPEECHES | (1948-1973, n.d.) | 1 linear in. |
| This series contains published and unpublished writing and speeches. Speeches, writing, and correspondence related to her writing may also be found in SERIES VII. SUBJECT FILES filed by subject.
| Book Reviews, published
| 1959-1960, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Miscellaneous
| 1948, 1951, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | "Petroleum Seed: An Answer to Venezuela's Colonial Economy"
| n.d. |
| Box
11 | | "Monoculture in Latin America: Plan of Study"
| n.d. |
| Box
11 | | "The Problem of Finding Faith"
| n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Rough draft of article on Sylvia Plath and May Sarton
| 1973, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Smith Alumnae Quarterly Article
| 1972 |
| Box
11 | | Speech given at the Roundtable on Imperialism and War at the Student Anti-War Conference at Smith
| 1934 |
| Box
11 | |
| (1914-1982, n.d.) | 4.5 linear in. |
| The bulk of the photographs are of unidentified classmates from Marsh's years as a student at Smith and photographs of her students and their families. In addition, there are photographs from her research trips. | Smith College |
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| | Angell, Norman, Sir
| n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Margaret Alexander (Marsh) and classmates
| 1914, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Unidentified Women, Classmates/Residents of Hubbard House? |
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| | folder 1
| circa 1914, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | folder 2
| circa 1914, n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Marsh and Smith College faculty
| n.d. |
| Box
11 | | Class of
1952 Who's Who
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| | Students
| 1952, 1955-1956, n.d. |
| Box
12 | | Children of Students
| 1959-1960, n.d. |
| Box
12 | | Ellen Hauser (Bernstein) and Family
| 1967-1982, n.d. |
| Box
12 | | Research related travel |
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| | Caribbean Seminar
| circa 1932 |
| Box
12 | | Patzcuaro, Mexico
| 1940, n.d. |
| Box
12 | | Venezuela
| 1944, n.d. |
| Box
12 | | Unidentified
| n.d. |
| Box
12 | |
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| | Restricted Material from Boxes 1-12 |
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| Box
13 | |
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