Office of the President Marion Le Roy Burton Files, 1910-1917 : Contents List

Series I. Correspondence	1909-1917	3.43 linear feet
This series, the largest in the collection, is organized alphabetically, with various categories breaking down into subcategories (i.e. Academic Departments: Astronomy, Art, Biblical Literature, etc; Board of Trustees: Baldwin, Clark, Comstock, etc.). The only organizational irregularity is Burton's "Outgoing Correspondence" which is located at the front of Box # 304. This series is largely made up of letters to and from members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, Alumnae and students. The folders are all clearly labeled and dated where information is available.
Outgoing correspondence note book,	1915-16		Box 1

A,	1911-16		Box 1

Academic Departments

Art	1913-17, n.d		Box 1

Astronomy	1911-16, n.d.		Box 1

Biblical Literature and Comparative			Box 1

Religion	1913-17, n.d.		Box 1

Botany	1913-16		Box 1

Chemistry	1912-17		Box 1

Economics and Sociology	1910-17, n.d.		Box 1

Education	1914		Box 1

Elocution	1911-17, n.d.		Box 1

English Language and Literature	1910-17, n.d.		Box 1

French Language and Literature	1911-17, n.d.		Box 1

Geology	1914-17, n.d.		Box 1

Germanic Languages and Literatures	1911-15, n.d.		Box 1

Greek Language and Literature	1912		Box 1

History	1912-17		Box 1

Italian	1913, n.d.		Box 1

Latin Language and Literature	1911-17		Box 1

Mathematics	1916		Box 1

Museum	1910-17		Box 1

Music	1910-17, n.d.		Box 1

Philosophy and Psychology	1914-16		Box 1

Physical Education	1911-17, n.d.		Box 1

Physics	1910-17, n.d.		Box 1

Spanish	1915-17, n.d.		Box 1

Zoology	1910-17, n.d.		Box 1

Alumnae Association	1909-17, n.d.		Box 2

Alumnae Correspondence	1910-16, n.d.		Box 2

American College for Girls at Constantinople	1911-12		Box 2

American School of Classical Study	1913		Box 2

Archives	1917		Box 2

Association of Collegiate Alumnae	1912-13		Box 2

B	1911-17		Box 2

Bassett, John Spencer	1912-16		Box 2

Beckwith, Martha Warren	1915-17		Box 2

Benedict, Suzan Rose	1914, 1917		Box 2

Botanic Garden	1911-17, n.d.		Box 2

Brimmer School	1913, 1915		Box 2

Brown, Charles R.	1916-17		Box 2

Bryn Mawr College	1911-15		Box 2

Buildings, Superintendent of	1911-1917		Box 2

General Insurance	1916-17		Box 2

James I. Wingate and Co.	1912-14, n.d.		Box 2

C	1912-17		Box 2

Carman, Esther E.	1911-16, n.d.		Box 2

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching	1910-17		Box 2

Chapin, F. Stuart	1912-17		Box 2

Cheever, Louisa Sewall	1914-17		Box 2

Churchill, Alfred Vance	1914-17. n.d.		Box 2

[Class of 1904 Decennial Gift Committee	1913-14]----Missing		Box 2

Cobb, Harriet Redfield	1914-16, n.d.		Box 2

Cobb, Mary S.	1911, 1916, n.d.		Box 2

Committees

on Advanced Standing	n.d.		Box 2

Board of Admission	1915-17		Box 2

Board of Faculty Advisers	1916-17		Box 2

on College Preparatory Schools	1915		Box 2

on the Course of Study	1916?		Box 2

on Dishonest Work	1916		Box 2

Examining Board	1912		Box 2

on Freshman Honors	1917		Box 2

[on Funds for Attendance at Meetings of Learned Societies]	1917		Box 2

on Graduate Instruction	1911-17, n.d.		Box 2

on Honors	1917, n.d.		Box 2

on the Inauguration of Marion Le Roy Burton	1910-11, n.d.		Box 2

on the President's Reception at Commencement	1915-17		Box 2

on Reception of Students	1912-16		Box 2

on Recommendations	1917		Box 2

on Research	1917		Box 2

on Revision of the Curriculum	1913-16, n.d.		Box 2

on Schedule	1915-17, n.d.		Box 2

on the Shakespeare Prize	1912, n.d.		Box 2

Curtis, Mary Beach	1915-17		Box 3

Cutler, Anna Alice	1910, 1912, 1915		Box 3

D	1911-17		Box 3

Dean, Office of	1912-17, n.d.		Box 3

Deane, Sidney Norton	1912-17, n.d.		Box 3

Delpit, Louise	1913-16, n.d.		Box 3

Duckett, Eleanor Shipley	1916		Box 3

Dunn, Emmett Reid	1916-17		Box 3

E	1912-17		Box 3

Egan, Rose F.	1915-16		Box 3

Eisenbrey, Clara M.	1911-12		Box 3

Emerick, Charles	1914-16		Box 3

F	1910-16		Box 3

Faculty, Secretary of	1910-17		Box 3

Fay, Sidney Bradshaw	1914-17		Box 3

Filer, Grace	1914-15		Box 3

Foster, Mary Louise	1912-17, n.d.		Box 3

Freeman, Ethel Hale	1912-17		Box 3

Fuller, Mary Breese	1912-17, n.d.		Box 3

G	1911-17		Box 3

Gamble Foundation	1916-17		Box 3

Ganong, William Francis	1915-17, n.d.		Box 3

Gardiner, Harry Norman	1910-17		Box 3

Gates, Charles G. and Florence H. and estate	1913		Box 3

Gates Foundation	1914, 1916		Box 3

General Education Board	1911-1915		Box 3

--Rockefeller Fund			Box 3

Gill, Laura Drake see also Trustees	1913-15		Box 3

Gragg, Florence Alden	1910-17		Box 3

Grant, Elihu	1913-17		Box 3

Gray, William Dodge	1910-17		Box 3

H	1912-17		Box 3

Hampshire Bookshop	1916-17		Box 3

Hanscom, Elizabeth Deering	1912-17		Box 3

Harvard/Princeton Universities	1914-15		Box 3

Hazen, Charles Downer	1912-17		Box 3

Hildt, John Coffey	1914-17		Box 3

Hobart College	1913-14		Box 3

Holzworth, Charles	1911-14		Box 3

Honorary Degrees	1914, 1916		Box 3

Hopkins, Mary Murray	1914-1		Box 3

Houses/Heads of Houses	1912, 1914, n.d.		Box 3

Hunt, Agnes	1912-15, n.d.		Box 3

I	1911		Box 3

Infantile Paralysis	1916		Box 3

Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations	1911-12		Box 3

J	1912-17		Box 4

J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau	1915		Box 4

J.P. Morgan & Co.	1915, n.d.		Box 4

Jordan, Mary Augusta	1912-16, n.d.		Box 4

K	1910-17		Box 4

Kapp, Marie F.	1911-12		Box 4

King, Helen Maxwell	1913-17, n.d.		Box 4

L	1910-17		Box 4

Lanning, William H.	1910-15		Box 4

LeDuc, Alma	1911-16, n.d.		Box 4

Lee, Carrie Case	1912-16, n.d.		Box 4

Lee, Jennette	1910-15, n.d.		Box 4

Library	1910-17, n.d.		Box 4

Linehan, Mary L.	1916-17		Box 4

Locke, Arthur Ware	1915		Box 4

M	1911-17		Box 4

Marshall	n.d.		Box 4

McCracken, Henry Noble	1913-15, n.d.		Box 4

Michaud, Jennie Chase	1914-16		Box 4

Michaud, Regis	1913-17		Box 4

Miller, Barnette	1915-17		Box 4

Miller, William J.	1914-17		Box 4

Million Dollar Endowment Fund	1912-13		Box 4

Montgomery, Cornelia A.	1916		Box 4

N	1911-16		Box 4

Newell, Anna Grace	1913-16		Box 4

Newell, Jane I.	1915-16, n.d.		Box 4

Nolen, John: correspondence and report	1913-16		Box 4

Northampton	1913-16, n.d.		Box 4

O	1911-17		Box 5

P	1911-17		Box 5

Page, Frederick H.	1915		Box 5

Panama-Pacific International Exposition	1914-15, n.d.		Box 5

Parker, Clara M.W. (Mrs. C.E.)	1911-15, n.d.		Box 5

Peace Mission	n.d.		Box 5

Physician, Office of	1912-17, n.d.		Box 5

Pigeon, Anne Gardner	1911-13		Box 5

Pinkerton's National Detective Agency	1915 Apr-Jun		Box 5

Powell, Lyman P.	1910-14, n.d.		Box 5

Prenez, Blanche	1915-17		Box 5

Presbyterian Ministers' Fund	1915		Box 5

President, Office of	1916		Box 5

Psychological Bulletin	1913-14		Box 5

Q	1915		Box 5

R	1910-16		Box 5

[Rally Day ---Missing	1914-15]		Box 5

Registrar, Office of	1911-17		Box 5

Rice, Richard Ashley, Jr.	1915-16, n.d.		Box 5

Richardson, Mary Lilias	1910-15		Box 5

Rosseter, Louise W.	1912-16, n.d.		Box 5

S	1910-17		Box 5

Schinz, Albert	1913-17, n.d.		Box 5

Scott, Mary Augusta	1911-17		Box 5

Scott, Walter	1912-13		Box 5

Seelye, Laurenus Clark	1909-15		Box 5

Shields, Emily Ledyard	1915		Box 5

Smith College Association for Christian Work (SCACW)	1911-13		Box 5

Sophia Smith University	1916		Box 5

Southern Association of College Women	1910-12, n.d.		Box 5

Spalding, Martha Reed	1911, n.d.		Box 6

Sperry, Pauline	1911-16		Box 6

Stetson-Fuller, Louise	1913-16		Box 6

T	1910-17		Box 6

Taft, William Howard	1914		Box 6

Townsend, H.G.	1914		Box 6

Treasurer, Office of	1909-17, n.d.		Box 6

Trustees, Board of

General	1913-14, n.d.		Box 6

Baldwin, Ruth Standish	1913-17		Box 6

Clark, John B.	1912-17		Box 6

Comstock, Ada Louise	1911-12		Box 6

Davies, Thomas F.	1915-17, n.d.		Box 6

Dill, James B.	1910		Box 6

Emerson, Ellen Tucker	1916		Box 6

Gallagher, H. Clifford	1911-17		Box 6

Gill, Laura Drake (see also general)	1909-10		Box 6

Gillett, Arthur L.	1910-17		Box 6

Greene, John Morton	1909-17		Box 6

Lamont, Thomas William	1911-17, n.d.		Box 6

McCall, Samuel W.	1912-17		Box 6

Noyes, Lucia Clapp	1909-14, n.d.		Box 6

Roberts, Charles A.	1911-17, n.d.		Box 6

[Wells, Marguerite Milton	1914-17, n.d.]--Missing		Box 6

Willard, Elisa May	1912-15		Box 6

Williston, A. Lyman	1909-15, n.d.		Box 6

Tryon, Dwight William	1911-14		Box 6

Turner, Julia E.	1912-14		Box 6

Tyler, Henry Mather	1910-12. n.d.		Box 6

Underwood, George A.	1914-17		Box 6

V	1910-17		Box 6

Van Kleeck, Mary	1912, 1915		Box 6

Vassar College	1915-16		Box 6

Vincens, Berthe	1912-13		Box 6

W - Z	1911-17		Box 6

Waterman, Frank Allan	1914-17		Box 6

Wilder, Harris Hawthorne	1911-16		Box 6

Series II. Biography	1874-1941	.49 linear feet
The biographical series includes information on Burton's family history (including an incomplete genealogy compiled by his brother), his time at Carleton College, Yale University, the Church of the Pilgrims, Smith College and the Universities of Minnesota and Michigan, as well as various obituaries and memorial pamphlets. Also included are a few sources (mainly newspaper articles) relating to several members of the Burton family. Most of the photographs are of Burton himself, including many studio portraits. There are also many of his inauguration, some of his family life (mainly with Mrs. Burton) and a few candid shots taken at various times. The photographs are arranged by subject.
Photographs

Portraits	1913-1917		Box 8

President and Mrs. Burton	1911-1914		Box 8

Sillouettes, by Alfred Vance Churchill	n.d.		Box 8

Portrait, Class of 1891	1917		Box 8

Portraits, formal	1910-1911		Box 8

Family	1910		Box 8

Biographical Materials

University of Michigan	1919-1920, n.d.		Box 8

University of Minnesota	1917-1919		Box 8

Personal Correspondence	1910-1920		Box 8

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society	1914-1915		Box 8

Presidency of Smith College	1909

Baccalaureate Address, "The Meaning of America"	n.d.		Box 8

General			Box 8

Memorials	1925-1927		Box 8

Obituatries	1925		Box 8

Series III. Smith College Documents	1910-1917	.49 linear feet
This series contains various documents relating to Burton's seven-year tenure at Smith College. These documents include information about conferences he attended while president, newspaper and magazine articles from those years, plans for the building of the Quadrangle and information about his resignation in 1917.
Conference of Women's College Presidents	1916May		Box 9

Funds

Million Dollar Fund	1911-1913		Box 9

Gift Book	1911-1913		Box 9

Press Information	1914		Box 9

Quadrangle Plans	1914		Box 9

Receptions	1915		Box 9

Resignation	1917		Box 9

Speeches, announcements	1906-1917		Box 9

Memorial Service for Ludmilla Peck	1913Apr 13		Box 9

Series IV. Inauguration	1910	.49 linear feet
This series is devoted to materials relating to Burton's inauguration as the second president of Smith College. These materials includes copies of Burton's inaugural speech, various other speeches made that day, a program of events of the Burton Inauguration, copies and lists of invitations, newspaper and magazine articles relating to the event and photographs of the event.
Publication, "The Inauguration of President Burton	1910		Box 10

Addresses	1910		Box 10

Committee on Inaugural Proceedings	1910		Box 10

Correspondence	1910		Box 10

Invitation lists	1910		Box 10

News Releases	1910		Box 10

Official Documents	1910		Box 10

Order of Exercises	1910		Box 10

Photographs	1910		Box 10

Series V. Publications	1910-1925	.49 linear feet
The Publications series contains copies of many of Burton's publications, both books and articles, on various topics ranging from the curriculum of Smith College to thoughts on his own Christian faith.
The Secret of Achievement: Baccalaureate Address	1913		Box 11

The Life Which Is Life Indeed: Baccalaureate Address	1914		Box 11

First Things: Baccalaureate Address	1915		Box 11

On Being Divine: Baccalaureate Address (all published by The Pilgrim Press, Boston & Chicago)	1916		Box 11

Old Man Dare's Talks to College Men, Introduction by Marion L. Burton (NY:Fleming H. Revell Co.)	1922		Box 11

Our Intellectual Attitude in An Age of Criticism (Boston&Chicago: The Pilgrim Press)	1913		Box 11

The Problem of Evil: A Criticism of the Augustinian Point of View (Chicago:Open Court Publishing Co.)	1909		Box 11

Articles

Various, fragments	n.d.		Box 11

"The Age-Long Lesson" Good Housekeeping	1918Dec		Box 11

From The Smith Alumnae Quarterly:

The New Curriculum,	1915Nov		Box 11

The Present Status of the Million Dollar Campaign,	1912Apr		Box 11

To The Alumna,	1911Jan		Box 11

Being Divine,	1916Jul		Box 11

The New Method of Admission,	1916Apr		Box 11

"That Mind of Yours," Kiwanis Magazine	1925Feb		Box 11

"Why Am I A Christian?" North American Student	n.d.		Box 11