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Alice Maude Smith papers, 1880-1937
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Smith, Alice Maude, 1868-1938
- Title
- Alice Maude Smith papers
- Dates
- 1880-1937 (inclusive)18881937
- Quantity
- 8.68 cubic feet (16 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4155
- Summary
- Papers of an author, physician, civic leader and political activist of Washington
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Physician and writer Alice Maude Smith (1867-1938) began her medical career as a nurse at the Lynn Hospital Training School for Nurses in Massachusetts. She graduated with a Doctor in Medicine degree from Northwestern University in 1896. Smith moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1898 where she began a practice, though local male doctors purposefully undercut her prices to keep her work sparse. Smith was a member of the American Medical Association, Washington State Medical Societies, Washington State Medical Examining Board, League of Women Writers, and Director of Health and Hygiene for the Women's Legislative Council of Washington. She researched and published articles about child development, mental health, and syphilis. Smith also served as a psychiatrist for the Tacoma court system, assessing the competence of defendants in court.
Smith was also a playwright, essayist, and poet. Her play "The Strength of the Weak" was performed in Tacoma and New York City and eventually was made into a movie in 1916. Smith wrote under her own name, as well as Alice Smith Scoville, Sutton Broome, Smith Sutton Brome, Scovill Smith, and Scovill Smith Browe.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Materials contain correspondence, literary manuscripts, poetry manuscripts, notes, a diary, and scrapbooks that document Smith's career as a physician and writer. Scrapbooks include writings, notes, correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, photographs, maps, essays, poems, posters, and newspaper articles about Smith's work in medicine and literature. Also included is a small amount of correspondence and memoranda from the Women's Legislative Council of Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 4155-001, Alice Maude Smith papers, 1880-1937
- Accession No. 4155-002, Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 4155-001: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1880-1937Return to Top
Scope and Content: Materials contain correspondence, literary manuscripts, poetry manuscripts, notes, a diary, and scrapbooks that document Smith's career as a physician and writer. Scrapbooks include writings, notes, and newspaper articles about Smith's work in medicine and literature. Also included is a small amount of correspondence and memoranda from the Women's Legislative Council of Washington.
Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Alice M. Smith, 1/1/1937.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1 | 4155-001 | Correspondence regarding Smith's writing and medical
career |
1910-1936 |
| 1/2-3 | 4155-001 | Correspondence written by patients at the Illinois
Western Hospital for the Insane in Watertown, Illinois |
1915-1916 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/4 | 4155-001 | Smith's diary |
1888-1932 |
Manuscripts |
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| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/5-30, 2/1-34, 3/1-9 | 4155-001 | Loose prose manuscripts |
approximately 1900-1937 |
| 3/10-15 | 4155-001 | Poetry manuscripts |
approximately 1900-1937 |
| Box | |||
| 4-7 | 4155-001 | Bound manuscripts |
approximately 1880-1930 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/16-17 | 4155-001 | Notes about writings and a booklet about John Howard
Payne |
approximately 1900-1937 |
| 3/18-3/20 | 4155-001 | Correspondence and memoranda from the Women's
Legislative Council of Washington |
approximately 1915-1925 |
| Box | |||
| 8 | 4155-001 | Scrapbooks including writings, notes, and newspaper
articles about medicine and literature |
approximately 1900-1937 |
Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936Return to Top
Scope and Content: Materials contain scrapbooks of correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, photographs, and ephemera that document the professional life of Alice Maude Smith. Also included in the scrapbooks are newspaper articles, postcards, essays, poems, maps, and posters relating to Smith’s career as a doctor, playwright, and writer. Materials also include correspondence and memoranda relating to the Women's Legislative Council of Washington.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Received 2/28/1992.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4155-002 | Scrapbooks of calling cards; postcards; pamphlets,
membership cards, and newspaper articles relating to Smith's medical career
including the Women's Legislative Council of Washington; correspondence, notes,
manuscripts, pamphlets, and programs relating to Smith's literary career;
newspaper articles relating to mental health, medicine generally, and theater;
scrapbook titled "Little Mother and Other Stories" by Smith including writings,
newspaper articles, and notes |
approximately 1900-1936 |
| 2 | 4155-002 | Scrapbooks that include correspondence, memoranda,
newspaper articles, and programs relating to Smith's medical and literary
careers |
approximately 1890-1936 |
| box:oversize | |||
| 3 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook # 5: Scrapbook of newsclippings, pamphlets,
announcements, Northwestern University Woman's Medical School, Chicago Medical
Society |
approximately 1890-1930 |
| 4 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook #6: Scrapbook of professional diplomas and
certificates, photographs of Smith, correspondence about donation of collection
to University of Washington, and correspondence about literary
career |
approximately 1890-1936 |
| 5 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook #15: Scrapbook of front page newspaper
reproductions and newspaper clippings, primarily from Tacoma,
Washington |
1907-1910 |
| 6 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook #16: Scrapbook of front page newspaper
reproductions and newspaper clippings from Tacoma, Washington, Seattle,
Washington, and elsewhere in the US |
1903-1906 |
| 7 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook #17: Scrapbook of front page newspaper
reproductions and newspaper clippings, primarily from Tacoma,
Washington |
approximately 1920-1930 |
| 8 | 4155-002 | Scrapbook #18: Scrapbook of maps, posters, pamphlets,
fliers, and postcards from travel |
approximately 1900-1936 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Civic leaders--United States
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Physicians--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Political activists--United States
- Women civic leaders--United States
- Women physicians--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Women political activists--United States
Personal Names
- Smith, Alice Maude, 1868-1938--Archives
Corporate Names
- Women's Legislative Council of Washington
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Benjamin, Ruth Sterling (creator)
- D'Orsay, Laurence R (creator)
- Sand, Algo, 1904- (creator)
- Yamamoto, S (creator)
Corporate Names
- E.R. Squibb & Sons (creator)
- East Hampton (N.Y.). Clerk (creator)
- New York Public Library (creator)
- Woman's Legislative League of Washington (creator)
