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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)
Quantity
8.68 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Collection Number
4155
Summary
Papers of an author, physician, civic leader and political activist of Washington
Repository
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

No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Accession No. 4155-001: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1880-1937

    3.09 cubic feet (8 boxes)

    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.

    Arrangement: Materials are arranged by material type.

    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.

  • Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936

    5.59 cubic feet (2 cartons and 6 oversize boxes)

    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.

    Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

    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.

    • Description: 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
      Dates: approximately 1900-1936
      Container: Box 1, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbooks that include correspondence, memoranda, newspaper articles, and programs relating to Smith's medical and literary careers
      Dates: approximately 1890-1936
      Container: Box 2, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbook # 5: Scrapbook of newsclippings, pamphlets, announcements, Northwestern University Woman's Medical School, Chicago Medical Society
      Dates: approximately 1890-1930
      Container: Box:oversize 3, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: 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
      Dates: approximately 1890-1936
      Container: Box:oversize 4, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbook #15: Scrapbook of front page newspaper reproductions and newspaper clippings, primarily from Tacoma, Washington
      Dates: 1907-1910
      Container: Box:oversize 5, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbook #16: Scrapbook of front page newspaper reproductions and newspaper clippings from Tacoma, Washington, Seattle, Washington, and elsewhere in the US
      Dates: 1903-1906
      Container: Box:oversize 6, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbook #17: Scrapbook of front page newspaper reproductions and newspaper clippings, primarily from Tacoma, Washington
      Dates: approximately 1920-1930
      Container: Box:oversize 7, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936
    • Description: Scrapbook #18: Scrapbook of maps, posters, pamphlets, fliers, and postcards from travel
      Dates: approximately 1900-1936
      Container: Box:oversize 8, Accession 4155-002
      Location: Accession No. 4155-002: Alice Maude Smith papers, 1890-1936


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