University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
4155
Smith, Alice Maude, 1868-1938
Alice Maude Smith papers
1880-1937
8.68 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Collection materials are in
English.
Papers of an
author, physician, civic leader and political activist of Washington
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.
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 4155-001, Alice Maude Smith papers,
1880-1937
- Accession No. 4155-002, Alice Maude Smith papers,
1890-1936
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.
No restrictions on access.
Request at UW
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Benjamin, Ruth Sterling
D'Orsay, Laurence R
Sand, Algo, 1904-
Smith, Alice Maude, 1868-1938--Archives
Yamamoto, S
E.R. Squibb & Sons
East Hampton (N.Y.). Clerk
New York Public Library
Woman's Legislative League of Washington
Women's Legislative Council of Washington
Physicians--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Women physicians--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Civic leaders--United States
Women civic leaders--United States
Political activists--United States
Women political activists--United States
Women
Medicine and Health
Mental Health
Washington (State)
Tacoma
Literature
Diaries
Scrapbooks
Laws and Legislation
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.
Correspondence
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
1/4
4155-001
Smith's diary
1888-1932
Manuscripts
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
4-7
4155-001
Bound manuscripts
approximately 1880-1930
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
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, 1890-1936
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.
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
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