Origins Collection

Series 2: Additional Smith College Founding Documents, 1868-1918 

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Series Overview

1. The Smith Family, 1894-1913 (2 folders)
2. Wills of Austin, Harriet and Sophia Smith, 1889-1914
3. On the Amount of Sophia Smith's Gift for her College, 1917, 1918
4. Biographical Data on the First Board of Trustees
5. Letters of John M. Greene and William S. Tyler, 1872, 1873
6. Other Papers, 1879-1904

Inventory

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		Folder 1:The Smith Family, 1894-1913
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1893 Mar. 14
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1893 Mar. 18
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1896 May 9
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1896 May 16
		W. D. Billings, Hatfield Town Clerk, to John M. Greene	1896 Aug. 25
		James M. Crafts to John M. Greene	1896 Aug. 2
		James M. Crafts to John M. Greene	1896 Aug. 6
		J. S. Wells to John M. Greene	1889 July 22 and 27
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1891 Nov. 21
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1896 May 4
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1896 July 30
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1896 Aug. 15
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1898 May 26
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1900 July 9
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1900 Aug. 21
		Pamphlet: "Genealogy of the Wells Family and also of the Smith Family"	1893
		Folder 2: The Smith Family (cont'd)
		Daniel W. Wells to John M. Greene  Re: estimated valuation of Austin and Sophia Smith's estates	1910 Feb. 20
		Sophia Smith - Personal:
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1893 Mar. 9
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1896 May 4
		Fanny A. Cook to John M. Greene	1913 Mar. 10
		Austin Smith - Personal:
		William H. Dickinson to John M. Greene	1894 July 3
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1895 June 6
		J. E. Clark, Sheriff's Office, to John M. Greene	1902 Dec. 3
		Homes of the Smith Family:
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1896 May 11
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1896 Aug. 4
		William H. Dickinson to John M. Greene	1896 July 20
		Folder 3: Wills of Austin, Harriet and Sophia Smith
		Register of Deeds, Hampshire County, to John M. Greene	1889 Sept. 5
		Register of Deeds, Hampshire County, to John M. Greene	1889 Sept. 9
		Austin Smith's will, certified copy	1889 Sept. 5
		Register of Deeds, Hampshire County, to John M. Greene  Re: Harriet Smith's will and settlement of Austin Smith's estate	1889 Sept. 14
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene  Re: Sophia Smith's will	1888 Nov. 22
		Printed copy of Sophia Smith's will	1871
		Register of Probate Court, Hampshire County, to John M. Greene  Re: Proving of Sophia Smith's will	1911 Jan. 14
		George W. Hubbard to John M. Greene  Re: Dates of Sophia Smith's five wills	1879 Sept. 25
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene  Re: execution of Sophia Smith's last will	1914 Jan. 13
		Folder 4: On the Amount of Sophia Smith's Gift for her College
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene	1917 Mar. 22
		John M. Greene to Charles N. Clark  w/ reply	1917 Mar. 24 1917 Mar. 26
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene	1917 June 30
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene	1917 July 6
		Charles H. Allen to John M. Greene	1917 July 9
		Charles H. Allen to John M. Greene	1917 July 12
		Charles H. Allen to John M. Greene	1917 Aug. 30
		Charles N. Clark to Charles H. Allen	1917 Aug. 31
		Report of three Trustees on the Amount of Sophia Smith's Gift for Her College	[1917]
		Amelia W. Tyler to John M. Greene	1917 Mar. 26
		Amelia W. Tyler to John M. Greene  w/ Memorandum of Miss Nina Browne	1917 Nov. 8  1918 Feb. 22
		Folder 5: Biographical Data on the First Board of Trustees
		Biographical sketch of Birdsey Grant Northrop by John M. Greene
		Biographical sketch of Edward Bates Gillett by  John M. Greene
		Payson Smith to Helen French Greene Re: Joseph White	1925 Feb. 25
		Massachusetts State Librarian to Helen French Greene Re: William Barrett Washburn	1925 Mar. 3
		J. L. Harrison to John M. Greene, enclosing biographical sketch of Charles Edward Forbes by C. A. Cutter	1917 Dec. 3
		Last Will and Testament of Charles Edward Forbes	1876 Sept. 25
		Folder 6: Letters of John M. Greene and William S. Tyler
		William S. Tyler to John M. Greene	1872 July 3
		John M. Greene to William S. Tyler	1872 Aug. 27
		John M. Greene to William S. Tyler	1873 Apr. 10
		John M. Greene to William S. Tyler	1873 Apr. 21
		Folder 7: Other Papers
		On Deacon Hubbard's Statement and Sophia Smith's Will of July 11, 1868:
		George W. Hubbard to John M. Greene	1879 Oct. 6
		George W. Hubbard to John M. Greene	1887 Dec. 27
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene	1888 Dec. 8
		Charles N. Clark to John M. Greene	1888 Dec. 29
		On "Persecution" of Deacon Hubbard:
		James Porter to John M. Greene	1910 Nov. 12
		D. W. Wells to John M. Greene	1916 Mar. 23
		On Sophia Smith's Reading "Should Women Learn the Alphabet?" by T. W. Higginson:
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Nina Browne	1903 Dec. 2
		Mary F. Eastman to T. W. Higginson	1890 Jan. 28
		John M. Greene to Nina Browne	1904 Apr. 1
		John M. Greene: Recommendations made to Sophia Smith [in retrospect]	1911 Jan. 30
		John M. Greene to Hatfield Town Clerk Re: Schools in Hatfield in 1796	1896 July 21