Helen L. Smith Collection

Archive

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Hood College Archives and Special Collections

Helen Smith with students; Helen Smith is second to left, looking away from the camera.

Helen Smith with students; Helen Smith is second to left, looking away from the camera.

Name/Title

Helen L. Smith Collection

Entry/Object ID

2013.052

Scope and Content

This collection consists of art, ephemera, documents of Helen L. Smith, one-time art professor and chair of the Art Department at Hood.

Collection

Helen L. Smith Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2013.052

Archive Details

Creator

Helen Leona Smith

Archive Notes

Archivist: Mary Atwell Archivist's Notes: 3/24/23 - this collection was put together and named the Helen Smith Archive" by a group of Hood employees and volunteers, after Helen Smith's death in 1997. The gathering of materials was in part to research a book put out by the group, called "Frederick's Legacy: The Art of Helen L. Smith". Also created at the time was an exhibit of Hood owned/controlled items and borrowed items from the community, held at the Beneficial-Hodson Library. Collection includes a finding aid for a series of notebooks holding collection items. Legacy collection.

Location

Location

Archives

Hood College Archives, Beneficial-Hodson Library

Date

May 16, 2024

Notes

Reason: req. proc. for preservation; temp boxes Until: processed Notes: 2078 and 2082 were preliminarily processed, contents now in Hollinger boxes.

Location

Archives

Hood College Archives and Special Collections

Category

Permanent