Papers of Alice Kimball Smith, 1961-1991 (inclusive).

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Papers of Alice Kimball Smith, 1961-1991 (inclusive).

Collection includes biographical information; letters of appointment at Radcliffe College; mostly post-retirement correspondence with Institute fellows about the evolution of the Institute; notes for speeches and talks; articles about Bunting Institute, women in higher education, and women in science.

.5 linear ft. (1 file box)

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Smith, Constance E.

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Radcliffe College. Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute

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The Bunting Institute (former names: Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, 1960-66, and the Radcliffe Institute, 1966-78) was founded by Radcliffe President Mary Ingraham Bunting to foster scholarly study by women and on women. The Institute appoints Fellows and Research Associates in the arts and sciences, and provides them with workspace and stipends to further their research in a variety of programs. These in the past have included funding for part-time medical residents from the Josiah ...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Radcliffe College. Institute for Advanced Study.

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Smith, Alice Kimball

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Historian, educator, and college administrator, Alice Kimball Smith (1907-2001) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. She received her A.B. from Mount Holyoke College, 1928 and Ph.D. from Yale University, 1936. She was married to Cyril Stanley Smith, metallurgist and historian of technology in 1931. While her husband worked on the development of the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, 1943-1946, Smith taught in the Los Alamos High School. Subsequently in Chicago Smith was assistant editor of The Bulletin of At...