Materials related to women and books are found across the three repositories in Smith College Special Collections: the Smith College Archives and the Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History, and the Mortimer Rare Book Collection.

Read the “Scope and Contents” and the "Biographical/Historical" notes in the finding aids for more information on each individual collection.

Popular Topics include

Feminist and Women-owned Bookstores

Printers and Women-owned Presses

Librarians

Collectors

Student Printing at Smith College

Bookmaking and Design