These subject guides are designed to assist researchers in beginning their search on a specific topic. These lists are not meant to be comprehensive lists of materials in the collection.

Below you will find links to webpages, individual Google Documents and spreadsheets that act as overviews for the most popular topics of research in the College Archives.

Smith History by Subject

• College Serials before 1915
• Chinese Students at Smith College, 1900-1960 
• Ginling College
• History of Basketball at Smith College
• House Histories
• Responding & Organizing Against Racism at Smith
• Western Massachusetts Local History 
• Labor Unions and Worker Advocacy at Smith College

Departments, Faculty members, and Staff

• Smith College department and faculty history overview

Smith Students 

The following are lists of where to find specific types of materials created by students in each. The materials below are not digitized.

• Student Diaries 1875-1939
• Student Letters 1875-1994
• Student Photo Albums 1879+
• Student Scrapbooks 1881+

Publications 

• Selected College Fiction