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Southern Mountain Workship Files, 1944-1960Finding AidFinding aid prepared by manosca.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2003
Biographical NoteEstablished in 1944, the Southern Mountain Workship was awarded to a graduating senior who was expected to work for nine to ten months in the isolated rural communities of Appalachia with the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, as well as at two centers run by the CSMW. A stipend was awarded, as well as room and board for the duration of the "workship." The program was administered by a committee made up of Smith College faculty and administrators, in conjunction with the CSMW. Faculty members of the Southern Mountain Workship Committee included: Dorothy S. Ainsworth, '1916Stephen T. CraryAlison Cook, 1918Virginia CorwinAlice N. DavisFlorence R. DayNeal B. DeNoodHarriet HitchcockMargaret Alexander MarshMiller, H. (Harriet Zimmerman or Henry Laurence, Jr.)Marie SchneidersGertrude Parker SmithEleanor Lincoln TerryKathering Reding WhitmoreThe Southern Mountain Workship award was given to the following students:
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Southern Mountain Workship files contain correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases and photographs documenting the Southern Mountain Workship program which Smith College and the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers (CSMW) co-sponsored between 1944-1960. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the CollectionThe files are arranged by type of material. Included are Press Releases (1944-1959) and Newspaper Clippings (1949-1958) describing the program and activities of the students who were awarded the workship. There is also Correspondence (1949-1972) between the administrators of the Conference of Southern Workers and Smith College, and various parties interested in the work of the SMW. In addition, there is correspondence of individual students involved with the program. There are also Reports (1946-1959) which document the activities of the women and the projects with which they were involved. These reports provide insights into the work accomplished by the program. Photographs (1950-1954) include press photographs and a small number of informal photographs of students at work. Return to the Table of Contents
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