News & Highlights Smith College Special Collections Secondary Scroll Left In This Section Close Secondary Nav Mission, Vision & Values What We Collect Expand What We Collect Menu Donating Oral Histories News & Highlights Staff & Contacts Support Expand Support Menu Madeleine L’Engle Travel Research Fellowships More News The Origin of Basketball at Smith Learn about Senda Berenson and watch a video about the early days of Smith basketball. News February 20, 2026 Exhibits Women’s History Month with Special Collections Offerings span political, academic, and historical spheres from reproductive justice to human rights... Exhibits February 18, 2026 Events Special Collections Career Insights Open House, March 5 Meet Special Collections staff and explore career options in archives and rare books, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Events February 18, 2026 Events Special Connections in Special Collections, February 13 See the spiciest items in the archives and rare book collections! 3-6 p.m. Neilson Library 3rd floor... Events February 5, 2026 Events SWG150 Partners with Libraries to Offer “Listening for Reproductive Justice,” December 11 Come and listen to a collection of podcasts created by students taking SWG150, 5 p.m., Alumnae Gym. Events December 8, 2025 News Women’s History Matters — Support for Special Collections Learn more about how you can help support Smith College Special Collections now and in the future. News December 3, 2025 News Words of Nourishment from New Curator of Rare Books Erin McGuirl makes meaningful connections through materials found in the Mortimer Rare Book Collecti... News November 20, 2025 Events Celebrate the Cromwell Family Papers in Special Collections, November 6 The papers offer a glimpse into the lives of Otelia and Adelaide Cromwell, 3-5 p.m., Neilson 304. Events October 31, 2025 Events Home, House, History (& Halloween!), October 31 & November 1 Explore materials about Smith house histories from the College Archives during Family Weekend. Events October 20, 2025 News Special Collections Research Fellowships for 2026-2027 Short-term and long-term fellowships are offered. Applications due January 5, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. EST News October 1, 2025 1 2 3 4 5 …
News The Origin of Basketball at Smith Learn about Senda Berenson and watch a video about the early days of Smith basketball. News February 20, 2026
Exhibits Women’s History Month with Special Collections Offerings span political, academic, and historical spheres from reproductive justice to human rights... Exhibits February 18, 2026
Events Special Collections Career Insights Open House, March 5 Meet Special Collections staff and explore career options in archives and rare books, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Events February 18, 2026
Events Special Connections in Special Collections, February 13 See the spiciest items in the archives and rare book collections! 3-6 p.m. Neilson Library 3rd floor... Events February 5, 2026
Events SWG150 Partners with Libraries to Offer “Listening for Reproductive Justice,” December 11 Come and listen to a collection of podcasts created by students taking SWG150, 5 p.m., Alumnae Gym. Events December 8, 2025
News Women’s History Matters — Support for Special Collections Learn more about how you can help support Smith College Special Collections now and in the future. News December 3, 2025
News Words of Nourishment from New Curator of Rare Books Erin McGuirl makes meaningful connections through materials found in the Mortimer Rare Book Collecti... News November 20, 2025
Events Celebrate the Cromwell Family Papers in Special Collections, November 6 The papers offer a glimpse into the lives of Otelia and Adelaide Cromwell, 3-5 p.m., Neilson 304. Events October 31, 2025
Events Home, House, History (& Halloween!), October 31 & November 1 Explore materials about Smith house histories from the College Archives during Family Weekend. Events October 20, 2025
News Special Collections Research Fellowships for 2026-2027 Short-term and long-term fellowships are offered. Applications due January 5, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. EST News October 1, 2025
