http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6f59s0hd No online items Page Smith papers, ca. 1952-1964 Finding aid prepared by UCLA Library University Archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] Finding aid last modified on 13 April 2016. Page Smith papers, ca. 620 1 1952-1964 Title: Page Smith papers Collection number: 620 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 15.0 linear ft.(15 cartons) Date (inclusive): ca. 1952-1964 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Creator: Smith, Page 1917-1995 Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition The Page Smith Papers were acquired in 2004 from the Page Smith family and in cooperation with the Special Collections and Archives of the Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Page Smith Papers (Collection 620). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Historian (Charles) Page Smith was born on Septermber 16, 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland; B.A. Dartmouth College (1940); Ph.D. Harvard University (1951) under the direction of Samuel Eliot Morison. Assistant professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (1952); associate professor (1956); professor (1963). In 1964 Smith left UCLA to become the founding Provost of Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz and resigned from the university in 1973. In 1963 he won the Bancroft Prize for his 1962 biography of John Adams. Smith died on August 28, 1995 in Santa Cruz, California. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6415205 Subjects and Indexing Terms Smith, Page. Professional and publication files. Series 1. 1939-2000 Physical Description: 6.0 linear ft. Scope and Content Note Includes: unpublished papers, manuscript drafts, reprints, book reviews, research notes, notes for courses, scripts for talks given by Page Smith, subject files, correspondence, biographical materials, professional association and conference materials, newspaper articles by Page Smith. Box 3 Biographical. c.1964-2000. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note articles (newspaper, newsletter, journal) and tributes to Page Smith. Box 3 Course lectures. c.1975. Physical Description: 1 folder Page Smith papers, ca. 620 2 1952-1964 Professional and publication files. Series 1.1939-2000 Box 3 Festival of nonviolence. 1973; no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Box 3 Incoming correspondence to Page Smith. 1947-1996. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies. Box 3 Interviews with Page Smith. 1953; 1970; no date. Scope and Content Note Interview scripts including radio interviews. Box 3 Outgoing correspondence by Page Smith. 1941-1996. Physical Description: 4 folders Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies. Box 3 Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugene. c.1939-1995. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes, programs for talks, and short papers by various authors about the life and influence of Rosenstock-Huessy. General note Historian and social philosopher Eugene Rosenstock-Huessy (b.1888-d.1973) taught at Dartmouth College while Page Smith was an undergraduate student at Dartmouth. One of Page Smith's early mentors, he exerted a significant influence over Page Smith's thought and work. Box 3 Southampton Summer Conference: Project Open. [Westport, Connecticut] 1974. Physical Description: 1 folder Box 3 Talks by Page Smith -- correspondence. c.1954-1995. Physical Description: 4 folders Box 3 Talks by Page Smith -- notes, scripts, and programs. c.1939-1992; no date.. Physical Description: 2 folders Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies; includes timeline for talks given between 1953-1995. Box 3 UCLA. 1952; 1971. Physical Description: 1 folder Box 3 William James Association. c.1975-1976. Physical Description: 1 folder Box 4 "God's Voice and the American Revolution." n.d.. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Photocopy of a paper by Page Smith. Page Smith papers, ca. 620 3 1952-1964 Professional and publication files. Series 1.1939-2000 Box 4 "History must be told." 1954 Jan. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Text written by Page Smith for a documentary on U. S. history. Also includes notes, correspondence, and a commentary on the nature and significance of history and its treatment in academia. Box 4 "John Adams" research files. c.1957-1971. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Includes notes on the period 1773-1813. Box 4 "John Adams," volume I typed manuscript. c.1962. Physical Description: 14 folders Scope and Content Note Chapters I-XLIII, pages 1-949, and volume I notes. Contains publisher's edits. Additional Note See box #5 for volume II manuscript and index. Box 4 Blacks in 19th century United States. n.d.. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Copies of Page Smith's research notes and writings regarding African Americans in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Box 4 Democracy. c.1947; no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Photocopies. Includes notes; quoted materials from early historians; and a paper by Page Smith, "Sam Adams: The revolutionary mind." Box 4 Education. c.1948; 1981-1984; no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies. Includes clippings of newspaper articles and papers by Page Smith pertaining to education and academia. Box 4 Essays. no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies. Typescripts of essays by Page Smith on various topics. Box 4 History. c.1948; no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Photocopies of research materials and papers by Page Smith and others pertaining to history. Includes a paper, "Faith of an historian," by Samuel Eliot Morison. Page Smith papers, ca. 620 4 1952-1964 Professional and publication files. Series 1.1939-2000 Box 4 Los Alamos Lunar Base Workshop. 1979-1984. Physical Description: 4 folders Scope and Content Note Conference materials including conference planning, biographical sketches, correspondence, print articles about space and the moon, NASA report "Lunar Surface Return" (March 1984), and conference working papers. Additional Note Conference held April 23-27, 1984 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Box 4 Master reprints by Page Smith. c.1949-1992. Physical Description: 4 folders Box 4 National Association of Scholars -- curriculum. c.1990-1992. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Includes newspaper articles pertaining to college curriculum and the National Association of Scholars. Also includes a typescript (photocopy) of a policy draft proposal by the Stanford chapter. Box 4 Philosophy. no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Notes and writings on various philosophers. Box 4 Preface to "Humanity made to order." no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Photocopy of edited typescript of Page Smith's preface to "Humanity Made to Order" by Harry Stekoll (L. Furman, inc., publisher 1937). Box 4 Short stories. c.1940-1949. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Photocopies of short stories by Page Smith. Box 4 U.S. history. c.1946-1953; no date. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Primarily photocopies. Notes and texts by Page Smith and others on U.S. history. Box 5 "A new age now begins..." first draft. c.1974-1975. Physical Description: 6 folders Scope and Content Note Includes original typescript and photocopies of the introduction and Volumes 1-5. Missing chapters: volume 1 chapters 1-2, 5-9, 11; volume 4 chapters 4-5; volume 5 chapter 3. See box 6 for volumes 6-10, bibliographic note, and index. Additional Note Full title: "A new age now begins: A people's history of the United States." Published in 1976 as a two-volume set. Six more volumes, 3-8, of "A People's History of the United States," each dealing with a different historical era, were published between 1980-1986. Page Smith papers, ca. 620 5 1952-1964 Professional and publication files. Series 1.1939-2000 Box 5 "As a city upon a hill" book reviews. 1966 Sep-1967 April. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Many photocopies. Clippings from newspapers and periodicals. Box 5 "Daughters of the promised land..." book reviews. 1970 Nov-1972 Jan. Physical Description: 1 folder Scope and Content Note Clippings from newspapers and magazines. Additional Note Full title: "Daughters of the promised land, women in American history." Former working