Finding Aid for the Page Smith Papers LSC.0620
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Title: Page Smith papers
Creator:
Smith, Page, 1917-1995
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0620
Physical Description:
15.0 Linear Feet
(15 cartons)
Date (inclusive): circa 1952-1964
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Archives of the Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Smith, Page.
Professional and publication files. Series 1.
1939-2000
Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents 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Includes: unpublished papers, manuscript drafts, reprints, book reviews, research notes, notes for courses, scripts for talks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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
articles (newspaper, newsletter, journal) and tributes to Page Smith.
box 3
Course lectures.
c.1975
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 3
Festival of nonviolence.
1973; no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 3
Incoming correspondence to Page Smith.
1947-1996
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies.
box 3
Interviews with Page Smith.
1953; 1970; no date
Scope and Contents note
Interview scripts including radio interviews.
box 3
Outgoing correspondence by Page Smith.
1941-1996
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies.
box 3
Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugene.
c.1939-1995
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 3
Talks by Page Smith -- correspondence.
c.1954-1995
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
box 3
Talks by Page Smith -- notes, scripts, and programs.
c.1939-1992; no date.
General Physical Description note: 2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies; includes timeline for talks given between 1953-1995.
box 3
UCLA.
1952; 1971
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 3
William James Association.
c.1975-1976
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 4
"God's Voice and the American Revolution."
n.d.
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of a paper by Page Smith.
box 4
"History must be told."
1954 Jan
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes on the period 1773-1813.
box 4
"John Adams," volume I typed manuscript.
c.1962
General Physical Description note: 14 folders
Scope and Contents note
Chapters I-XLIII, pages 1-949, and volume I notes. Contains publisher's edits.
General note
See box #5 for volume II manuscript and index.
box 4
Blacks in 19th century United States.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies. Includes clippings of newspaper articles and papers by Page Smith pertaining to education and academia.
box 4
Essays.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies. Typescripts of essays by Page Smith on various topics.
box 4
History.
c.1948; no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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.
box 4
Los Alamos Lunar Base Workshop.
1979-1984
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
Scope and Contents 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.
General note
Conference held April 23-27, 1984 in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
box 4
Master reprints by Page Smith.
c.1949-1992
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
box 4
National Association of Scholars -- curriculum.
c.1990-1992
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Notes and writings on various philosophers.
box 4
Preface to "Humanity made to order."
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of short stories by Page Smith.
box 4
U.S. history.
c.1946-1953; no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents 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
General Physical Description note: 6 folders
Scope and Contents 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.
General 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.
box 5
"As a city upon a hill" book reviews.
1966 Sep-1967 April
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Many photocopies. Clippings from newspapers and periodicals.
box 5
"Daughters of the promised land..." book reviews.
1970 Nov-1972 Jan
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from newspapers and magazines.
General note
Full title: "Daughters of the promised land, women in American history." Former working title: "Daughters of Zion."
box 5
"Daughters of the promised land..." galley proofs.
c.1969
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes table of contents, pages 3-156, postcript, notes, and index.
General note
Full title: "Daughters of the promised land, women in American history." Working title on galley proofs: "Daughters of Zion."
box 5
"Daughters of the promised land..." typed manuscript.
c.1969
General Physical Description note: 5 folders
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of typed manuscript containing Page Smith's edits. Pages 1-496.
General note
Full title: "Daughters of the promised land, women in American history." Former working title: "Daughters of Zion."
box 5
"John Adams" book awards.
1963
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Book award announcements and telegram.
box 5
"John Adams" book reviews.
1962 Sep-1964 July
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings of reviews from magazines, journals, and newspapers. See box #8 for more reviews of "John Adams."
box 5
"John Adams," Volume II typed manuscript.
c.1962
General Physical Description note: 12 folders
Scope and Contents note
Chapters I-XLIX, pages 950-1843, volume II notes, Volumes I-II index. Includes publisher's edits. See box #4 for manuscript
of volume I.
box 5
"The historian and history" book reviews.
1964 March-Dec
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings.
box 6
"A new age now begins..." first draft.
c.1974-1975
General Physical Description note: 12 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes original typescript (some photocopies) of Volumes 6-10, bibliographic note, and index. Missing chapters: volume 8
chapters 6-8, 11; volume 9 chapters 6, 11; volume 10 chapters 6, 8. See box 5 for volumes 1-5.
General note
Full title: "A new age now begins: A people's history of the United States." Published as a two-volume set in 1976. 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.
box 6
"A new age now begins..." publisher's correspondence.
c.1975-1976
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 6
"A new age now begins..." book reviews.
c.1971; 1976 Feb-1977 Summer
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings, magazine reviews, correspondence from the U.S. Naval War College and a book review from the "Naval War
College review."
box 6
"America enters the world..." book reviews.
1985 June
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from periodicals.
General note
Full title: "America enters the world: A people's history of the Progressive Era and World War I." Volume 7 of the eight-volume
"A people's history of the United States."
box 6
"Coming of age" drafts.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Includes typed drafts of 29 articles by Page Smith with author's edits. See box #7 and #8 for "Coming of age" clippings.
General note
"Coming of age" was a weekly column on aging written by Page Smith from August 1988 until March 1992 for Chronicle Features.
The syndicated column was published in many papers including the San Francisco Chronicle.
box 6
"Democracy on trial" book material.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
One cartoon.
General note
Full title: "Democracy on trial: The Japanese American evacuation and relocation in World War II.
box 6
"Democracy on trial" book reviews.
1995 Aug-Sep
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of newspaper clippings. Also includes one letter to Ms. Easley, Page Smith's daughter.
General note
Full title: "Democracy on trial: The Japanese American evacuation and relocation in World War II.
box 6
"Dissenting opinions: Selected essays" book reviews.
1984 May-Aug
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from periodicals.
box 6
"Jefferson: a revealing biography" typescript of chapter XVI.
c.1975
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
box 6
"Jefferson: a revealing biography" book reviews.
c.1976 Aug-1977 Feb
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings.
box 6
"Killing the spirit..." book reviews.
1990 Feb-May
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper and magazine clippings.
General note
Full title: Killing the spirit: Higher education in America."
box 6
"Killing the Spirit..." book tour documents.
c.1990 March; 1993 Jan
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Book tour schedule and newspaper clipping.
box 6
"Old age is another country..." book reviews.
1995 Sep-1996 Jan
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of newspaper clippings.
General note
Full title: "Old age is another country: A traveler's guide."
box 6
"Redeeming the time..." book review.
1986 Oct
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of newspaper clipping.
General note
Full title: "Redeeming the time: A people's history of the 1920s and the New Deal." Volume 8 of the eight-volume "A people's
history of the United States."
box 6
"The chicken book" typed manuscript.
c.1974
General Physical Description note: 2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes chapters IX-XIV.
General note
Former working title: "Chicken-Smith." Page Smith co-authored "The chicken book" with Charles Daniel.
box 6
"The nation comes of age..." book reviews.
1982 Feb
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of newspaper clippings.
General note
Full title: "The nation comes of age: A people's history of the ante-bellum years." Volume 4 of the eight-volume "A people's
history of the United States."
box 6
"The rise of industrial America..." book reviews.
1984 March
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings.
General note
Full title: "The rise of industrail America: A people's history of the post-Reconstruction era." Volume 6 of the eight-volume
"A people's history of the United States."
box 6
"The shaping of America..." book reviews.
1980 March-July
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper and magazine clippings.
General note
Full title: "The shaping of America: A people's history of the young Republic." Volume 3 of the eight-volume "A people's history
of the United States."
box 6
"Trial by fire..." book reviews.
1982 Nov-Dec
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of newspaper clippings.
General note
Full title: "Trial by fire: A people's history of the Civil War and Reconstruction." Volume 5 of the eight-volume "A people's
history of the United States."
box 6
Newspaper article drafts.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of 11 typed drafts with author's edits.
box 6
Newspaper articles by Page Smith.
c.1947 Sep-1993 June
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Clippings (some photocopies) of articles by Page Smith on various topics.
box 6
Scraps of writing by Page Smith.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Primarily photocopies. Typed drafts of short essays on various topics. Includes a list of topics.
box 7
"Coming of age."
c.1988 Aug-1992 March
General Physical Description note: 2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes biographical note about Page smith; an article about the column; and clippings (some photocopies). See also "Seniors."
See box #8 for more "Coming of age" clippings.
General note
"Coming of Age" was a weekly column on aging written by Page Smith from August 1988 until March 1992 for Chronicle Features.
The syndicated column was published in many papers including the San Francisco Chronicle. It was also published under the
title, "Time to live."
box 7
"Seniors."
c.1990 Feb-1991 Aug
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings.
General note
Page Smith's syndicated column on aging for Chronicle Features was published in many papers including, under the title "Seniors,"
in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel.
box 7
"The chicken book" book reviews.
c.1975 June-1986 Aug
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings (some photocopies).
General note
Former working title: "Chicken-Smith." Page Smith co-authored "The chicken book" with Charles Daniel.
box 7
"The chicken book" galley proofs.
c.1974
General Physical Description note: 4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes pages 1-57, 75-138, and index. Pages 58-74 missing.
General note
Former working title: "Chicken-Smith." Page Smith co-authored "The chicken book" with Charles Daniel.
box 8
"Coming of age."
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Clippings. See box #7 for more "Coming of age" clippings; see also "Seniors."
General note
"Coming of age" was a weekly column on aging written by Page Smith from August 1988 until March 1992 for Chronicle Features.
The syndicated column was published in many papers including the San Francisco Chronicle.
box 8
"James Wilson" book reviews.
c.1956 Feb-1957 May
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings.
General note
Full title: "James Wilson, founding father, 1742-1798."
box 8
"John Adams" book reviews.
c.1962 Oct-1964 May
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings. See box #5 for more book reviews of "John Adams."
box 8
Newspaper articles by Page Smith.
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Clippings of articles by Page Smith on various topics. See box #6 for more newspaper articles by Page Smith.
W. Ward Smith memoir files. Series 2.
1896-1976, bulk 1920-1944
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Includes: memoir text (typed from W. Ward Smith dictation), photographs, and publication materials relating to "A letter from
my father: the strange, intimate correspondence of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith (Morrow, 1976).
W. Ward Smith (b.1893-d.1968) was the father of Page Smith.
box 1
"A letter from my father..." photographs.
1896-1955
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Photographs (46 items) numbered in red pencil and used in the publication, "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate
correspondence of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith. Includes: images of W. Ward Smith as a child;
W. Ward Smith's family; Page Smith; W. Ward Smith's wives and other women in his life; W. Ward Smith's travels; images of
New York politicians and businessmen.
General note
See flat oversized folder on bottom of box.
box 1
"A letter from my father..." page proofs.
1975-1976
General Physical Description note: 10 folders
Scope and Contents note
Two sets of page proofs in page number order. One set in 16 printed (blue print) booklets approximately 31 pages each. Also
includes cardboard templates with design layout of front matter (title page, table of contents, and copyright page).
General note
Full title: "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith" edited
by Page Smith.
box 1
"A letter from my father..." typed transcriptions.
c.1926-1943
General Physical Description note: 6 folders
Scope and Contents note
W. Ward Smith's memoir repaginated in red pencil with editorial marks and inserted typed explanatory pages by Page Smith.
The bulk of the transcriptions covers the years 1920-1930. Includes (repaginated) manuscript pages 1-599. Transcriptions in
approximate chronological order by page number; some gaps in pagination. See boxes #2 and 3 for remainder of memoir.
General note
Portions of W. Ward Smith's memoir were used for the publication, "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence
of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith.
box 1
"A letter from my father..." galley proofs.
1975-1976
General Physical Description note: 10 folders
Scope and Contents note
Two sets of galley proofs, one marked "Reader's Set" the other marked "AU's gals." Contain typed and hand-written edits.
General note
Full title: "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith" edited
by Page Smith.
box 1
Letter by W. Ward Smith.
1933
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Page two and three of typed letter written by W. Ward Smith describing travels in China and the Philippines.
box 2
"A letter from my father..." typed transcriptions.
c.1926-1943
General Physical Description note: 8 folders
Scope and Contents note
W. Ward Smith's memoir repaginated in red pencil with editorial marks and inserted typed explanatory pages by Page Smith.
The bulk of the transcriptions covers the years 1930-1942. Includes photocopies of transcribed correspondence between W. Ward
Smith and Page Smith covering the period from 1933 April-July. Includes (repaginated) manuscript pages 600-1383. Transcriptions
in approximate chronological order by page number; some gaps in pagination. See boxes #1 and 3 for remainder of memoir.
General note
Portions of W. Ward Smith's memoir were used for the publication, "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence
of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith.
box 2
"A letter from my father..." typed transcriptions.
c.1926-1943
General Physical Description note: 1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Five unpaginated pages of W. Ward Smith's memoir. Includes two pages of a transcribed letter by W. Ward Smith to Page Smith
dated October 1929.
box 2
"A letter from my father..." typed transcriptions.
c.1926-1943
General Physical Description note: 29 folders
Scope and Contents note
W. Ward Smith's memoir with original pagination. While the bulk of the transcriptions covers the years 1926-1941, the text
begins with W. Ward Smith's boyhood (1890s). Includes W. Ward Smith's travels with second wife, Melba, to Japan, China, India,
and Egypt. Contains a transcription of W. Ward Smith's resume (age 38), pages 7736-7747. Includes manuscript pages 61-7999.
Transcriptions in approximate chronological order by page number; some gaps in pagination. See boxes #1 and 3 for remainder
of memoir.
General note
Portions of W. Ward Smith's memoir were used for the publication, "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence
of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith.
box 3
"A letter from my father..." typed transcriptions.
c.1926-1943
General Physical Description note: 14 folders
Scope and Contents note
W. Ward Smith's memoir with original pagination. The bulk of the transcriptions covers the years 1937-1943. Includes manuscript
pages 8000-9815. Transcriptions in approximate chronological order by page number; some gaps in pagination. See boxes #1 and
2 for remainder of memoir.
General note
Portions of W. Ward Smith's memoir were used for the publication, "A letter from my father: The strange, intimate correspondence
of W. Ward Smith to his son Page Smith," edited by Page Smith.