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Finding Aid to the Henry Roy William Smith Papers
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carton 1-2, carton 3, folder 1-34

Correspondence Series 1:  1926-1971 1926-1960

Arrangement

The files are arranged in the original order received: chronologically by date range, and alphabetically within each date range.

Scope and Content

Contains incoming and outgoing letters pertaining to Smith's career as an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as his publications (including Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum), research projects, and other professional acheivements.
carton 1, folder 1

R 1926-1930

carton 1, folder 2

S-Z 1926-1930

carton 1, folder 3

A 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 4

B 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 5-6

C 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 7

D 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 8

E 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 9

F 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 10

G 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 11

H 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 12

I 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 13

J 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 14

K 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 15

L 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 16

M 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 17

N 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 18

O 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 19

P 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 20

R 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 21

S 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 22

W 1926-1936

carton 1, folder 23

N-Q 1928-1933

carton 1, folder 24

R-T 1928-1933

carton 1, folder 25

U-Z 1928-1933

carton 1, folder 26

Various correspondence and notes 1929-1933

carton 1, folder 27

P-Q 1931-1933

carton 1, folder 28

R 1931-1933

carton 1, folder 29

S 1931-1933

carton 1, folder 30

T-Z 1931-1933

carton 1, folder 31

H-L 1933-1936

carton 1, folder 32

M-Q 1933-1936

carton 1, folder 33

R 1933-1936

carton 1, folder 34

S-Z 1933-1936

carton 1, folder 35

A-B 1937-1939

carton 1, folder 36

C 1937-1939

carton 1, folder 37

D-G 1937-1939

carton 1, folder 38

H-J 1937-1939

carton 1, folder 39

K-L 1937-1939

carton 1, folder 40

M-Q 1937-1939

carton 2, folder 1

R 1937-1939

carton 2, folder 2

S-Z 1937-1939

carton 2, folder 3

A 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 4

B 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 5

C 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 6

D-F 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 7

G-J 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 8

K-L 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 9

M-Q 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 10

R-S 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 11

T-Z 1940-1943

carton 2, folder 12

A-C 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 13

D-J 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 14

K-M 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 15

N-Q 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 16-18

R 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 19

S-Z 1941-1945

carton 2, folder 20

A 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 21

B 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 22

C-D 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 23

E-G 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 24

H 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 25

K-L 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 26

M-O 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 27

P-R 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 28

S-Z 1945-1947

carton 2, folder 29

A-B 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 30

C-D 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 31

E-G 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 32

H-L 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 33

M-O 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 34

P-R 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 35

S-Z 1948-1949

carton 2, folder 36

A-B 1950-1951

carton 2, folder 37

C-D 1950-1951

carton 2, folder 38

E-J 1950-1951

carton 2, folder 39

K-O 1950-1951

carton 2, folder 40

P-R 1950-1951

carton 2, folder 41

S-Z 1950-1951

carton 3, folder 1

A 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 2

B-C 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 3

D-J 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 4

K-M 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 5

N-Q 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 6

R-S 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 7

T-Z 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 8

"Misc. Notes from 1951-1953 Corres. file" various papers and notes, course material 1951-1953

carton 3, folder 9

A 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 10

B 1954

carton 3, folder 11

C-D 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 12

E-J 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 13

K-M 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 14

N-Q 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 15

R-S 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 16

T-Z 1953-1955

carton 3, folder 17

A-J 1954-1956

carton 3, folder 18-19

K, "mostly notes and quotes" 1954-1956

carton 3, folder 20

M-Z 1954-1956

carton 3, folder 21

A-B 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 22

C-D 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 23

E-G 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 24

H-L 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 25

M-Q 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 26

R-Z 1955-1957

carton 3, folder 27

A-B 1957-1960

carton 3, folder 28

C-D 1957-1960

carton 3, folder 29

E-L 1957-1960

carton 3, folder 30

M-Q 1957-1960

carton 3, folder 31

R-Z 1957-1960

carton 3, folder 32

Correspondence (Beazley material) 1940-1965

carton 3, folder 33

"Misc. correspondence" 1943-1958

carton 3, folder 34

Various correspondence 1940, 1969-1971

carton 3, folder 35-38, carton 4-10, box 1-11, oversize_box 1-3, oversize_folder 1

Research and Reference Materials Series 2:  1911-1970

Arrangement

The files are arranged according to the type of material and size. The first section consists of papers removed from Smith's notebooks and placed into archival folders (carton 3, folder 35-38; carton 4-7; carton 8, folder 1-4), arranged in the original order received; the second section is loose research, reprints, and reference material (carton 8, folder 5-26; carton 9), arranged alphabetically by folder title; the third section is comprised of oversize notebooks (carton 10, box 1-10), arranged in the original order received; the fourth section consists of various research and reference material (oversize box 1-3; box 11; oversize folder 1), arranged alphabetically by title.

Scope and Content

Contains research and reference material relating to Smith's work with ancient artifacts, with an emphasis on Greek pottery. Smith's notebooks, which make up the majority of the series, consist of notes, sketches, publication drafts, and reference photographs and negatives, detailing various objects such as ancient vases, figurines, and coins held in museums around the world. Other documents include a scrapbook and photo album, booklets, paper drafts, and meeting minutes.
carton 3, folder 35-36

Notebook, notes, drawings, and photographs of ancient pottery undated

carton 3, folder 37

Notebook, notes, photographs and negatives of ancient pottery approximately 1954-1955

carton 3, folder 38, carton 4, folder 1

Notebook, notes and photographs of ancient pottery approximately 1940

carton 4, folder 2-3

Notebook, notes and photographs of Greek pottery approximately 1955

carton 4, folder 4

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of ancient pottery, includes "Discoveries on the site of Caere (The City, not its cemeteries)" undated

carton 4, folder 5

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of ancient pottery undated

carton 4, folder 6

Notebook, research notes and photographs of ancient pottery approximately 1955

carton 4, folder 7

Notebook, notes and draft texts, includes "Some Problems of Votive Art at Caere. Religion and Sculpture at Caere" undated

carton 4, folder 8-10

Notebook, research notes, drawings, photographs of ancient pottery approximately 1953

carton 4, folder 11

Notebook, research notes, drawings, photographs of ancient figurines approximately 1959

carton 4, folder 12

Notebook, research notes and draft texts approximately 1967

carton 4, folder 13

Notebook, notes and drawings approximately 1970

carton 4, folder 14

Notebook, notes and drawings of ancient vases and pottery undated

carton 4, folder 15-16

Notebook, notes, drawings, and research on ancient pottery (funerary and marriage rite) undated

carton 4, folder 17

Notebook, notes, photographs, research on ancient artifacts (coins, figurines, vases) approximately 1951

carton 4, folder 18

Notebook, notes, drawings, and research undated

carton 4, folder 19

Notebook, notes, drawings of ancient pottery undated

carton 4, folder 20

Notebook, notes and drawings of ancient pottery (figures on) undated

carton 5, folder 1

Notebook, general notes undated

carton 5, folder 2

Notebook, notes and paper draft on ancient pans and vessels undated

carton 5, folder 3-4

Notebook photographs and descriptions of marble sculptures undated

carton 5, folder 5-7

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs relating to religion undated

carton 5, folder 8

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of coins (Armenian?) approximately 1941

carton 5, folder 9

Notebook, notes, drawings, and documents "Points for Review" and "Reunion-Draft of Index" approximately 1968

carton 5, folder 10-11

Notebook, notes, photographs from Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires of vases and pottery approximately 1960

carton 5, folder 12-13

Notebook, photographs of various vases and pottery undated

carton 5, folder 14

Notebook, "The Historical Problem" and "Pillar Idols of Dionysos in Attic Vase Painting" document drafts and notes undated

carton 5, folder 15-16

Notebook, photographs and short descriptions of ancient vases and pottery undated

carton 5, folder 17

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of vases and pottery undated

carton 5, folder 18

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient vases and pottery approximately 1940-1945

carton 5, folder 19

Notebook, "Pottery (Including Lamps)" notes and photographs of ancient pottery approximately 1944

carton 5, folder 20

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient pottery, figures, vases, sculptures undated

carton 6, folder 1

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient coins approximately 1947

carton 6, folder 2

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient coins undated

carton 6, folder 3-4

Notebook, "Maris" notes, drawings, photographs of ancient arms and armaments approximately 1954-1955

carton 6, folder 5-6

Notebook, "Oinochoai" notes, drawings, and photographs (wine pitcher, jugs) undated

carton 6, folder 7

Notebook, "Pillar Idol, part of an old draft" paper drafts, notes, and photographs undated

carton 6, folder 8-9

Notebook, "Memoranda: Report on vases of Brussels [?] Museum[?]" notes, drawings, photographs approximately 1936-1938

carton 6, folder 10

Notebook, "Orvieto Syracuse Cran Brook Boston Various" notes, drawings, photographs undated

carton 6, folder 11-12

Notebook, "Idol notes" with photographs undated

carton 6, folder 13

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of ancient artifacts (pottery and vases) approximately 1961

carton 6, folder 14-15

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of ancient pottery (black-figure), includes drafts of book review approximately 1956-1957

carton 6, folder 16

Notebook, "Hearst Vases Descriptions" undated

carton 6, folder 17

Notebook, notes, drawings of ancient artifacts undated

carton 6, folder 18

Notebook, notes, drawings of ancient artifacts (includes objects from the Newark Museum) undated

carton 6, folder 19

Notebook, notes, annotated research (figures on ancient artifacts) undated

carton 7, folder 1

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs (includes notes for Hearst Hydria publication) approximately 1942

carton 7, folder 2

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs of ancient Greek coins undated

carton 7, folder 3-4

Notebook, "A New and Unimpeachable Bronze for the Reggio Group of Android Handles" draft with notes approximately 1966

carton 7, folder 5

Notebooks [2], notes, drawings of ancient figurines (heads, hair, jewelry) 1952

carton 7, folder 6

Notebook, notes, photographs, Berkeley pieces [?] undated

carton 7, folder 7

Notebook, notes and drawings from museums, including Copenhagen, Paris, and Rome undated

carton 7, folder 8

Notebook, "Notes on colour transparencies" undated

carton 7, folder 9

Notebook, various notes, drawings of ancient artifacts (figures, ornaments) undated

carton 7, folder 10

Notebook,"Attic Black-Figure Museum Photographs" 1955

carton 7, folder 11

Notebook, draft, research notes, includes "Cosmetic Aphrodite", "Deadlocks", and "Eschatogamy Defended" approximately 1970

carton 7, folder 12

Notebooks [2], notes, drawings from "Topics I" and "Topics II", each with table of contents inside of cover undated

carton 7, folder 13

Notebook, notes, indexes to British Museum, Nostell, New York, D. v. B.'s files undated

carton 7, folder 14

Notebook, "Venice" notes, drawings undated

carton 7, folder 15

Notebooks [2], "Indices" and "Indices (Continuation)" undated

carton 7, folder 16

Notebooks [2], "Notes on ABV, Notebook Athens" approximately 1956-1957

carton 7, folder 17

Notebook, "British Museum Notes" also includes Vienna and Munich indices undated

carton 7, folder 18

Notebook, "General Observations" notes undated

carton 7, folder 19

Notebook, "Palermo Second Visit, Cefalu, Vienna, Munich" notes, drawings undated

carton 7, folder 20

Notebooks [3], notes, drawings undated

carton 7, folder 21

Notebook, notes, drawings from various museums undated

carton 7, folder 22

Notebook, notes, drawings of various artifacts undated

carton 7, folder 23

Notebooks [5], notes, drawings of ancient artifacts undated

carton 7, folder 24, carton 8, folder 1

Notebook, "Caere Terracottas Photos" with notes undated

carton 8, folder 2-3

Notebook, photographs, notes (primarily vases) of ancient pottery undated

carton 8, folder 4

Notebook, draft texts with notations (untitled) undated

box 10, folder 1-2

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient coins undated

carton 8, folder 5

Agora notes undated

carton 8, folder 6

Athens National Museum Vases undated

carton 8, folder 7

"Blue Century Notebook", notes, photographs of ancient figurines and heads, pottery undated

carton 8, folder 8

"The Conception of Purity in Plato" by Harold J. Stukey undated

carton 8, folder 9-10

"Greek Vases, general notes" with photographs approximately 1938

carton 8, folder 11

"The Historical Problem" paper undated

carton 8, folder 12

"Horns N.B." notes, drawings on ancient vases' dimensions undated

carton 8, folder 13

"Milan and Ferrara Notes" approximately 1951

carton 8, folder 14

Menon Painter, photographs, notes undated

carton 8, folder 15

"Modena notes June 1960" 1960

carton 8, folder 16

"Northwick 'Reflections'" notes undated

carton 8, folder 17

"Notes" drawings, sketches of ancient artifacts undated

carton 8, folder 18

"Notes - has Rio picture" various notes, drawings, photographs of ancient artifacts undated

carton 8, folder 19

"Red Norwick notes, July 1950" photographs, notes approximately 1950

carton 8, folder 20

Untersuchungen Zur Chronologie Und Geschichte der Geometrischen Stile in Grlechenland, Bernard Schweitzer, with Smith annotations (Studies in the chronology and history of geometric styles in Greece) undated

carton 8, folder 21

"The wares (varieties) of Greek, South Italian, and Italic pottery..." notes, photographs, negatives undated

carton 8, folder 22

Notes, draft texts, ancient pottery undated

carton 8, folder 23

Notes, drawings of ancient pottery and sculptures approximately 1957

carton 8, folder 24

Notes, drawings of ancient wares (reliefs, figurines) approximately 1960

carton 8, folder 25

Notes, drawings, photographs of ancient bronzes and pottery, sculptures undated

carton 8, folder 26

Notes, drawings, photographs of ancient coins undated

carton 9, folder 1

Notes, drawings, photographs of ancient pottery approximately 1969

carton 9, folder 2

Notes, drawings, photographs of British Museum specimens and pictorial indexing approximately 1947-1957

carton 9, folder 3-4

Notes, photographs of ancient pottery, "seems to be from Hearst Collection" undated

carton 9, folder 5

Notes, photographs of ancient vases, coins undated

carton 9, folder 6

Notes, poetry, prose, literary quotes, clippings, includes ancient pottery photographs and negatives approximately 1948-1952

carton 9, folder 7

Various unsorted notes, includes "Fountain House" approximately 1957

carton 9, folder 8-13

Various unsorted notes, drawings, photographs, draft texts approximately 1934-1957

carton 9, folder 14

Various unsorted photographs, negatives, mainly ancient pottery approximately 1958

carton 9, folder 15

"Latin Department Constitution and Formal Minutes beginning April 27, 1920" and "Occasional Minutes antecedent to April 27, 1920" 1911-1935

carton 9, folder 16

The "Papers Incognito" (Subset of H.R.W. Smith) 1928-1933

carton 9, folder 17

Booklets: Publisher to Author, University of California Press; Bulletin of the Archaeological Institute of America; Rules and Policies of the Editorial Committee, University of California Press; Rules of the Editorial Committee 1950-1953

carton 10, item 1-8

Notebooks with notes, photographs, drawings, draft texts, quotes of ancient pottery and artifacts (includes figurines, terracotta heads, vases, black-figure) approximately 1940-1950

box 1

Notebook, "Maule and Smith Votive Religion at Caere: Prolegomena" notes, drawings, photographs, and annotated texts, includes Rio material approximately 1959-1963

box 2

Notebooks [2], notes, draft texts, photographs, drawings, includes "British Museum First Exploration of Italiote Vases at (1960)" 1935-1938 unknown

box 3

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs, annotated texts of ancient artifacts approximately 1966

box 4

Notebook, "Etruscan Terracottas (notes)" approximately 1953

box 5

Notebook, notes, photographs of ancient vases and vessles approximately 1961-1963

box 6

Notebook, notes, drawings, photographs, includes "Rio" group approximately 1959-1961

box 7

Notebook, draft texts, notes, photographs approximately 1950

box 8

Notebooks [2], notes, drawings, photographs of ancient figurines, vases, and pottery undated

box 9

Notebooks [2], notes, drawings, photographs of ancient vases, includes "photos misc." 1947-1948 undated

box 11

Card file of research notes on index cards, filed alphabetically by subject (includes envelop of negatives) undated

oversize_folder 1

Certificate of Merit and photographs of artifacts undated

oversize_box 3

Scrapbook of various loose documents, includes magazine articles, reprints, poetry, course materials, photographs of artifacts approximately 1955

oversize_box 2

Book, Clara Rhodos Officine dell'Istituto Italiano di Arti Grafiche Vol. VIII [Workshops of the Italian Institute of Graphic Arts Vol. VIII], with Smith's notations and photographic inserts undated

oversize_box 1

Album, photographs of unidentified persons (includes John Beazley) on UC Berkeley campus; two-thirds of album is blank approximately 1940-1955