Overview
The Lawrence G. Smith personal archive documents his academic and social experiences as a Harvard undergraduate, a graduate student, his career as a bank officer, and as a Harvard alumnus from 1955 to 2021. Records include Smith's personal correspondence, diaries, and Harvard College Class of 1959 reunion memorabilia. Lawrence George Smith was a senior bank Vice-President. He received his Harvard AB in 1959, his AM in 1964, and his PhD in the history of American civilization from Harvard in 1972.
Dates
- Creation: 1955 - 2021
Creator
- Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- (Person)
Researcher access
Open for research with the following exception: Access to content beginning in 1976 requires donor permission. Further restrictions apply. Personnel and student records are closed for 80 years. Specific restrictions are noted at the folder level. Requires review by archivist.
Researcher use
Due to its format, born-digital material is not yet available for research use.
Extent
8.51 cubic feet (17 document boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 portfolio folders, 1 record carton).23 GB digital files (332 digital files on 2 thumb drives, 2 CDs, 2 USB flash drives)
The Lawrence G. Smith personal archive documents his academic and social experiences as a Harvard undergraduate, a graduate student, his career as a bank officer, and as a Harvard alumnus from 1955 to 2021. Records include correspondence to and from family and friends, diaries from 1955 to 2021, Harvard College Class of 1959 reunion memorabilia, and Harvard-related photographs. Also found in the collection are Smith's undergraduate and graduate school papers, material related to Gen-Ed A, a course in which Smith taught, and records pertaining to his Fulbright award.
This collection contains 332 Word document digital files on two thumb drives of Smith’s diary entries dating from 1997 to 2021 (166 months).
Biographical note on Lawrence George Smith
Lawrence George Smith (born 1938), a senior bank Vice-President, was born in Washington, D.C. Smith received his Harvard AB in 1959, his AM in 1964, and his PhD in the history of American civilization from Harvard in 1972. Smith attended the University of Padua as a Fulbright scholar. In 2008, Smith published a book on Italian writer Cesare Pavese, entitled Cesare Pavese and America: Life, Love and Literature. Smith married Myriam Silvia de Bulhoes in 1962; they had two children, Flavia Ann and Erik Antonio. After their divorce, he married Marguerite Tarrant Smith, a journalist, in 1977. Smith worked for Citibank overseas until 1984, when he started working in New York City for the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, where he remained until his retirement.
Acquisition information
- Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2016 March 14; Accession 2016.266.
- Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2018 December 12; Accession 2019.139.
- Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2022 December 19; Accession 2023.0026.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2023 October 3.
Processing Information
The Lawrence G. Smith personal archive was processed by Dominic Grandinetti and Olivia Mandica-Hart in October 2016.
Smith's original folder titles were retained; any folder titles and dates supplied by the archivist appear in brackets.
In all respects, the archivist attempted to retain and preserve the original arrangement and existing relationships of the documents as established by Lawrence G. Smith.
This finding aid was created by Jennifer Pelose in January 2018.
Accession 2023.0026 was added to this finding aid by Dominic P. Grandinetti in September-October 2023.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- (Person)
- Harvard University -- Students (Organization)
- Harvard University -- Students -- Diaries (Organization)
- Harvard University -- Miscellanea (Organization)
- Harvard College (1780- ) -- Alumni and alumnae (Organization)
Creator
- Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- (Person)
- Title
- Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- . Lawrence G. Smith personal archive, 1955-2021 : an inventory.
- Status
- completed
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua04018
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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