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COLLECTION Identifier: HUM 260

Lawrence G. Smith personal archive

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

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

  1. Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2016 March 14; Accession 2016.266.
  2. Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2018 December 12; Accession 2019.139.
  3. Gift of Lawrence George Smith; 2022 December 19; Accession 2023.0026.

Related Materials

In the Harvard University Archives:
  1. Smith, Lawrence G., 1938- . The emblems of youth: Cesare Pavese and America. (PhD dissertation, 1972) (HU 90.10275)
  2. Smith, Lawrence, 1930- . The image of the American businessman; three views of the businessman in American literature since 1890. (AB Honors thesis, 1959) (HU 92.59.797)
  3. Student course notes for English 120b, spring 1956 (HUC 8955.324.120)
  4. Student course notes for Social Relations 169, fall 1956 (HUC 8956.382.169)
  5. Student course notes for Social Sciences 7, 1956-1957. (HUC 8956.383.7)
  6. Student course notes for English 170b, spring 1957. (HUC 8956.325.170)
  7. Student course notes for Slavic 166, spring 1957. (HUC 8956.381.166)
  8. Student course notes for History 169, 1957-1958. (HUC 8957.339.169)
  9. Student course notes for Philosophy 1b, spring 1958. (HUC 8957.370.1)
  10. Student course notes for Comparative Literature 166, fall 1958. (HUC 8958.313.166)
  11. Student course notes for Slavic 150, 1958-1959 (HUC 8958.381.150)
  12. Student course notes for Social Relations 112, spring 1959 (HUC 8958.383.112)
  13. Student course notes for English 275, fall 1961. (HUC 8961.325.275)
  14. Student course notes for History 152, fall 1961. (HUC 8961.338.152)
  15. Student course notes for History 170, fall 1961. (HUC 8961.338.170)
  16. Student course notes for English 274, spring 1962. (HUC 8961.325.274)
  17. Student course notes for History 150b, spring 1962. (HUC 8961.338.150)
  18. Student course notes for History 161, 1963-1964. (HUC 8963.338.161)
  19. Student course notes for History 169, spring 1964. (HUC 8963.338.169)

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.

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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