Summary Information
Nellie Hobbs Smythe Papers
1887-1939
UWM Manuscript Collection 10
.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers of a Benton Harbor, Michigan musician and educator. Collection contains general files of Smythe's (nee Hobbs) 1889-90 tour of Germany, including typescripts of Smythe's letters to her family, and newspaper clippings of her letters that were published in an unidentified newspaper. The general files on the European trip also contain postcards, several photographs, and copies of concert programs she attended. The collection also includes incoming letters (1887-1939) from a wide variety of musicians and writers, including Zona Gale, and two letters from Booker T. Washington concerning a speaking engagement in Benton Harbor. The miscelleanous items include an undated photograph of Smythe, and her notes on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach.
English
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Biography/History
Little is known of Smythe's life. She was born around 1880 to Thomas F. Hobbs and Hulda Creal, and probably grew up in De Witt, Iowa. She probably moved with her family to Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1885. She met her future husband, Robert A. Smythe, after returning from her 1889-90 European trip. It is likely that she was a widow by 1926, and her death date is unknown. Her name does not appear in biographical directories, and several Michigan libraries had little information on her.
Arrangement of the Materials
The files are organized alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for Primary Sources
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Alice M. Stein donated the collection to the Gold Meir Library on July 18, 1979, in memory of Howard Stein. The relationship of the Steins to Smythe is unknown.
Mark A. Vargas processed the collection at the Archives in March 1992.
Contents List
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Box
1
Folder
1-2
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Berlin, 1889-1890
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Programs, 1889-1890
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Box
1
Folder
4-5
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Incoming Letters, 1887-1916
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Box
1
Folder
6-7
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Incoming Letters, 1916-1939
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous, undated
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Box
2
Folder
2-3
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Recital Programs, 1878-1913
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Box
2
Folder
4-5
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Recital Programs, 1914-1935
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