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Skidmore College

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Anita Pohndorff Yates Collection of Saratogiana

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-003
Scope and Contents The Pohndorff Yates Collection was originally housed by the College's Permanent Art Collection, but was later transferred to the Department of Special Collections. The collection was cataloged item-by-item by staff of the Permanent Art Collection, and the index cards produced during cataloging are available by request in Special Collections. A printed catalog to a portion of the collection was prepared in 1975 by two Skidmore students, ...
Dates: 1787 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1970

Elizabeth Fisher Adams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-075
Scope and Contents The Bulk of this collection focuses on Elizabeth Adams' involvement in the WWII relief effort, as well as documenting her years at Skidmore College. It is recorded that Elizabeth Adams organized her files in 1989 for their donation to Skidmore College in 1997. The personal papers organized by Adams have been mostly kept...
Dates: 1914 - 1986

Lucy Skidmore Scribner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-001
Scope and Contents The Lucy Skidmore Scribner Collection is an assemblage of documents, photographs, publications, and objects by and about Lucy Scribner that have accumulated from a variety of sources over many years. It is probable that some items came directly to the College from Ms. Scribner's estate, and eventually made their way into the Archives. A number of items, including a quilt and other textiles, were donated to the College by Carol Keillor...
Dates: 1837 - 1957