Harriet Boyd Hawes Papers, 1888-1967
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Harriet Boyd Hawes Papers
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Hawes, Harriet Boyd, 1871-1945.
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Biographical Note Harriet Boyd Hawes was born on October 11, 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was educated at the Prospect Hill School in Greenfield and graduated from Smith College in 1892 with a degree in classics. Hawes always felt a deep love for Greece and a strong desire to understand its culture and history. She studied at the American School at Athens from 1896-97 and the next year became a Fellow there. While in Greece, she learned that the Greeks (who were in the midst of the first Greco-Turkish War) had no nursing supplies and with support from the Queen of Greece soon became a nursing volunteer. Several years later she was decorated by the Queen for her contributions. Hawes soon became well known not only for her volunteer work but also for her expertise in the field of archaeology. For four months in the spring of 1900, she led an excavation at Kavousi, Crete during which she discovered houses and tombs from the Geometric period (900 BC). During another excavation less than a year later in Gournia, Crete, she discovered a Mycenaean provincial town and later published a book entitled, Crete: the Forerunner of Greece. Hawes accepted a position at Smith College teaching Greek archaeology in 1900 and received her M.A. from Smith in 1901. She taught at Smith until 1905 interspersing her time there with frequent trips abroad for archaeological excursions. During one trip to Crete, she met Charles Henry Hawes, an English anthropologist and archeologist who later became the associate director of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. They were married on March 3, 1906 and nine months later their son, Alexander Boyd Hawes was born. A daughter, Mary Nesbit Hawes followed in August of 1910. By this time Charles was teaching at Dartmouth and the family was living in Hanover, New Hampshire. Despite her commitment to her family, Hawes remained active in both humanities and her field of archaeology. In 1910, Hawes received an honorary degree from Smith College. She traveled to Corfu in 1915 for a year to work extensively with the Serbian Army. In 1916, she helped the wounded in France and a year later she founded and was the first director of the Smith College Relief Unit in France. She held this title for three years during which time she worked as a nurse's aide at the YMCA. In 1920, the Hawes' moved to Cambridge and Harriet joined the faculty at Wellesley lecturing on Ancient Art. When Charles retired in 1936, the couple moved to Washington D.C. where Harriet remained after her husband died. She died on March 31, 1945.
Biographical Note 1871Born Boston, Massachusetts, October 111892-96Teacher of Classics, schools in North Carolina and Delaware1892Graduated from Smith College1896Graduate work, American School of Classical Studies, Athens1897Nurse and relief worker in Thessaly with Greek Army, Greco-Turkish War1898-99Fellow of American School of Classical Studies, Athens1898Nurse Spanish-American War in Tampa, Florida - Summer1899-00Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellow, Bryn Mawr College1900Excavation at Kavousi, Crete - May-June1900-06Part-time Instructor, Smith College in Archaeology, Epigraphy and modern Greek1901-04Director of excavations of the American Exploration Society - Gournia, Crete, Assisted by Blanche Emily Wheeler 1892.1901M.A. Smith College1902First woman invited to address the Societies of the Archaeological Institute of American1906Married Charles Henry Hawes1910Awarded Doctor of Humane Letters, Smith College1915-16Established hospital for wounded and ill on Corfu for Serbian army - World War I1917-18Organizer and first Director of Smith College Relief Unit in France - World War I1918-20Nurse's aid with YMCA at American Hospital, Longchamps - World War I1920-36Lecturer in Ancient Art, Wellesley College1933Sued by A.R. Hyde and Son, for damages resulting from her involvement in company strike1938Traveled to Czechoslovakia during take-over of Sudetenland, detained by German authorities1945Died March 31, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Harriet Boyd Hawes Papers document her work as an archaeologist and as a nurse and relief worker in three wars. They contain a large amount of writings, both published and unpublished, on various subjects relating to her professional work and volunteer activities as well as her political opinions. There is personal, and professional correspondence dating from 1886-1945 and a small amount of material on her career as a college instructor at Smith and Wellesley Colleges. The material is arranged in five series: Biographical Material, Correspondence, Professional Life, Publications and Activities. Where appropriate, correspondence and publications may have been placed under one of the other headings. The material relating to Hawes' professional life documents her excavations on Crete (1900-04) and contains correspondence, journals, news clippings, some notes on excavations and photographs of sites, objects and graves. Included are photographs of objects that are housed in the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Publications include drafts of published and unpublished books and articles on ancient art and on her field work, plus one short story and scenarios intended for films. Hawes' work as a nurse and relief worker in the Greco-Turkish War in 1897 is documented in detail. There are drafts of her manuscripts In Defense of Crete (1914) and Greek Cross and Red Cross (1898?) plus news articles, clippings and some photographs. Her World War I activities are documented in various accounts of her experiences as a representative of the American Distributing Service on Corfu where she organized a hospital for the wounded and ill of the Serbian Army (1915-16). There are approximately 30 photographs of the facility, its staff and surroundings. Hawes' work with the Smith College Relief Unit (1917-18) is documented by correspondence and writings on the founding of the Unit, plus a journal, news clippings and photographs.
Archaeologists--United States.
lcsh
Women archaeologists--United States.
lcnaf
Smith College--Faculty.
series
Series I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
Contents of Collection
Autobiography "Memories and Opinions" 1944
Notes and drafts
Award, L.H.D. Smith College 1910
General and miscellaneous
Education, Prospect Hill School 1888
Education, Smith College, 1888-92
Family miscellaneous
Family photographs
Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1898-99
Correspondence 1896-99
Photographs
Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America 1902
Journal, religious (1892), Line-A-Day (1896-1900)
printed material from Hull House 1902-04
Line-A-Day 1901-05
Xerox copy
"Miss Boyd - A Rebel from Boston" unpublished, biography by Mary Nesbit Allsebrook 1967
Photographs c. 1874-1962
Poetry
Religion
Symposium at Smith College, A Land Called Crete 1967
Trip to Prague - Account by H.B.H. 1938
Correspondence, Misc. 1938
Series II. CORRESPONDENCE
Boyd, Alexander (brother) 1890-91
Boyd, Allen (brother) 1910
MacKenzie, Duncan 1910
Olga, Queen of Greece 1912-20
photographs
Richter, Gisela 1906
Ridgeway, William 1909
Santayana, George
Tyler, Henry M. President Seelye 1908-14
Allesbrook, Mary (daughter) 1921-1939
Allesbrook Mary (daughter) 1940-44
Averny, Myrtilla 1934
Boyd, Alex and Ida (cousins) 1905-13
Roosevelt, Eleanor 1939-41
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 1937-45
Swing, Raymond Gram 1942-43
Waring, Mary Kimberly 1899-1945
Miscellaneous 1888, 1892
Miscellaneous 1916-19
Miscellaneous 1920-23
Miscellaneous 1924-30
Miscellaneous 1931-34
Miscellaneous 1935-37
Miscellaneous 1938-39
Miscellaneous 1940
Miscellaneous 1941-42
Miscellaneous 1943-45
Waring, Mary Kimberly from:Sarah Storer 1892-1894
Miscellaneous 1894-1905
Wheeler, Blanche Emily 1900-01
Series III. PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Lectures: advertisements, correspondence 1901-14
News clippings 1901-14
Kavousi
Correspondence May-Jun 1900
News Clippings
Notes
Publications 1901-03
Gournia
Correspondence 1901-05
Journal (Mar-Ap) 1901
Journal (May) 1901
Journal of trip (Feb-Mar) 1904
Journal (Ap-Jul) 1904
Miscellaneous
Crete - Correspondence and Notes 1926
Graves
miscellaneous
pottery
site
site and landscape
Speeches 1916-17
Speech at Alumnae Assembly Jun 18, 1912
Speeches, Balkan War 1912
Wellesley College Syllabi
Series IV. PUBLICATIONS
"Amalasuntha" (scenario) 1938-39
Christianity and Hellanism 1924?
Crete the Forerunner of Greece with Charles Henry Hawes 1909
Correspondence 1909-10
"A Cretan Pompeii" 1901
"The First International Congress of Archaeology" 1905
Five Riddles of Greek Art
Chapter 1, outline n.d.
Chapter 3 n.d.
Chapter 4 n.d.
Chapter 5 n.d.
Illustrations n.d.
Chapter 6 n.d.
Chapter 7 n.d.
"The General Election in England" 1910
"A Gift of Themistocles: The Ludovisi Throne and the Boston Relief" 1921
Gournia manuscript 1905
Gournia, Vasiliki and other Prehistoric sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra - manuscript 1908
Correspondence, news clippings and advertisement 1907-15
Gournia miscellaneous n.d.
"Greece and Archaeology" n.d.
"An Immediate Appeal to America by the People of Greece" 1919
"Ivanhoe" (scenario) 1924
"Larger Loyalties" n.d.
"Memoirs of a Pioneer Excavator in Crete"
Part I 1965
Part II 1965
"The Minotaur and the Maiden" (scenario) 1927?
"Prince George and Venizelos in Crete" 1906
"The Quest of a Buried City" 1913
"The Smith College Relief Unit" 1917
"Theseus, Prince of Athens" (scenario) n.d.
War experiences, outline and draft for article 1906
"When the Mummy Moves" 1937
Contest 1907-08
Correspondence 1935-37
Series V. ACTIVITIES
Goldsborough Bills 1934-37
Goldsborough Bills 1938-39
Hyde Company Strike 1933
Hyde Company Strike, Correspondence
Political Opinions
War work - Greco-Turkish War
Correspondence Feb-Mar, 1897
Correspondence Apr-May, 1897
Correspondence Jun-Aug, 1897
Miscellaneous writings
News articles and clippings
Greek Cross and Red Cross, Ch. 1 1898?
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
"Nursing with the Greek Army in 1897"
****See also oversize box for In Defense of Crete
Spanish - American War 1898
World War I, Corfu - Correspondence 1915- 1916
Correspondence (Mar-Ap) 1916
News clippings 1915-1916
Photographs 1916
Records and documents
Speeches and writings
World War I, Smith College Relief Unit - Correspondence May 1917
Correspondence Jun 1917
Correspondence Jul-Aug 1917
Correspondence Sep-Oct 1917
Correspondence Nov-Dec 1917
Correspondence 1918
Correspondence 1919-29, n.d.
Pub. "The Gates of Grecourt" 1924
Journal 1917-18
News clippings
World War I, Smith College Relief Unit - Confidential
Oversize: War Work - Greco-Turkish War, 1897, includes manuscript In Defense of Crete.