Leona C. Gabel Papers, 1848-1980
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Leona C. Gabel Papers
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Gabel, Leona C. (Leona Christine), 1895-1980
Biographical History for: Leona C. Gabel Papers
Biographical Note Leona Christine Gabel was born on April 15, 1895 in Syracuse, New York to Jacob and Christina Gabel. She attended Syracuse University and graduated in 1915 with majors in History and German and a minor in French. Her senior year at Syracuse she was elected into the honorary scholarship societies of Kappa Phi Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation, Gabel worked for two years as a teacher at Canastota High School. In 1921-22, she was the Bryn Mawr Traveling Fellow at King's College and at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. In 1923, Gabel joined the faculty at Smith College as an instructor. In 1928, she earned her PhD from Bryn Mawr College after writing her thesis, The Benefit of Clergy in England during the Later Middle Ages, where she analyzed the relationship between secular courts and church courts relating to the death penalty. In 1929, Gabel was named Dean of the Class of 1932 at Smith College. Gabel reached full professorship in 1940, and was named the Dwight W. Morrow Professor of History in 1961, before eventually retiring from the Smith faculty in 1963. On August 25, 1980, she passed away at the age of 85 after being hospitalized for many weeks.
Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection includes biographical materials, publications, correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings regarding Gabel's education and career at Smith College and elsewhere.
Index to the Collection n.d.
Biographical Material 1921-1980
Correspondence 1918-1970
Correspondence -German-American 1848-1914
Lecture-Alumnae College 1938
Lecture-Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor n.d.
Lecture Notes-Erasmus 1959
Lecture Notes-Gilmore; Humanists and Lawyers n.d.
Lecture Notes-Renaissance Historiography n.d.
Miscellaneous Material 1965-1967
Photographs n.d.
Publications-Benefit of Clergy In England in the Later Middle Ages 1930-1936
Publications-The Dialogus of Lapo di Castiglionchi: A Humanist Point of View n.d.
Publications-Encyclopedia Americana n.d.
Publications-Review of Nuntiaturberichte aus Deuschland 1960
Retirement n.d.
Retirement-Correspondence 1963
Retirement-Symposium 1963
Retirement Symposium-Announcement Lists n.d.
Retirement Symposium-Correspondence 1962-1963
Retirement Symposium-Correspondence-Sheehan 1963
Retirement Symposium-Speeches 1963
Venerable English College-"Rome" 1938
Publications-Renaissance and Reformation
Charles V-Holy Roman Empire-Turks; Dante n.d.
Economic Development in the Later Middle Ages-Italian Towns n.d.
Economic Revolution-Science-Science and Humanism n.d.
Florence-15th and 16th century-Savonarola-15th century Italy in general 1946
Fourteenth to Fifteenth Century Plagues/Famine 1962
Fourteenth Century Towns n.d.
Fourteenth Century War/Epidemics-"Century of Depression" 1956-1977
Holy Roman Empire-14th century Church/Feudalism 1961-1962
Introduction n.d.
Italian Renaissance Humanism 1942-1960
Map n.d.
National Monarchies n.d.
News Clippings 1962
The Papacy 1960-1961
Reformation Historiography n.d.
Reformation-Luther-Calvin n.d.
Renaissance Papacy n.d.
Renaissance Unit Lecture 1960-1961
Venice-14th, 15th, 16th centuries n.d.
Commentaries of Pope Pius II
Commentaries of Pope Pius II 1938-1961
Bibliography 1955
Books II, III n.d.
Books VI-IX n.d.
Books X-XIII n.d.
Books-East Books n.d.
Correspondence 1940-1970
Correspondence-Abridgment 1957-1958
Correspondence-Copyright 1958
News Clippings 1959
Notes n.d.
Notes to Printer 1946-1957
Sales and Gift Mailing List 1958-1959
Publications-From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond: The Life and Writings of Anna J. Cooper
A Voice from the South n.d.
A Voice from the South-Correspondence 1977-1979
Correspondence-Publication-University of Chicago 1972-1977
Correspondence-Publication-Greenwood Press, University of Massachusetts, University of N. Carolina 1973-1979
Correspondence-Publication-Miscellaneous 1974-1979
Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter VII 1975
Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter VIII 1975
Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter IX 1975
Notable American Women-Anna Cooper 1977-1980
Notes 1977
Notes-Cooper-Composite Autobiography n.d.
Publications-From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond-Source Material
Biographical Material 1864-1978
Correspondence 1971-1975
Correspondence-Annette Eaton 1971-1977
Correspondence-Anna Cooper to Arthur Vance Churchill 1924-1925
Correspondence-Oberlin College, Howard University 1971-1974
From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond 1982
L'Attitude de la France-Introduction n.d.
L'Attitude de la France-Thesis 1925
L'Attitude de la France-Translation n.d.
L'Attitude de la France-Chapter I n.d.
L'Attitude de la France-Chapter II n.d.
L'Attitude de la France-Chapter III n.d.
Pieces Justificatives n.d.
Voice from the South n.d.