Wilma K. Smith Scrapbook
Content Description
Wilma K. Smith was a Pennsylvania native whose family migrated to Penn Yan during her childhood and who attended the Rochester Business Institute (RBI) in the early 1920s. This collection consists of a single scrapbook that Smith maintained during her time at RBI, through her post-graduation life up to her wedding day. The scrapbook includes autographs from her classmates at RBI, programs and memorabilia from events she attended, newspaper clippings, calling cards, greeting cards, and business cards.
Dates
- Creation: June 23, 1921-September 18, 1926
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained in writing from the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division.
Biographical Note
Wilma K. Smith was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania, the second child of Clarence and Maude Smith. The family migrated northward into New York, settling in Penn Yan. Wilma moved to Rochester in order to attend the Rochester Business Institute around 1921. While in school, she lived at Kent Hall, a boarding house on South Washington Street run by the YWCA of Rochester. Following her graduation from RBI, Wilma moved to Greece, New York, where she lived with siblings. There she met Freeman Jacox, an instrument maker at Eastman Kodak. The couple married on June 18, 1926; they would have two children together (Janice and David), all the while living at 79 Morville Drive in Greece. Freeman passed away on November 24, 1962; Wilma went on to remarry with Warren H. Slocum, a retired Bausch & Lomb sales manager. They lived together until her passing on April 9, 1979; she is buried in Riverside Cemetery.
Extent
1 Volumes (1 volume housed in a box.)
0.29 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection consists of 1 scrapbook housed in a box.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Darron, via the Henrietta Town Historian's Office, 2021.
Bibliography
1915 New York State Census
1920 United States Federal Census
"Freeman Jacox Dies, Kodak Park Employee."Democrat & Chronicle (newspaper), Rochester, New York, November 25, 1962, page 28.
"Slocum, Wilma Jacox." Democrat & Chronicle (newspaper), Rochester, New York, April 12, 1979, page 19.
Condition Description
This scrapbook is in good condition; the binding is sound and tight, pages show little wear and are not brittle.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Wilma K. Smith Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Brandon Fess
- Date
- 2021-10-09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Local History & Genealogy Division Repository
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Rochester 14604 USA
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