Administrative Records
Collection Overview
Collection Number: GR ACG AR
Name of Creator: The American College of Greece
Title: ACG Administrative Records
Dates [inclusive]: 1917 – 2012
Languages(s): English, Greek, French
Summary: The American College of Greece is a US 501 (c) (3) tax exempt entity chartered by the State of Colorado and located in Athens, Greece. The ACG was founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor (Izmir, Turkey) by Maria A. West, a Congregational woman missionary from Boston in 1875, at a time when “Practical Christianity” and the “first wave of feminism” in the United States were aiming to change women’s education and their role in society. At the same time the Near East was going through a difficult period of uprisings and wars. After the catastrophe of Smyrna in 1922, the college was re-established in Athens, in order to continue its mission to serve and educate young women with the help of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM).
The Administrative Records of the American College of Greece document the history and operations of the College since its relocation to Athens in 1923 until 2012. The Institutional Archive of the College, apart from the Administrative Records holds collections of photographs, printed material and Audiovisuals.
Scope and Content
The Administrative Records of the American College of Greece document the history and operations of the College since its relocation to Athens in 1923 until 2012. The documents were found in boxes and file cabinets and although some material was arranged in coherent groups, there was no consistent overall classification system.
The organization of the material has followed Helen Samuel’s Varsity Letters: Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities, and the Concordia University Records Management and Archives Guidelines. The Administrative Records have been organized into seven thematic series. The collection is still under process.