Smedley collection
From Tempe Normal student to the New Republic
In 1911 Agnes Smedley entered the Tempe Normal School as a "special" student. As the editor and a contributor to the Tempe Normal Student she wrote four articles, "Tascosa," "The Magazine Agent," "The Romance," and "The Yellow Man" for the student publication. She continued her career as a writer embracing issues of oppressed people as in India's independence, birth control, and China's Communist Revolution. Smedley wrote eight books and published numerous articles in periodicals including Asia, The New Republic, Nation, Vogue and Life.
Smedley's Battle Hymn of China
Photography window display by Scribner's Publishing firm advertising Agnes Smedley's Battle Hymn of China.
1940s
Photographer: Worsinger Photography
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. #931116
Yaddo Estate, Saratoga
Snapshots of Agnes Smedley in garden at Yaddo Estate, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
1949
Agnes Smedley Collection
MSS-122 Vol. 25
In Hong Kong
"In Hong Kong; left to right: myself; Emily Hahn; Mrs. Hilda Selwyn-Clarke and her daughter Mary; Miss Margaret Watson [Sloss], head social worker of Queen Mary Hospital."
1940
Agnes Smedley Collection
MSS-122 Vol. 39
Wounded U.S. soldiers
Agnes Smedley talking to wounded U.S. soldiers, Halloran Base Hospital. Staten Island, New York
Photograph: The Halloran Beacon
1940s
Agnes Smedley Collection
MSS-122 Vol. 25
Smedley in San Diego
Agnes Smedley in San Diego
1914
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. # 93-1116
Kalakagathea Literary Society
Kalakagathea Literary Society, Tempe Normal School
Agnes Smedley second on far right
1912
University Archives Collection
MSS-122 Vol. 46/OV3
Tempe Normal Student
Agnes Smedley, seated third from the left with Tempe Normal Student staff
1911-12
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. #93-1116
East Hall Women's Dormitory Residents
East Hall Women's Dormitory Residents.
Agnes Smedley 4th from the left on upper porch.
1911-12
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. #93-1116
Track meet
Agnes Smedley, seated at the far left with umbrella, attends a Tempe Normal School track meet.
1911-12
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. #93-1116
Greeley Club at Tempe Normal School
Agnes Smedley, third from the left in the front row, organized the Horace Greeley Club at Tempe Normal School
1911
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. # 93-1116
Buck
"Buck who first sought my hand in marriage. 'Buck', three donkeys packed with pack boxes and water barrels. Cabins in background appear to be same as the Ludlow cabins, but this was near Clifton, AZ." (Buck gave Smedley tuition for Tempe Normal School. She carried this photo with her the rest of her life).
1911
Agnes Smedley Collection
Volume 42 MSS 122
Smedley family
Smedley family
Left to right: Myrtle, John, Sam; back, left to right: Charles, Agnes, Nellie, and Sarah Lydia.
1899
Agnes Smedley Collection
Acc. #93.1116