The Benefit of Clergy in England during the Later Middle Ages

manosca150 Leona C. Gabel Papers, 1848-1980 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Emily Markham. Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Deborah A. Richards. 2006-09-01 Finding aid written in English Smith College Archives Leona C. Gabel Papers, 1848-1980 Finding Aid RG 42 Emily Markham 2004

Collection Overview Gabel, Leona C. (Leona Christine), 1895-1980 Leona C. Gabel Papers 1848-1980 RG 42 5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.) English Smith College Archives

Northampton, MA

Professor of History. Contains biographical material, publications, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. 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.

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History of the Collection

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806.2 1 Index to the Collection n.d. 806.2 2 Biographical Material 1921-1980 806.2 3 Correspondence 1918-1970 806.2 4 Correspondence -German-American 1848-1914 806.2 5 Lecture-Alumnae College 1938 806.2 6 Lecture-Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor n.d. 806.2 7 Lecture Notes-Erasmus 1959 806.2 8 Lecture Notes-Gilmore; Humanists and Lawyers n.d. 806.2 9 Lecture Notes-Renaissance Historiography n.d. 806.2 10 Miscellaneous Material 1965-1967 806.2 11 Photographs n.d. 806.2 12 Publications-Benefit of Clergy In England in the Later Middle Ages 1930-1936 806.2 13 Publications-The Dialogus of Lapo di Castiglionchi: A Humanist Point of View n.d. 806.2 14 Publications-Encyclopedia Americana n.d. 806.2 15 Publications-Review of Nuntiaturberichte aus Deuschland 1960 806.2 16 Retirement n.d. 806.2 17 Retirement-Correspondence 1963 806.2 18 Retirement-Symposium 1963 806.2 19 Retirement Symposium-Announcement Lists n.d. 806.2 20 Retirement Symposium-Correspondence 1962-1963 806.2 21 Retirement Symposium-Correspondence-Sheehan 1963 806.2 22 Retirement Symposium-Speeches 1963 806.2 23 Venerable English College-"Rome" 1938 Publications-Renaissance and Reformation 807 1 Charles V-Holy Roman Empire-Turks; Dante n.d. 807 3 Economic Development in the Later Middle Ages-Italian Towns n.d. 807 4 Economic Revolution-Science-Science and Humanism n.d. 807 5 Florence-15th and 16th century-Savonarola-15th century Italy in general 1946 807 6 Fourteenth to Fifteenth Century Plagues/Famine 1962 807 7 Fourteenth Century Towns n.d. 807 8 Fourteenth Century War/Epidemics-"Century of Depression" 1956-1977 807 9 Holy Roman Empire-14th century Church/Feudalism 1961-1962 807 10 Introduction n.d. 807 11 Italian Renaissance Humanism 1942-1960 807 12 Map n.d. 807 13 National Monarchies n.d. 807 14 News Clippings 1962 807 15 The Papacy 1960-1961 807 16 Reformation Historiography n.d. 807 17 Reformation-Luther-Calvin n.d. 807 18 Renaissance Papacy n.d. 807 19 Renaissance Unit Lecture 1960-1961 807 20 Venice-14th, 15th, 16th centuries n.d. Commentaries of Pope Pius II 807.1 1 Commentaries of Pope Pius II 1938-1961 807.1 2 Bibliography 1955 807.1 3 Books II, III n.d. 807.1 4 Books VI-IX n.d. 807.1 5 Books X-XIII n.d. 807.1 6 Books-East Books n.d. 807.1 7 Correspondence 1940-1970 807.1 8 Correspondence-Abridgment 1957-1958 807.1 9 Correspondence-Copyright 1958 807.1 10 News Clippings 1959 807.1 11 Notes n.d. 807.1 12 Notes to Printer 1946-1957 807.1 13 Photographs n.d. 807.1 14 Sales and Gift Mailing List 1958-1959 Publications-From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond: The Life and Writings of Anna J. Cooper 807.2 1 A Voice from the South n.d. 807.2 2 A Voice from the South-Correspondence 1977-1979 807.2 3 Correspondence-Publication-University of Chicago 1972-1977 807.2 4 Correspondence-Publication-Greenwood Press, University of Massachusetts, University of N. Carolina 1973-1979 807.2 5 Correspondence-Publication-Miscellaneous 1974-1979 807.2 6 Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter VII 1975 807.2 7 Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter VIII 1975 807.2 8 Life of Anna Cooper-Manuscript-Chapter IX 1975 807.2 9 Notable American Women-Anna Cooper 1977-1980 807.2 10 Notes 1977 807.2 11 Notes-Cooper-Composite Autobiography n.d. Publications-From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond-Source Material 807.3 1 Biographical Material 1864-1978 807.3 2 Correspondence 1971-1975 807.3 3 Correspondence-Annette Eaton 1971-1977 807.3 4 Correspondence-Anna Cooper to Arthur Vance Churchill 1924-1925 807.3 5 Correspondence-Oberlin College, Howard University 1971-1974 807.3 6 From Slavery to the Sorbonne and Beyond 1982 807.3 7 L'Attitude de la France-Introduction n.d. 807.3 8 L'Attitude de la France-Thesis 1925 807.3 9 L'Attitude de la France-Translation n.d. 807.3 10 L'Attitude de la France-Chapter I n.d. 807.3 11 L'Attitude de la France-Chapter II n.d. 807.3 12 L'Attitude de la France-Chapter III n.d. 807.3 13 Pieces Justificatives n.d. 807.3 14 Voice from the South n.d.