GEORGE C. I>1ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATI ON

COLLECTION SUI·11>1ARY SHEET

COLLECTIOIJ: SMITH-CRUM PAPERS

ACCESSION rWj~BER: (461) CJ/DONOR: Mary Lyle Crum Brune

DATE OF GIFT: October 13, 1981

SIZE: 6 linear feet

INCLUSIVE DATES: 1740-1967

BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUBJECT SUt11~ARY:

This collection covers both the Smith fami'ly of Augusta County,Virginia and Earl LaVerne Crufu of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Smithswere farmers in the Middlebrook area who intermarried in the 18th and19th century with Randolphs, Prices, Brooks and Wilsons. W. F. Smithoperated a mill in Greenville, his son, Ballard, became a teacherat McDonough School in Maryland. Ba l l ard vs daughter ~1ary Lyle marriedEarl L. Crum (1891-1961), a classics scholar. He taught at Lehp!igh,Iowa and Washington and Lee Universities. Crum also served in bothWorld wars, in World War I as a chaplain and in World War II as amilitary government officer. In this capacity he denazified HeidelbergUniversity.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT:

Smith papers consist of correspondence, deeds, wills, plats,financial papers and family photographs, as well as genealogicalrecords. The Crum papers includes letters from Crum to his wife1936-1949, publications, his military records and material relatingto the denazification controversy.

RESTRICTIONS:

LOCATIor~ :

None

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COLLECTION REGISTER AVAILABLE: Yes

t·1s 061) 9/SMITH-CRUM PAPERS. 1740-1967. 10 Boxes. 6 Linear feet.

Biographical Sketch

The Smith family of Greenville, Virginia traces its ancestry to Devonshire,England. William Smith settled ih Virginia in the late 18th century. Smith'snumerous offspring populated rural Augusta County making their living as farmers.Marriage into several other large families gave the Smith's ties to Louisa andRockbridge Counties. During the 19th century, Prices, Randolph's Brookses, andWilsons all joined the Smith family through marriage.

In the 1890's W. F. Smith operated a rolling mill. He also was active in civicaffairs serving as a notary public to the Greenville community. Smith's son,W. Ballard Smith became a teacher at the McDonough School in Maryland wherehe spent thirty years educating young men. While at McDonough,Smith met andmarried Mary Emmette Brooks; they then had four children. One of their daughters,Mary Lyle Smith (1892-1981), collected the family papers.

Earl LaVerne Crum (1891-1961) can be best described as a 20th century Renaissanceman; he was a scholar, poet, linguist and artist. Born in Athens, Ohio, toTheodore Crum, Earl Crum attended St. John's College receiving an AB in 1913 andthe AM from Hopkins in 1916. He then joined the Arn~ as a chaplain serving ashistorian to the 66th Pioneer Infantry. In 1918, Crum married Mary Lyle Smithwhom he met while teaching at the McDonough School. Following their marriageCrum worked briefly as a chaplain for the YMCA at Camp Dix, but in the fall of1919 the Crums went to Charvieu, France, to run a home for war orphans.

In 1920 the Crums returned to the United States and Crum resumed his academiccareer. While pursuing his doctorate (1924) in classics at New York University,Crum held the rank of assistant professor staying until 1926. He then ta~ght at theState University of Iowa, (1927-1929) Leh/igh University (1929-1957), andWashington &Lee University (1957-1961).

Crum's tenure at Lehjiigh was interrupted by World l~ar II. In July, 1943, he wascommissioned as a captain and sent to Civil Affairs Training Schools at Fort Custer,Michigan and University of P'i t tsbur-q , Pennsylvania. In January. 1944, Crum wassent to Europe, first to England and then to France and Germany. He first servedas historian, then as head of Religious Affairs in Wiesbaden, Germany, attachedto Supreme Headquarters AEF. In 1945, Major Crum received the assignment as Officerin Charge of Heidelberg University. In this capacity he was to denazify the schoolin preparation of its re-opening. In 1946, he returned to the United States and hisacademic career.

Active in the Classical Association of the Atlantic States and the classical Leagueof the Lehligh Valley, Crum wrote many articles on classical topics. In 1957,Dr. and Mrs. Crum returned to her family home in Greenville, Virginia, where Crumdied in 1961.

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Scope and Content Note

The Smith-Cru8 Papers divide into two separate sections: one of Smith Family Papersand the other of the Earl L. Crum Family Papers. Within each group are several series:Correspondence, Legal and Financi~l documents, and Genealogical or Biographicalmaterial.

The Smith Family Papers span the period 1740-1938. There are four series:Genealogical material, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Material and RelatedFamilies Records. Genealogical material consists of letters from family membersabout relatives, narratives passed through the family, and individual name cardsand family charts for a family tree.

Correspondence (1821-1938) includes letters written by William Smith to his sons,letters between siblings and sympathy notes. Among the Legal and Financial Materialsare wills (1837-1927), deeds (1801-1892), slave sales (1813-1858), and articles ofagreement (1826-1937).

Related Families' Papers contain the correspondence and financial documentsof the Price, Randolph, Brownlee, Brooks, Wilson and Crum families who marriedinto the Smith family. Included in this are Price family indentures (1789-1822),plats (1801-1815), and slave sales (1814-1838); Randolph bills and estate records(1825-1863), and Brooks and Wilson correspondence (1861-1873). Also foundare a Bethel Church Treasury Ledger (1842-1874) and financial documents fromMiddlebrook, Virginia (1842-1874).

Earl L. Crum Papers cover the years 1895 to 1967 and comprise eight series:Biographical Records, Correspondence, Crum's Academic and Military Careers, hisAwards, Family Memorabilia, Published Material and Postcards. Biographical Recordsinclude a marriage license, passport application, and obituaries. Correspondenceis mainly letters written by Dr. Crum to his wife (1935-1949) although there arethree folders of material written to Dr. Crum (1911-1961).

Crum's Academic Career is documented by his school records, copies of his publications,and speeches and lectures. His Military Career is cpvered by military retords suchas transfers and orders (1918-1919; 1943-1946) as well as articles and pamphlets hewrote while in the serice. The problems Crum faced while Officer in Charge ofHeidelberg are documented in three folders of correspondence and reports.

Rounding out the personal part of the Crum Papers are Awards, honors and citationsreceived by him and newspaper clippings about Crum. Memorabilia includes programs,menus, scrapbooks and souvenirs.

Publications are books, pamphlets and articles by friends of Dr. Crum includingK. H. Bauer, Fritz Ernst, and Leon Irvin.

Lastly, there is one box of postcards collected by Dr. Crum mostly depictingarchitecture or artifacts.

Also part of the collection, but housed separately are: photographs of theSmith and Crum family, Signal Corps photos of Europe, Germany as seen by Crum;Confederate currency and bonds; maps; and some items of clothing.

A: M. Weber, 8 June 1983

SMITH FAMILY GENEALOGY OUTLINE

William Smith = Catherine Bibb17!:i5-1833 rlancy Bibb

Sa11 ard Smith = r~ary Le\'I; s Pri ce1787-1872 1794-1876

William F. Smith = Letitia Randolph1826-1902

William Ballard Smith1863-19) 9

Emmett Brooks = Mary Louise Wilson1842-1868 1841-1895

I= Mary Emmette Brooks

-1938

IMary Lyle Smith = Earl LaVerne Crum

1892-1981 1891-1961,Mary Lyle Crum = William Brune

1924-

IGeraldine Stuart Brune

1957-

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Genealogical MaterialsSmith family correspondence, 1913-1963Smith and related families narrativesIndividual name cardsFami ly chartsNewspaper Clippings

CorrespondenceWilliam Smith to Son, Ballard, 1821-1833Smith family, 1832-1880Emmette Brooks Smith and W. Ballard Smith, 1890-1919W. F. Smith and W. Ballard Smith, 1898-1916; Smith family,

1898-1916Sympathy cards sent on death of W. Ballard Smith, 1919Flower cards sent on death of W. Ballard Smith, 1919Telegrams and flowers sent on death of Emmette Brooks Smith,

1938

Legal and Financial Papers (or materials)Smith Family Wills, 1837-1927Smith family slave sales, 1813-1858Smith family articles of agreement, 1826-1937Smith family receipts, 1825-1938Smith family plats, 1801-1890'sSmi th famil y deeds, 1746 -1839Smith family deeds, 1840-1892W. F. Smith, articles of agreement, 1858-1902W. F. Smith, debits, 1856-1877W. F. Smith, credits, 1850-1880W. F. Smith, cancelled checks, 1894-1901W. F. Smith, Buena Vista Company deeds, 1890, 1911Accounts - W. F. Smith as adminstrator of V. J. Churchman,

1849-1880W. Ballard Smith, school papers, c.1885W. Ballard Smith, Financial papers, 1892-1920Collection taken for W. Ballard and Emmette Brooks Smith

presentation, 1917

Related F~fuiltes~~papers

Price family correspondence, 1811, 1820William Price, will and estate record, 1826-1840Price family slave sales, 1814, 1838Price family plats, 1801-1815Price family indentures, 1789-1822Price family receipts, 1806-1831John T. Randolph, bills and estate records, 1825-1863

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Related Families' PapersBrownlee family indentures, 1844Brooks family correspondence, 1861-1873Andrew Brooks' notebooks, 1856-1860'sEmmette Brooks' notebooks, 1861-1865Wilson family correspondence, 1861Brooks-Wilson family correspondence, n.d.Mary L(Mollie) Wilson correspondence, 1852-1861"Cous in Sam" to Mollie Wilson, 1855-1861Emmette Brooks to Mary L. Wilson, 1863-1867Mary L. Wilson to Emmette Brooks, 1861-1865Mrs. Emmette (Mary L.) Brooks - incoming correspondence,

1868-1895Emmette Brooks to Mary L. Brooks, 1885Sympathy letters to Emmette Brooks Smith on death of Mary

L. Brooks, 1895Brooks Family school papers, 1855-1891Brooks-Wilson, bills, accounts, receipts, 1863-1914Augusta County receipts, 1860-1896Greenville Academy Land sale, 1858Bethel Church Treasury ledger, 1842-1874Middlebrook, Virginia, plats, deeds, indentures, 1842-1874Crum family mementoes, 1875-1918Ralph W. Crum obituaries, n.d.

EARL L. CRUM FAMILY PAPERS

Biographical HaterialEarl L. Crum and Mary Lyle Smith, marriage license, 1918t1ary Lyle CtUTIl, passport application, 1919Letters, testimonials, obituararies on death of Earl L.

Crum, 1961

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CorrespondenceMary Lyle Crum to family, 1919-September; 1920Mary Lyle Crum letters from Charvieu, France, 1919-1920,

pUblished in theLetters to Mary Lyle Crum from Duncan C. Lyle, 1925-1931Mary Lyle Crum incoming correspondence, [1950's-1966]Earl L. Crum to wife and daughters, July 1935-March 1936Earl L. Crum to wife and daughter, July 1943-January 26, 1945Earl L. Crum to wife and daughter, January 28, 1945-May 13, 1946Earl L. Crum to wife, April l1-August 3, 1949Earl L. Crum incoming correspondence, 1911; 1919; 1924-1929;

1931-1939; 1942-1949

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CorrespondenceEarl L. Crum incoming correspondence, 1950-1958; 1960-1961;

undatedMary Lyle Crum Brune to mother, 1943-1944; 1956-1972Crum family Christmas cards, n.d.

Academic CareerAcademic record, 1913-1924 .Crum, "Pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names in

English," 1924Earl L. Crum, Index to Proper flames in Servi us, 1927Earl L. Crum, liThe Use of vJine in t1edicine according to

Ce l sus ," 1929Earl L. Crum, "Human El ements in Vitruvi us, de Architectura, II

1931Earl L. Crum, "Di et in Ancient Medical Practice as shown by

Celsus in his dehed l ctna ," 1932Earl L. Crum, Horacio, Dois Mil Anos Depois, 1936Earl L. Crum, "Vavia-A Medicina Entre os Gregos E os Romanos,"

1937Earl L. Crum, "Heidelberg University Reopens, II 1949Earl L. Crum, lectures given in Heidelberg, 1949Earl L. Crum, speeches, n.d.Earl L. Crum; report to Bethel Church, June, 1961Poetry written and collected by Earl L. Crum

t1ilitary CareerEarl L. Crum military record, 1918-1919Crum, "t1ilitary Record and Report of Separation, 1943-1946 11

crum, Military record, 1943-1950Crum, History of the Sixty-Second Pioneer Infantry Division,

1919Crum, "Education in the City of t1anchester, England," 1944Crum, Report - History and Education Department, 1945Crum, speeches, 1945-1946Religious conferences and affairs, Germany, 1945Problems relating to the reopening of Heidelberg University,

1945-1946Daniel B. Penham, Report - "Screening of Heidelberg University,1I

1946Reports - Documents and Apparatus Returned to Heidelberg

University, July-September 1945

Crum Awards, Honors and CitationsClippings about Earl L. Crum, 1932-1962

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MemorabiliaAcademic and Club programs, 1928-1939Classical Association of Atlantic States - programs, reports,

1934-1957Church programs, 1935-1961Musical programs, 1943-1949Heidelberg Programs, 1945-1949, 1956Menus, 1944-1949"Sentimental Journal," May 25-June 1, 1946Speeches made in Heidelberg on Crum's arrival and departure,

1945-1949Crum, passports, 1920-1949Crum, calling cards, licenses, identification cards, 1918-1950t1ary Lyle Crum scrapbook, 1919-1920Crum, Portuguese memorabilia, 1935-1936Crum, military memorabiliaCorrespondence - E. Engelking to W. Leon Godshall and

J. Lee Richards, 1947-1948Otto Kiefer, Alien registration book, NSDAP contribution card,

1925-1935

Printed MaterialsK. H. Bauer, Rassenhygiene: Ihre Biologischen Grundlassen,

1926K. H. Bauer, Vom l'Jeu~n Geist Der Universitat; Dokuments, Reden

und Vortrage, 1945/46K. H. Bauer, "Erster Sitzungstag," 1952Fritz Ernst, "Die \~iedereroffnung der Universitat Heidelberg,

1945-1946, II 1960Alice Crassette Hall, "The Five Hundredth Anniversary of the

University of Heidelberg," n.d.F. Hourani, Manchester and Abraham Lincoln, n.d.Leon P. Irvin, Dre Amerikanischen Hochschulen, 1947Karl Jaspers, "Heidelberger Erinnerungen," 1961L. G. t1atthevJs, Jr., "Dr. Crum and the Codex Manesse, II 1946Our Blitz: Red Sky Over Manchester, [1942JPompeii, n.d.f1emoricll to Gustav Radbruch, 195060 Jahre Bethanien-Berein .. Frankfurt am MainNora ~Jaln, "Can the Nazis Learn?" n.d.The Classical Weekly_, 1950, 1952, 1961Military manualsHeidelberg tour book, 1951Programm ..• 575 Jahrfeier Heidelberg University, 1961

Postcards10 envelopes# 1-4,

8, 13-27, 36 Portugal

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10 envelopes# 56, 1179, 34

PostcardsFranceItalyEgytianGreece

artifacts

Artifacts10 Chinese12 Middle Eastern28 United States29 South America30 Eskimo31 Oceania32 African33 Prehistoric

35 Oceangoing vessels37 Stratford-on-Avon38 Germany39 United States

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GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATION RECORD

COLLECTIOi~: SIIITH-CRill1 ..::..:PAP=E:.:.,:RS=-- _ ACCESSION NUMBER: (461) 9/The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items Currency-Bonds Location

Confederate States of .A1:J:'e.ri.ca

Five dollars - Ri.chrrond, February 17, 1864

Ten dollars - Rl.chrmnd, February 17, 186/+

Twenty dollars - Ri.chrrond, Feb. 17, 1864

Facsirnile

Ten dollars - Ri.chrrond, July 25, 1861

Administrative Security

A (7)H (3)C (¢)D (5)E (2)F (4)G (2)II (2)

A (8)B (3)C (5)D (7)E (4)F (9)G (6)II (10)

B (1)D (1)

C (1)

B (1)

Germany

Allied 11ilitary Govermrent; - One IvTarl~, 1944Rai.chs barik note, 1,000 Hark, 19221,000,000 Hark, 1923Reichs bank note, 500 Hark, 1922One Deutsche l1ark, 1948l1ilitary payrrent certificate - U.S. military persormel

5 centsAllherte 11ilitarbehorde, 20 Schilling, 1944

Liberty Loan Bonds, J'lIDe 13, 1917 3 - Fifty dollars each

Buena Vista Company, 8 shares at $100 each, July 9, 18904 shares at $100 each, Oct. 3, 1890

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GEORGE C. t~ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATIOtJ RECORD

COLLECTIOtJ: mlITII-CRIJl1 Pi\PERS ACCESSION NUMBER: (461).---,-'1/__The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items

Folder 1

Oversize Loca ti on

Hap Case

Hilliam Price Hill [)(, Estate Record, 1832.

Smith Family Plut, ca. 1890's.

Confederate States of Ari1erica

Non-Taxable certificate, 6~~ per anmm, December 13, 1864 (.)

CSA Loan of Augus t 19, 1861 100 dollars (2)500 dollars (4)

1,000 dollars (2)

CSA Loan of February 20, 1863 100 dollars (1)500 dollars (3)

1,000 dollars (3)

CSA Loan of February 17, 1864 500 dollars (1)

Berliner Illustrierte Zeitt.mg, 1941 selected cartoons.

Kolonie lll1.d Heirnat, 1941 selected cartoons.

Folder 2

Hap .. Hestenl Germany, Holland, &vitzerland & BeIg.ium.

Stalll1.ton Spectator and General Advertiser, December 12, 1839.

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GEORGE C. t1ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATIOIi RECORD

COLLECTIOti: SHITII-CRln1 PAPERS ACCESSION NUMBER: 061) Cf'/The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items Photographs p.l Location

4 vi.ews Cold Spring Carnp near Greenville, Va.

3 portraits - Duncan Lyle

9 portraits - Errrnette Brooks SmitlL

4 portraits - William Ballard Smith

2 group candi.ds - W. B. Smith and Errrrette Brooks

3 group portraits - HcDonough School Teachers

1 - BeIIDrial Window to W. B. Smit.h at Hc.Donough

1 portrait - 1'.L3.ry Willson Brooks

1 album - photographs of Greenville and Smith and Crurn Fami.Li s

1 candid - Theodore Crum

2 portraits - Ifrs , Theodore Cr1.lI1l

11 negatives - Earl L. Crum

26 various - Earl L. Crum

9 portraits - Hary Lyle Smith Crum

21 various - Nary Lyle CrUI1l Brune

2 - Tippy the dog

1 portrait - Letitia Handolph Smith

1 portrait - William F. Smith

1 - Smith Fami..ly in Greenville

1 - Earl Crum-Hary Lyle Smith wedding portrait

5 - Earl Crura and students

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GEORGE C. t1ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATIOf~ RECORD

ACCESSION NUj~BER: (46]) 1;COLLECTIOf4: StlIIH-CHl.J.t1 PAPEr~-====-...:::===.---.------------.....:-......;..;.------f...:rJ.l""'-;l---=.,r---~The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items Photographs continued, p.2 Location

3 - Earl Crum and Hary Lyle CnIDl portraits

2 - Exterior views, Villa Avita, Greenville, Va.

5 - Interior vi.ews , Villa Avita, Greenville, Va.

1 - Smith-Crura family candid

4 - Earl Crum - secretaries, Heidelberg

3 views - Earl Crum, Ruth Praeger and HiIliam Sudduth at UtHostel Heidelberg

6 - Earl Crum and faculty at Heidelberg

2 - Opening of Aachen School

2 - USAT COI:1FORT

3 - I. G. Farben factory building

2 - Cerrnans repairing a Jewish cerretery

11 - vie1;vs of Heidelberg University

4 portraits - K. H. Bauer

3 portraits - Hartin HieIiDller

1 portrait - 111::". and 111::"s. Hartin NierrDller

3 candids - Doris and Karl Freudenberg

1 - Pastor Frickes and family

1 - Earl Clown's secretal~es

1 - Professor Fuchs and family

1 - Pastor Barth

2 - Fritz En1St family

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GEORGE C. ttlARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATIOt~ RECORD

COLLECTIOt~: SHI7H-CRIJ11 PAPERS ACCESSION NUMBER: G6l) .-.:1...1-1_The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items Photographs continued, p.3

l3 - Participants at Treysa Conference, 1945

1 - Gus tav Radbruck

9 snapshots - Trip to Heidelberg, 1949

3 - CARE photos - Food parcels

29 - U. S. Arrrr; Signal Corps photos - Europe after 'War

19 - Confidential U. S. Anny Signal Corps photos - Europe afte'War

3 - Confidential - General Ryan and Colonel Page

101 - Gennan 11ilitary post photos

7 aerial photos - unidentified

1 aerial photo - Dortmund Ems Canal

1 - Hashington and Lee Colonnade

17 - vi.ews of Germany

1 aerial vi.ew - YaJ Tree Schools, 't.-JythenshavJe, England

4 - sculptures/frescoes

2 - 11aj or Earl Crum stationery

1 - Wesley Hethodist Church Honor Roll

1 - Class 11cDonough school boys

1 view - HcDonough school

1 portrait - .John l1cDonough

15 - unidentified people

20 - unidentified places

1 - flowers

Location

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GEORGE C. f'1ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARAT IOf~ RECORD

COLLECTIOf~: SHITH-CPll1 PAPERS ACCESS ION NUMBER: (461) 1/The following items have been removed from the collection:

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Description of items

Stars and Stripes Sicily, August 12, 1943

Paris, Noverrber 18, 19/+4

Paris, Hoverrber 17, 1944

Volkischer Beobachter H:rrch 21, 1938

Location

Library - Folder 2/fA

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II

I~brary - Folder 40

GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SEPARATION RECORD

COLLECTIOf4: Smi th-Crum Papers ACCESSION NUMBER: 061) 91The following items have been removed from the collection:

Description of items

Lock of Hair- Mary Louise Wilson

Location,-----_.,.

Museum StorageBox #48

HandkerchiefCollarSatin Heart

Emmett BrooksMuseum StorageBox # 48

Section of Wedding Dress- Mary Lyle Smith Crum

Heidelberg Brass Plate from Scrapbook- ca. 1940's

Museum StorageBox #18

Museum StorageBox # 32