Finding Aid to the Rose L. Ellerbe Papers MS.572

Holly Rose Larson

Library and Archives at the Autry

2012 October 8

210 South Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

rroom@theautry.org

URL: https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives

Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry

Title: Rose L. Ellerbe Papers

Creator: Ellerbe, Rose Lucille

Identifier/Call Number: MS.572

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1900-1929

Abstract: Rose Lucille Ellerbe (1894-1929) came to California as a teacher in 1884 and then became a journalist, contributing regularly to the Los Angeles Times. Materials in this collection are from 1900-1929 and include fiction and non-fiction mansucripts by Ellerbe, correspondence, financial records, and information on the Pasadena Center for Russian Handicrafts.

Language of Material: English .

Processing History

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Final processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 8, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection are from 1900-1929 and include fiction and non-fiction mansucripts on the history of Southern California by Rose L. Ellerbe, as well as her personal papers. Personal papers include correspondence, financial records, and information on the Pasadena Center for Russian Handicrafts. Ellerbe's papers also include files on Henry E. Huntington.

Biographical Note

Rose Lucille Ellerbe (1894-1929) came to California as a teacher in 1884 and then became a journalist, contributing regularly to the Los Angeles Times. Ellerbe published many short stories and wrote several monographs on California history. Ellerbe was involved with the Pasadena Center for Russian Handicrafts. Ellerbe's cousin was Frank Rolfe, a geologist who worked on the Los Angeles Aqueduct Survey and who donated his library of books and papers to the Southwest Museum library in 1933.

Preferred Citation

Rose L. Ellerbe Papers, 1900-1929, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.572; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Conditions Governing Access

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Inventory

Stories:

"Citizen of No Country"
"Figuring on Fools"
"A Girl and a Bandit"
"Heaven Laughs"
"The Key to Freedom Wherein Lies Russia's Hope"
"The Storehouse Key"
"That Which Was Lost"

Historic Material:

"Cucamonga Rancho"
"History of La Ballona Grant"
"Jedediah Smith at San Gabriel" (11) "Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 1850"
"The Public Pays" (Concerning Aimee Semple McPherson)
"The Romance of the Ranchos San Vicente y Santa Monica"
"Slaughtering Trees" (3 c.)

Huntington Material:

"Henry E. Huntington in a Reminiscent Mood"
Prospectus "Builders of the Western Metropolis and Commonwealth of California"
Reminiscences of Collis P. Huntington told by William M. Stoddard (his brother-in-law),'told to L. A. Ingersoll - also correspondence concerning it
Reminiscences of Collis P. Huntington told by William M. Stoddard (his brother-in-law),'told to L. A. Ingersoll - also correspondence concerning it

Other:

Biography and finances (of Ellerbe) - items pertaining to
Correspondence - mostly with publishers
Information from C. J. Prudhomme - in letter
Pasadena Center for Russian handicrafts - information concerning

Miscellaneous:

"Story of Battle of San Pasqual" - told by Pedro Sepulveda
"Valuable Records: Bancroft Collection and Academy of Coast History" Los Angeles Times December 13, 1908
In Photo Archives: 2 postcards - 1 of Russian Peasant Handicraft Center - 4 photographs - 3 negatives (of 3 of the 4 photographs)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manuscripts

Financial records

Correspondence

Fiction

Huntington, Henry Edwards

Pasadena Center For Russian Handicrafts