Finding Aid to the Herman-Green Postcard Collection 695
Finding aid prepared by Matthew Dimopoulos, Claudia Sandoval, and Michael P.
Palmer.
Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont, 91711
(909) 607-3977
spcoll@libraries.claremont.edu
February 14, 2011
Title: Herman-Green Postcard Collection.
Collection number: 695
Repository:
Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
Physical Description:
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1889-1969.
Date (bulk): 1906-1969.
Language of Materials note: Languages represented in
the collection: English and French.
Abstract: Black-and-white and tinted postcards dating from
1906 to 1969 (bulk 1920 to 1939). The bulk of the collection is arranged
geographically. The materials for Europe are particularly extensive, in particular
for England, France, Italy, and Spain; there are also postcards for North Africa and
the Middle East. The number of postcards for the United States is small, and relates
primarily to national parks. A relatively small number of postcards is organized by
person (primarily artists) or subject. Other materials include prints, engraved and
photographic plates removed from printed books (often cut down to 4" x 6"), business
cards, guidebooks, information on various hotels and restaurants, and wrappers from
postcard sets.
Creator:
Green, Frances M.,
1900-1974
Creator:
Herman, Ruth
Radford, Mrs., 1896-1976
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donor and date of acquisition unknown (see Historical note).
Processing Information note
Processed by Matthew Dimopoulos and Claudia Sandoval for Archival Studies 311,
Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2010. Revised and encoded by Michael P.
Palmer, February 2011.
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing
to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herman-Green Postcard Collection, 695. Special Collections,
Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Historical note
The origins of this collection cannot be determined with absolute certainty. However,
approximately 150 postcards in the collection were posted, and all but a handful of
these can be traced to two families.
The earliest postcards, of English localities and posted in 1906-1910, were addressed
to Stella Radford, of Algoma, Wisconsin, and her niece, Ruth M. Radford (born 1896),
of Mansfield, Louisiana, from C. Robinson. In 1926, Ruth Radford married Winfield
Fabian Herman, MD, who was born in Seattle in 1901, and after receiving a BA from
the University of Washington had earned his medical degree from Louisiana State
University in New Orleans. The couple appears to have lived at first in Tacoma,
Washington; Ruth took an extended trip to France and Britain without her husband in
1928. The couple moved to Glendale, California, in 1947, where Dr. Herman served on
the staff of Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Verdugo Hills Hospital, and Glendale
Memorial Hospital (where he became chief of staff in 1960). He entered private
practice in 1968, and retired in 1983. Ruth died in 1976, and Dr. Herman in 1998. As
the couple had no children they engaged in extensive philanthopy, including donating
substantial sums for scholarships to Pomona College and the University of Southern
California.
A number of postcards are addressed to Stella (Mrs. James N.) Sherman, who in
1929-1931 resided at 426 South Central Ave., Glendale, and later at 341 West
Broadway, Glendale. While it is tempting to posit that she was formerly Stella
Radford (who appears to have been living in Portland, Oregon, in 1928), and thus
Ruth (Radford) Herman's aunt, none of the postcards addressed to her was written by
Ruth.
The second family to which the majority of posted postcards can be traced to Dr.
Nathaniel Green, his wife, Mary R., and their daughter Frances M. The Green family
appears to have moved from Ashville, North Carolina, to Glendale in 1913, settling
by 1920 at 1120 E. Windsor Road. Postcards addressed to Frances indicate she
continued to reside at the Windsor Road address throughout the 1930s; between 1955
and 1969 she lived at 1314 N. Central Avenue, Glendale. (She is probably the Frances
M. Green, born May 3, 1900, who according to the Social Security Death Index died in
Glendale on January 15, 1974.) Frances Green was acquainted with Stella Sherman as
early as 1929; between 1957 and 1967, Frances also addressed a number of postcards
to Ruth (Radford) Herman.
It is not known how the Herman family postcards became merged with the postcards
addressed to Stella Sherman and Frances Green, although it is possible that both
Mrs. Sherman and Miss Green, dying before Ruth (Radford) Herman, left their
collections to her. It is most probably through the Hermans' connection with Pomona
College that these postcards found their way into the collections of Honnold/Mudd
Library.
It should be noted that the collection has almost certainly suffered some disturbance
since it came to Honnold/Mudd Library, as it now contains a postcard addressed to E.
Wilson Lyon while a student at St. John's College, Oxford.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of black-and-white and tinted postcards dating from 1906 to
1969 (bulk from 1920 to 1939), together with a number of photographs, prints,
clippings, and ephemera, dating from the same period, with a single item dating from
1885. The bulk of the postcards is arranged geographically by region, then by
country, and within each country alphabetically by locality. Most countries also
include a number of postcards filed under "folk costumes and customs". The materials
for Europe are extensive, in particular for England, France, Italy, and Spain; the
number of postcards for North Africa and the Middle East is considerably smaller.
The number of postcards for the United States is quite small, and relates primarily
to national parks in the western states. A relatively small number of postcards is
organized by person (primarily artists) or subject. Other materials include prints,
engraved and photographic plates removed from printed books (often cut down to 4" x
6"), business cards, guidebooks, information on various hotels and restaurants, and
wrappers from postcard sets.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Herman, Winfield Fabian,
1901-1998, MD
Africa--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
California--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
Canada--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
Europe--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
Middle East--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
Photographic postcards
Postcards
United States--Description and travel--Pictorial
works
Series 1:
Postcards.
1906-1969.
Physical Description:
8 shoeboxes.
Scope and Contents note
These postcards, forming the bulk of the collection, are arranged
geographically by region, then by country, and within each country
alphabetically by locality. Most countries also include a number of
postcards filed under "folk costumes and customs". The materials for Europe
are extensive, in particular for England, France, Italy, and Spain.
Postcards for London and Paris are arranged as "general" postcards, followed
by significant buildings, monuments, and streets. The number of postcards
for North Africa and the Middle East is considerably smaller. The postcards
for France and Germany in particular document the condition of the
localities pictured prior to the devastation of World War II; those for
Palestine document the country before the destruction caused during and
after the formation of the State of Israel. The number of postcards for the
United States is quite small, and relates primarily to national parks in the
western states. The postcards for Idaho are made from personal photographs
and document a trip undertaken (probably by Wilfred Herman) in 1925;
commercially produced postcards for the Columbia River Highway in Oregon
have similar markings. One-half an archival "shoebox" contains postcards
arranged alphabetically by person. The people represented are primarily
artists, although a significant number of postcards also portray and
document the Bonaparte family, the life of Dante Alighieri, and the life of,
and characters created by, Charles Dickens. An additional one-half shoebox
contains postcards arranged alphabetically by subject, including art that
could not be assigned to a specific artist, musical composers, depictions of
the character of Don Quixote, characters from 16th-century British history,
Popes, members of various European ruling families, and World War I
monuments in France.
Box 1
Algeria.
Scope and Contents note
Algiers.
Box 1
Egypt.
Scope and Contents note
Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Cairo, Dendera, Edfu, Esna, Giza,
Kalabsha, Karnak, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Maharraqa, Mataria, Memphis,
Philae, Saqqara, Thebes.
Box 1
Morocco.
Scope and Contents note
Rabat, Tangier, Volubilis.
Box 1
Tunisia.
Scope and Contents note
Carthage.
Box 1
Austria.
Scope and Contents note
Klosterneuburg, Raxbahn (Reichenau an der Rax), Salzburg,
Semmering, Vienna.
Box 1
Belgium.
Scope and Contents note
Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Folk costumes and customs, Ghent,
Louvain, Rochefort, Waterloo.
Box 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Scope and Contents note
Trebinje.
Box 1
Croatia.
Scope and Contents note
Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Folk costumes and customs, Korčula,
Solin, Split, Trogir.
Box 1
Czech Republic.
Scope and Contents note
Brno, Prague.
Box 1
Denmark.
Scope and Contents note
Amager, Arreskov, Copenhagen, Faarevejle, Fredensborg,
Fredriksborg palace, Klampenborg, Kronborg, Marienlyst
(Helsingør), Roskilde.
Box 1-2
England, Scotland, and Wales.
Box 1
A-G.
Scope and Contents note
Bath, Battle Abbey, Beccles, Black Prince's Well
(Harbledown, Kent), Brading (Isle of Wight), Cambridge,
Canterbury, Castle Combe, Chester, Chichester,
Chiddingstone, Clovelly, Compton Wynyates, Corfe Castle,
Coventry, Dartmoor, Durham, Eaton Hall (Cheshire),
Eccleston Ferry (Chester), Ely, Eton College, Exeter,
Furness Abbey, Glastonbury, Gloucester, Greenwich, Guy's
Cliffe.
Box 2
H-Y.
Scope and Contents note
Hampton Court, Harewood House, Hawarden, Hereford, Hever,
Holywell (St. Ives, Camb.), Houghton (Camb.),
Huntingdon, Ipswich, Kenilworth, Lake District, Land's
End, Lelant, Lichfield, Lincoln, London, London--British
Museum, London--Churches, London--Parliament,
London--Tower of London, London--Westminster Abbey,
Ludlow, Needingworth, Newland (Gloucester), Norfolk
Broads, Nortoft (Guilsborough), Norwich, Oxford,
Peterborough, Plymouth, Ripon, Rochester, St. Albans,
St. Ives (Cornwall), St. Ives (Hunts.), Salisbury,
Scarborough, Stoke Poges, Stonehenge, Stratford on Avon,
Tintagel, Torquay, Truro, Warwick, Wells, Wendover,
Winchester, Windsor, Woolbridge House (Dorset),
Worthing, Wroxham, York.
Box 2
Scotland.
Scope and Contents note
Abbotsford House, Dryburgh Abbey, Dunvegan Castle, Edinburgh,
Fife, Forth Road Bridge, Gretna Green, lochs, Melrose Abbey,
Perthshire, Stirling.
Box 2
Wales.
Scope and Contents note
Conway, Harlech.
Box 2
A.
Scope and Contents note
Abbeville, Aigues-Mortes, Aix-en-Provence, Albi, Alsace (folk
costumes and customs), Amboise, Amiens, Ammerschwihr, Anet,
Angers, Angoulême, Arles, Autun, Auxerre, Avallon,
Avignon.
Box 3
B-O.
Scope and Contents note
Batz, Bayeux, Bayonne, Bayonne--Musée Basque, Beaucaire,
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Beaune, Beauvais, Besançon, Blois,
Bordeaux, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bourg (Ain), Bourges, Brittany
(folk costumes and customs), Brou (Ain), Caen, Cancale,
Cannes, Cap d'Agde, Cap Ferrat, Carcassonne,
Caudebec-en-Caux, Chalons-sur-Marne, Chambord, Chamonix,
Chantilly, Chartres, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chenonceaux,
Cheverny, Chinon, Cimiez, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile,
Clermont-Ferrand, Clichy-sous-Bois, Colmar, Compiègne,
Corsica (folk costumes and customs), Côte d'Azur, Darnetal,
Dijon, Dinan, Dinard, Domremy-la-Pucelle, Doubs River,
Dreux, Drôme, Eze, Fontainebleau, Fontvielle, Fougères,
Fréjus, Gourdon, Gray, Grenoble, Guérande,
Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Ile Saint-Honorat, Ile
Sainte-Marguerite, Is-sur-Tille, Janailhac, Josselin,
Jumièges, Kaysersberg, La Baule-les-Pins, La Baule-sur-Mer,
La Rochelle, Laffrey, Laffrey Lakes, Lampaul, Langeais,
Langres, Laon, Le Croisic, Le Havre-Graville, Le Lude, Le
Mans, Le Pouliguen, Le Puy, Les Andelys, Les
Baux-de-Provence, Limoges, Lisieux, Loches, Loup River
Gorges, Lourdes, Louviers, Luynes, Lyon, Maintenon,
Malmaison, Mantes, Marray, Marseille, Marseille-Château
d'If, Menton, Metz, Modane, Moissac, Monestier-de-Clermont,
Mont Pelvoux, Mont Saint-Michel, Montmajour, Montrésor,
Nancy, Nantes, Narbonne, Neufchâteau (Vosges), Nice, Nice
(folk costumes and customs), Nîmes, Nivernais (folk costumes
and customs), Normandy, Orange, Orléans, Ornans, Orne River,
Ottrot.
Box 4
P-V.
Scope and Contents note
Paris, Paris--Acien Paris, Paris--Arc de Triomphe,
Paris--Booksellers, Paris--Carnavalet, Paris--Churches,
Paris--Cluny Museum, Paris--Conciergerie, Paris--Eiffel
Tower, Paris--Gobelins, Paris--Houses, Paris--Louvre,
Paris--Luxembourg Gardens, Paris--Madeleine, Paris--Mosque,
Paris--Notre Dame, Paris--Opéra, Paris--Pantheon,
Paris--Parks, Paris--Pére-Lachaise, Paris--Place de la
Concorde, Paris--Place Vendôme, Paris--Point Alexandre III,
Paris--Sacré Coeur, Paris--Saint-Étienne-du-Mont,
Paris--Saint-Germain-des-Prés,
Paris--Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris--Saint-Séverin,
Paris--Sainte Chapelle, Paris--Streets, Paris--Théatre
Lyrique, Paris--Tour St. Jacques, Paris--Tuileries, Pau,
Périgueux, Perpignan, Pierrefonds, Plombières-les-Bains,
Point du Raz de Sein (Finistère), Poissy, Pont-en-Royans,
Pornichet, Provence (folk costumes and customs), Quimper,
Reims, Rigny-Ussé, Riquewihr, Rocamadour, Rochefort, Rouen,
Route de la Grande-Chartreuse (Dauphiné), Royan,
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saint-Denis, Saint-Enogat,
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Malo,
Saint-Mihiel, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sainte-Anne-d'Auray,
Sainte-Marguerite-de-Pornichet, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
Sassenage, Saumur, Senlis, Soissons, Strasbourg, Tabuchet
Glacier, Tarascon, Toulouse, Tours, Tréguier, Troyes,
Turckheim, Uzerche, Vaison (Vaucluse), Valence (Drôme),
Verdun, Versailles, Vézelay, Villar-d'Arêne,
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Vineuil, Vitré.
Box 5
Germany.
Scope and Contents note
Bayreuth, Berlin, Bonn, Charlottenburg (Berlin), Cologne,
Dresden, Eisenach, Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Leipzig,
Leipzig--Conservatory, Meissen, Munich, Nuremberg, Potsdam,
Rhine River castles.
Box 5
Greece.
Scope and Contents note
Aegina, Athens, Bassae, Corfu, Corinth, Daphni, Delphi,
Epidaurus, Hosios Loukas, Folk costumes and customs, Ioannina
(Lake), Mount Athos, Mycenae, Mykonos, Mystras, Olympia, Patras,
Piraeus, Sounion, Thessaloniki, Tiryns.
Box 5
Ireland.
Scope and Contents note
Blarney Castle (Co. Cork), Bunratty Castle (Co. Cork),
Cob/Queenstown (Co. Cork), Dublin, Dun Laoghaire (Co. Dublin),
Killarney, Lismore (Co. Waterford).
Box 5
A-R.
Scope and Contents note
Amalfi, Assisi, Bologna, Capri, Certosa di Firenze,
Certosa di Pavia, Chioggia, Fiesole, Florence, Lake
Como, Milan, Milan--Teatre della Scalla, Naples, Ostia,
Paestum, Perugia, Pisa, Pompeii, Ravello, Ravenna,
Rome.
Box 6
S-V.
Scope and Contents note
San Gimignano, Siena, Sorrento, Tivoli, Turin,
Venice.
Box 6
Sicily.
Scope and Contents note
Agrigento, Folk costumes and customs, Messina, Monreale,
Palermo, Segesta, Selinunte, Syracuse, Taormina.
Box 6
Ireland.
Scope and Contents note
Dublin.
Box 6
Malta.
Scope and Contents note
Mdina (Città Vecchia), Senglea, Sliema, Valetta, Victoria
(Gozo).
Box 6
Montenegro.
Scope and Contents note
Cetinje, Folk costumes and customs, Kotor, Perast.
Box 6
Netherlands.
Scope and Contents note
Haarlem, Marken, The Hague.
Box 6
Norway.
Scope and Contents note
Bergen, Brunlanes, Fantoft, Folk costumes and customs, Geiranger,
Hitterdals Church (Telemark), Lyngen, Meråker, Nærøyfjord, Oslo,
Sandbu (Vågå), Setesdal, Trollfjord, Trondheim, Voss.
Box 6
Portugal.
Scope and Contents note
Alges, Braga, Coimbra, Évora, Lisbon, Sintra, Tomar.
Box 6
Azores.
Scope and Contents note
Furnas (São Miguel), Ponta Delgada (São Miguel), Sete Cidades
(Ponta Delgada).
Box 6
Madeira.
Scope and Contents note
Funchal, Madeira.
Box 6
Serbia.
Scope and Contents note
Belgrade.
Box 6
Spain.
Scope and Contents note
Burgos, Castles, Córdoba, Folk costumes and customs, Granada,
Madrid, Seville, Toledo.
Box 6
Sweden.
Scope and Contents note
Drottningholm, Göta Canal, Folk costumes and customs, Gothenburg,
Motala, Stockholm, Tällberg, Uppsala, Vadstena, Visby.
Box 7
Switzerland.
Scope and Contents note
Alps, Altdorf, Basel, Bernese Oberland, Chillon, Folk costumes
and customs, Geneva, Grindelwald, Gryon, Interlaken, Jungfrau,
Kleine Scheidegg, Lac Léman, Lauterbrunnen, Les Plans-sur-Bex,
Lucerne, Lütschine River, Lugano, Meggenhorn, Montreux, Schynige
Platte, Wengen, Zurich.
Box 7
Iran.
Scope and Contents note
Susa.
Box 7
Iraq.
Scope and Contents note
Khorsabad.
Box 7
Lebanon.
Scope and Contents note
Baalbek.
Box 7
Palestine.
Scope and Contents note
Bethlehem, Dead Sea, Hebron, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Sea of
Galilee, Tiberias.
Box 7
Syria.
Scope and Contents note
Damascus.
Box 7
Turkey.
Scope and Contents note
Constantinople/Istanbul.
Box 7
Canada.
Scope and Contents note
Animals, Banff, Bow Valley, Lake Louise, Lake Windermere.
Box 7
Arizona.
Scope and Contents note
Grand Canyon National Park, Kaibab Forest.
Box 7
California.
Scope and Contents note
Big Bear Lake, Kern County, Kings Canyon National Park, La
Jolla, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, Mission San
Luis Rey, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Point Loma, Pomona, San
Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Sequoia National Park,
Yosemite National Park.
Box 7
Colorado.
Scope and Contents note
Central City, Estes Park, Mount of the Holy Cross, Rocky
Mountain National Park.
Box 7
Delaware.
Scope and Contents note
New Castle.
Box 7
Disctict of Columbia.
Scope and Contents note
Washington.
Box 7
Florida.
Scope and Contents note
Boca Raton, Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Miami,
Pompano, St. Augustine, Tarpon Springs.
Box 7
Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents note
Boston, Nantucket.
Box 7
Montana.
Scope and Contents note
Glacier National Park.
Box 7
New York.
Scope and Contents note
New York City.
Box 7
Oregon.
Scope and Contents note
Columbia River Highway.
Box 7
Texas.
Scope and Contents note
Panna Maria.
Box 7
Utah.
Scope and Contents note
Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument,
Cedar City, Salt Lake City, San Juan County, Zion National
Park.
Box 7
Virginia.
Scope and Contents note
Mount Vernon.
Box 7
Washington.
Scope and Contents note
Mt. Rainier National Park, Spokane.
Box 7
Wyoming.
Scope and Contents note
Yellowstone National Park.
Box 7
Unidentified.
Scope and Contents note
10 postcards of a Coptic/Orthodox church, marked "Badr"; 1 postcard
also marked "L. Gherman". Possibly in Egypt.
Box 7
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste.
Box 7
Benozzo, di Lese [Gozzoli].
Box 7
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon.
Box 7
Fels, Edmond Gustave Frisch, comte de.
Box 7
Feuerbach, Anselm Friedrich.
Box 7
Guise, Henri, duc de, 1550-1588.
Box 7
Mistral, Frédéric, and Alphonse Daudet.
Box 7
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban.
Box 7
Récamier, Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde
Bernard.
Box 7
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Box 7
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of.
Box 8
Art, Italian--Unidentified.
Box 8
Don Quixote (Fictitious character).
Box 8
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Box 8
Military uniforms--French.
Box 8
Royal houses--Great Britain.
Box 9, Folder 21
World War, 1914-1918--France.
Series 2:
Other materials.
1889-1969.
Physical Description:
1 box.
Scope and Contents note
This series contains those materials in the collection that are not
postcards. The materials include include prints of Colmar, Paris, and
Strasbourg in France, as well as engraved and photographic plates removed
from printed books (often cut down to 4" x 6"), including John Preston
Neale,
Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles,
etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England
, 2nd series (London:
Jones, 1829); Francis Orpen Morris, ed.,
A Series of
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great
Britain and Ireland
(London: William Mackenzie, c1880);
English Scenery : one hundred and twenty chromo
views
(London: T. Nelson & Sons, n.d.); Aymer Vallance,
Art in England during the Elizabethan and Stuart
periods
(London: Offices of the Studio, 1908); and unidentified
works on Munich and Vienna. Printed materials and ephemera include business
cards, guidebooks, information on various hotels and restaurants, wrappers
from postcard sets, and a program for the fourth annual exhibition of the
Argonaut Society of Penn College, dated June 13, 1889. Personal materials
include an undated letter from a patient to Dr. Herman, and a 1934 telegram
to Frances M. Green from her mother.
Box 8
English Scenery : one hundred and twenty
chromo views
(London: T. Nelson & Sons,
n.d.)
1889/1892.
Scope and Contents note
Brighton, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Lake District, London, Oxford,
Scarborough.
Box 8
Morris, Francis Orpen, ed.,
A Series
of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of
Great Britain and Ireland
(London: William Mackenzie,
c1880).
1880.
Box 9, Folder 6
Neale, John Preston,
Jones' Views of
the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in
England
, 2nd series (London: Jones, 1829).
1829.
Box 8
Vallance, Aymer,
Art in England during
the Elizabethan and Stuart periods
(London: Offices of
the Studio, 1908).
1908.
Box 8
Austria.
Scope and Contents note
Vienna. From book
... Wien ...
(Vienna: Verlag B.K., n.d.).
Box 8
England.
Scope and Contents note
London, Windsor (6 photographs + 3 negatives), Unidentified.
Box 8
Germany.
Scope and Contents note
Munich.
Box 9, Folder 7-20, Box 8
Printed materials and ephemera.
