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Title: Gladys Wells Griffith papers
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0030
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 item(s)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1950-1963
creator:
Griffith, Gladys Wells, 1883-
creator:
Griffith, Gladys Wells,, 1883-
Gift of Frank Griffith.
Gladys Wells Griffith was the daughter of Nora Stanford Wells and granddaughter of Charles Stanford, brother of Leland Stanford.
Papers consist of Griffith's reminiscences of her relief work after a tornado in Omaha in 1912 and the story of a widow there
who remembered Griffith's grandfather Charles Stanford in Schenectady, NY; a photograph of Griffith and Henry Hornbostel,
c. 1950; and a note to her son Frank Griffith from George A. Neal, 1963, regarding the reminiscences.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Griffith, Frank.
Griffith, Frank.
Hornbostel, Henry, 1867-1961
Hornbostel, Henry,, 1867-1961.
Stanford family.
Stanford, Charles, 1819-1885.
Omaha (Neb.)--Tornadoes.
Stanford family.
Tornadoes--Nebraska--Omaha.
Tornadoes--Omaha (Neb.).