Inventory of the Ruth Ricci Eltse papers
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Title: Ruth Ricci Eltse papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1942
Collection Number: 77068
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 12 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 11 envelopes
(7.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian
relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Creator:
Eltse, Ruth Ricci
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American volunteer nurse in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; photographer and journalist in North Africa, 1936-1939.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian
relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Africa -- Foreign relations -- Italy
Italy -- Foreign relations -- Africa
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
box 1
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and writings
box 2
Correspondence, clippings, and printed matter, including
Three Years After by Ruth Ricci Eltse
envelope A
45 prints of scenes in Libya
circa 1938
envelope B
64 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
envelope C
69 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
envelope D
60 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
envelope E
76 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
envelope F
20 postcards of scenes in North Africa
undated
envelope G
10 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse, 13 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse with others, 4 prints of Italo Balbo and others, 5 prints of
unidentified people, 14 prints of unidentified scenes.
undated
Photograph albums
1936-1936, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes undated scenes in North and East Africa, Ethopia, and of the Italo Ethiopian War from 1935-1936. Photograph albums,
formerly labeled Album fH-fW, were disbound for preservation. Find album pages in boxes 3-10 and boxes 13-15, loose photographs
separated from album pages in boxes 8,10 and 11, and album covers in boxes 11-12.
box 15
1 photograph album of prints of Benito Mussolini
undated
box 3, folder 1-4
"Debivar-Debareah Gondar-Lake Tana"
box 3, folder 5-7
"Galla e Sidama Gimma Aggario"
box 4, folder 1-5
"Foundazione-Harae-Dire Dona"
box 9, folder 1-5
Untitled album containing scenes of North and East Africa
box 10, folder 1-5
Untitled album containing scenes of North and East Africa
box 10, folder 6-9
Untitled album containing scenes of North and East Africa
box 13
Untitled album containing images from Italy and Africa
1935-1936
box 14
Untitled album, includes images of Addis Ababa
box 8
Loose Photos from all albums
Scope and Contents
Includes various photos from all albums, including images of African women, safaris, car trips, Nahre, and postcards.
box 10
Loose large photographs from all albums
box 11, folder 1
Loose oversize photograph from Debivar-Debareah and Gondar-Lake Tana albums
box 9, folder 7
Loose photographs from album "Foundazione-Harae-Dire Dona"
box 9, folder 8
Loose pages from unknown album, includes images of Africa
box 9, folder 6
23 prints of Italian dignitaries and military leaders
1936-1939
Scope and Contents note
Includes photograph of Benito Mussolini. Formerly labeled Envelope mX.
envelope Y
7 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse in North and East Africa.
undated
envelope Z
128 prints of scenes and people of Africa.
undated
envelope AA
17 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse and others.
undated
