Guide to the George and Dolly Miller Crane Collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
January 2011
Copyright © 2011 The Board of Trustees of
Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC1019
Title: George and Dolly Miller Crane collection
Dates: 1941-2000
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Materials were the gift of the estate of George and Dolly Miller Crane, 2010.
Information about Access
Materials are open to research use.
Biographical/Historical note
Dolly Miller Crane earned her A.B. in English at Stanford in 1942; George Crane earned
two degrees in math at Stanford, A.B. in 1942 and M.S. in 1949.
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes Yvor Winter’s letter of introduction for Lt. and Mrs. George Crane,
1946; letters received from Prof. Margery Bailey and Edgar W. Smith (of The Baker Street
Journal), 1944-46; two handmade booklets by Dolly Miller Crane, “Boulder Scenes” with
ink drawings and "Petites Critiques pour Esthetiques", 1946; and letters, poems, and a
short story by Don Wilkins, 1992-2000.
Access Terms
Bailey, Margery, 1891-1963.
Crane, Dolly Miller.
George Edward Crane.
Smith, Edgar Wadsworth, 1894-1960
Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968
Poetry.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Boulder Scenes, A Personal Impression; text and illustrations by D. M.
Crane
1946
Box 1, Folder 2
Letter of introduction by Yvor Winters for Lt. and Mrs. George
Crane
1946
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters received from Prof. Margery Bailey and Edgar W. Smith (of the
Baker Street Journal)
1944-46
Box 1, Folder 4
Petites Critiques pour Esthetiques [typewritten booklet (2 copies) of
2-4 line poems, by Dolly Miller Crane] and one page of additional
poems
1946
Box 1, Folder 5
Poems, assorted (not all by Crane)
Box 1, Folder 6
Wilkins, Don – letters, poems, and short story
1992-200
Box 1, Folder 7
Yearbook of Stanford Writing
1941
