Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eleanor L. Young Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1958
Collection number: Mss66
Creator:
Eleanor L. Young
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eleanor L. Young Papers, Mss66, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Biography
Eleanor L. Young (c1890-1965) was the daughter of Junius Davis Young
(1858-1917), a physician at the Stockton Insane Asylum, and Nellie L. Roberts
(1871-1938). She was educated in the Stockton public schools and spent her
entire life in the city of her birth. A woman of wealth, Miss Young devoted her
life to civic activities and charity work. She gave these materials to Holt
Atherton Special Collections in 1958.
Scope and Content
The great body of the Young papers consist of Miss Young's fifth through
twelfth grade schoolwork (1901-1908). The papers also include notes on Miss
Young's family, personal correspondence and photographs.