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.