Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Evangeline Harris Olmsted Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1928-75
Collection number: MSS 78-8
Creator: Olmsted, Evangeline Harris, 1895-1983
Extent: 2 boxes
Repository:
University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections.
San Francisco, California 94143-0840
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Received 9/78.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Evangeline Harris Olmsted papers, MSS 78-8, Archives &
Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM
Biography
Evangeline Harris Olmsted was a graduate of Oxford University, in classics. She married
James Montrose Duncan Olmsted, PhD on June 30, 1927. Dr. Olmsted was professor of
physiology at the University of California Berkeley/San Francisco.
She translated classical works, wrote short stories and collaborated with her husband in
numerous historical works, one of which was a major work on Claude Bernard.
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia reprints, typescripts, diaries and
notebooks.