Suits Family Papers

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision by Kylie Dodd
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Suits Family Papers, ca. 1896-1942

Collection number: Mss 124

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; K. Dodd
Date Completed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Suits Family Papers
Dates: ca. 1896-1942
Collection number: Mss 124
Collection Size: .6 linear feet (1 document box and 1 thin oversize box).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Correspondence, financial and military records, photographs, writings and ephemera of Clarence and Elihu Suits, as well as other family members. Includes some WWI and WWII material.
Physical location: Del Sur (box 1) and Del Sur Oversize (box 2).
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Suits Family Papers. Mss 124. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donation from June Wilson, August 31, 1978 and October 1979.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, financial and military records, photographs, writings and ephemera of Clarence and Elihu Suits, as well as other family members. Includes some WWI and WWII material.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Suits family.
Suits, Elihu E.
Suits, Clarence.


 

Correspondence

 

Outgoing

 

Clarence Suits

Box 1: 1

Incomplete dates

Box 1: 2

1907

Box 1: 3

1909

Box 1: 4

1910

Box 1: 5

1911

Box 1: 6

1912-1918

 

Elihu E. Suits

Box 1: 7

1918-1919

Box 1: 8

To "M," transcript

 

Incoming

Box 1: 9

Miscellaneous

Box 1: 10

General family

 

Writings

Box 1: 11

High school speech (Elihu E. Suits? 1908?)

Box 1: 12

Diary of Elihu E. Suits, transcript, 1918-1919

 

Financial Records

Box 1: 13

Mary A. Suits, 1911-1918

 

Military Records

Box 1: 14

Elihu E. Suits, 1918-1919

 

Photographs

Box 1: 15

Family on the porch (glass negative)

Box 1: 16

Charlotte Huse

Box 1: 17

John E. Jones

Box 1: 18

Charlotte Suits

Box 1: 19

Clarence Suits, Charlotte Suits

Box 1: 20

Elihu Daniel Suits

Box 1: 21

Unidentified photo

Box 1: 22

Photo cards of Santa Monica Harbor, 1896

 

Ephemera

Box 1: 23

Santa Monica High School commencement programs

Box 1: 24

Clippings

Box 1: 25

Palos Verdes Boosters Association resolution, signed by Clarence Suits, 1914

Box 1: 26

Miscellaneous

 

Booklets

Box 2: 1

The Automobile User's Guide with Wartime Suggestions

Box 2: 1

The League of Nations in Pictures

Box 2: 1

Camp Dix Pictorial Review

 

High School Diplomas

Box 2: 2

Elihu Edward Suits

Box 2: 2

Clarence Leroy Suits

 

Serials

 

Cassell's National Library

Box 2: 3

vol. 5, no. 210: "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens"

Box 2: 3

vol. 7, no. 359: "The Complete Angler by Isaac Walton"

Box 2: 3

vol. 7, no. 361: "Voyages and Travels by Sir J. Maundeville"