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MS 147
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Title: Marjorie and Edna R. Webster papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1973, undated
Collection Number: MS 147
Creator:
Webster, Edna Robb
Creator:
Webster, Marjorie Ellen
Extent:
1.94 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection contains photographs, notes, articles, and other materials from explorer Edna R. Webster and her daughter Marjorie
Webster. The majority of materials in the collection relate to Edna's exploration and study of Mayan ruins on the Yucatán
Peninsula in Mexico, and Marjorie's interest in Atlantis and its possible connection to Mexico.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Marjorie and Edna R. Webster papers (MS 147). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Marjorie and Edna R. Webster papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Edna Robb Webster was an early explorer of Mayan ruins on the Yucatán Peninsula. She was also an author, writing over 17 published
novels, including an account of her trips to Mexico published in 1973,
Early Exploring in Lands of the Maya.
Her daughter, Marjorie Ellen Webster, was a photographer, writer, artist, and educator. She married archaeologist and architect
Robert Stacey-Judd in 1949.
The collection contains materials related to Edna and Marjorie Webster's exploration and study of Mayan ruins in the Yucatán
Peninsula, including photographs from Edna's visits to multiple Mayan sites in the 1930s, and binders compiled by Marjorie
of photographs and articles related to those sites. The collection also includes materials collected by Marjorie on the legendary
ancient civilization Atlantis, and the possibility of its connection to Mexican ancient civilizations.
The collection is arranged alphabetically, maintaining original folder titles when possible.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Atlantis (Legendary place)
Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
Dzibilchaltún Site (Mexico)
Explorers
Mayas
Uxmal Site (Mexico)
Yucatán Peninsula
Black-and-white photographs
Clippings (information artifacts)
Notes