Guide to the Elsbeth Madvig Retirement Collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
January 2012
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SCM0413
Creator:
Madvig, Elsbeth, 1879-1949.
Title: Elsbeth Madvig retirement collection
Dates: 1948
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
Summary: The materials consist of letters from various individuals associated with Stanford's Geology Dept. on the occasion of Elsbeth's
retirement.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
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[identification of item], Elsbeth Madvig Retirement Collection (SCM0413). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Elsbeth (Kreiter) Madvig served on the staff of Sunset Magazine until 1927 before joining Stanford University's Dept. of Geology,
where she was secretary until 1948.
Elsbeth was born November 6, 1879 in Columbia, PA. She graduated from Abilene High School, Abilene, KS, in 1897. Elsbeth married
Christian Otto Madvig in 1909. The couple had one daughter, Gerda Ingeborg Madvig (1915-2007). Elsbeth died on October 17,
1949 in Palo Alto, CA. She is buried in Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, CA.
The materials consist of letters from various individuals associated with Stanford's Geology Dept. on the occasion of Elsbeth's
retirement.
Madvig, Elsbeth, 1879-1949.
Madvig, Elsbeth. (Data of meeeting of treaty signing--1879-1949.; )
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Employees.;
Stanford University. Department of Geology.
Stanford University--Employees
Universities and colleges--Employees.
Box 1
Letters, bio and photograph