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Guide to the Edith R. Mirrielees Papers
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC1028
    Creator: Mirrielees, Edith R., (Edith Ronald), 1878-1962.
    Title: Edith R. Mirrielees papers
    Dates: 1863-1964
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet
    Summary: Primarily personal correspondence with former students and friends regarding their writings and her life at Stanford. Also includes naturalization and citizenship papers of her father, James Mirrielees, and her own birth certificate. Correspondents include Bernard De Voto, Wallace Stegner and Harry Bush.
    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
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    Sources varied.

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Edith R. Mirrielees Papers (SC1028). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Mirrielees was Professor of English at Stanford 1909-1944, emeritus 1944-1962.

    Description of the Collection

    Collection primarily contains personal correspondence with former students and friends regarding their writings and her life at Stanford, along with naturalization and citizenship papers of her father, James Mirrielees, and her own birth certificate. Correspondents include Avis De Voto, Bernard De Voto, Mary Stegner, Wallace Stegner, and Harry Bush.

    Access Terms

    Bush, Harry.
    De Voto, Avis
    De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955
    Mirrielees, Edith R., (Edith Ronald), 1878-1962.
    Mirrielees, James.
    Stanford University. Department of English. Faculty.
    Stegner, Mary
    Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993
    Authors.
    College teachers.
    English language --Study and teaching.