Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edith Straight Papers
- Dates:
- 1891-1963, bulk 1891-1901
- Creators:
- Straight, Edith
- Abstract:
- Scrapbook documents her college career at Vassar (1892-1894) and Stanford University (1894-1896) as well as her marriage and the birth of her first two children. Included are calling cards, programs from cultural and athletic events, illustrations, dance cards, invitations, notes and letters, tourist brochures, clippings, and photographs. Of note are the LSJU Fire Notice, listing the fire alarm whistles and the locations of hose carts and fire hydrants, ca. 1896; samples of cloth used for her wedding clothes and trousseau; and congratulatory letters on her marriage and the birth of her children. Additional miscellaneous items (housed in box 2) include a photograph of Edith and her brother Herbert Randall Straight, 1891; Edith's Stanford diploma, 1896; biography of Straight written by her granddaughter Anne Gay Hartman; and clippings and articles about Herbert R. Straight, 1941 and 1963.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
Edith Straight Papers (SC0784). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Scrapbook documents her college career at Vassar (1892-1894) and Stanford University (1894-1896) as well as her marriage and the birth of her first two children. Included are calling cards, programs from cultural and athletic events, illustrations, dance cards, invitations, notes and letters, tourist brochures, clippings, and photographs. Of note are the LSJU Fire Notice, listing the fire alarm whistles and the locations of hose carts and fire hydrants, ca. 1896; samples of cloth used for her wedding clothes and trousseau; and congratulatory letters on her marriage and the birth of her children. Additional miscellaneous items (housed in box 2) include a photograph of Edith and her brother Herbert Randall Straight, 1891; Edith's Stanford diploma, 1896; biography of Straight written by her granddaughter Anne Gay Hartman; and clippings and articles about Herbert R. Straight, 1941 and 1963.
- Biographical / historical:
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Edith Straight earned her A.B. in English at Stanford in May 1896; she married Frank Williams Hastings Jr. in 1898. They resided in Hackensack, New Jersey.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-30 10:01:41 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
-
Edith Straight Papers (SC0784). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022