Guide to the Edith Straight Scrapbook
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0784
Creator:
Straight, Edith
Title: Edith Straight scrapbook
Dates: 1891-1963
Bulk Dates: 1891-1901
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
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
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
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Edith Straight Scrapbook (SC0784). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
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.
Straight, Edith
Straight, Herbert Randall.
Vassar College--Students.
Scrapbooks
Box 1
Scrapbook
Box 2, Folder 1
Photograph of Edith and her brother Herbert Randall Straight, 1891
Box 2, Folder 2
Edith’s Stanford diploma, 1896
Box 2, Folder 3
Biography of Straight written by her granddaughter Anne Gay [Hartman] ca. 1946
Box 2, Folder 4
Clippings and articles about Herbert R. Straight, 1941 and 1963