Finding Aid for the Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge Papers, 1908-1955
Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Finding Aid for the Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge Papers, 1908-1955
Collection number: 789
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Saundra Taylor, May 1971
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1955
Collection number: 789
Creator: Eldredge, Helen (Woodsmall), 1879-1959
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge (1879-1959) was born in Selma, Alabama. She founded a physical education movement in India, traveled
extensively in Europe and the Middle East and became a writer and lecturer in Oriental subjects and international affairs.
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and related printed material.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
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PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: except for boxes 1-24. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed,
in writing, to the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge Papers (Collection 789). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Eldredge was born on January 19, 1879 in Selma, Alabama; attended University of Nebraska, Colorado College, and Columbia University;
in 1909, went to India and founded a physical education movement; married Mark Eldredge in 1911, and lived in India into the
1920s; traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East; became a writer and lecturer in Oriental subjects and international
affairs; also known as a singer; she died on October 21, 1959 in Santa Barbara, California.
Scope and Content
Boxes 1-24 include manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and related printed material.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Eldredge, Helen (Woodsmall), 1879-1959 Archives.
Women authors, American--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Diaries.
Box 2
Correspondence: from France, 1928; Europe, 1930; Europe, 1936; India, 1953-55; India 1953-56.
Box 3
Correspondence--from daughter Marlen, 1940s-1950s.
Box 4
Correspondence from Marlen, 1930s-1950s.
Box 5
Foreign correspondence, 1947-52; correspondence, 1922-53; family correspondence, 1912-13; passports; correspondence, notes, etc. France, 1929; M.A. thesis - English Life of the 18th Century... n.d.; College papers.
Correspondence, Notes, Etc.
Box 8
Kashmir, India, etc. 1913-1922.
Box 10
Manuscripts: Walking Trip in Italy (holograph and typescript).
Box 11
Manuscripts: A Child's Diary as Told to Her Mother (holograph and typescript).
Box 12
Manuscripts: various manuscripts, some from
Travel on a Shoestring.
Box 13
Manuscripts: Chila & Guru;
Travel on a Shoestring Etching collection.
Box 14
Manuscripts:
Footpaths Through Europe;
Siberia and Our Jungle Neighbors; various notes.
Box 15
Manuscripts--Marlen: journals; various manuscripts.
Box 17
Manuscripts: Marlen (Baba); 5 short manuscripts; Indian silhouettes; Poems by H.W.E.
Box 18
Manuscripts and ephemera: Majorica; Two Tennessee Sketches; Three Kashmir Stories; Theaters of the Orient.
Postcards, Photos, diaries and ephemera.
Box 20
Ephemera--India, Burma, etc.
Box 21
Ephemera--Gandhi, India, Kashmir.
Box 22
Ephemera--France, Germany.
Box 23
Ephemera--Kashmir, India, Bath, England.
Box 24
Photos and ephemera--Germany, etc.
