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Title: Ruth Ricci Eltse papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1942
Collection Number: 77068
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 12 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 11 envelopes
(7.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian
relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Creator:
Eltse, Ruth Ricci
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American volunteer nurse in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; photographer and journalist in North Africa, 1936-1939.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian
relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Africa -- Foreign relations -- Italy
Italy -- Foreign relations -- Africa
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945