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Call Number: SC0332
Creator:
Elliott, Ellen Coit.
Title: Ellen Coit Elliott papers
Dates: 1891-1942
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: These papers consist of photocopies of a diary, 1891 to 1893, and of her letters to her husband written from Pacific Grove,
1898 to 1904; as well as a typescript poem and a copy of her book UNICORNS BROWSING AT DAWN (1942). Subjects covered in the
diary include faculty housing on Alvarado, anecdotes on faculty members and administrators, opening day exercises, the popularity
of bicycles on campus, and other aspects of the early days of Stanford University. The letters were written while Ellen was
staying in Pacific Grove with the children, and some include notes by the children. She writes of their walks and excursions
to the beach, the children's health, her writing and reading, and news of university affairs in the press, most notably the
Ross affair.
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
Gift of Barbara Bandy and Jean DeNault, 1986.
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
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.
Ellen Coit Elliott Papers (SC0332). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Ellen Coit Elliott, wife of Orrin Leslie Elliott, Stanford University's first registrar, was the author of several books of
poetry and an autobiography, IT HAPPENED THIS WAY; AMERICAN SCENE.
These papers consist of photocopies of a diary, 1891 to 1893, and of her letters to her husband written from Pacific Grove,
1898 to 1904; as well as a typescript poem and a copy of her book UNICORNS BROWSING AT DAWN (1942). Subjects covered in the
diary include faculty housing on Alvarado, anecdotes on faculty members and administrators, opening day exercises, the popularity
of bicycles on campus, and other aspects of the early days of Stanford University. The letters were written while Ellen was
staying in Pacific Grove with the children, and some include notes by the children. She writes of their walks and excursions
to the beach, the children's health, her writing and reading, and news of university affairs in the press, most notably the
Ross affair.
Elliott, Ellen Coit.
Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940
Ross, Edward Alsworth, 1866-1951.
Children--California.
Families--California.
Pacific Grove (Calif.).
Ross Affair.