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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Elmer E. Robinson collection of Americana
Creator:
Robinson, Elmer E. (Elmer Edwin), 1894-1982
Identifier/Call Number: M0002
Identifier/Call Number: 1423
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1765-1950
Abstract: Collection of correspondence, autographs and ephemera from American statesmen collected by Elmer E. Robinson (1894-1982),
who was a politician, judge, and 33rd mayor of San Francisco, California.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elmer E. Robinson, 1959 & 1969.
Page from online catalog: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082981
[Identification of item] Elmer E. Robinson Americana, M0002, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Stanford Special Collections also holds another Robinson collection, the "Elmer E. Robinson manuscript collection of American
history and government, 1764-1944" https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082785
Correspondence, documents, photographs, early American newspapers, and printed matter. Includes documents signed by George
Washington and 27 other U.S. presidents, government officials, and seven early California Governors. Correspondents include
William Jennings Bryan, Hamilton Fish, eight U.S. presidents, and other American government, civilian and military figures.
Lithograph portraits with facsimile signatures of all the presidents from George Washington through Buchanan. Photographs
with autographs of all the presidents from Abraham Lincoln through Eisenhower with the exception of President Arthur.
Accession 1987-035 consists of photographs, lithographs, and broadsides which were transferred from the book collection in
the Robinson Room. It is one print box and one map folder. The items are unlisted.
Materials Separated From Collection
Some individually cataloged items from Robinson's collection can be found in Searchworks here:
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/catalog?q=%22Elmer+E.+Robinson+collection.%22&search_field=subject_terms
The following note is retained for historical value only; locations have changed in the fifty-odd years since it was written:
All imprints were transferred to the Robinson Room as books. A British Protectorate ordinance, dated 1653, was catalogued
in the K scheme of the Bender Room.
All newspapers were filed with the Early American Newspaper Collection.
Miscellaneous periodicals were plated with the Elmer E. Robinson tab. Those issues complementing existing holdings were cataloged
in the Special Collections holdings. All other issues were placed in a locked cabinet in the Robinson Room.
Also removed to Felton cabinet with other literary manuscripts were:
Markham, Edwin. Lincoln, the Man of the People (sgd. broadside)
Markham, Edwin. A Ward for Mother's Day (2 pp. holograph poem)
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Politics and government.