Guide to the Papers of Philos Cooke and Louise Stevens Cooke, 1907-1936

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Department of Special Collections

Green Library

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

Phone: (650) 725-1022

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Guide to the Papers of Philos Cooke and Louise Stevens Cooke, 1907-1936

Collection number: M0144

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Processed by:: PJP
Date Completed:: 1966 March
Encoded by:: C. Del Anderson

Descriptive Summary

Title: Papers of Philos Cooke and Louise Stevens Cooke,

Date (inclusive): 1907-1936

Collection number: Special Collections M0144

Creator: Cooke, Philos

Extent: .5 linear ft.(4 folders)

Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of Philos Cooke, 1936

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Papers of Philos Cooke and Louise Stevens Cooke, M0144, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

Summary: Letters, postcards, pamphlets, and typescript biography. Includes correspondence of Fanny Chapman on Tahiti, material on Arizona's Constitutinal Convention, typescript biography of Louise

Stevens Cooke, material on Pitcairn Island, letter from Fred Christian, and writings by Theo Haultain about aborigines.

Container 1, Folder 1

Chapman - Cooke correspondence (Tahiti)

1. 1935 Sept. 20ans Frank Philos Cooke. Explanation & background of Tahitian letters.

2. n.d.Postcard of Tiare Hotel

3. 1907, Apr. 30.A.L.S. & cvr. 0. Salmon to Louise Stevens. Prices for guiding tourists.

4. 1925, Jan. 11.A.L.S. Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke. Personal, flu epidemic

5. 1925, Dec. 13.A.L.S. Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke

6. 1926, June 27.A.L.S Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke

7. 1926, Sept. 17A.L.S. Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke. Personal

8. 1926, Sept. 19.A.L.S. Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke

9. 1927, Sept. 12.A.L.S.Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke

10. 1927, Sept. 12.ALS Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke. Personal, leprosy.

11. 1927, Sept. 12.T.L.S. Scudder Mersman to Philos Cooke re: the Chapmans

12. 1927, Dec. 11.als Fanny Chapman to Louise Cooke

13. 1931, June 22.als Fanny Chapman to Philos Cooke. Death of Louise and Ben (in 1930)

Container 1, Folder 2

Arizona Material

1. 1935. Dec. 15.tls James H. Kerby to Philos Cooke with ptd. "Minutes of the Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Arizona" & comment by Cooke

2. 1936, Feb. 12."Louise Stevens Cooke, An American Woman, A story of some Re-incarnations in circumstances." Short typescript biography by Philos Cooke

Container 1, Folder 3

Pitcairn Island

1. 1935, Jan 5.A.L.S Mr. & Mrs. E.R. McCandlish to Philos Cooke

2. 1936, Jan. 6T.L. Philos Cooke to Fred M. Christian

3. 1936, Feb. 11.A.L.S. Fred M. Christian to Philos Cooke

4. n.d.Envelope with sewing machine needle

Container 1, Folder 4

Haultain, Theo

1. Writings about aborigines; their culture - beliefs, legends, etc. a) "The Black Samaritan" b) "The Oldest Land"