Elliott family collection, 1830-1951 (MS 249)
Collection consists primarily of diaries, letters, scrapbooks and notebooks belonging to Card G. Elliott, Sr.; his wife Mary Malone Elliott and daughter Mary Alice Elliott. (2 boxes)
TABLE OF CONTENTSDetailed Description of the Collection Series I: Mary Alice Elliott, 1905-1951 |
Guide to the Card G. Elliott Family Collection,
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Descriptive Summary |
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| Repository: | Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX |
| Creator | Elliott family. |
| Title: | Card G. Elliott Family Collection |
| Dates: | 1830-1951 |
| Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks belonging to various members of the Elliott family, dating from 1830-1951. The majority of the collection's letters are from the early 20th-century, though some date from the U.S. Civil War (describing life in Mississippi). Other materials describe farm life in Kansas, railroad business, attendance at Rice Institute, and the family life of the Elliotts. |
| Identification: | MS 249 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of diaries, letters, scrapbooks and notebooks belonging to members of the Elliott family (Card G. Elliott, Sr.; his wife Mary Malone Elliott and daughter Mary Alice Elliott.) Included are: two late 19th-century journals kept by Elliott, Sr. describing farm life in Kansas; diaries referring to Elliott, Sr.'s duties with the MKT railroad; diaries by Mrs. Elliott covering trips to Europe and the near East; a school diary kept by Mary Alice Elliott while attending Walnut Hill School (Mass.) and Rice Institute; letters from Craig W. Wadsworth and Bonar Law; a floral album kept by Mis Lou Stimson during the Civil War; a scrapbook kept by Mary E. Russell Stimson which gives a family history and includes locks of hair. The majority of the collection's letters are from the early 20th-century--however, there are some from the Civil War days (describing life in Mississippi). Also included is a letter from an American soldier in the Phillipine's who was engaged in suppressing Aguinaldo's fight for independence.
The Elliott Collection was received in 1953 from Card G. Elliott, Jr. '35, and consists of material dating from 1830 to 1951. The majority of the collection is letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks belonging to various members of the Elliott family, especially Card G. Elliott, Sr., his wife Mary Malone Elliott, and daughter Mary Alice Elliott, sister to Card Jr. In 1929 when she died, Mary Alice Elliott was a student of architecture at Rice Institute. Her parents established the Mary Alice Elliott Loan Fund for Foreign Travel and Study in Architecture after her death. Along with material about the loan fund, the collection contains several letters from M.A. Elliott while at school in Natick, Mass. and a diary she kept while there and later at Rice Institute. In 1928, Mary Alice and her mother, Mary M. Elliott, took an extensive trip abroad; both letters and souveniers of their trip are in the collection. Letters from an earlier trip to Europe that M.M. Elliott took in 1905 are also present. Card G. Elliott, Sr. worked for several railroad companies (the Santa Fe, Fort Worth and Denver, and the Katy) and the collection has many of his business papers and information about the railroads in general.
The oldest articles in the Elliott Collection are scrapbooks: Marty E. Russell Stimson made a scrapbook in 1830, and in it she gave the family history of Ephraim Judson Stimson and placed locks of hair from various family members, and during the Civil War, Lou Stimson kept a Floral Album. The collection also contains four interesting letters written in 1864 from Lou Stimson to a hospitalized soldier, Walter L. Malone, whom she later married. Several other scrapbooks, account books, diaries, and personal notebooks complete the collection making the Card G. Elliott Collection informative on a wide variety of topics.
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Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
No access restrictions; this material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Card G. Elliott Family Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.
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Related Material
Flyleaf, Vol. X No.1, pages 1-7.
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Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Subjects (Organizations)
Subjects
Subjects (Places)
Formats
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Card G. Elliott Family Collection, 1830-1951, MS 249, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Acquisition Information
Gift of Card G. Elliot, Jr., 1958. and Dr. Edward H. Phillips, 1987.
A portion of this collection was formerly filed as MS 406.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
| Series I: Mary Alice Elliott, 1905-1951 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mary Alice Elliott Loan Fund for Foreign Travel and Study in Architecture 1931-1951 | ||||||||||
| Mary Alice Elliott Letters 1923-1925 | |||||||||||
| Letters from Mary Alice Elliott 1925-1930 | |||||||||||
| Letters from Mary Malone Elliott about trip to Europe 1905 | |||||||||||
| Letters from Mary Malone Elliott 1915-1924 | |||||||||||
| Letters from Mary Malone Elliott 1924-1929 | |||||||||||
| Series II: Card G. Elliott, 1897-1917 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Card G. Elliott Correspondence 1897-1913 | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Card G. Elliott-- calling cards, invitations, railway passes, membership cards, golf score card, speech "Athletics on the Katy", Women's Rest Tour Association, picture of the "Great Flood" of Kansas City 1897-1917 | |||||||||||
| Series III: General Elliott Family, 1830-1947 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Elliott Family Correspondence-- Specifications of a 10-wheeled with trailing truck locomotive engine (1898) 1873-1923 | ||||||||||
| Elliott Family Correspondence-- The Wichita Sunday Eagle 1938, clipping from The Houston Press Jan. 26, 1938 1923-1938 | |||||||||||
| Michael (Miguel) Perichart Case 1915-1917 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott, Jr. Correspondence while abroad 1933 | |||||||||||
| Programs-- Houston Season of the Metropolitian Opera Co. Madame Butterfly-May 7, 1947, Civic Community Concerts Association literature and correspondence, 1946 1935-1947 | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and Clippings Rice Institute-- four letters from Erle to Aunt Mary, clipping from Houston Chronicle March 4, 1934 about Archi-Arts Ball, Program of Hell Bent for Heaven March 29, 1933 by the Rice Dramatic Club 1933-1934 | |||||||||||
| Business Papers of Card G. Elliott, Sr. 1892-1912 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott, Sr. Correspondence 1900-1933 | |||||||||||
| Correspondence During Mary Malone Elliott's and Mary Alice Elliott's Trip to Europe 1928 | |||||||||||
| Mary Malone Elliott and Mary Alice Elliott Abroad--programs, schedules, bills, menus, etc. 1928 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous-- Confederate money, receipts, 1845-1892 | |||||||||||
| Calvin Durfee to "My Dear Friend" 1856 October 21 | |||||||||||
| Lou Stimson to Walter Malone 1864 March 15 | |||||||||||
| Lou Stimson to Walter Malone 1864 July 1 | |||||||||||
| Lou Stimson to Walter Malone 1864 August 6 | |||||||||||
| Lou Stimson to Walter Malone 1864 September 5 | |||||||||||
| Simeon Walton to "My Dear Son" 1853 March 23 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous 1890-1930 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous from Card G. Elliott's Scrapbook 1900-1930 | |||||||||||
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| 2 | Mary E. Stimson Scrapbook 1830 | ||||||||||
| Floral Album of Nina Louise Stimson 1860 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott Diary--Practice Writing Book 1890 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott Diary 1896 | |||||||||||
| Mary Malone Notebook of Trip Abroad 1904-1905 | |||||||||||
| Mary Malone Scrapbook of Trip Abroad 1905 | |||||||||||
| Mary M. Elliott Wedding Scrapbook 1906 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Housekeeping Notebook 1906 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Household Expense Book 1906-1907 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Budget Book 1908-1911 | |||||||||||
| (Initials LBK) Gift List and Address Book 1910-1914 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Household Expense Book 1911 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott Diary and Cash Books 1913-1916 | |||||||||||
| Card G. Elliott Wage and Schedules Book 1913 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Notebook on Taxes 1914 | |||||||||||
| Annual Letters Covering Operating Department 1915 | |||||||||||
| "Greetings from San Antonio" n.d. | |||||||||||
| Postcards. | |||||||||||
| Gas & electricity receipts. | |||||||||||
