Gillette family papers

Collection — mapcase item: 1

Identifier: 4456

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Travel scrapbooks kept by Edwin S. Gillette from Cuba, 1905, Jamaica, 1906, and Europe and Egypt, 1922; and a scrapbook kept by Flora Spence Gillette commemorating her trips around the United States and abroad with dried flowers, leaves, and other vegetation. World War I letters and memorabilia from Paul Gillette when he served with the Medical Department of the Quartermaster Corps, American Expeditionary Force, to his family, 1917-1918, including letters from the U.S. Army Medical Officers Training Camp, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., the Young Men's Christian Association of the United States National War Work Council, the YMCA of the City of New York Army Branch, and Evacuation Hospital #6. Also, portrait of Edwin S. Gillette by Professor I. P. Church.

Dates

1876-1922.

Creator

Gillette family. (Family)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Edwin S. Gillette, sometimes seen as Edwin Jillett, attended Cornell University with the class of 1873, but left before receiving a degree. He married Flora Spence; their sons were Douglas Graves Gillette (1890-1964), Class of 1912; Edwin "Red" Spence Gillette (1891-1961), Class of 1914; and Paul Gillette (1896-1980), Class of 1918 (receives degree in 1921).

Extent

1.1 cubic feet.

Additional Description

Abstract

Letters and scrapbooks documenting the lives of Edwin S. and Flora Spence Gillette.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Letters: Box 1
Series II. Scrapbooks: Boxes 1 and 2
Series III. Portrait: Map Case V

Physical Description

Letters, scrapbooks, and 1 painting.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Alexandra Lipsky
Date completed:: October 9, 1990
EAD encoding:: Julia Lonnberg and Peter Martinez, August 2001
Date modified:: Ben Wrubel, October 2018