COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Largely correspondence and other papers of Florence Elise Hyde of Ithaca, New York, relating to her literary activities, her support of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment (1926-32), and her interest in national politics and American foreign policy (1932-53). The remainder of the collction consists of clippings of reviews of her books, brochures used in advertising them, and printed or typescript copies of her plays and novels; scattered correspondence and other papers of Miss Hyde's father, Orange Percy Hyde, chiefly concerning Ithaca social and civic life, and various public issues; and family correspondence of her brother, Walter Woodburn Hyde (Cornell Class of 1893), much of it from the years he taught at Northampton High School (Massachusetts) and Princeton University, travelled in Great Britain, or studied in Athens, Rome, Halle, and other European cities. Correspondents include George Lincoln Burr, George Washington Cable, A. Stanley Copeland, Luigi Criscuolo, George De Grassi, Lewis E. Dofflemeyer, John S. Fine, Frederick Treman Johnson, Alfred M. Landon, Clark S. Northup, Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, Pauline Morton Sabin, Grace Alvana Seeley, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Stanley Shaw, Jouett Shouse, John Taber, Robert A. Taft, Jessie M. Thilly, James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Andrew D. White, and William Allen White.
Dates
- 1863-1957.
Creator
- Hyde family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3.6 cubic feet. (3.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Largely correspondence and other papers of Florence Elise Hyde of Ithaca, New York, relating to her literary activities, her support of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, and her interest in national politics and American foreign policy.
Physical Description
>Correspondence, news clippings, and manuscripts.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, February 2016
- Authors.
- Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938.
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
- College teachers.
- Copeland, A. Stanley.
- Criscuolo, Luigi.
- De Grassi, George.
- Dofflemeyer, Lewis E.
- Fine, John S.
- Hyde, Florence Elise.
- Hyde, Orange Percy.
- Hyde, Walter Woodburn.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Johnson, Frederick Treman.
- Landon, Alfred M.
- Literature.
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Northup, Clark S.
- Politics, Practical.
- Preston, Frances Folsom Cleveland.
- Prohibition.
- Sabin, Pauline Morton.
- Seeley, Grace Alvana.
- Shaw, Stanley.
- Shouse, Jouett.
- Sze, Sao-Ke Alfred, 1877-1958.
- Taber, John.
- Taft, Robert M.
- Thilly, Jessie M.
- United States -- Politics and government.
- Wadsworth, James W., Jr.
- White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
- White, William Allen.
- Women -- Political activity.
- Women authors.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- January 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu