Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers 1930-1961

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers, Accession #Acc.2010.206, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Fredricks, Eleanor H. (1892-1976)
Language:
English, and Swedish
Preferred citation:

Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers, Accession #Acc.2010.206, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, circa 1930s-1950s, of Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois. Included are a scrapbook, correspondence, photographs, clippings, postcards and fliers, as well as drafts of articles authored by her. Some of the papers relate to the American Fireside Club, of which Eleanor Fredricks was the organizer. The American Fireside Club was a social club, whose members contributed antiques instead of dues, and who exhibited some of their items while also engaging in "recreation and handicraft" and at times put on entertainments to raise funds for charity. The collection also includes drafts of Fredricks' book "Adventures of Cain," which includes characters and stories from the Christian Bible.

Biographical / historical:

Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois, was the organizer of the first American Fireside Club.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased on 4/1/2010.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in March 2010 Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further description and arrangement by Lauren Chapman, SCRC Staff, in March-April 2010, and Amy Schindler, University Archivist, in May 2010.

Physical location:
Special Collections Research Center
Physical description:
.8 Cubic Feet