Ella Young Papers. 1931-2004 (bulk 1951-1956).

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Ella Young Papers. 1931-2004 (bulk 1951-1956).

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Correspondence, photographs, postcards, writings, reminiscences, and other materials relating to the Irish poet, political activist, and mystic Ella Young. The bulk of the collection consists of letters exchanged between Young and Scripps College Librarian Dorothy Drake from 1951 to 1955, letters addressed from Young to Elsa Gidlow between 1951 and 1956, and letters between Gidlow and Drake and Sybil M. Fielder, her successor as Scripps College Librarian, from 1953 to 1972. The collection includes a recorded interview, together with a published account, with photographs, of a visit to Young in 1951 by Drake and two colleagues; another recorded interview with Young from 1953; a small number of her interpretations of Irish traditions; and number of poems by Gidlow.

0.4 linear foot; 1 box (13 folders).

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Ella Strong Denison Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6659310

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Drake, Dorothy, 1904-1995

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Young, Ella, 1867-1956

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Young was born in 1867 in Fenagh, County Antrim, Ireland; came to America as a lecturer in 1925; held the Phelan Memorial Lectureship on Celtic Mythology and Literature at UC Berkeley; wrote poetry and books for children influenced by Irish folklore; publications include: Poems (1906), The rose of heaven (1920), To the little princess (1930), Marzilian and other poems (1930), and The unicorn with silver shoes (1932); she died in 1956. From the description of Papers, 1900-1956. (Unive...

Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986

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Editor, publisher, journalist, poet, and author; one of the first openly lesbian writers in the United States. From the description of Works, 1970, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 81092625 Biography Shortly after Elsa Gidlow's death Phyllis Matyi, Elsa's friend, attorney and executrix of the Gidlow estate, issued a press release presenting a biographical summary of Elsa's life. The text of t...