Edith Straight scrapbook, 1891-1963 (inclusive), 1891-1901 (bulk).

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Edith Straight scrapbook, 1891-1963 (inclusive), 1891-1901 (bulk).

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Scrapbook documents her college career at Vassar (1892-1894) and Stanford University (1894-1896) as well as her marriage and the birth of her first two children. Included are calling cards, programs from cultural and athletic events, illustrations, dance cards, invitations, notes and letters, tourist brochures, clippings, and photographs. Of note are the LSJU Fire Notice, listing the fire alarm whistles and the locations of hose carts and fire hydrants, ca. 1896; samples of cloth used for her wedding clothes and trousseau; and congratulatory letters on her marriage and the birth of her children. Additional miscellaneous items (housed in box 2) include a photograph of Edith and her brother Herbert Randall Straight, 1891; Edith's Stanford diploma, 1896; biography of Straight written by her granddaughter Anne Gay Hartman; and clippings and articles about Herbert R. Straight, 1941 and 1963.

1 volume..25 linear foot.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130608

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Straight, Herbert Randall.

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Vassar College.

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Straight, Edith.

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Edith Straight earned her A.B. in English at Stanford in May 1896; she married Frank Williams Hastings Jr. in 1898. They resided in Hackensack, New Jersey. From the description of Edith Straight scrapbook, 1891-1963 (inclusive), 1891-1901 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863992 ...