© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Hyde family papers,
1863-1957.
Collection Number:
1670
Creator:
Quantity:
3.6 cubic
ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
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 (1926-32), and her
interest in national politics and American foreign policy (1932-53). The
remainder of the collection consists of clippings of reviews of her books,
brochures used in advertising hem, 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. Northrup, 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.
Language:
Collection material in English
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 collection
consists of clippings of reviews of her books, brochures used in advertising
hem, 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. Northrup, 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.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Hyde family.
Burr, George Lincoln,
1857-1938.
Cable, George Washington,
1844-1925.
Copeland, A. Stanley.
Criscuolo, Luigi.
De Grassi, George.
Dofflemeyer, Lewis E.
Fine, John S.
Hyde, Florence Elise.
Hyde, Orange Percy.
Hyde, Walter Woodburn.
Johnson, Frederick Treman.
Landon, Alfred M.(Alfred Mossman),
1887-1987
Northrup, Clark S.
Preston, Frances Folsom Cleveland.
Sabin, Pauline Morton.
Seeley, Grace Alvana.
Shaw, Stanley.
Shouse, Jouett.
Sze, Sao-Ke Alfred,
1877-1958.
Taber, John.
Taft, Robert M.
Thilly, Jessie M.
Wadsworth, James W.,
White, Andrew Dickson,
1832-1918.
White, William Allen.
Subjects:
Literature.
Politics, Practical.
Prohibition.
Women in politics.
Authors.
Women authors.
College teachers.
Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Social life and
customs.
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Politics and
government.
United States--Politics and
government.
Form and Genre Terms:
Manuscripts for
publication.