Guide to the Elizabeth Greene Gardiner Papers,

Collection Number: 2996

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Morrison
Date completed:
March 1986
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Elizabeth Greene Gardiner papers, 1847-1968, 1910-1968 (bulk)
Collection Number:
2996
Creator:
Elizabeth Greene Gardiner, 1890-
Quantity:
4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs, identification papers, essays, pamphlets, poems, prayers, and memorabilia.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Primarily letters written by Elizabeth Gardiner to members of her family and friends concerning her personal life and her professional career as a social worker and professor. Also, photographs, official identification papers, her student essays, pamphlets, poems, prayers and memorabilia; and correspondence of other family members and friends.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Elizabeth Greene Gardiner was a social worker and professor. She served as a nurse's aide with the Italian Red Cross in Imola, Italy (1915-1916) and with the British Expeditionary Force in France (1917-1919). She was involved in medical social work on Ellis Island (1919-1922) and at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital (1926-1928). From 1928 to 1938 she was assistant professor at the University of Minnesota; during 1931 she served as exchange lecturer at the University of Liverpool, England. She also served as a consultant for the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness (1939-1942), an analyst of convalescent homes for the Committee on Convalescent Care Practice, New York City (1942-1943), and as a Welfare Officer for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in Egypt, Italy and Germany (1944-1946); also intermittently for the Citizen's Committee on Displaced Persons, New York City, the American Committee for Emigre Scholars, Writers and Artists, New York City, and the Travelers Aid Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Gardiner received her academic training at Simmons College School of Social Work, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago. She was involved in numerous professional organizations, and visited many social, health, and educational agencies in Europe and Asia.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Primarily letters written by Elizabeth Gardiner to members of her family and friends concerning her personal life and her professional career as a social worker and professor. Also, photographs, official identification papers, her student essays, pamphlets, poems, prayers and memorabilia; and correspondence of other family members and friends, including letters written by Elizabeth Gardiner's mother, Eliza Doane Gardiner, to Ellen Parkman Vaughan.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Gardiner, Elizabeth Greene, 1890-
Gardiner, Eliza Doane.
Vaughan, Ellen Parkman, 1873-1912.
American Committee for Emigre Scholars, Writers and Artists (New York, N.Y.)
Citizen's Committee on Displaced Persons (New York, N.Y.)
Committee on Convalescent Care Practice (New York, N.Y.)
Great Britain--Armed Forces--British Expeditionary Force.
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
Red Cross. Italy. Italian National Red Cross.
Travelers Aid Society (Nashville, Tenn.)
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
University of Liverpool.
University of Pennsylvania.

Subjects:
Public health.
Social service.
Women--Diaries.
Women college teachers.
Social workers.

Places:
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographic prints.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Elizabeth Greene Gardiner papers, #2996. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal papers and correspondence of Elizabeth G. Gardiner; mostly letters from Eliza Greene Doane Gardiner to Ellen T. Parkman; also early family letters. Beginning 1910, letters from Elizabeth to sisters.
Boxes 1-8
Series II. Subject files dealing with Elizabeth Gardiner's career as social worker in areas such as UNRRA, American Association of Social Workers and Citizens Committee for Displaced Persons. Includes correspondence, reports, news clippings, photographs, pamphlets.
Boxes 9-12
Series III. Photographs and memorabilia, and postal cards mainly from travel.
Boxes 13-14 and Mapcase
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Personal papers and correspondence
1952, n.d.
Biographical materials
 Box 1 Folder 1
1847, 1862, 1871-
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
1875-1877
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 3
1878-1879
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 4
1880-1885
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 5
1890, 1893, 1896
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
1900, 1904-1908
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
1910-1911
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8
1912-1913
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 9
1914
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 10
1915
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 11
June-July 1915
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 1
Aug.-Sept. 1915
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 2
Oct.-Dec. 1915
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 3
Jan.-Mar. 1916
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 4
Apr.-July 1916
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 5
Aug.-Oct. 1916
Elizabeth Gardiner scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 6
1916
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 7
Jan.-Mar. 1917
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 8
Apr.-May 1917
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 9
June-Aug. 1917
Correspondence
 Box 2 Folder 10
Sept.-Nov. 1917
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 1
Dec. 1917, ca. 1917
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 2
Jan.-Apr. 1918
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 3
May-Oct. 1918
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 4
Nov.-Dec. 1918
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 5
1919
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 6
1920-1922
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 7
1923-1924
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 8
1925
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 9
1926-1927
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 10
1928
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 11
1929
Correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 12
1930-1931
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 1
1932
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 2
1933
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 3
1934-1935
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 4
1936
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 5
1937
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 6
1938
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 7
1939-1941
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 8
1942-1943
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 9
Jan.-June 1944
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 10
July-Dec. 1944
Correspondence
 Box 4 Folder 11
Jan.-May 1945
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 1
June-Aug. 1945
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 2
Sept.-Dec. 1945
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 3
Jan.-Mar. 1946
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 4
Apr.-June 1946
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 5
July-Dec. 1946
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 6
Jan.-Mar. 1947
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 7
Apr.-Dec. 1947
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 8
Jan.-June 1948
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 9
July-Dec. 1948
Correspondence
 Box 5 Folder 10
Jan.-Sept. 1949
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 1
Oct.-Dec. 1949
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 2
Jan.-Apr. 1950
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 3
May-Dec. 1950
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 4
1951
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 5
1952
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 6
1953
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 7
1954
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 8
1955-1956
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 9
1957
Correspondence
 Box 6 Folder 10
1958-1959
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 1
1961
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 2
1962
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 3
1964
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 4
1965-1968
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 5
n.d. (pre-1910?)
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 6
n.d. (post-1910?)
Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 7
Doane-Gardiner Furniture Inventory
 Box 7 Folder 8
1920
Gardiner Estate, Northeast Harbor, Maine (blueprint)
 Box 7 Folder 9
1879, 1912-1958
Doane-Gardiner Family Newsclippings
 Box 7 Folder 10
1917, 1925, 1945, 1952, 1959
Elizabeth Gardiner Identification Papers
 Box 7 Folder 11
1878, 1913-1969
Miscellaneous Papers and Memorabilia
 Box 7 Folder 12
1944-1945, n.d.
Miscellaneous Poems and Prayers
 Box 7 Folder 13
Early family photographs
 Box 7 Folder 14
Elizabeth Gardiner Diaries (some travel accounts, engagements, addresses) 1916, 1919, 1921-1922, 1939-1944, 1946-1968
Box 8
Elizabeth Gardiner Passports and Visas 1916, 1922, 1925, 1931, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951, 1961
Box 8
Series II. Subject files
1948-1953
"AASW - 1949-1950"
 Box 9 Folder 1
1953-1954
American Association of Social Workers
 Box 9 Folder 2
1949-1955
"AASW - International Social Work Committee - Middle Tennessee Chapter up to Jan. 1955"
 Box 9 Folder 3
1949-1954
AASW Stamp Project
 Box 9 Folder 4
1902, 1914, 1926
American Indian Missions
 Box 9 Folder 5
1942
"Demonstrations of Medical Social Work in Eye Clinics"
 Box 9 Folder 6
1947
Displaced Persons
 Box 9 Folder 7
1921-1923
Ellis Island
 Box 9 Folder 8
1941
"Fight for Freedom, Inc."
 Box 9 Folder 9
1919
Harvard Surgical Unit - newsclippings"
 Box 9 Folder 10
1946-1952
"International Organization for Social Welfare"
 Box 9 Folder 11
1948
The Junior League Crippled Children's Home
 Box 10 Folder 1-3
1960-1963
KEEP (Kiyosato Educations Experiments Project)
 Box 10 Folder 4
1965, 1968-1969
Leprosy
 Box 10 Folder 5
1919
Medical Social Service
 Box 10 Folder 6
1877, 1928, 1941-1961
Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous
 Box 10 Folder 7
Miscellaneous notes - 1947, 1962, 1965, 1968-1969
Box 10 Folder 8
n.d.
Notes
 Box 10 Folder 9
1944-1946, 1957-1958
Pamphlets - Buchenwald Camp, Hong Kong
 Box 11 Folder 1
1947-1948
"Personal Clippings" of Elizabeth Gardiner
 Box 11 Folder 2
1961
St. Michael's House
 Box 11 Folder 3
1954
"Seventh International Conference of Social Work," Toronto
 Box 11 Folder 4-5
n.d.
Social Service Study
 Box 11 Folder 6
1913, 1927, 1930
"Survey of the Surgical Discharges"
 Box 11 Folder 7
1944-1946
Unitarian Service Committee
 Box 11 Folder 8
1946-1947
UNRRA Mission in Germany: Photographs
 Box 11 Folder 9
1944-1945
UNRRA
 Box 11 Folder 10
1944-1946
UNRRA and other: news clippings
 Box 12 Folder 1
Certificates - 1914, 1917, 1927, 1935, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1955
Box 12 Folder 2
Miscellaneous papers - 1922, 1946, 1953, 1961-1962
Box 12 Folder 3
1918
Autographs (notebook)
 Box 12 Volume
Printed material
1944
Convalescence & Rehabilitation
 Box 12
1940
Convalescent Care
 Box 12
1935
Convalescent Care in Great Britain
 Box 12
1945
The Road to Recovery from Illness
 Box 12
Series III. Photographs and memorabilia
Photographs and memorabilia, and postal cards mainly from travel
 Box 13
World War I sourvenirs including regiment badges (i.e. RoyalHighlander Black Watch), dog tags, and medals (i.e. Italian Red Cross); currency - foreign and American (1 dated 1750 ); commemorative coins (i.e. Booker T. Washington, 1946 ); tax tokens. Also UNRRA epaulets, insignias and tie.
Box 14
5 items: diplomas, letters 1908-1909, 1918-1919, 1927
Mapcase