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Call Number: SC0166
Creator:
Russell, Frances Theresa, d. 1936.
Title: Frances Theresa and Frank B. Russell papers
Dates: 1892-1936
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Frances Russell's papers include: personal correspondence,
manuscripts, course materials, notes, and photographs (1920-1936). Frank Russell's
papers include: correspondence, manuscript material, documents, and photographs
(1892-1903). The collection provides an overview of both individuals'
careers.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Elizabeth Buckingham, 1977.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Stanford University, Frances Theresa and Frank B. Russell Papers (SC0166). Department
of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Processing/Project Information
These papers were included in 6 linear ft. of materials sent to the Manuscripts
Division by Elizabeth Buckingham (SC 167). Due to a lack of any identification on
many of them other than handwriting, there exists the possibility that some Russell
material may have inadvertently been left behind in SC 167. A researcher should be
aware of the difficulty and check in the Buckingham Papers if he/she feels there may
be specific material which has been misplaced.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Personal details on Frances Theresa Peet Russell and Frank B. Russell are sketchy. Mrs.
Russell was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a. Ph.B. degree in
1895. She taught in Iowa from 1895-1900, except for a year of graduate work at Radcliffe
College in 1898-99. In 1900 she married Frank B. Russell, Hho died in 1903. In 1906 she
came to Stanford as an Assistant in Philosophy during the period in William James gave
his series of Stanford lectures. She remained as an Instructor in English, completing
work on a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University in 1920. She attained the rank of
Professor several years before her death from cancer on Feb. 15, 1936. Mrs. Russell was
an authority on Robert Browning and published a number of articles and books on the
Brownings, as well as on other subjects. She was also a published poet. She was
co-author with Prof. Yvor Winters of the book
The Case of David
Lamson
, published at Stanford in 1934 by the Lamson Defense Committee. A list
of her publications can be found in Box 2, Folder 1.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Frank B. Russell was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Aug. 26, 1868. He received his
Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Iowa in 1892 and 1895.(Prior to
this he had spent two years alone in the Arctic doing anthropological and zoological
work, which formed the basis for his book
Explorations in the Far
North
, published in 1898.) In 1895 he went to Harvard, receiving an A.B. in
1896, an A.M. in 1897, and a Ph.D. in 1898. From 1896-1903 he was Instructor in
Anthropology at Harvard. He was also an Ethnologist with the Bureau of American
Ethnology from 1901-02. He died in 1903.
This group of papers which were separated out from the Elizabeth Buckingham Papers (SC
167), provide a very sketchy overview of two very respected careers. Mrs. Russell's
papers include some personal correspondence, course materials, manuscripts, notes and
unidentified photographs, all generally within the period 1920-33 with some material
outside these dates by a few years. Mr. Russell's papers include material which Mrs.
Russell evidently wanted to preserve after his death and kept until her own death - some
correspondence and manuscript material, various documents of his academic career, and
photographs relating to his work. This material falls within the period 1892-1903.
Buckingham, Elizabeth Lee, 1885-
Russell, Frances Theresa, d. 1936.
Russell, Frank B., 1868-1903.
Stanford University. Dept. of
English--Faculty.
Photoprints
San Francisco (Calif.) --Earthquake, 1906.
Material removed from the collection
Letter from Lloyd Nolan to David Lamson regarding the problems in Nolan's budding acting
career. 1930's. (removed to SC 103, Box 2)
Photograph of Frances Theresa Russell in front of a Stanford arch. (placed in photograph
collection under "Faculty - Russell")
Published References and Related Collections
Elizabeth Lee Buckingham Papers (SC0167)--Buckingham and Russell shared a house at 534
Lasuen Street.
Major Correspondents and/or Items of Special Interest
In her early teaching years Mrs. Russell kept a "Book of Incidents" in which she
recorded random thoughts and happenings. One of these includes her account of her
experiences during and after the 1906 Earthquake (Box 1, Folder 1). In addition, her
manuscript material and poetry in Boxes 1 & 2 are of special interest; most of this
appears to be unpublished material.
It is helpful to know that Mrs. Russell always went by the name of Theresa or "Terri".
In correspondence to her, "Peter" or "Betty" both are nicknames for Elizabeth
Buckingham, with whom she shared a house until her death.