Ruth Ricci Eltse papers, 1935-1942

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Creators:: Eltse, Ruth Ricci
Abstract:: Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Extent:: 2 manuscript boxes, 12 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 11 envelopes (7.2 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Biographical / historical:: American volunteer nurse in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; photographer and journalist in North Africa, 1936-1939.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Pictorial works
Names:: Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
Places:: Africa -- Foreign relations -- Italy
Italy -- Foreign relations -- Africa

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US