Inventory of the Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,
Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.
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Inventory of the Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,
Dates: 1935-1942
Collection Number: 77068
Creator: Eltse, Ruth Ricci.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes, 11 envelopes, 5 album boxes
(3.7 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Ricci Eltse papers,, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American volunteer nurse in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; photographer and journalist in North Africa, 1936-1939.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Pictorial works.
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936.
Africa--Foreign relations--Italy.
Italy--Foreign relations--Africa.
Box 1
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and writings
Box 2
Correspondence, clippings, and printed matter, including
Three Years After by Ruth Ricci Eltse
Envelope A
45 prints of scenes in Libya
circa 1938
Envelope B
64 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
Envelope C
69 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
Envelope D
60 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
Envelope E
76 prints of scenes in North Africa
undated
Envelope F
20 postcards of scenes in North Africa
undated
Envelope G
10 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse, 13 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse with others, 4 prints of Italo Balbo and others, 5 prints of
unidentified people, 14 prints of unidentified scenes.
undated
fH
1 photograph album of prints of Benito Mussolini.
undated
fI-fL
4 photograph albums
undated
fM-fP
4 photograph albums of scenes in North and East Africa
undated
fQ-fR, fS
2 photograph albums of scenes in Ethiopia, 1 photograph album of the Italo Ethiopian War.
1935-1936
fT-fW
4 photograph albums of scenes in North and East Africa.
undated
Envelope mX
23 prints of Italian dignitaries and military leaders.
1936-1939
Scope and Content Note
Includes photograph of Benito Mussolini.
Envelope Y
7 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse in North and East Africa.
undated
Envelope Z
128 prints of scenes and people of Africa.
undated
Envelope AA
17 prints of Ruth Ricci Eltse and others.
undated
