By Victoria A. Childs, Barbara O'Brien
Title: Dorothy Elderdice (1892-1979) Papers, 1903-1987
Predominant Dates:1903-1930, 1948-1979
ID: MS/2009.4
Primary Creator: Elderdice, Dorothy (1892-1979)
Extent: 4.5 Linear Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Series, genre, chronological
Date Acquired: 00/00/1967. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: American Association of University Women, Emerson College of Oratory, Historical Society of Carroll County, Idaho Technical Institute, McDaniel College, National Council of Defense (U.S.), Wesley Theological Seminary, Western Maryland College, Westminster Theological Seminary (Westminster, Md.), Women - Cancer, Women - Politics, Women - Politics - Civil Rights, Women - Religion, Women - Rights, Women - War - Vietnam War 1961-1975, Women - War - World War I, Women - Writers - Pageants
Languages: English
The collection primarily consists of diaries, letters, photographs, awards, poetry, play notes, play lists, and a few of her pageants. Dorothy’s diaries are sporadic in the beginning, but at that time they are more detailed regarding her personal relationships with friends, and family. After 1948 the diaries feature social issues pertinent to the civil rights movement, equal rights for women, and human rights. She also continued to write about her friends and her daily life. Her last entries are about dealing with her final illness, cancer.
Most of the papers and diaries came to the college's archives shortly after she died. Dorothy wrote of diaries from when she was in Florida and Idaho, however these diaries were not received with her papers and diaries. There are also a number of years for which no diaries have been located (1931-1947). The early diaries were borrowed by the local American Association of University Women for transcription in the early 1980s and returned. Condolence letters sent to Ms. Shipley were sent on to the college’s archives at a later date. There was also a file from college president Ralph John’s office placed with her papers. This file is kept separately from her papers. Photographs were placed in two folders in Box 8. Pages were removed from two early diaries which had rusted metal binder rings. The pages were placed in order in file folders and the binders that held the pages were placed in envelopes and then with their respective pages.
American Association of University Women
Emerson College of Oratory
Historical Society of Carroll County
Idaho Technical Institute
McDaniel College
National Council of Defense (U.S.)
Wesley Theological Seminary
Western Maryland College
Westminster Theological Seminary (Westminster, Md.)
Women - Cancer
Women - Politics
Women - Politics - Civil Rights
Women - Religion
Women - Rights
Women - War - Vietnam War 1961-1975
Women - War - World War I
Women - Writers - Pageants
Accruals: Diaries and papers were aquired in 1981
Alternate Extent Statement: 9 document cases
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions:
Copyright: McDaniel College may hold copyright to sections of this material.
McDaniel College makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives and special collections, (b) that in providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, McDaniel Archives does not assume any responsibility for obtaining or granting any permission to publish or use the same, and (c) that the responsibility (i) for determining the nature of any rights, and the ownership or interest therein, and for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use and (ii) for determining the nature of any liabilities (including liabilities for defamation and invasion of privacy or publicity) that may arise from any publication or use, rest entirely with the researcher.
Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Archives' usual procedures.
Physical Access Note: Photographs are kept in cold storage. Please notify Archives 24 hours in advance to research photographs.
Acquisition Source: Dorothy Elderdice and Dorothy Elderdice Estate
Acquisition Method:
Medals were given to the college by Dorothy Elderdice in 1967 for the college's Centenniel Anniversary.
Papers and diaries were bequeathed to the college as part of Dorothy Elderice's estate and received by the college in 1981.
Appraisal Information:
Dorothy Elderdice, in later diaries, mentions annual diaries for 1930-1948. These diaries were not in her papers when they were donated to the college. An attempt to find them was conducted by the Carroll County Branch of the Association of University and College Women in 1980 and none for this period were found.
See Series 7-8
Separated Materials:
Western Maryland College, Bachelor of Arts diploma in RG34, box B00076.
Photographs in freezer.
Related Materials: For more information please see http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/DG001-025/DG001JAddams/series04.html.
Preferred Citation:
Dorothy Elderdice (1892-1979) Papers, MS 2009.4, McDaniel College Archives, Westminster, MD.
See:
http://libguides.hoover.mcdaniel.edu/content.php?pid=86700&sid=2698436
Finding Aid Revision History: Rewritten in 2010 by Barbara O'Brien 2011 folder level description by Megan McCole
