Research Notebooks of Elswyth Thane Beebe
Scope and Contents
This collection holds 34 volumes of notebooks kept by Elswyth Thane Beebe in preparation for two of her publications, "Mount Vernon is ours; the story of its preservation," 1966 and "Mount Vernon; the legacy" 1967. These notebooks contain the notes written by the author during her research on the history of Mount Vernon.
Dates
- 1965-1967
Creator
- Thane, Elswyth, 1900-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library’s Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.
Biographical / Historical
Elswyth Thane Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 31, 1984; nee Helen Ricker) was an American romance novelist, historian, and freelance, screen, and newspaper writer. She was born in Burlington, Iowa, but move to New York in the 1920s. Her first novel, Riders of the Wind, was published in 1926. And, although many of her works were quite popular, she became most well-known for her historical fiction, including works about George and Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
Extent
34 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The notebooks are listed alphabetically by the subject of the notebook. These subject headings were assigned according to the spines, notes, and the accession record. The subjects of seven notebooks did not seem to correspond with the accession record. These were changed for this finding aid to more accurately reflect the correct subject and notes written in each notebook. The original list from the accession record can be made available to researchers upon request.
- Title
- Research Notebooks of Elswyth Thane Beebe
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rebecca Baird, Project Archivist
- Date
- March 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Repository
PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon VA 22121 USA
703-799-3600
