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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Archon, created by Wendy Korwin, 7/22/2011 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers, 1930-1961 A Collection in theManuscripts and Rare Books Department Acc. 2010.206

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2006 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers 1930-1961 2010.206 Special Collections Research Center .8 Cubic Feet English, and Swedish Fredricks, Eleanor H. (1892-1976) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Eleanor H. Fredricks Papers, Accession #Acc.2010.206, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 4/1/2010.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in March 2010 Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further description and arrangement by Lauren Chapman, SCRC Staff, in March-April 2010, and Amy Schindler, University Archivist, in May 2010.

Biographical Information

Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois, was the organizer of the first American Fireside Club.

Scope and Content

Papers, circa 1930s-1950s, of Eleanor H. Fredricks of Chicago, Illinois. Included are a scrapbook, correspondence, photographs, clippings, postcards and fliers, as well as drafts of articles authored by her. Some of the papers relate to the American Fireside Club, of which Eleanor Fredricks was the organizer. The American Fireside Club was a social club, whose members contributed antiques instead of dues, and who exhibited some of their items while also engaging in "recreation and handicraft" and at times put on entertainments to raise funds for charity. The collection also includes drafts of Fredricks' book "Adventures of Cain," which includes characters and stories from the Christian Bible.

Index Terms Subjects: American Fireside Club Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs. Men--Societies and clubs Women--Societies and clubs Genre and Form Terms: Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Fliers (printed matter) Manuscripts for publication Photographs Postcards Scrapbooks Visiting cards Detailed Description of the Collection Adventures of Cain Draft and Correspondence undated 1:1-6 Fliers, Photographs, Postcards, and Ephemera undated 2:1 News Clippings undated 2:2 Photographs undated 2:3 Scrapbook 1939-1961 2:1-2