Scope and Contents
These papers consist of a typewritten manuscript, "Bill and His Home," recounting Elliott Dunlap Smith's seven-month experience in the home of Mrs. French Vanderbilt as tutor to her eleven-year-old son, William Henry Vanderbilt, III, later governor of Rhode Island. Smith provides a vivid picture of the "poor little rich boy's" life in Newport and during an extended visit to Cannes. A note by Smith written in 1938 accompanies the manuscript, and explains that the account is based upon letters written by Smith to his mother at the time the events he describes were occurring.
Dates
- 1913
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elliott Dunlap Smith, 1939.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist entirely of a manuscript describing Elliott Dunlap Smith's seven-month experience in 1912 as tutor to William Henry Vanderbilt III at the home of Mrs. French Vanderbilt. Accompanying the manuscript is an explanatory note by the author.
Biographical / Historical
Elliott Dunlap Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1891. He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1913 and an LL.B. in 1916. He also received an honorary M.A. from Yale University in 1928, when he joined the faculty there. He later became Falk Professor of social relations at Carnegie-Mellon University. He was married to Marie (Francke) Smith, with whom he had three children. He died on January 26, 1976, in New Haven, Connecticut.
- Title
- Guide to the Elliott Dunlap Smith Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Janet Elaine Gertz
- Date
- July 1983
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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