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