Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden papers

Collection

Call Number: YCAL MSS 706

Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden Papers consist of diaries, photographs, a scrapbook, correspondence, clippings, playbills, a framed portrait painting, and other printed material, regarding the personal and professional life of American actress Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden.

Dates

1836 - 1967
Majority of material found within 1887 - 1967

Creator

Valentine, Elizabeth H.

Language

English

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Oversize box 3 contains Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Conditions Governing Use

The Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bradford S. Lamb, 2007.

Arrangement

Organized into four series: I. Diaries, 1932, 1950-1955. II. Photographs, 1887-circa 1965. III. Other Papers, 1912-1962. IV. Printed Material, 1836, 1897-1967.

Extent

2.42 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.louden

Additional Description

Overview

The Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden Papers consist of diaries, photographs, a scrapbook, correspondence, clippings, playbills, a portrait painting of Louden, and other printed material, regarding the personal and professional life of American actress Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden.

Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden (1877-1971)

Elizabeth Hacker Valentine Louden, American actress. Louden was born in Brooklyn on March 16, 1877, attended Cornell University, married Irishman Thomas Louden in 1911. She was active in the suffrage movement during the 1910s, while still appearing on stage regularly, often in Shakespearean roles. She had small parts in film roles between 1939 and 1965. She died on July 23, 1971 in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

The collection received preliminary processing at the time of acquisition. Further organization, rehousing, and description were carried out in 2013.

The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as: Uncat MSS 927.

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during basic processing.

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.