COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Personal papers of the Mayer sisters Helena and Elizabeth include correspondence, photographs, diaries, manuscripts of novels and short stories, and documents pertaining to their status as students, displaced persons, scholars, and naturalized American citizens. Includes academic reading notes, scholarly articles, diplomas and certificates, art work, ephemera (keepsakes, coins), and postcards, financial material, retirement documents, family records, and miscellaneous other papers.
Dates
- 1905-1993.
Creator
- Mayer, Helena, 1908-1994. (Person)
- Mayer, Elizabeth, 1906-1991. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cornell University Library employees, 1955-1971.
Born Hungary, displaced persons after the Second World War. Both Ph.D.s, Rome.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Personal papers of the Mayer sisters Helena and Elizabeth include correspondence, photographs, diaries, manuscripts of novels and short stories, and documents pertaining to their status as students, displaced persons, scholars, and naturalized American citizens. Includes academic reading notes, scholarly articles, diplomas and certificates, art work, ephemera (keepsakes, coins), and postcards, financial material, retirement documents, family records, and miscellaneous other papers.
Physical Description
Correspondence, photographs, diaries, manuscripts, documents, notes, articles, diplomas and certificates, art work, ephemera, postcards, financial material, family records, and other papers.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by H. Finch
- Date
- April 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu