Elizabeth Jane Hellebush papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primarily letters written by "Betty Jane" to her family (namely her father Charles K. Hellebush, her mother Christine, and her brother Blair). A dedicated correspondent, the collection includes daily and weekly correspondence from the entirety of her first, second, and fourth year at Smith, as well as of her tour of Europe in the summer of 1928. The collection also contains a few letters received by the Hellebush family from other correspondents and assorted newspaper clippings pertaining to Betty Jane.
Index to Letters
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 08/06/1928, 08/08/1928
- Anti-Semitism
- 09/26/1926, 10/03/1926, 10/05/1926, 01/15/1927, 01/20/1927, 05/27/1927, 10/06/1927, 05/26/1928
- Balls, Dances, and Social Events
- 02/17/1927, 03/05/1927, 01/22/1928, 01/30/1928, 02/12/1928, 02/15/1928, 02/17/1928, 02/21/1928, 05/23/1928, 05/26/1928, 01/19/1930, 02/07/1930, 02/13/1930, 02/19/1930, 02/25/1930, 03/06/1930, 03/10/1930, 05/17/1930
- Belgium
- 08/01/1928, 08/02/1928, 08/08/1928
- Berlin, Germany
- 07/29/1928, 08/01/1928
- Budapest, Hungary
- 07/05/1928
- Career
- 05/20/1928, 10/01/1928, 10/15/1929, 10/16/1929, 10/26/1929, 11/29/1929, 12/11/1929, 01/17/1930, 02/03/1930, 02/07/1930, 02/09/1930, 02/19/1930, 02/25/1930, 02/27/1930, 03/06/1930, 03/12/1930, 03/16/1930, 04/01/1930, 04/09/1930, 04/11/1930, 04/15/1930, 04/16/1930
- Carlisle, United Kingdom
- 08/20/1928
- Class
- 10/14/1926, 01/15/1927, 10/19/1927, 11/06/1927
- Cologne, Germany
- 07/31/1928
- Commencement
- 10/01/1929, 01/14/1930, 05/23/1930, 05/27/1930, 06/01/1930, 06/03/1930
- Dating
- 1926-1930
- Dresden, Germany
- 07/26/1928
- German Club
- 11/13/1927, 11/14/1927, 11/25/1927, 12/04/1927, 12/08/1927, 01/22/1928, 02/19/1928, 05/17/1928
- Grades
- 1926-1930
- Grasmere, United Kingdom
- 08/20/1928
- International Relations Club
- 10/25/1926, 10/19/1927, 05/17/1928, 05/23/1928, 12/08/1929, 01/14/1930, 02/13/1930, 03/06/1930
- Jordan House
- 1926-1930
- Lemington, United Kingdom
- 08/14/1928
- London, United Kingdom
- 02/02/1928, 08/14/1928
- Mountain Day
- 10/14/1926, 10/11/1926, 10/14/1927, 10/06/1929, 10/08/1929
- Nuremburg, Germany
- 07/09/1928, 07/15/1928
- Paris, France
- 06/26/1928, 07/01/1928, 17/02/1928, 07/04/1928, 07/09/1928
- Phi Beta
- 05/17/1928, 05/20/1928, 10/06 /1929, 01/19/1930, 02/19/1930, 02/21/1930, 03/14/1930, 03/15/1930, 03/16/1930, 04/13/1930, 04/15/1930
- President William Allen Neilson
- 10/14/1926, 10/28/1926
- Racism
- 10/26/1927, 12/11/1927, 05/28/1927
- Rally Day
- 02/06/1927, 02/20/1927, 02/23/1927, 02/19/1930
- Telescopium
- 05/17/1927, 05/27/1927, 01/22/1928, 04/20/1928, 05/20/1928, 05/06/1928, 05/17/1928
- Town-Gown Relations
- 11/10/1926, 04/21/1927, 11/06/1927, 01/29/1928
- Transferring Colleges
- 01/29/1928, 01/30/1928, 02/01/1928, 02/03/1928, 02/17/1928, 02/21/1928, 01/22/1928
- Vacation
- 1926-1930
- Vienna, Austria
- 07/19/1928, 07/20/1928
- Weight
- 09/26/1926, 09/29/1929, 10/03/1926, 10/05/1926, 10/10/1926, 10/14/1926, 10/20/1926, 10/25/1926, 10/28/1926, 11/01/1926, 02/17/1927, 02/20/1927, 10/02/1927, 05/26/1928, 08/14/1928, 10/06/1929, 10/10/1929, 12/01/1929, 12/16/1929, 12/08/1929, 01/19/1930
- Windermere, United Kingdom
- 08/20/1928
- Women's Rights
- 11/01/1926, 01/28/1927, 02/23/1927
Dates of Materials
- 1926 - 1930
Creator
- Hellebush, Elizabeth Jane (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The records are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that she owns copyright, Prudence King has assigned the copyright of Elizabeth Jane Hellebush's works to Smith College; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Elizabeth Jane Hellebush, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Hellebush, Class of 1930, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She worked for the New York Daily News until her marriage to MacLellan E. King in 1934. Hellebush lived in New York, Washington DC and Chicago. She moved to Boston after the death of her husband in 1966 and died on January 27, 1980 at Phillips House in Boston.
Extent
0.875 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These papers contain letters between Elizabeth Jane Hellebush and the Hellebush family as well as other correspondence, along with some newspaper clippings.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Elizabeth Jane Hellebush papers were donated to the College Archives by Prudence King in June 2010.
Processing Information
Please note that prior to 2018, folder inventories were not always updated when new material was added to the collection. As a result, folder inventories may not be complete and folder numbers may be incorrect.
Creator
- Hellebush, Elizabeth Jane (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid to Elizabeth Jane Hellebush papers
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Audrey Sellers, Ellice Amanna
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 12/07/18: Finding aid updated with barcodes, locations, notes
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
