Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow Papers
Scope and Contents
Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow's undated writings make up the bulk of the collection along with some correspondence and religious school lessons. Her numerous poems, stories, and plays for both children and adults are mostly moralistic or religious, though a few are adventures or detective stories. A 20-page essay titled "Optimism: Is It Rational?" and three articles from the 1930s on VA hospital libraries are also included in the collection. Some correspondence exists on her literary work, 1909-1963. Undated Sunday school lessons she prepared comprise the remaining files.
With the exception of one story, which the author gave to the Oberlin College Library in 1947, the papers were received from the Vanderbilt University in 1981.
Dates
- Creation: 1909 - 1963
- Other: Date acquired: 02/23/1981
Creator
- Creglow, Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Biographical Sketch
Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow (1882-1970) was a freelance writer and librarian born in Wellington, Ohio to Thomas Frederick (1840-1916) and Julie S Couch Rodhouse (1844-1914). She had one brother, Walter Frederick (1874-1928). She graduated from Oberlin College in 1905. She began work in library science at Western Reserve University and worked as a librarian in a wide variety of institutions and locations. Among them were the Schauffler Missionary Training School and Adelbert College in Cleveland and libraries at a number of military and veterans' hospitals in Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and other states, as well as newspapers and the Veterans Administration. After her marriage in 1921 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Major Harold Luke Creglow (1893-1976), the couple was stationed at numerous army posts. Mrs. Creglow spent her last years in Michigan.
Sources Consulted
Baumann, Roland M., ed. Guide to the Women's History Sources in the Oberlin College Archives. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1990.
Oberlin Alumni Records (RG 28).
Extent
0.20 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The papers of Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow were received from the Vanderbilt University Archives on February 23, 1981.
Accruals and Additions
Accession No: 1981/5.
- Title
- Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow Papers Finding Guide
- Author
- William E. Bigglestone, Sabra Henke
- Date
- 04/02/1997
- Description rules
- Rules for Archival Description
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 1997 April: Arranged by Sabra Henke. Description from the "Preliminary Guide to the Oberlin College Archives" by William E. Bigglestone.
- 2013 July: Revised by Archives staff.
- 2024: Prepared for migration by Emily Rebmann and Lee Must.
Repository Details
Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository
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