Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt papers
Scope and Content
Collection (1884-2009) contains the papers of Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt. The collection includes a variety of material including post cards, photographs, newsclippings, personal diaries (1907-1918), published and unpublished manuscripts (1953,1964,n.d.) poetry (1905-1965), materials related to special projects such as African libraries and American Indian affairs (1950-1979), business correspondence (1932-1980), and personal correspondence (1933-1979). Much of the material relates to her concern for international peace, freedom from hunger, and economic education education and development.
Dates
- 1884-2009
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt was born in Augusta, Maine, January 27, 1893. She received her A.B. (1913) from Boston University, her A.M. (1924) from Radcliffe College, and her PhD. (1925) from Radcliffe. She was on the National Industrial Conference Board for Research (1917-1921) in New York. She was an instructor (1921-1923) at Wellesley College, and an Associate Professor (1925-1927) and a Professor (1927-1980) at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Her publications include Primitive Trade(1926), Consumption of Wealth(1928), Consumption in our Society(1950), American Incomes and Its Uses(1954), Choice and Destiny of Nations(1969), and 100 or more professional articles.
Extent
11.34 Linear Feet (27 document boxes)
Arrangement
This collection is organized Alphabetically.
Processing Information
Released on 2018-11-01.
- Africa--Economic conditions Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Articles Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Consumer price indexes--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Consumption (Economics)--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cost and standard of living--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Developing countries--Economic conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Economic development--Effect of education on Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Economics--Study and teaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ephemera Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Income--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journals (periodicals) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Libraries--Africa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Libraries--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts (documents) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Poems Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Postcards Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- RS 13/9/51. Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt papers, 1884-2009
- Date
- March 5, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu