Edna Hatfield Edmondson correspondence, 1922
A Guide to her Papers at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Mary Mellon
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana
University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Edmondson, Edna Hatfield.
TitleEdna Hatfield Edmondson
correspondence, 1922
Collection No.
C705
Extent
0.2 cubic feet (1 box)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Edna Hatfield Edmondson was a faculty
member in the Indiana University Extension Division from 1919 through 1942. This
collection consists of letters that Edmondson wrote to Frank R. Elliott, Director of
Publicity at IU, while she was on a trip to Japan with the Indiana University
baseball team in April-May 1922.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Biographical Note
Edna Hatfield Edmondson was a faculty member in the Indiana University Extension
Division from 1919 through 1942. She was born Edna Elder Hatfield in Magnet, Perry
County, Indiana on January 5, 1886. In 1907, she enrolled at Indiana University,
where she earned a bachelor’s degree in economics (1911), followed by a master’s
degree (1914) and PhD (1917) in sociology. On July 31, 1913, she married Clarence
Edmund Edmondson (1883-1944), who taught human physiology and social hygiene at
Indiana University from 1913-1944 and was Dean of Men from 1925-1944.
Edmondson began her work in the Extension Division in 1919 as an instructor with a
focus on child welfare work in Indiana. She became an assistant professor in
Sociology in June 1921, at which rank she retired in July 1942. Both Edna and
Clarence Edmondson accompanied the Indiana University baseball team on its
April-May 1922 trip to Tokyo, Japan.
Edmondson passed away in Los Angeles, California, on December 7, 1973.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of several letters and postcards that Edna Hatfield
Edmondson wrote to Frank R. Elliott, Director of Publicity at Indiana University,
while she was on a trip to Japan with the Indiana University baseball team in
April-May 1922. The majority of Edmondson’s letters are descriptions of the games
that IU played against the Waseda University team. She typically provided a brief
overview of the game, a list of plays for each inning, and clippings from the
English-language
Japan Advertiser.
Other letters describe the team’s arrival in Japan, including going through customs
and attending a banquet at Waseda University; the IU team members’ reactions to an
earthquake that occurred on April 29 or 30, 1922; and meeting with Japanese IU
alumni in Tokyo. Edmondson’s April 22 letter includes photo postcards of the Waseda,
Keio, and IU baseball teams.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
Related Material
The
Leonard C. Ruckelhaus papers, Collection C519, includes a diary,
scrapbook, photographs, and correspondence kept by Ruckelshaus, a member of the IU
baseball team, during the 1922 trip to Japan.
Related photographs may be available in the
Archives
Photographs Collection
.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession: 2014/006
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Preferred Citation
[item], Edna Hatfield Edmondson correspondence, Collection C705, Indiana
University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred to the University Archives at an unknown date.
Processing InformationProcessed by Mary Mellon.
Completed in September 2018.
Container List
Series:
Edna Hatfield Edmondson correspondence, 1922
April 17,
1922
Letter includes description of dinner given by Japanese IU alumni.
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April 19,
1922
Letter about a banquet held by Waseda University, including quotes from
speeches by representatives of both universities.
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April 27,
1922
Includes postcards bearing photographs of the Indiana, Waseda, and Keio
teams.
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April 30,
1922
Includes account of Indiana team members’ reactions to an earthquake
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