Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, greeting cards, and financial materials. Some damaged materials from each series were removed to a separate box.
Correspondence is devided into outgoing and incoming letters. Outgoing letters date from 1932 and 1934, and are all addressed to Long's husband, Avon Derrick. Incoming letters date from 1939 to 1953. Major correspondents include Hubert Derrick (father of Avon Derrick), Georgia Graham, Letha Lunceford, and Neva Workman (Long's sister), among others.
Greeting cards include Christmas cards (1943-1956), birthday cards (1946-1952), and some miscellaneous cards.
Financial materials consist of bank statements, checks, and receipts.
The damaged materials include corrsepondence and greeting cards that were water damaged at some point. A folder containing four pressed flowers was removed because of this damage.
Dates
- 1932-1956
Creator
- Long, Eleanor, 1906-1998 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Eleanor Long (1906-1998) was a school teacher who lived in Marcola, Oregon. She was born Norma Eleanor Workman in Ontario, California. She married Avon Derrick of Marcola, Oregon in 1932 and later married Reuben Aaron Long in 1957. Eleanor Long died on February 9, 1998 in Deschutes County, Oregon.
Extent
6 linear feet (4 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Eleanor Long was a school teacher who lived in Marcola, Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, greeting cards, and financial records.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Cards, Financial Materials, and Damaged Materials.
Physical Description
4 clamshell boxes
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Derrick family
- Elementary and Secondary Education Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Greeting cards Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Long, Eleanor, 1906-1998
- Teachers -- Oregon -- Marcola Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women teachers -- Oregon -- Marcola Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Eleanor Long Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell. Updated by staff, 2023.
- Date
- 2012; 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
