Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Edmondson, Edna Hatfield, 1886-1973
- 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.
- Extent:
- 0.2 cubic feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[item], Edna Hatfield Edmondson correspondence, Collection C705, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
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.
- Scope and Content:
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.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession: 2014/006
- Custodial history:
Transferred to the University Archives at an unknown date.
- Processing information:
Processed by Mary Mellon.
Completed in September 2018.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[item], Edna Hatfield Edmondson correspondence, Collection C705, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library E4601320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-1127archives@iu.edu